Harry's Poor Ickle Head

[James Redmont]

No: HPFGUIDX 77156

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "James Redmont" 
> <jamesredmont at h...> wrote:
> > When I first read OP, I wondered if Harry getting hit in the 
head 
> > repeatedly might mean anything.  <snip>  It might not mean 
anything, but didn't 
> > it seem like poor Harry got smacked in the head quite a bit?
> > 
> > James Redmont

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Karen" <ktd7 at y...> wrote:
> Interesting juxtaposition of events... It could also be that Harry 
> exudes magic when he is stressed and/or hurt. When the Ford Anglia 
> fell through the Whomping Willow, Harry yelled "REVERSE" and it 
> did... either the car was sentient at that time or Harry magicked 
it 
> out of harm's way. Was he hit on the head by the Whomping 
Willow? :-)
> 
> Karen

Me:

I'm rereading OP again, and sure enough, he complains of headaches, 
through most of the beginning of the book.  Especially above his 
right eye, to be exact.  I keep thinking, you know, J.K. Rowling 
doesn't really write much that isn't important, and she took the 
time to give poor Harry headaches, not to mention the repeated 
whacking of his little head.  I think he's definitely growing more 
powerful, since he did wandless magic twice in OP, and with the 
Whomping Willow, as well.  You know what else?  I was thinking the 
other day about how the books are written totally from Harry's point 
of view.  We all think doing the types of magic Harry did as a child 
is normal for any wizarding child, but maybe Hermione's going to 
bust out one day with "yeah, my parents thought it was weird when 
I'd make strange things happen, like the time my kidney beans 
shivered ever so slightly when I didn't want to eat them", then 
Harry says, "one time I jumped on the school roof, then one time I 
turned my teacher's hair blue, then there was the time I grew all my 
hair back over night...but I'm sure loads of that kind of thing 
happened to you guys, too!", and everybody just sits around gaping 
at him.  There is definitely somethign going on with Harry!

James Redmont