Plot hole - discrediting Harry - Harry as Seer?

[meboriqua at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 18442

Hi Catherine!
> 
> I've found the passage I think that you mean - but it doesn't seem 
> conclusive of clairvoyancy, either way:
> 
> "He had a very strange dream.  He was walking through a forest, his 
> Firebolt over his shoulder, following something silvery white.,  It 
> was winding its way through the trees ahead, and he could only catch 
> glimpses of it between the leaves.  Anxious to catch up with it, he 
> sped up, but as he moved faster, so did his quarry.  Harry broke 
into 
> a run and ahead, he heard hooves gathering speed.  Now he was 
running 
> flat out, and ahead he could hear galloping.  Then he turned into a 
> clearing and - "  (Then he is awoken by Ron screaming, as Sirius is 
> ripping to shreds his bedcovers.)
> 
> I am not sure what this is supposed to convey, but to me, it seems 
> that the dream is telling Harry that the patronus exists inside him 
- 
> he just needs to be strong enough to harness it.  Any thoughts?
> 
I happen to be home from work today (jury duty at 12:30) and I had 
time to also find the passage.

I like what you said about the patronus already existing in Harry.  
That is probably true, but I also think that he was "seeing" what the 
patronus was.  Remember, he had no idea that his father had been an 
unregistered animagus and he didn't know that he was a stag.  How 
could Harry have had such a specific dream - hooves and all?  I think 
it's another example that fits in quite nicely with the idea of Harry 
as a Seer.

--jenny from ravenclaw************************************