In every book someone mentions that Harry looks like his father...

[Susan]

No: HPFGUIDX 101006


> vmonte here:
> 
> I started reading OOTP recently and came across the scene in 12 GP 
> where Molly tells Sirius that Harry is not James no matter how much 
> he looks like him. It made me start thinking about all the other 
> times in the series that wizards/witches have commented on this. I 
> began looking through all the books and found that there are 
multiple 
> times where Harry is told that he looks like his father. (In OOTP 
> alone it is mentioned multiple times.)  
> 
> Why would JKR continuously tell us this? We already know that Harry 
> looks like James, so why beat us over the head with it?  Has JKR 
> added this bit of info into every book so that we don't forget?  
> 
> Throughout the whole series JKR has tricked us with mistaken 
> identity.  Harry sees himself in PoA but he thinks it's his 
father.  
> We also have fake Moody, Ron and Harry as Crab and Goyle, etc. 
> 
> How would you use this bit of info regarding Harry and James?  I 
> think it can only mean that someone will confuse Harry with James. 
> But how is this possible since James is dead?  
> 
> I think it can only mean that Harry has to time-travel to the past.
> 
Susan (teilani):
Can anyone say Oedipus?  Ewww.