why did mad eye moddy have to do such a hard task of sending harry potter to voldermort? he could have just m

Question

ade harry's pillow portkey

Answer 1

it was NOT the real Mad Eye Moody that did that..It was Barty Crouch Jr, who made the Poly Juice Potion. BTW it was the Triwizard Trophy that was the Portkey that took Harry to Voldemort.

Answer 2

1) Mad Eye Moody did not do anything like that, as he was locked in a trunk.

2) Barty Crouch Jr. (dsiguised as Moody) knew exactly when Voldemort and Wormtail (a.k.a. Peter Pettigrew) would be at the graveyard to perform the ceremony, and having it be Harry's pillow would leave the timing up to chance - which wouldn't make much sense.

3) The whole thing was decided by Voldemort, not Barty Jr., to have the most impact - so really, the question should be "Why did Voldemort want the Triwizard Cup to be the Portkey?" My guess would be that Voldemort likes things that have meaning - the objects he wants for Horcruxes attest to that. So to have Harry's moment of triumph be his downfall would be very appealing to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

Answer 3

Hmmm... let's see...

First, I have to assume that making something into a portkey is not the easiest thing to do, though easily within Voldemort's capability one would think, but, related to that, Harry's pillow could easily end up being someone else's pillow. First one into the room switches the best stuff to his bunk you know... Additionally, Voldy has to plan for failure. Oh, not that he would voice such considerations, much less to his minions, but after his death, only an utterly delusional person could fail to at least consider failure as a possibility. This would be evidence as well that his minion resources are depleted toward nil. After all, what about Voldy would lead one to believe he would ever be cautious for a minion to the point of the minion being ordered to do a thing that protects the minion from discovery. Voldy seems very much a "use him, lose him" sort of fellow but by enchanting the TWCup, instead of a pillow that one might raise eyebrows about by carrying it around and depositing it on Harry's bed, he protected BCJr. against discovery.

Second, Voldy IS the sort that would get an absolute HIGH from not only killing Harry but doing so at what might well be considered the height, to date, of Harry's life. Harry would be at a pinnacle of sense of self, flush with victory (after all, by then he was fully aware the others were all receiving help, well, except for one very unfortunate boy..., so the idea that he'd had help along the way no longer took anything from that flush), pumped up to the max and suddenly he's in Voldy's clutches and is killed, slowly, lingeringly, in a way that pumps up Voldy as he sees the flush shattered and the light of hope die away. Yes, Voldy's very much the sort that would prefer that over a tired, sleepy, bewildered boy suddenly showing up to be killed. Being the sort to never deny himself the sickest pleasures of life, it is easy to see his mind running this route with absolutely no consideration ever given to the pillow idea or other, simpler, possibilities. It would have the secondary effect of wowing his minions, the ones who'd sluffed away, given no help, accepted the "one such as he could die" and had kept their heads tucked neatly in their behinds. Like it or not, Voldy has to take such "political" considerations into mind until he has power again. Then of course, I wouldn't want to be one of the old Deatheaters... yes, "old" Deatheaters, as in there could be new ones and the old ones might not "be needed" anymore...

After all, it certainly looks like Dumbledore's plan includes the HBPrince rising, rivalling Voldy after doing something Voldy was afraid to even attempt (killing a baby, which he failed at, was well within Voldy's range; crossing Dumbledore...) and fatally weakening his hold on minions even as Harry will realize the work curtailing the bits of Voldy left behind was mostly to clue him in on how to make the deception of Dumbledore actually dying not leave the world without Dumbledore. Well, it DOES look like that! So Voldy might want to watch out for the less-than-wowed minions who come close!

Answer 4

well i think voldemort may have needed some time to get ready maybe and they work with a little more sutlety than that

oh and it is Moody not Moddy

Answer 5

Because that would have made for a really weak plot and a 3 page long book.

Answer 6

what reason and how would moody have gotten the password into gryffindor quarters? unless neville lost his list again. only members of each house, their faculty advisor(or whatever its called) and Dumbledore have the passwords for each House's quarters.

Answer 7

That wouldn't have made for a very good (or long) book or movie......There has to be some level of difficulty and suspense.