Why were Neville's parents tortured? Why did Voldermort go after Harry's parents?

Answer 1

In the fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, we hear the prophecy that Voldemort had sent his Death Eaters to get from the Department of Mysteries. Sybil Trelawney, in a rare bout of actual divination, goes into a trance and tells Dumbledore of a child who will be born to defeat Voldemort. The full prophecy is as follows: `The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches. born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies . and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not . and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives . the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies .' Neville was also born as the month of July ends, so Voldemort sent Bellatrix and a few others to the Longbottoms', who were Aurors at the time and pure bloods to boot. They tortured them into insanity while Voldemort took the Potters on his own. In going to the Potters' himself, Voldemort unknowingly chose the one who must kill him. Interesting, he chose the child who was born to a Muggle born and not the pure blood child.

Answer 2

Neville's parents were tortured into insanity when the Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange performed the Cruciatus Curse on them a number of times. Neville was just a baby at the time, and was sent to live with his grandmother. Because of their mental illnesses, Neville's parents can no longer recognize him. However, he visits them during the holidays at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. We don't know exactly why Bellatrix Lestrange was sent out to torture the Longbottoms, but J.K. Rowling has said that she was not specifically sent to destroy Neville.

When Voldemort went to Godric's Hollow on Halloween night, he went with the intentions of killing Harry, not his parents. Voldemort had heard part of a Prophecy which fortold of a child born at the end of July, and that this child would have the power to detroy him. When Voldemort reached the Potters' house, Harry's father, James, started a duel him in attempt to protect his family. Voldemort ended up murdering him before advancing on Harry, who was hiding with his mother, Lily. Voldemort told her to step aside so he could kill her son, but she wouldn't move. In doing so, she sacrificed herself, and left a magical protection on Harry: love. When Voldemort then tried to kill Harry, the spell backfired, which left him barely alive. He fled the scene before anyone knew what had happened to him, which led many to believe that he had died. Harry was taken to live with his Muggle relatives.

Goodness, I hope that made sense. You should try this online Harry Potter dictionary in the future:

http://hp-lexicon.org/index-2.html

Enjoy!

Answer 3

Neville's parents were tortured b/c they were against voldemrt. Voldemort didnt go after Harry's parents, he went after Harry, and his parents got in way,but he probably would have went after them anyway b/c they were fighting against Voldemort, but he went after Harry b/c a prophecy made by Trelawny said that a boy born in July whose parents defied voldmort 3 times is the only one who can defeat Voldemort, so Voldemort went after Harry to destroy him before he became more powerful than himself, but obviosely, that backfired on him, and destroyed him and made Harry stronger. Did you read the 6th book at all?

Answer 4

Neville's parents were tortured by Death Eaters because they were Aurors and weren't able to tell Bellatrix Black where Lord Voldemort had fled to after his fall.
Lord Voldemort himself went after Lily and James Potter because he was told by Severus Snape that their child, Harry Potter, was the only one who could defeat him (even though he was supposed to be immortal), as heard in a Propecy made by Trewlaney. Lord Voldemort had to kill James (first) and Lily (who had fled to Harry's criddle) to murder their baby boy... and failed. Lord Voldemort, for some unknown reason, didn't mean to kill Lily, but she wouldn't allow him to kill his son.

Answer 5

professor trewlany made a prophecy about harry's parents and neville's parents were tortured by a death eater because she thought they had info about voldemort

Answer 6

neville's parents were tortured because they were the members of the order of the phoenix and they tried to defeat the death eaters but they were caught and tortured by bellatrix. voldemort went after harry's parents to kill them and then to kill harry. they were protecting harry. so voldemort went after harry's parents to kill them

Answer 7

Voldemort is a power hungry megalomaniac and they were people who were going to expose him.

You really should read the books they are quite interesting and then you would know what all the buzz is about. I didn't read them till last summer(I'm a mom too and a christian) but they were so engaging that I went to the library to finish the series asap.

Answer 8

because remembr voldemort was trying to get rid of all the ppl who r tryin to get rid of him. i 4got wht they were called.. i knw that voldemorts ppl were the deatheaters..but i forgot about dumbledores ppl.. lol but yea he was just tryin to get them to talk and get rid of them and i guess voldemort just thought he'd kill the potters himself but failed in killing Harry and ever since then hes been obsessed with killing him because he failed the first time.