PoA Plot does not work.

[johnbowman19]

No: HPFGUIDX 91174

Hey all
	After re-reading PoA, something occurred to me. Okay we all 
know about the time-tuner and how it allowed Harry to rescue Sirius. 
There is something about the order of events that does not make 
sense. Okay so the first time Harry is at the lake for the FIRST 
time, he sees himself across the lake? How can that be? Follow my 
thoughts, because the narration is told in a line. He goes down to 
the lake to save Sirius and blacks out. Then he wakes up in the 
hospital wing, and DD and Hermione tell him about the time turner 
and he goes back in time for the FIRST time. Then still on the First 
time he goes to the lake and drives away the dementors. Look at this 
graph:


	         Sees himself

Harry blacks out          Goes to the hospital wing then goes back 
in time and saves himself
		          
This is how it is told, but it could not have happened this way. How 
could Harry see himself, when he had not gone back in time yet? It 
is impossible. See how the there is introduction of another line of 
time before he himself starts that line of time? He should not have 
been there to save himself the first time because he had not gone 
back into yet. The dementors the first time should have killed him 
and Sirius. I realize this is a hard subject to explain but if you 
think it about it independently you should be able to see what I am 
saying. How can there be two Harry's before the narration accounts 
for it? Let me try and give and example. If I had a time turner here 
say I wanted to go back in time and retake a test I took. Now the 
first time I took the test I would not see myself, because I did not 
decide to go back in time before the action took place, or even if I 
did decide to do it, I would have to take the test before I could go 
back in time and do it again. Harry blacked out at the lake, but he 
saw himself. This means the action did not play itself out the fully 
the time we are given as the first time/ there is an introduction of 
a second Harry when we are given the FIRST time at the lake. Sorry 
if I I cannot explain this the correct way I see it. If I can I will 
send in a graph to explain it better. 

John