Harry's 'wand hand' (was: book 5 flub)

Marci blackgold101 at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 7 14:52:27 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 75891

"Garrett" wrote:
> I just was looking at the american cover of OoP and reliezed that 
> harry had his wand in his left hand. And in Ps/Ss he told olviander 
> he was right handed.
> Garrett
> P.S. in other post you ca put in more flubs you have found

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I am surprised to see this too.  I wondered about this as well when 
the artwork for the books was released.  See below...
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Harry is right hand dominant per the 
book, and the movies, right?.

So, why on the Goblet and Phoenix covers is Harry holding the wand 
with his left hand? Is he all of a sudden ampedextrious (forgive me 
if i misspelled that)? He did 'clumsily' feed himself porridge with 
his left hand when his right arm was growing bones back.

First, I thought it was possible that the Phoenix cover could have 
been a mirror image (Harry would be looking over his right shoulder), 
but after seeing the Goblet cover... I wonder...

Is this a mistake?
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I have also taken into consideration that when we read the books, we 
become Harry, so looking at the covers is like looking in a mirror.  
Therefore, GOF would have the wand in Harry's right, as would OoP.








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