Foreshadowing Clues in CoS

[maria_kirilenko <maria_kirilenko@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52879

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Peter Shea <bebche2 at y...> wrote:
> 
> I remember reading an interview with Jo Rowling where she revealed 
that many hints are planted in CoS as to how Harry's story would 
develop.
> 
> I've been skimming through CoS for scenes and dialogue which might 
have special significance, but nothing leaps out. Has anyone else 
found material in CoS which hints at what we can expect in OotP?
> 


Greg wrote:
A significant clue, in my opinion, is that when Harry first hears 
Riddle's name, when he finds the diary:

"And
while Harry was sure he had never heard the name T. M. Riddle before, 
it still seemed to
mean something to him, almost as though Riddle was a friend he'd had 
when he was very
small, and had half forgotten. But this was absurd."

Many, many other times, we have seen that Harry has sub-concious 
memories of his past.  In the beginning of SS/PS, Harry has a dream 
about a flying Motorcycle.  We also know that he has some memory of 
the flash of green light that cursed him.

Perhaps Riddle was a common name around the Potter house.  Or the 
Dursley's.

Me:

That's very interesting. It could be that Riddle was often mentioned 
by that name at the Potters', which could happen if James and/or Lily 
were somehow close to Voldemort, and were not just his victims. And I 
think that it's more likely to be James than Lily, because he, AFAWK, 
is a pure-blood. Lily is not.

What supports this is the fact that Voldemort seems to be very proud 
to be Slytherin's descendant, which makes it likely that he'd want to 
have children himself. this, in turn, could imply that he was once 
married... to James' aunt? his great-aunt? 

I don't necessarily believe all this, I just think it could be 
possible. What I certainly *don't* belive in is the existence of a 
blood relation between Voldemort and Harry.

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Now for the foreshadowing clues...

The one that strikes me is that scene during Harry's detention with 
Gilderoy Lockhart.

"Fame's a fickle friend, Harry" and "Celebrity is as celebrity does."

While these are pretty cheesy banalities, I believe they *are* 
foreshadowing something.

The first quote foreshadows some events in GoF, when Harry is 
practically stalked by Rita Skeeter, and his fame basically turns at 
him, while, before, it had helped him out of some scrapes, as with 
Aunt Marge, and the Dark Mark scene during the QWC. It's entirely 
possible that things are going to get even worse in OoP and the later 
books.

"Celebrity is as celebrity does" could mean that Harry's going to 
save the world again (but we already know that, right?). 

Maria, 

who's waiting to find out who wins the Witch Weekly Most Charming 
Smile Award now that poor Gilderoy is sick at St. Mungo's.