Foreshadowings/discoveries in Chamber of Secrets

[ohnooboe]

No: HPFGUIDX 113535

Finwitch wrote:
> 
> So what's left for Book #6? A discovery Harry makes in Chamber of
> Secrets foreshadows another discovery (sure, we discussed about
> discoveries in the Secret Chamber of Slytherin, but Rowling may have
> meant the BOOK, giving that clue)


   I just reread book 2 a week or so ago looking specifically for the 
forshadowing.  I had a lot of the same ideas as you here, but I had 
one other thought.  It'd be rather blatant on JKR's part, but she 
knows that sometimes we're too busy trying to figure out where Mars 
was in the sky in '91...so...  

   After Harry leaves the Chamber, he and Dumbledore speak of Harry's 
house placement (Harry having doubts about where he should have been 
placed.)  Dumbledore says 2 very interesting things.  One, (major 
paraphrasing as my book is at home) that it's the choices we make that 
matter.  I think this on its own is a discussion and a half, so I'll 
skip that.  It's the second thing he says that interests me.  

   Again, I'll paraphrase, though I'm pretty sure on this one.  When 
Harry voices his doubts about the house he was placed in Dumbledore 
says: "Only a true Gryffindor could pull that [Godric's sword] from 
the hat."  The hat being the Sorting Hat, which I believe belonged to 
Gryffindor. (correct me if I'm wrong)  

   I think it's curious that Dumbledore should word his comment this 
way.  Since we just saw that only the REAL heir of Slytherin could 
open the chamber (Riddle) it's possible that only the real heir of 
Gryffindor could "pull the sword from the hat".    Perhaps this is 
what Dumbledore really meant, though it was put rather off-handedly.  
Add to this the fact that the Potter's lived in Godric's Hollow.  
It's possible that this is Harry's discovery from the CoS.

   Just a thought...

   Patrick