Symbolism (also posted at Paradise)

[Becca]

No: HPFGUIDX 29047

Hey, everyone.

I, personally, am re-reading SS before the big movie premiere this 
week.  I was especially looking for characterizations, to remember 
how I imagine Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the like.  I want to have a 
set "before" view of them, as the movie is probably going to change 
them.

One thing I noticed when we first meet Harry is that he brushed a 
*spider* off of his *socks*.  Spiders and socks both appear lots of 
times in other books, as you all know.  I think that they must 
symbolize *something*.

Spider: What is something that Ron is afraid of and that Harry lived 
with before he discovered he was a wizard?

Socks: What is something that Dobby loves to mis-match, Harry's are 
too big and bulky, and the pseudo-Moody saw?

They have to stand for something, but I can't pinpoint what.  Any 
thoughts? And, sorry for the scattered sentence structure; I just 
finished a 15 page essay for History and am essayed out.

-Becca

PS: Appologies if this is off-topic; I wasn't sure which group to 
post to.