Harry's glasses and vulnerability and LIly's eyes

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 121438


Julie wrote:
I just did a quick search on glasses and it wasn't brought up
so . . .
http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/1200-readersdigest-
boquet.htm
Boquet, Tim. "J.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter,"
Reader's Digest, December 2000
Rowling's quality control is legendary, as is her obsession with
accuracy. She's thrilled with Stephen Fry's taped version of the
books, outraged that an Italian dust jacket shows Harry minus his
glasses. "Don't they understand that they are the clue to his
vulnerability?"

Betsy responded:
So here's my guess: Harry has Lily's eyes, but unlike his mother, he
doesn't see people for who they are as well as she could - hence the
glasses.

vmonte now:

Will Harry Time travel again? JKR: "Not telling!" [AOL-00]

Page 427, PoA, U.S. edition, paperback:

Harry looked up at him. Dumbledore wouldn't laugh--he could tell 
Dumbledore...
"I thought it was my dad who'd conjured my Patronus. I mean, when I 
saw myself across the lake...I thought I was seeing him." 

"An easy mistake to make," said Dumbledore softly. "I expect you'll 
tire of hearing it, but you do look extraordinarily like James. 
Except for the eyes...you have your mother's eyes."

I love how every book makes sure to remind us about how much Harry 
looks like James. If he goes back in time will he be mistaken for 
James? And captured by the DEs? What if Snape (if he's still a DE at 
this time) realizes that Harry is not James, because of his eyes?

And I'm not saying that Harry will be able to save his parents, 
especially if he gets caught on the way to GH.