Very Little Foreshadowing? (was Re: Malfoy's Redemption)

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25444

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., caliburncy at y... wrote:
> But 
> I wanted a single, good example of first-time foreshadowing AT IT'S 
> VERY BEST.  
Luke, 

If you're still out there, I'm wondering about 
foreshadowing/misdirection in the books.  There are times when JKR 
foreshadows (first-time), but then seems to use something 
(misdirection?  author prophesy?) to throw us off the trail.  

Best example that occurs to me is the Grim in PoA.  We are told again 
and again that Harry sees a black dog, then nearly gets killed.  But 
we are also told early and often that Trelawney (who speaks often of 
the Grim) is a fraud.  We also have Harry seeing a Grim in a book in 
Diagon Alley, which suggests that it really is a death omen.  I doubt 
anyone guessed that Sirius was the Grim, so what are the techniques 
that make this storyline work?

Cindy