Two Plot Problems

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 187641

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Lynda Cordova <sweenlit at ...> wrote:

> Well explained in the story, understandable, and there's no plot 
> hole there.


zanooda:

All the confusion comes from DD's statement in OotP that the spy was detected and thrown out *before* the end of the prophecy. I understand perfectly well how this can be seen as an inconsistency. However we now know that we shouldn't trust everything DD says :-). Besides, his exact words were: "My - our  - one stroke of good fortune was that the eavesdropper was detected only a short way into the prophecy and thrown from the building" (p.843). 

These words give an impression that Snape couldn't be there when Trelawney finished the prophecy. My opinion is though that the wording allows for interpretations :-). For this sentence to be a complete lie (or to create a plot hole :-)) it should sound like this: "...the eavesdropper was detected and thrown from the building only a short way into the prophecy". As it is, Snape could be "detected" during the prophecy, but "thrown out" after the prophecy :-).