the logic behind Harry Potter book 1 ending?

05-01-2009, 12:07 AM

This bothered me a bunch. And then I forgot it. And now I remember it again and it bothers me even more:

Dumbledore says at the very end that only those that want to find the stone and not use it will get the stone. Anyone else that looks in the mirror will only see what they want to gain with the stone. Right? Right.
But Quirrel didn't want to use the stone--he just wanted to find it. When he looked into the mirror, he saw himself giving the stone to Voldemort--not what he wanted to gain from having the stone. So why didn't he get the stone?

05-01-2009, 12:08 AM

What do you mean.... he wanted to give the stone to Voldemort... not just for the fun of it but because of what he would gain by giving him the stone. He wanted the glory of helping Voldemort return to power with it, so his desire was unworthy.

**j brew** · 05-01-2009, 12:10 AM

basically because he was still sharing his body with voldermort at the time so it kind of canceled it out. Ot at least that was the take I got on it.

05-01-2009, 12:32 AM

Quirrel did want to use it: he wanted to use it to help Voldemort to regain power. Even though Quirrel didnt want the stone for himself, he still wanted it for an unworthy use.