CHAPDISC: DH36, THE FLAW IN THE PLAN

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 185451

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> 
wrote:
>
> 
> > >> Nikkalmati
> > 
> > This part of the story really confuses me. I can't understand why 
> > Narcissa lied.  Yes, she wanted to go into the castle and search 
for 
> > Draco, but I don't see how her lie helps her get there.  She is 
> > taking a serious risk in lying to Voldemort and the chance of 
being 
> > discovered is very great.  
> 
> Potioncat:
> Yes, this could be another example of Slytherin courage. It's right 
up 
> there with going to Snape for Draco's protection. At this point, 
she 
> may also hope for LV's defeat. This DE thing hasn't worked out well 
for 
> her family. If she says Harry is alive, then LV will attack him 
again. 
> If LV thinks Harry is dead, he may move on to something else. Her 
lie 
> gives Harry time to recover.
>
>zanooda:

>Come on, Narcissa knows that the boy survived the Killing curse as a
baby. She just saw him with her own eyes being hit with an AK again
and survive again. Wouldn't she suspect something :-)? I think that at
this point she may already believe he is the Chosen One, you know? LV
obviously can't kill him for some reason, and who knows, maybe no one
can :-).

>Anyway, if LV thinks Harry is dead, he will immediately go to the
castle, and its defenders will most probably surrender, or so she
thinks. There will be no more fighting, and she will be able get to
Draco. OTOH, if LV finds out Harry is alive, who knows what will
happen? She doesn't know. She is desperate, so she chooses to do
something that would more surely bring her to her son, who is in
danger on the enemy territory. That's how I see it, anyway :-).


Nikkalmati