Retrospective Harry? (slips in writing style...clues?)

[ghinghapuss]

No: HPFGUIDX 76703

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ffimiles" <ffionmiles at h...> 
wrote:
> --- 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...
> Ffi

Me:
Also what about the first chapter of GoF 'The Riddle House'?  It's 
all from Frank Bryce and Voldemorts point of view when everything 
else, up to that point and after it, has been only what we see 
through Harry's eyes? 

I always thought that was odd and very exciting when I read it.  It 
gives me hope that we may learn more deeply about other characters, 
in particular the somewhat flat and two-dimensional Malfoys. If we 
continue to only see Draco (and Lucius) through Harry's POV we will 
never learn what is really going on inside their heads and as a 
result they will always be seen in such a narrow perspective.  I know 
there is much more to Draco that what we've been so far allowed to 
see, but if Rowling continues in the present style we will only get 
to see more of Draco if he and Harry are forced to deal with each 
other.
Mandy