The significance of Harry having Lily's eyes

[Sherry]

No: HPFGUIDX 138793

Mimbeltonia wrote:
> 
> The _reason_ why Harry has Lily's eyes is not and was never a 
> mystery - it is simply because he is her son.
> 
Amontillada:
Just as he resembles James because he's James' son. That resemblance
has attracted more witches' and wizards' attention because James, and
the Potter family in general, had long been part of the WW. As early
as SS/PS, others were noticing and identifying Harry because of his
resemblance to his father. Many were more than a generation older, so
they had seen earlier members of the Potter family.

Because she was Muggle-born, Lily herself would have been the first
member of her family who was familiar to the wizarding community. And
because she lived such a short life, fewer wizards and witches would
have known her or have a lasting memory of her appearance.

Mimbletonia:
> The _significance_ (to the plot!) of his eyes looking exactly like 
> his mother's  is the effect looking into Harry's (Lily's) imploring 
> eyes has on Slughorn, whose favourite student she once were: He can 
> not resist, and Harry receives the vital information, the horcrux 
> memory.

Amontillada:
Slughorn is the first wizard we've met who remembers Lily not merely
*as* clearly, but even *more* clearly than he remembers James. He
thinks of Harry first as "Lily's son," while Sirius and Lupin, for
example, thought of him first as "James' son" (before they really knew
Harry as an individual). 
> 

Amontillada