Opening of GoF (was Re: Voldy and Nagini conversing)

[rmatovic]

No: HPFGUIDX 31936

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "blpurdom" <blpurdom at y...> wrote:
>.  Looking at it now, I find that the 
> previous assumption many of us have had that Harry is seeing all of 
> this in his dream because of his scar may be a bit off; when Frank 
> Bryce is in the corridor listening to Voldemort and Wormtail, and 
> Nagini comes upon him it is all from Bryce's perspective.  This is 
> why we have this passage: "...it was following the spitting, hissing 
> noises made by the cold voice beyond the door....Inside the room, 
> the cold voice was continuing to hiss..."  This is what Parseltongue 
> would sound like to Bryce.
>  

I never read this as Harry's dream -- I read it as a narrative of 
events as they unfolded from Bryce's perspective.  Then we see the 
connection to Harry when Harry wakes up with his scar hurting and some 
awareness of the events.  Harry somehow connects with V when he 
performs avada kedavra, but the connection isn't perfect.  Harry 
doesn't see the whole scene, he only recalls parts of it imperfectly.

Dumb question, that I could probably answer by looking in the books -- 
why didn't harry feel it when V killed Bertha?  Or did Peter dispose of 
her?  

Rebecca