Plot hole - discrediting Harry - Harry as Seer?

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 18372

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., catherine at c... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> > But now I'm getting intrigued: why =did= JKR need someone to be 
> > carrying info out of the school, Skeeter-style

Also, the reports out of Hogwarts tip Sirius off to developments. He 
says that he learns a lot by reading between the lines of Rita's 
articles. The "good guys" are gathering together in response to the 
signs and hints in those articles too.


> divination was manifest by the fact that her main protagonist is 
> a "True Seer" or something.  I wondered about this, and came to the 
> conclusion that Harry only seems to dream things as they are 
> happening, not before.  

Harry's dreams fall into two categories. He has clairvoyant dreams, 
when he sees things that are happening far away. His dream of Frank's 
death is an example of that. He also has prescient dreams, where he 
sees the future. These tend to come directly out of images and 
feelings of the present, such as his dream shortly after arriving at 
Hogwarts for the first time when he saw Quirrel's turban speaking to 
him. 

I think that JKR intends for Harry to be a Seer, and that he's 
discovering it slowly and gradually. His comments about the 
hippogriff in his divination exam were throw away phrases, sure, but 
I think they indicate that he does possess some ability to see the 
future but doesn't recognize it as such. He sees more than he 
realizes that he sees, in other words. He forgets his dreams; he 
looks so hard at the crystal that he doesn't recognize the things 
that he does see for what they are. 

By the way, there is a page about Harry's dreams on the Lexicon, if 
anyone's interested. It's not done yet, but it's interesting anyway.

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon