In the Half Blood Prince, Dumbledore shows Harry his memory of Voldemort's request. When Voldemort is not granted the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, it is said that he cursed the job. Dumbledore himself says,'We haven't been able to keep a teacher for more than a year ever since the post was refused to Lord Voldemort.'
But in the first book, Hagrid introduces Quirell to Harry in the Leaky Cauldron as 'the DADA teacher' at Hogwarts. Even at school, Harry asks Percy 'Who is the teacher talking to Professor Quirell?'...refering to Snape,
And Percy replies, 'Oh! You already know Professor Quirell.....'
Dumbledore didn't even introduce Quirell to the school...while he introduced Lockhart and Moody in other books.
Which means Quirell was already a teacher at Hogwarts. So isn't Dumbledore's statement that he hadn't been able to keep the DADA teacher for more than a year false?
2007-03-22
05:15:33
·
13 answers
·
asked by
Malfoy vs Potter
5
in
Books & Authors