missing students from Harry's year? Was:Re: Random ideas

[Audra1976 at aol.com]

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To answer your question, I think the reason why the unmentioned students from the list are all non-Gryffindors is because Harry is in Gryffindor, and the story is told around him.  He is more likely to associate with and hear about other Gryffindors rather than the other Houses.  Regarding your list of unmentioned students, Trevor Book and Tracey Davis stood out for me.  I believe Trevor is mentioned by name in the Sorting Ceremony, and perhaps Tracey as well.

Perhaps some of Harry's classmates from the list will never be mentioned in the book.  JKR may have made the list of names for her own reference early on in her writing to draw from, and she may not need to use all the names.  Notice how Hermione Granger, a main character, is squeezed into the list as an afterthought, and Seamus Finnegan was changed from a pureblood to a half-muggle.  Neville Longbottom looks to be added later as well, and doesn't have any symbols.  Tracey Davis looks to have been changed from a muggle-born to only half-muggle, which makes me think she will factor in to the story somehow.  Otherwise, why bother changing her?

Audra


tcy <tcyhunt at earthlink.net> wrote:

<<I looked closely at these pictures and in checking them (the readable 
ones) with my list of characters I noticed that several (at least 11) 
have yet to be mentioned in the first 4 books. Has anyone else 
noticed this and formed any thoughts on why they may not have been 
mentioned if they are in Harry's year? Are they just not relevant, 
yet? Or (and this is quite possible, too) have I just missed the 
mention of them? I also noticed that none of the missing students 
were Gryffindor and wonder if this is significant?

The students (and their houses) that I couldn't find in my list were:
(please excuse any errors - some were difficult to read)

Book, Trevor - R
Corner, Michael - H
Cornfoot, Stephen - R
Davis, Tracey - S
Entwhistle, Kevin - R
Goldstein, Anthony - H
Greengrass, Amel???mie - S
Hopkins, Wayne - H
Jones, Megan - H
Li, Su - R
???dougal, Isabel - R

Any thoughts?>>