Assorted comments and questions

[templar1112002]

No: HPFGUIDX 134469

"darqali" wrote:
> <snip>
> Another question [perhaps answered in the past, please give me a 
> reference if there is a discussion, as I couldn't find it}
> 
> Why could Harry not initially see Thestrals? [Winged 'horses' 
which 
> pulled the Hogworts carriages; and visible only to those who have 
> seen death ... or murder?] He was present when LV murdered his 
> parents, after all!  O.K., he probably didn't see his father die; 
as 
> Lily was trying to escape while James held LV off ... but Lily was 
> shielding Harry with her body when she died, so Harry must have 
seen 
> the event.


**Marcela now:  Check Jo's website, she answered to this in the FAQs 
section. http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/faq_view.cfm?id=21


  But basicaly and briefly, 1) because Harry was too young when his 
parents died; and 2) because at the end of GoF Harry had not 
internalized the death of Cedric, yet, and that she didn't want to 
start with a complex new thread only to leave it as a cliff-hanger 
for book five.

Marcela