[HPforGrownups] Re: Mirror of Erised

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 191290

Geoff wrote:
> Bart Lidofsky<bart at ...>  wrote:
>
>> Duane Broughton wrote:
>>> It is easy to say that he sees himself with his sister, but maybe he
>>> sees himself with all the hallows. Maybe he sees himself with
>>> Grindelwald in a world dominated by wizards and muggles as slaves etc.
>>> Remember it shows your desire not your wishes, what do people think??
> Bart:
>>       My belief: He sees himself, looking at the mirror, looking at
>> himself holding a pair of thick woolen socks.
> Geoff:
> Dumbledore says:
> "It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate
> desire of our hearts."
> (PS "The Mirror of Erised" p.157 UK edition)
>
> Hm. Well, sorry, but I just don't believe his greatest and most
> desperate desire is a pair of thick woollen socks.
>
>

  Bart:

You didn't read it carefully. His deepest, most desperate desire was to 
want nothing more than a pair of thick woolen socks; in other words, to 
be content with what he had.

     Bart