harry potter stuff?

Question

In the last book in chapter called "kings cross" there was a creature in the corner wich kept making noises what was that creature? also how was dumbledor contacting harry.

In the third film/book at the very begining harry is under his bead sheet reading but he is using magic to create light. i thought you wernet allowed to use magic out side of hogwarts intill you are off age.

Please try to anser those 2 questions .... Thanks!!!

Answer 1

1) The creature was the part of Voldemort's soul that was in Harry. It's what was left of the soul. Dumbledore was in Harry's mind. He even said so, but that didn't make it any less real. He said that, too.

2) If you check the book, you will see that Harry wasn't using the wand. They did it in the movie because movies are hardly ever completely true to the book. In book three, Harry was using a "torch" which, I believe, is a flashlight.

Answer 2

In the chapter King's Cross, that creature represented the defeated Voldemort. And I think Dumbledore was contacting Harry because Harry was technically dead, in a certain sense. But Dumbledore was also a very powerful wizard, so he could probably do something like that even in death.

And I don't think you should be too concerned with what happened in that movie. I find little mistakes like that in the movie all the time, and since it's not the book, they don't really pay attention to little things like that. They probably needed a good way to open the film.... But you are right, magic isn' t allowed outside of Hogwarts until you are of age.

Answer 3

The creature was Voldemort. JK said so in an interview. I don't remember the exact question, it was something about what would happen to Voldemort after his death, where would he go, if he could come back as a ghost and she said he'd be forced to exist as the thing we saw in King's Cross.
How was Dumbledore contacting Harry? Well...Harry was practically dead in that moment. Or at least in between the worlds. So Dumbledore could easily contact him. Or at least, that's how I understood it.

About the third film. Yes, that's a mistake they made in the film. But at least it's only there, since he doesn't perform any magic in the book till the moment he blows up his aunt.

Answer 4

Harry had been killed, but he hadn't yet died. He was near death, right on the verge of both continuing life and passing over. As Dumbledore said, Harry could choose to "board a train," which seems to mean he could choose death and to pass over into the spirit realm. This has led me to see King's Cross Station as more than a place where wizards and muggles go to catch a train. It's also a place where the near dead and those who have passed over into the spirit realm (ghosts are those who die but stay behind in the mortal realm) can meet and talk, both having physical form in this place. Sure Dumbledore tells Harry it is taking place in his mind, but that doesn't mean their not actually at this kind of spiritual King's Cross. Harry was near death so his spirit hadn't yet left his body.

As for the creature, when Voldemort tried killing Harry he instead made him an unintentional horcrux that he wasn't aware of doing. So a piece of his spirit lived in Harry. But when he killed Harry, he also killed the piece of his own soul that he didn't know resided in him. So the creature is that piece of Voldemort's soul.

Now, on the use of the lumos spell in the movie.... try going with the book over the movie. Harry used a flashlight in order to do his homework in the book. It's on the very first page of the story, first sentence of the second paragraph. The movie changes a lot of things. For one, where was Crookshanks when all went to the Shrieking Shack towards the very end? Crookshanks was defending Sirius before Lupin ever showed up, and yet he's not there in the movie.

Then you have how Harry met Ron and Hermione in Hogsmeade. It was at Honeydukes Sweetshop where they were trying to figure out what sweets to bring him, not chasing off Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle at the Shrieking Shack as depicted in the movie.

Also, there's nothing about Sirius being on the loose mentioned on the TV at the Dursley's. But in the movie Harry doesn't learn about Sirius until he's on the Knight Bus. He didn't understand this in the book cause he thought he was a muggle criminal and learned he was actually a wizard and Fudge had informed the muggle Prime Minister because it was thought Sirius was a threat to both the wizarding and muggle communities.

There are so many differences between the book and the movie and those above are just some of them. Since the movie is based on the book, always go with what the book says first as it is likely that things were changed or eliminated when the movie was made. Or, as in the case of the shrunken heads and the choir, added.

Answer 5

The place where Dumbledore and Harry meet is created by Harry's mind. This is mentioned at the end of the chapter. The creature referred is the soul of Voldemart .Similarly it is to be presumed that , After the killing curse , Harry's soul is in conversation with Dumbledore .This can be understood from Dumbledore's words to Harry, that , it is up to him, to decide,

whether to go back to his body or to 'move on'.
I am also having the same doubt. Perhaps , since 'LUMOS' is not a harmful charm and not performed in the presence of a Muggle, it is not taken as an offence.

Answer 6

The creature that was making the noise off in the corner was the soul of Voldemort that was killed within Harry. That is also why Harry was able to return to life. Voldemort killed the horcrux within Harry that he had made when Harry was a year old.
Dumbledore has powers that most wizards still do not understand. He was able to contact Harry by using some of this power. His spirit was able to meet Harry at the crossroads of life and death.
I believe that students are given a little leeway to practice homework during the summer vacation. Otherwise they would forget what they had been taught and that would be frustrating for the teachers.
I do hope this helps you understand.

Answer 7

1. The hideous, repulsive creature at King's Cross represents the maimed soul of Voldemort that was lodged into Harry that night in Godric's Hollow. (Remember Dumbledore said that the rebounding Killing Curse was so great that his soul was shattered and a part went into Harry?). He was not killed by Voldemort because he was using the Elder Wand and it will not kill its own Master which is Harry. So, the Wand only destroyed Voldemort's soul in Harry.

2. I don't have Book 3 with me right now but I think that it is only in the movie adaptation that Harry was saying "Lumos!" as he was reading. If I remember correctly, he was not using magic at that time.

Answer 8

The creature is the small part of Voldy that was in Harry. When Harry is comes back from the dead, he leaves that part of Voldermont that was in him behind. Dumbledor is either between worlds (living and dead) or just a form of Harrys imagine.

That is a good question. I'm going to have to guess that using the wand as a flashlight is different than 'casting a spell'. He didn't really cast anything.

Answer 9

thie first question has been answered so many times, it was voldemorts soul that was latched to harry.....you can read other answeres for more details

but ur 2nd question...i was watching movie 3 yesterday and that part made me so mad because it is true that u cannot use any magic outside of school if u are under the age of 17. if u notice later in the movie when harry blows up his aunt uncle vernon says u cant use magic outside of school, u'll be expelled! so its a total contradiction. in the book harry doesnt do the wand under the covers scene. its just someting the director thought he would add i guess.....and then contradict a few scenes later....

Answer 10

I suggest you reread King's cross because Dumbledore clearly explains what the ugly creature in the "station" is in his conversation with Harry.

You are correct. They are not supposed to use magic out of school, however, I suspect that for such a minor spell as that, it does not particularly matter. If you will remember, no one cared in the third book that harry used magic outside of school, on account of Sirius Black being on the loose, so the minister excused him. So, in essence, that rule didn't apply for book three.