Book 1 question

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 84474

I originally replied to tzvi directly and haven't commented on the 
group so far.

I would disagree with the teacher that the point of (re)entry to the 
wizarding world was Platform 9 3/4. I overlooked the fact that, of 
course, Harry's entry to the WW was at his birth.

However, having considered the Leaky Cauldron as a possibility - as 
have various other commentators - my own feel for this is that 
Harry's re-entry occurred when Hagrid said to him:

"Harry -yer a wizard." (PS p. 42 UK edition)

Odd things had happened up to there. The roof, the hair, the snake, 
the letters but they didn't make sense to Harry. Now, although he has 
to have the fact confirmed in his mind in the next couple of 
sentences, he receives a new insight into his life. His frame of 
reference changes. I would relate it in my own personal experience to 
becoming a Christian. Suddenly, your whole frame of reference changes 
and you see life in a totally different way.

But, as has been pointed out, you need to read all the books to 
follow it through. To say that only the first book counts is a 
distortion. What would happen if you read only the "Fellowship of the 
Ring" and ignored the rest - or only "The Lion, the Witch and the 
Wardrobe" of the Narnia series nd ignored the other six books?

Geoff