Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 16: -Cost of Time Travel-

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 190356



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> Hermione herself experiences time as extra hours in a day that allow her to take extra classes and extra tests and possibly do extra homework. No wonder the poor child is exhausted! ...
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> Carol, who found her original reading of PoA mindboggling--werewolves, Animagi, Secret Keepers, and then Time Travel!
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Steve comments:

This brings up another interesting aspect of Time Turning. From Hermione's frame of reference, she experiences linear time. For her, what would be perceived by others as parallel classes, is instead, from her frame of reference, a series of serial classes. She experiences them one after another. 

So, how much time are we talking about? Purely to illustrate the principle, let's assume she is Time Turning FOUR classes per day, and not using the Time Turner for any other purpose. Next let's assume this goes on for 9 months -

9 mo X 4wks/mo X 5 days/wk X 4 hrs/day = 720 HOURS

That means by the end of the year, Hermione is actually TWO YEARS OLDER than everyone else based on her experience of linear time while time turning.

That's pretty significant, and yes indeed, no wonder the poor girl is exhausted. In the course of a year, she has experienced two years and nine months of linear time. 

So, time travel does not come without a personal price. 

Just a random thought.

Steve/bboyminn