Harry's eyesight

[Sass]

No: HPFGUIDX 129570

On 26 May 2005 11:11:16 -0000, HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
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> Angie:

> Seems like there is a line from one of the books, as part of the
> narrative, that says so something like, for nothing was Harry the
> youngest Quidditch player in a century; he had a knack for seeing
> things others didn't."  Is that because of his glasses or in
> spite of them?

This comes from PS/SS - when Harry, Ron and Hermione are trying to
spot the key they need to use to get them through the obstacles en
route to the Philosopher's Stone - it's on page 203 of the Bloomsbury
H/B ed. ('Through the Trapdoor')

Michelle

> Perhaps it has to do with attention to detail and not visual acuity?
> Those are two entirely different qualities.

Sass now:

Indeed they are ! I wear glasses both for close work and for just
walking around, but I work as a proof-reader and I am (though I say it
myself) very good at spotting things - I've been called eagle-eyed on
more than occasion - not because I can see for miles like an eagle,
but because I'm good at spotting small things (like an eagle can spot
a mouse in a field of corn from a great height). I'm quite sure that
Harry's in the same position as I am in that respect - he notices the
small things (like a Snitch or a key with a bent wing) that others do
not. . .

Sass
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