U.S. Cover: Contemporaneous Events?

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 166989

I'm not sure if I am "correctly" interpreting everyone's 
interpretations of the U.S. cover.  :)

Is it the general belief that whatever is happening is happening at 
once, all in the same place?  That the individuals in the background 
are witnessing what is happening b/w Harry and Voldemort as it is 
happening?

I don't think that is necessarily so, if past covers are any 
example.  For example, the Scholastic GOF cover depicts Harry holding 
the golden egg, Fleur, Cedric, Krum, Sirius the Dog, a dementor, and 
presumably part of a dragon.

Yet, Sirius was never in the presence of the other champions, the 
egg, or the dragon, was he? Nor was the dementor.

Obviously, the bit with Harry and Voldemort refers to their final 
showdown.

Maybe the frayed curtains and broken wood represent the Potters' home 
that was destroyed, that Harry is expected to visit early on in the 
book, after the wedding?

Can't think of any suggested "timing" for the individuals in the 
background, but I find it hard to believe the Harry-Voldemort 
smackdown will be a mass-spectator event.

Angie (hoping she hasn't exceeded her max. posts)