Retrospective Harry?

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No: HPFGUIDX 76701

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tcyhunt" <tcyhunt at e...> wrote:
> While going through PS/SS the other day, I noticed something that 
> hadn't caught my eye in the many, many readings I've done of the 
> first book.  Chapter 16 (Through the Trapdoor) starts with "In 
years 
> to come, Harry would never quite remember how he had managed to get 
> through his exams when he half expected Voldemort to come bursting 
> through the door at any moment."
> 
> I can recall Harry being many things throughout the series - but 
not 
> retrospective.  For one thing, he's too young for much of that.  
Very 
> few teens are retrospective.  Is this line an indication that Harry 
> will live for quite some time?  That is to say, he won't die or 
> sacrifice himself within the first 7 books - or am I reading too 
much 
> into this sentence?
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Tcy

That is interesting - is this just a narrative slip-up by JKR - 
because it is a common phrase and easy just to throw in without 
thinking, or is it a hint?  And how many 'years' does it have to be, 
to be 'in years to come@?  That does sound rather a few years, rather 
than just a couple.  

Interesting - though, JKR does deviate from her usual narrative style 
again in PS/SS, when she shows Harry's first quidditch match from 
Hermione/Ron'Hagrid's perspective   -  something that's never done 
again.  So maybe it was just a first book style-thing - or maybe it 
is a huge clue...
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