Harry's glasses and vulnerability and LIly's eyes

[minervakab]

No: HPFGUIDX 121471


A-Mac wrote:

> Both of my parents wear glasses, but I have 20/10 vision. I have 
> almond shape eyes. I do not think that the shape of your eye makes a 
> difference on your sight, but heredity would be a huge player.


Minervakab says:

Let me explain myself better.  

I remember learning in sixth grade biology that the shape of the eye
from front to back causes the light to shine on the correct part of
the eye for seeing or to miss it by shining the light either in front
of or in back of this eye part. (I have forgotten the name of part of
the eye - retina maybe?)  It has nothing to do with the parts of the
eyes that we can see when we look at a person.

The parts of my daughter's eyes that I can see are the same shape as
mine so I assume that the back to front is also the same and that is
why she cannot see well just like me.  My son's eyes are a different
shape all together and he can see well.  Neither of my parents wore
glasses until their forties but they also did not have my eye shape. 
In fact, no one else in the family had my eye shape until my daughter.
 It was an inheritance from an unknown ancestor.

So if the shape of the eyes does make a difference in how well a
person sees and Lily could see well, then Harry should see well too. 
He obviously does not see well because of the glasses.  And since JKR
likes to throw people off, it could be that she made James wear
glasses so we would not guess that Harry's need of glasses is another
injury left-over from the curse.  

Possibly, Lily and/or Harry reflected the curse back on Voldemort with
their eyes alone vaporizing Voldemort's body, killing Lily, making
Harry unable to see well and leaving the scar on his forehead.  If
this theory is correct, Harry will have to face Voldemort without his
glasses in the end. This would be a very terrifying thing for a person
who cannot see well since one does feel vulnerable without one's glasses.

Minervakab