Slytherins come back WAS: Re: My Most Annoying Character

[lealess]

No: HPFGUIDX 180306

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Angel Lima" <angellima at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Carol:
> But even straightforward sentences sometimes turn out unreliable
> (see my "Harry knew" sentences in a previous post, or the infamous
> "Snape was going to Crucio him into insanity"). You have to consider
> context. How much is Harry likely to know or understand about what
> he's seeing? How likely is he to interpret it correctly? In this
> instance, his guess may be close, but it's probably not right on the
> money. (How could he possibly identify every person in that crowd? 
> He couldn't.)
> 
> Angel:
> How about this way?  In your Snape was making Harry's scar hurt 
> scenario, that is exactly what the author intended!  I don't
> exactly see how the author intended us to believe Slytherins
> returned when they were clearly labelled as deserters yet returned
> seemingly...
> 
>

To put this another way, and to echo Magpie's lengthy comment, I do 
not remember JKR lying about what Harry physically saw or felt.  
Harry saw what he saw.  He felt what he felt.  He wasn't 
hallucinating.  His *interpretations* were incorrect, not his 
eyesight or ability to feel pain.

How do we know this?  JKR came back later to correct the mistaken 
interpretations with fuller explanations -- or at least, she should 
have done, in the text.

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