Lily's Eyes

[abergoat]

No: HPFGUIDX 162385

knorte wrote:

> After noting, as have so
> many others, that Harry has his mother's eyes, he told Harry that Lily
> had a special gift of being able to "see" the good in others.  I'm
> wondering whether anyone has discussed the theory that what makes
> Lily's eyes so special and so important to the conclusion of the story
> is their ability to see (or feel really) the goodness in others?

Abergoart writes:

I'm not without hope that Lily was another Dumbledore - Dumbledore can
see worthwhile things in Hagrid, Snape, Mundungus and others that
society sometimes rejects.

But I do think her eyes are a bit more than that. JKR foreshadows with
comments by Fake Moody that Lily may have been resistant to Imperius
(Moody says 'watch the eyes, that's where you see it' when Harry
proves to be somewhat resistant. And Fake Moody says it takes real
strength of character which Snape's worst memory showed she seemed to
have.

As for 'seeing' the goodness in others, I'm also hoping Lily was a
Legilimens...that Snape talked in to using to learn Occlumency. 

As you see, we can really go places with Lily's eyes.

Abergoat