Harry's Patronus

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 113064

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lady_galadriel14" 
<lady_galadriel14 at y...> wrote:
> I was re-reading PoA and noticed an inconsistency. At the end of 
> PoA, Dumbledore says something to Harry about the unusual form his 
> Patronus took when it charged down Malfoy at the Quidditch match, 
> and made the comment that Prongs rode again. Obviously this means 
> Harry's Patronus was clearly a stag. Why then, at the end of the 
> book, did Hermione seem so surprised and impressed to find out 
that 
> Harry could produce a Patronus? Also, in the meeting at the Hog's 
> Head in OotP, everyone present is shocked that Harry can produce a 
> corporeal Patronus. Wouldn't most, if not all, of these people 
have 
> been at that Quidditch match and seen what happened? It's hard to 
> believe no one would have noticed, even if they didn't happen to 
be 
> watching Harry at that moment. I think a gigantic bright silver 
> shape charging someone down would catch your eye.
> 
> "lady_galadriel14"

Its possible that noone recognized the Patronus for what it was on 
the day of the Quidditch match, mostly because as soon as Harry 
conjured it he went into a dive to catch the snitch and win the 
match. Also it is possible that some of the students at the Hog's 
Head weren't present at the match for one reason or another. Just a 
couple of thoughts. And as to Hermione being impressed, the Patronus 
conjured at the match was not done in real conditions, ie there were 
no actual dementors present. That Harry, in the face of a hundred of 
the soul sucking fiends, managed to produce a Patronus when it was 
much more difficult, is a very impressive feat indead. 
Meri