Cross-book Foreshadowing (WAS Snape and Harry's first meeting)

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No: HPFGUIDX 29101

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 an explanation of cross-book second time foreshadowing 
(CBSTF) and the search for examples.

How about Harry's conversation with the snake in SS/PS? We're 
allowed to think it's a normal wizarding ability until CoS, when we 
find out that most wizards think it's suspect.

There's also the famous gleam in Dumbledore's eye. That's yet 
to be explained, and some people feel it foreshadows 
something  sinister. If it turns out that it  is benign, that will be 
CBSTF, won't it?

    Another example might be all those vampire references. <veg> 
We don't know yet whether they apply to Snape or not, but JKR 
has misled either the 20% of us who think there's some 
connection, or the 60%  who think there's not. (According to the 
poll, the other 10% believe Snape is a HP4GU moderator )
     It does seem awfully odd to me that we have vampire 
references all over the place, but while we've met House Elves, 
goblins, trolls, centaurs, merpeople, veela, a dwarf, a werewolf , 
a half-giant and a suspected hag or two, we've yet to encounter 
any vamps. So far as we know, that is.

Pippin