Red Flags, Red Herrings

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19103

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Belle_Starr_777 at y... wrote:
> > PLACES:
> > GODRIC'S HOLLOW
> > Site of the first Voldy-Harry battle. Could it be the final 
> > battleground?
> 
> While sometimes we seem to misinterpret JKR's intentions about 
> certain passages or phrases, I can't imagine that she would name a 
> place Godric's Hollow (after Godrick Griffyndor, I presume?), make 
it 
> the place where Voldemort kills Harry's parent die and is 
"defeated" 
> by Harry (if only temporarily), imply that Harry is the heir of 
> Griffyndor (or is that canon and I have forgotten?), and then NOT 
> make Godric's Hollow a significant site in a future book. Maybe not 
> the final battle, but something pretty important along the way.
> 

Well, when you put it like that, Belle, it is pretty convincing.  JKR 
does seem to be beating us over the head with the Godrics Hollow 
reference.  You make a convincing argument for the Hollow as a red 
flag, which leads me to wonder, in re to Milzs original post, that 
perhaps it is a red herring rather than a red flag.  

On the other hand, I am not sure about the basic premise of Milz 
post.  Now that I think about, I dont know if there any red herrings 
at all in the HP books -- perhaps this is a device that JKR does not 
use.

The books have contained several red flags -- i.e. items mentioned 
briefly that later turned out to be important, such as Sirius Black, 
HP and Voldys wands containing the same phoenix feather.  But have 
there been any red herrings so far, i.e. items mentioned briefly that 
later turned out to be UNimportant?  I cant think of any.  Anybody 
have any evidence one way or another (of course, it may be too early 
in the series to tell.)

--Joywitch