Lily's eyes & charms

[Alon van Dam]

No: HPFGUIDX 133243

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ar_hp03" <ar_hp03 at y...> wrote:
> --- 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

Hey guys,

DD knew before Slughorn's memory that Voldemort made Horcruxes - he 
got the ring after all - and has suspicions about others. But it was 
Slughorn's memory that told him there were 6 in total, an absolutely 
vital piece of information if you want to track them all down. If you 
don't have a number, how will you know you've actually gotten them 
all? This, IMHO, is the importance of Slughorn's memory and, in turn, 
of Harry's eyes being so reminiscent of Lily's.

Just my 2 cents