Alarm clock

[carodave92]

No: HPFGUIDX 146463

 "Marg McKay-Lowndes"
> wrote:
> >
> > > > I'm just browsing through my favourite parts of HBP and have
> > noticed the alarm clock on p.46, (Bloomsbury) which is mentioned
> > a few times. Harry repaired it a while back apparently. Does 
> > anyone see any significance in this? ...
> 
> bboyminn:
> 
> I think you may be looking to deeply for something that is not 
there.
> First ask yourself where would Harry get an alarm clock at the
> Dursleys. They seem to give him the absolute minimum 'stuff' they 
can
> get away with. They are not likely to run out and buy Harry a 
clock,
> and they are not likely nice enough to give him an old clock when 
they
> replaced one. So, Harry found an old discarded clock and fixed it. 
<snip>


Now Carodave:

I believe that the clock was something Dudley discarded when he 
broke it (during a diet induced tantrum?) It was stored with a bunch 
of other broken items in Dudley's second room, which became Harry's 
room after he moved out of the cupboard under the stairs.

Carodave