JKR's Misleading the reader and DD

[steven1965aaa]

No: HPFGUIDX 152237

houyhnhnm:

> Oh, very interesting!  I, too, have been puzzled by DD's comment 
about seeing himself with socks in the Mirror of Erised.  I took it 
partly as an evasion and partly as an example of Dumbledorian 
whimsy, but also felt it must have some added significance.  I never 
made the
> connection with Dobby and his socks of liberation though.

Steven1975aaa:

There are other references to socks all over the books, for example 
I think Harry has a pair of Uncle Vernon's worst old socks which he 
gives to Dobby, Dobby and Harry later exchange gifts of socks, Harry 
keeps his lucky potion wrapped up in an old sock, hands it to Ron 
who says what do I need with an old sock (something like that).  I 
think when DD said that he was being evasive (after all it was quite 
a personal question), to him getting warm socks rather than books is 
about love/comfort/family.  I think when DD looks into the Mirror he 
sees Harry prevailing over Voldemort and surviving and growing up 
into adulthood, and he wasn't about to reveal that to Harry in book 
1.