Lily's eyes & charms

[ar_hp03]

No: HPFGUIDX 133230

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kljohnson7868"
<kathleenjohnson at j...> wrote:
> Ok, there was a brief mention of this - but I still don't understand 
> what is the significance. Are we to expect this to be answered in Book 
> 7? And will JKR finally give a complete account of what took place 
> that night that Lily & James were killed?
> 
> Kathi, who wants Book 7 now! now! now!

Now AR:
Kathi, I think this was answered in book 6. I think the importance of
Harry having Lily's eyes comes down his being able to firstly persuede
Slughorn to teach at Hogwarts which makes it finally possible for DD
and Harry retrieve the memory that tells us about the horcruxes. It
was only  because of the affection that Slughorn has for Lily and the
fact that Harry's eyes remind everyone of Lily that Harry was able to
accomplish the job of retrieving the memory. And we all now know how
crucial this memory was to finding a way to destroy Lord Voldermort. 
This, IMHO, is the importance of Lily's eyes.

--AR