[HPforGrownups] Re: Marauder's map question, prior to PoA

[Bruce Mull]

No: HPFGUIDX 191966


> > Robyn wrote:
> > Why didn't Fred and George ever notice Peter Pettigrew on the
Marauder's map prior to PoA?  Why would they not have noticed that
someone named Pettigrew was very often in the same place as their
brother Ron, or at least, that someone they didn't know was hanging
> > out in the Gryffindor common room and dormitories? <snip>

> Nikkalmati:
> I don't know.  It puzzels me too.  I guess you could speculate
that they just thought it was a Gryffindor they didn't know.  Maybe
> a younger student.  There is no reason they would know the name.


Bruce:
I suppose it could be that they thought it was a younger student.
You're right that at that time they would probably not know the
name. The question is: How much resolution is there on the map?
Would it just indicate the room or would it be able to show they
were actually occupying the same bed?

Dr Bruce P. Mull
Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Mathematics