[HPforGrownups] Trelawney and divination

[dragonsbloodmoon at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19085

In a message dated 5/21/2001 12:40:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
teeravec at fas.harvard.edu writes:


> Perhaps JKR trivialises Trelawney more than divination itself. The fact
> that she has made predictions which can be argued to be true could mean
> that she does see the future ... but is just rather weak at interpreting
> what her 'inner eye' shows her. From the way Trelawney is characterised, I
> wouldn't be surprised if the quality of her mental filter is somewhat 
> flimsy. 

That's a definite possibility. Perhaps she's just taught divination too long, 
and she's getting her wires crossed. However, I see her "black dog" 
predictions as being correct. A black dog *did* come into Harry's life, only 
it wasn't a Grim, it was his godfather. Maybe that goes along with what 
you're saying as well, that she did see the dog, but misunderstood what it 
was. 

The other "nit pick" I have has to do with Harry and Ron's star charts. How 
could she not know that they made everything up? Is she that dim? I thought 
it was pretty obvious.

Toby


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