Talk:Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Philosopher's Stone/Chapter 5

why no reference to quirrel? --87.10.144.175 (talk) 15:18, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * You are always welcome to add it if you feel it belongs there. I happen to agree with you, and I was working on this page anyway, so I have added him... Chazz (talk) 20:13, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Inaccurate analysis
This is what is currently written: "And while Harry's wand heralds his entry into the Wizarding world, its being related to the Dark Lord makes Harry uneasy. Not only does it tie him to his enemy, it may foreshadow his destiny. That it was Voldemort's wand that inflicted Harry's scar and killed his mother and father, further connects him to the Dark Lord and his parents. It also represents the darker, sinister side to what had initially seemed to readers like a magical paradise; the wizard world actually may be far more dangerous than the unhappy Muggle one Harry is leaving behind. And while Ollivander may see the connection between the two wands as an indication that Harry will be a great wizard, Harry is disturbed by sharing even a small similarity to a wizard universally regarded as evil, further evidence of Harry's admirable character."

I think this analysis is inaccurate. I have never edited before and I'm not sure how it is done except to just delete what I think is incorrect and type what I think is correct.

In this case, there are two major inaccuracies: (1) The fact that Harry's wand is related to Voldemort's wand does not make Harry uneasy; (2) Harry is not disturbed by sharing the similarity.

In Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 5, Diagon Alley, Harry feels he may not like Mr. Ollivander very much. He feels Ollivander's eyes are creepy. However, there is nothing that indicates anything about Harry feels about his new wand.

In Goblet of Fire, Chapter 18, The Weighing of the Wands, Harry thinks back to "four summers ago" when he visited Ollivander's shop, bought his wand and found out that his new wand and Voldemort's wand are brothers because they both contain a feather from the same phoenix. This is what Harry feels about his wand: "He was very fond of his wand, and as far as he was concerned its relation to Voldemort's wand was something it couldn't help -- rather as he couldn't help being related to Aunt Petunia."

Also, there are many passages in Deathly Hallows about Harry feeling protected by his wand and the twin cores.

I'm just going to write something different and hope that's the right thing to do.

Starsmark (discuss • contribs) 01:42, 8 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Well, I'm not sure I agree. It is true that the book does not explicitly say anything about Harry's reaction to the wand, but it is only after Ollivander discloses the shared core that Harry "shivers". So I'm going to tweak your write-up a bit to put a little of that back in.


 * As far as editing goes, yes, you can either delete and replace, or simply edit. Chazz (talk) 03:33, 8 July 2014 (UTC)