Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 16: Professor Trelawney's prediction

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> Carol responds:
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 On some level, she would begin to doubt her own abilities even though on another level, she knows that she sees things, so she withdraws into her own misty and mysterious world with as little contact with the "mundane" (and skeptics like McGonagall) as possible. 

Potioncat:
I agree, she came so close, just sort of interpreted things a bit off. Remember she also did some sort of reading of Harry but actually described Tom Riddle--it "was" correct, but who would know?

I have to admit I love the Christmas interaction between McGonagall and Trelawney. Some of the joke in that conversation is that Trelawney didnt "foresee" that Lupin would be sick. Well, all the staff knew his furry little secret and she of all people should have known the moon was full---it didn't even take "sight" to know Lupin wouldn't be there. What I also like is that we readers didn't know that at the time either.

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> Carol, who thinks that Trelawney is rather like Neville: a bit more confidence in her abilities from those around her (even perhaps Great-Grandma Cassandra when Sibyl was a child) might have gone a long way to helping her develop her abilities and interpret her own predictions without having to fudge some of them along the way

Potioncat:
I think you're right. She comes so close. I'd love to know what she intended with Lavender --the thing you're dreading will happen on a certain date?--I wonder if she "saw" Lavender getting bad news and dressed it up too much.
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