[HPforGrownups] The Eagle Owl/Re: Harry's dreams in GoF

[Jeremiah LaFleur]

No: HPFGUIDX 165648

Carol:
> Is JKR cheating just to provide information that Harry couldn't
> otherwise know, or is there a logical explanation for Harry to see
> from a point of view other than Voldemort's in his Voldie dreams?
>
> Carol, who thinks that the eagle owl is Draco Malfoy's, FWIW

Magpie:
I feel very guilty snipping all of this because I think it's a really
good question--one that I also wondered about in GoF. Is it just the
JKR thought it was a neat way to segue into Harry after that opening
chapter? Not exactly, since Harry wakes up knowing something is wrong
and remembering part of the dream. But why is he dreaming about Frank
and not Voldemort? And why does he later dream of those events also
not from Voldemort's pov?

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Jeremiah:

First, Carol, I know how you feel about snipping. lol. But I see it as the
"Nature of the Beast" if you will...

Ok, I agree with you, Carol. Harry has a lot of thinking to do and a lot of
info needs to get to us as readers that Harry has to forget... so the dreams
work beautifully. I'm re-reading the series and I was amazed at how many
dreams Harry has and how many are recounted to us that Harry "forgot" after
ha had them.

I see it as significant to his psychological journey. As the series move
forward we see less of the ones he forgets and as he begins remembering them
we have another Harry on out hands that is different from the first. He also
has a lot of instincts that I think are relevant to the dreams he has had.
As his instincs grow the recounting of the dreams diminish...


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