I'm sitting here at work, listening to the Prisoner of Azkaban on listentoamovie.com and a thought crossed my mind. Why can't one of the characters (Harry, Ron, Hermione, Lupin, anyone) pull the memory of everything that happened in the shrieking shack out of their head, put it in a pensieve (spelling?) and then bring Dumbledore into the memory like Dumbledore brings Harry in the 6th book? Then there would be proof that Petigrew was still alive and Black was innocent.
Just my musings. Curious what others think. ;)
2007-02-12 09:00:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
lol, yes I should be, but it's a slow day. I can't help when these crazy, non-important things pop into my head.
2007-02-12 09:08:19 · update #1
You bring up an excellent point and I don't see any reason that your idea wasn't possible. Any one of those characters could've put their memory into the pensieve for Dumbledore's inspection, but I don't think that it was necessary. Dumbledore believed them; the problem was that he knew others wouldn't. Memories can be modified and more importantly, it would mean that the Ministry would have to concede that they had made a mistake by persecuting Sirius without a trial and sent an innocent man to Azkaban for 13 years. Do you think that Cornelius Fudge would fess up to that? Of course not! He was the first "witness" on the scene when Peter Pettigrew faked his death and killed those Muggles. He'd rather deny the truth and claim the memory was falsified.
If he agreed that the memory was true, he'd be admitting that he was wrong, that the Ministry was wrong and that would jepordize the Wizarding World's faith in him and their government. He loves his job and the power it gives him far too much to do that. In fact, I don't think that he values the truth and justice much at all. The way he stuck his head in the sand and flatly refused to believe that Voldemort was back in Book 4, even though Harry and Dumbledore believed it, shows how he'd prefer to live in denial (allowing Voldemort to gather strength) rather than risk the instability that would come with acknowledging that truth and doing what was necessary to prepare their world for the war that was coming. He is a power hungry fool that selfishly acts to protect his job instead of protecting the people of his country.
2007-02-12 12:29:17 · answer #1 · answered by Kami 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would say that there isnt any time to do this. when they learn about Sirius' fate Its about to happen in minutes, there isnt time to convince anyone to wait five minutes to hear the other side of the story, they just want to go ahead and be done with it. they do the same thing in book 4 in a similar case (dont know if youve read it so i wont ruin it for you) They jump to conclusions and off a guy before anyone can do anything to stop it really.
Plus the story just wouldnt work any other way right :)
2007-02-12 17:24:10 · answer #2 · answered by Courtney C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be a good idea, except that memories can be modified or altered. Also, does it really matter anymore??
2007-02-12 17:05:09 · answer #3 · answered by K T 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they aren't that powerful yet?
2007-02-12 17:08:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
should you be doing this on your own time!
Just google the question
2007-02-12 17:03:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋