James Potter Still Alive?

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 81750

I have read Galadriel Waters' book (in fact brought it out just for this).   I do 
think it is an excellent book in a detailed analysis of books 1-4 makes several 
excellent and accurate observations upon JKR's style, techiniques, and tricks.  
However, the book's theory on the switching of Remus and James falls quite 
short of being a supported postulation on the septology mystery--IMHO.  

Each of the points listed below and in favor of the Remus/James switch can 
be explained away by simply being chalked up to foreshadowing the 
revelation at the close of PoA that Remus was a close friend of James.  
Throughout PoA, this is unknown, really.  Remus never tells Harry about how 
well he knew his father while they were in school together.  At the end of the 
book when Remus and Sirius are reunited and exclaim that they each thought 
the other was the real traitor, I take that to mean that Remus, being the only 
one out of the Mauraduers who never knew the true identity of the Secret 
Keeper (Peter, Sirius and james all obviously did) was the one who 
EVERYONE else thought to be the traitor, and given his personality as a bit of 
a quiet natured, self-effacing kind of guy, probably felt like his being seen as 
the traitor was somehow his fault and he might have carried an awful lot of 
guilt around from that instance-- afterall, until the end of PoA, he believes that 
in the span of 1-3 days, he lost all three of the best friends he ever had 
(James dead, Peter dead and Sirius in Azkaban).  So, I say his guilt makes 
him believe that Harry would want nothing to do with him if he knew of 
Remus's connection to his father.  

As for your point # 3, with trewlawney, I think this one is not explained away 
by my reasons, however, I do think it may be a supporting argument to the 
Lupin's boggart is not a moon but a crystal prophecy sphere of some sort.  It 
may have been that Remus witnessed Trewlawney give a prophecy (they 
always seem to be given to those who are close to the actual ones involved or 
the events prophesized about), and that the prophecy was something Remus 
"feared" and since he knew there wasa  recording about it, he fears anyone 
finding out and therefore, fears the prophecy recording that might allow 
someone to hear it.  He also would flee before the prospect of hearing 
another prophecy.  

Just my two knuts,
Arya
 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rach9112000" <
RACH911 at a...> wrote:
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> >     1) Unlike everyone else, Lupin on first seeing Harry never 
> > stared at his scar or mentioned his resemblance to James. (ch 5)
> >     2)Harry tells Lupin that when a dementor gets near him, he hears 
> > his mum being murdered by voldemort. On hearing this, Lupin had 
> > made "a sudden motion with his arm, as though to grip Harry's 
> > shoulder, but thought better of it". (ch 10)
> >     3) Trelawny said that Lupin "positively fled when I offered to 
> > crystal gaze for him-"(ch11)
> >     4) When Harry tells lupin he hears his mums voice louder, Lupin 
> > looks "paler than usual" and when he says he heard his dad, lupin 
> > says "you heard James?" in a strange voice.(ch12)
> >     5) "I certainly don't want Harry dead...""An odd shiver passed 
> > over his face". (ch 17)
> >     6) lupin has "no hesitation" about what harry's father would 
> > think (ch 18).
> > 
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