OOP ch 1

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 87717

After reading OOP the day it came out I'm finally getting back to 
reading it again to search for clues.  These are some of the things 
I've come across in the first chapter that I'd like some input on.

First of all, I get the idea that the news is very important.  Harry 
also says that the most important news reports are first.  The first 
one is as follows: "Record numbers of stranded holidaymakers fill 
airports as the Spanish baggage-handlers' strike reaches its second 
week-"  Has anyone found this to be significant?  I can't make sense 
of it.  Maybe it's just not important.  Also the part about Bungy the 
budgie water-skiing was mentioned twice in this chapter.  That may be 
important.  I also think that Mary Dorkins may play a role in a later 
book just because typically the characters randomly mentioned in 
previous books come back with a bigger role in later books.

Also, sometimes the meanings of names are important in books.  I 
looked up fig in the dictionary to find alternative meanings.  One of 
them is "worthless trifle" the other of course talks about how figs 
are used to conceal.  I think this meaning of her name is important 
and implies much of what we learn later in OOP.

The first time I read this book, and again now, I noticed that JKR's 
sentence structure and other things are different.  There are many 
more hyphens used as well as much more italicized print.  It seems 
that in many cases these tell us of a nearby clue.

When HP's scar was hurting in ch.1 of OOP the woman from number 7 was 
glaring at him.  Could she play a role in future books?

Harry talks about Dobby's powers.  Do you think it is possible that 
Dobby can become invisible?  Harry does not think so.

I know that there is a drought at the beginning of OOP, but there are 
a couple symbols of death I noticed.  These are Petunia's dying 
begonias as well as wilted lettuce.  I was also wondering if begonias 
were a symbol for anything.  I mean if they stand for something and 
it says they are dying that might tell us a lot.

Harry seems much more angry in this book as well as big headed.  
Could he possibly join the dark side for some time in the next book 
or at least look into it for revenge?  It just seems he's not the 
sweet boy trying to rid the world of evil anymore.  Or could someone 
be influencing him?

Who is this Mark Evans?  We know both Petunia and Lily had a maiden 
name of "Evans".  I rather enjoy this because Evans is my last name 
too :)

In his dreams where Harry revisits Cedric's death HP screams for his 
parents' aid.  Is it possible that they could intervene and help him 
or have in the past.  Obviously his mother's love plays a big role in 
the reason why he didn't die.

Harry said he could hear the dementors before he saw them.  Should we 
be paying more attention to sounds mentioned in the book and which 
ones have I missed?  I noticed in ch1 "crack" was repeated over and 
over.

What are the dementors exactly?  They are neither living or dead 
correct.  

Thanks in advance for your insight,
Karen Evans (why wasn't I named Lily?)