Chapter 14 GF, weird?

[blaisezz]

No: HPFGUIDX 60266

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lennyb2002" <lennyb2002 at y...> 
wrote:
> Chap. 14 ends with a bizare paragraph for a bizare chapter: 
>  
> 
> "He heard Ron come up into the dormitory a short while later, but 
did 
> not speak to him. For a long time, Harry lay staring up at the dark 
> canopy of his bed. The dormitory was completely silent, and, had he 
> been less preoccupied, Harry would have realized that the absence 
of 
> Neville's usual snores meant that he was not the only one lying 
> awake."
> 
>  
> 
> So, does the unknown narrator often highlight something Harry is 
> oblivious to? Is the narrator sympathizing for Neville, or perhaps 
> suggesting that Harry is missing an important clue? 
> 

I always assumed this was to alert our attention to the fact that 
Neville had obviously been very affected by Moody's lesson, having 
seen the curse that as good as killed his parents. I think JKR was 
just showing how Voldemort has had such a bad effect on everyone's 
lives, not just Harry's.

vicky