Harry as the Narrator

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 91050

I remember how a few weeks ago there were a series of posts 
regarding whose perspective the HP books are being told from, and 
who the narrator is. I was thinking yesterday that it may, in fact, 
be Harry telling his own story. But how, if there are chapters in it 
where Harry could not possibly know what is going on? Well, if I may 
stray a bit OT here, yesterday I was watching Lord of the Rings: The 
Return of the King, and it occured to me that the manuscript that 
Frodo and Bilbo wrote ("There and Back Again" and "Lord of the 
Rings") was not just an account of the two hobbits adventures, but 
of all of the events that occured across the series of books/films. 
Now Frodo wasn't around for most of those, so he must have been told 
what happened, and transcibed it for his book. Now, back to HP, if 
either of the timelines that I have seen for these books is right (I 
have seen one where Harry's birthday is in 1980 and one where his 
birthday is in 1983) then we can reasonably assume that these books 
are taking place in the not so distant past. Perhaps Harry, after 
deafeating LV and graduating from Hogwarts with honors, took a gap 
year before getting a job and found out his own whole story, then 
wrote it down to be passed on to JKR and us muggles. He could then 
reasonably be the narrator of his very own life story, which would 
explain how the narrator knows all of Harry's thoughts and actions, 
and would also explain why it is not told in first person, as there 
would be parts where Harry wasn't present for the action and was 
presumably filled in later. So perhaps this is an indication that 
Harry will live to the end of book 7, as he is the one narrating it 
all after the fact. 
Submitted for approval. 
Meri