PS/SS chapters 6-11 post DH look

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 180979

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wrote:

Alla:

> "Ah,yes," - he said softly, "Harry Potter. Our new - celebrity" - 
> p.136.
 
> Hee, the infamous first potion lesson. No, it did not appear to me 
> in a new light all together, still hate what Snape did here, BUT I 
> have a question. Why doesn't he just say  "our celebrity"? Who was 
> celebrity before Harry, the old celebrity?
> 
> Is it a reference to James? Is it a reference to Tom Riddle or 
> somebody else?

Geoff:
Interesting, Alla, the different interpretations we can put on 
something like this. I have always read this as meaning that 
Harry is 'new' to the school - i.e. a new pupil and nothing more 
sinister or hidden than that.

But I, like Winnie-the-Pooh, am a bear of little brain and far too 
often take bits in books at face value. I would never make a Holmes 
or a Columbo....
:-)