Harry & Hermione's Birthdays (was Harry's B-day)

[romulusmmcdougal]

No: HPFGUIDX 109282

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at s...> 
wrote:

> DuffyPoo:
<snipped>
> Whether the Daily Prophet is saying the break-in occurred on July 
31, or that the investigation was continuing on July 31, HP read it as 
"the breaking which occurred on July 31" and referenced that to his 
own birthday.  I think the kid, as much of a dolt as I sometimes think 
he is, would surely know his own birthday.



I am not disputing that Harry doesn't know his own birthday.
I am disputing that not all of the article was necessarily made known 
to us as readers.  Harry read the headline.  Then he continued to read 
further into the article.  Then the action switches to Harry's memory. 

Then Harry exclaims "hey that break-in occurred on my birthday!"
Could it be that the headline just made Harry think of that, or was 
there more in the article that made Harry speak?
Again, it is ambguous.

RMM