Harry's green eyes (was Ask the Question)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 85044

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_reader2003" 
<carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
> Carolyn:
 Now, I have followed a lot of 
> threads on the books site as to how important it is that both 
Harry 
> and Lily have green eyes, and that this is supposed to be a BIG 
CLUE 
> of some sort. However, it seems to have been something that JKR 
seems 
> to have let go for the movie, so is it really that important after 
> all ? Yet another red herring maybe ?

Jen R.:

Well, I'm not certain about the green color, but we do know Harry's 
eyes are important. Here's what JKR said in an interview in 1999, 
Boston Globe:

"Yes. I've even drawn a picture of how they {Potters} look. Harry 
has his father and mother's good looks. But he has his mother's eyes 
and that's very important in a future book." 

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/1999/1099-
bostonglobe-loer.html

The other important quote, was when JKR saw Harry's picture, minus 
his glasses, on on the Italian translation. She stated: "Don't they 
understand that they are the clue to his vulnerability?" 

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/2000/1200-
readersdigest-boquet.htm

I'm still working out my thoughts on that comment, becasue the first 
thought is Harry's vulnerable in his eyes, like a dragon. That leads 
to the Welsh Green Dragon, and the twelve uses of dragon blood and 
so on....Does it all mean anything? I don't know! But his eyes are 
important.