Reflections On That Mirror

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 85395

Kneasy wrote:
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> Harry sees family - at  least ten others besides himself. He sees his 
> parents, he sees other pairs of green eyes, he sees noses like his and 
> a little old man who might have his knobbly knees.
> 
> Noses? Knobbly knees? Has Harry's nose ever been described? If it has I 
> can't find it. But apparently it's distinctive enough to be recognised. 
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> Knobbly knees - how about those? Not really. Closest is a scrawny boy 
> on a bucking broomstick in one of Snape's memories and another scrawny 
> newcomer that gets a mention. Not close enough.
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Carol responds:
I can't believe I'm quoting canon to Kneasy, but here it is:

"Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair, and bright green
eyes" (SS 20). If you have PS, I can't give you the exact page
reference, but near the beginning of Chapter 2, "The Vanishing Glass."
The next two sentences describe the glasses held together by Scotch
tape (this is the American edition, after all) and the
lightning-shaped scar. Nothing about the nose, but the knobbly knees
are there from the beginning. Something an eleven-year-old can relate
to, I guess.

Carol