Plot hole - discrediting Harry - Harry as Seer?

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No: HPFGUIDX 18383

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> wrote:

> 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

catherine wrote:

BTW: has there been a discussion on why Harry has these dreams?

.....but I read Richard Abanes' book....


Steve, I wish you would put what is on your page here.  I am glad 
Catherine brought this whole thing up.  I do believe there is more to 
Harry's dreams then we have taken note of.  There is one dream Harry 
has in particular that interests me.  Richard Abanes mentioned 
something in one of his posts about the subjects Hermione takes and I 
believe it had something to do with telling the future or something 
like that.  I will try and go back later and find what he wrote.  
Maybe Hermione has stumbled across something concerning Harry. Maybe 
she has figured out that he might be a Seer.  

(I personally am going to buy Richard Abanes book.  I have no problem 
with the guy) 

Koinonia