By the way. Did anyone understand that reference to Riddle's stolen mouth organ?
When Harry says, "The ring's gone, but I thought you might have the mouth organ or something."
To which Dumbledore replies, "Very astute, Harry, but the mouth organ was only ever a mouth organ."
That part lost me. Can anyone explain?
2006-09-06 03:19:55 · 11 answers · asked by andi 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Also, I haven't finished reading HBP Yet, is this horocruz mentioned in this book at a later time or was this something that was mentioned in earlier books because i juat can't remember it!
2006-09-06 03:24:51 · update #1
he was refering to one of voldemorts horcruxs
2006-09-06 03:21:31 · answer #1 · answered by Steph 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they first went into the Pensieve and saw Riddle's mom, grandpa, and uncle, they came back and Dumbledore had the ring that Riddle's grandpa was wearing (the ring was a horocrux but Harry didn't know that until later). Then they went to the orphanage that Tom Riddle grew up at they saw the "trophies" he had kept from other orphans. The mouth organ is not a horocrux, but Harry was thinking that there might be a pattern. This is all before Harry found out about the horocruxes from Slughorn, that's why Dumbledore said that the mouth organ was only ever a mouth organ.
2006-09-06 05:32:26 · answer #2 · answered by Kim D 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Harry was beginning to understand how Voldemort chose the objects that he would use for Horcruxes. The mouth organ was a trophy that the young Tom Riddle kept to remind him of a particular act he had done. Dumbledore was acknowledging that Harry was onto the pattern, but also was stating that the mouth organ wasn't one. Voldemort's Horcruxes are trophies, but each object is special not just to him but to anyone who would discover it. For example, the ring belonged to his grandfather Marvolo, but it was also a Slytherin heirloom. So, it had personal meaning to him, but it would also be impressive to anyone from the wizarding world. The mouth organ was important to him as an 11 year old, but would be utterly ordinary to anyone else.
The mouth organ and the ring are both mentioned for the first time in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
2006-09-06 20:18:07 · answer #3 · answered by Kami 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Later Harry finds out the ring was a horcrux. He's obviously picked up the significance of the ring by this point, although he doesn't know what it means, and realizes that the horcruxes are possibly Voldemort's possessions. Dumbledore is saying that it's a good thing to pick up on because the ring was significant, but the mouth organ is not a horcrux.
2006-09-06 14:31:50 · answer #4 · answered by Hermione 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not really a horcrux (according to Dumbledore's theory). Harry just noticed that Riddle has a way of collecting souvenirs from his victims, and he thought that Dumbledore must have given as much an importance to the mouth organ as to the ring (which, in this case, is a REAL horcrux).
2006-09-07 17:05:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ring was a horocruz, but the mouth organ was not
2006-09-09 12:23:38 · answer #6 · answered by Jeremy© ® ™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-21 01:56:04 · answer #7 · answered by yanagi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah um like other people have said before me read the book and it wasn't a herox after all theres more details in the book. Its a good book but the ending made me cry!!
2006-09-06 08:07:42 · answer #8 · answered by twodevine92 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ring was never of any importance, besides being a ring? I don't know.
2006-09-06 03:22:11 · answer #9 · answered by Steph :-) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must finish it.... though i don't think you'll appreciate the ending. i'd like to say it, but i don't want to spoil the surprise... anyway, i can't wait for book seven to arrive!
2006-09-06 05:40:34 · answer #10 · answered by Samarah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋