[HPforGrownups] Re: book covers of OoTP

[Edward Post]

No: HPFGUIDX 54087

on the Right handed v. Left handed discussion:
>
>Phyllis wrote:
>As for the US cover - is there anywhere in canon that says that Harry
>is left-handed? Grand Pre has Harry holding his wand in his left hand.
>
>Richelle wrote:
>It's in canon that Harry is right handed. In Olivander's selecting his
>wand, Olivander asks which is his wand arm, Harry says, well, he's
>right handed.
>
>Sophie wrote:
>Looking at the other US cover, Harry is holding the wand in his left
>hand also on GoF, and catching the Snitch with his lefthand in SS.
>The chapter illistrations also show him favoring his left hand, while
>most other people are shown using their right hand.  It all seems too
>deliberate to me.
>
>aesob/Alex wrote:
>... cover art is not art-directed by JKR, ... GrandPre is only
>interpreting what she reads into something for us to see. Just because
>Harry is holding his wand in his left hand doesn't mean that he's
>looking in a mirror or that he's suddenly left-handed. GrandPre
>probably chose to put the wand there because it just looked better
>that way. Artist's choice doesn't necessarily fit into canon.
>
>Loony Loopy wrote:
>I agree with aesob/Alex.  The backcover (?) for PoA shows a partial,
>not full, moon and a wolf (okay, maybe it's a dog).  So there's a
>possible error.  On the GoF cover, Harry is holding an Egg in his
>other arm, so maybe that's why he switched his wand from one hand to
>the other for this "pose."  As for the PS/SS cover, isn't Harry
>clutching his broom with the other hand?  I am right-handed and I
>throw with the right hand and catch with the left hand, so the cover
>of PS/SS makes sense to me.  IIRC, in there's a little chapter picture
>of Harry conjuring the Patronus with his left hand, which contradicts
>canon.  It's all artistic choice.
>
>Loony Loopy,
>who says all bets are off if Harry IS holding something plot-revealing
>in his right hand for this scene.
>
>
Now I, Mr. Ed writes:

I'm in 'the cover is a mirror image' crowd.  Take a look at the scar on 
Harry's head and the representation of that scar (presumably) on the P in 
Potter in the title.  They're mirror images of each other.

Mr. Ed

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