Blinded Harry WAS (Re: Harry's glasses and vulnerability)

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 121500



> Valky:
> I have been thinking a lot about this topic, it's very interesting.
> I went back through my books with it in mind and found something
> curious, each time Harry faces Voldemort there is some reference to
> blindness nearby.
<snip>
> In GOF which I haven't got but I can vaguely remember - Harry's
> injured leg casues him blinding pain.
> In OOtP when Voldemort jumps inside him _ Harry is described as
> blinded and dying.... AND when he wakes, curiously, his glasses are
> *off* :-O

Annemehr:
Interesting!

I have my GoF...
When Harry and Cedric were confronted by Wormtail and Voldemort upon
their arrival at the graveyard, Harry's scar "exploded with pain." He
covered his eyes and fell; the book specifically says "he could see
nothing at all."  Although, the green light of the AK did penetrate
his eyelids.

Other references to blindness in the graveyard: tied to the tombstone,
Harry could only see what was right in front of him; Harry closed his
eyes to avoid seeing Wormtail cut off his own hand; he also closed
them as he portkeyed back to Hogwarts.  You can decide if closed eyes
counts or not. ;)

Valky:
> Now I don't know what all this means, but it's all there, black and
> white, clear as ..... blindness?
> 
> Now, who's got a theory? :D

Annemehr:
No theory, sorry. I'm not sure if this is a plot clue, or if it's
thematic i.e. blindness equating to a sense of vulnerability for JKR
which she uses when Harry's in danger.  I tend to think the latter,
but then would expect it to come up, maybe even more emphatically, in
the climax of book seven (now that you've pointed it out).