OOP: Harry & Neville & Prophecy

M.Clifford valkyrievixen at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 25 05:25:07 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 63478

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "filo_roll" <filo_roll at y...> 
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> Lucius tells Harry "The only people who are permitted to retrieve 
a 
> prophecy from the Department of Mysteries, Potter, are those about 
> whom it was made..." Isn't it significant that Neville was the 
only 
> other person other than Harry to hold the prophecy?  Harry throws 
it 
> at Neville who scopes it up onto his chest and later puts it into 
his 
> pocket.  At this point they are still in the Department of 
> Mysteries.  So, is it possible that the prophecy is about both 
Harry 
> and Neville?
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> filo_roll

Hi filo,
Quite frankly I can see three people in the prophecy easily. 
The "other" doesn't necessarily mean the 'other of the either' it is 
ambiguous enough for a third party to be referred to.






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