DEs Entering the Ministry (and Sturgis Podmore)

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--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Randy Estes <estesrandy at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> As for the Harry Potter rescue mission and the lack of
> any security at the Ministry of Magic, I think JKR got
> a little too lax here.  Even a quick comment made by
> someone at the end of the novel would have been
> sufficient to explain the lack of any guards on duty. 
> Everyone who reads this has to think "where are the
> guards?"  How about a few lifeless bodies or tied up
> wizards found during the errol flynn battle?
> 
> It's not a flynt.  It's just lack of tension or
> difficulties in the way of Harry and his friends when
> we get to the big finale.  I think she did not know
> how to work the guards versus the kids acting like
> heroes, so she just left all of the confrontation
> scene out.
> 

There were no guards there, not because JKR didn't know how "work the 
guards versus the kids", but because the Death Eaters made sure that 
the way was clear for Harry to reach the prophecy. Not only would a 
guard hinder Harry reaching the prophecy room, but Harry would, in 
all probability, have tried to persuade the guard that Sirius was in 
mortal danger. Which would immediately destroy all their plans, since 
the guard might have raised the alarm. It was imperative for 
Voldemort's plan that Harry's entry into the Ministry would be 
unnoticed by Ministry officials. 
Lucius probably entered the Ministry (he was a prviliged visitor 
there, remember) and Stunned the guard, or otherwise put him out of 
commission. Not a very interesting part of the narrative, I think. 
Personally, I have no problem with JKR leaving it untold.



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