No Animagus for Harry

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From: "Shirley" <shirley2allie at hotmail.com>
>
>*Where/when* did JKR say that Harry would not become an animagus in
>the books?  That's news to me, although it wasn't something I
>considered a necessary plot twist. >>

Sue:
>Maybe I got it wrong, I read it in a post somehwere on some list a long long 
time ago, that JK had said this. Might have been a couple of years ago, in a 
discussion about PoA when we learn about James' ability. 
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I hope someone on this list knows if JK actually did say that. Help! If she 
did not say that then I"ll just go plonk my head in a bucket of sand ducking 
all the tomatoes.<

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*Okey dokey, so at least I know I'm not losing my mind.  I knew I'd read 
something about Harry and animagi somewhere.  In an interview with Rowling, 
October 20, 1999 - Press Club's Sean Bowler interviews Rowling and asks an important question.

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/1999/1099-pressclubtransc.html
 
SB: We're going to take a few more questions, and um, the next one is will 
Harry ever turn into a shape-changer like his father?

JKR: Animagus. No, Harry's not in training to be an animagus, and if you've 
read book three, you won't know - um, that's a wizard that's very, very 
difficult to do. They learn to turn themselves into animals. No, Harry is not, 
Harry is going to be concentrated elsewhere, he's not going to have time to do 
that. He's got quite a full agenda coming up, poor boy.

You probably read this same transcript Susan.  Don't worry, you "didn't get 
it wrong..."


Traci (please be kind to me - I'm a newbie to this)