[the_old_crowd] Re: Question re Chapter 13 - The Secret Riddle

[Magda Grantwich]

> Snow:
> I would think that a wizard of Dumbledore's caliber would want to
> test 
> the waterssee the response for himselfto know who he is really 
> dealing with given Tom's birthright gifts. To me it was nothing
> more 
> than a test of Tom's reactions to wand like magic...


Yes I agree that that's WHY Dumbledore performed an act of magic but
why did he pick that SPECIFIC act, namely flaming Tom's wardrobe and
apparently destroying it?  Would this not send a message to an
already clearly disturbed kid that when you've got a wand in your
hand you can wreak real destruction?

Why didn't Dumbledore - who is the transfiguration professor - change
the bed into a giant chicken?  Why use an act of destruction to
demonstrate magic?

I still think it was an odd choice.

Magda


		
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