Uh-oh! I found some Harry Potter mistakes!
Yes, I have done what we all love and hate to do. I have discovered some mistakes that J.K Rowling has made. I recently re-read the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and discovered the following things.
Chapter 24: Priori Incantatem, page 667
"The smoky shadow of a tall man with untidy hair fell to the ground as Bertha had done, straightened up, and looked at him...and Harry, his arms shaking madly now, looked back into the ghostly face of his father.
"Your mother's coming..." he said quietly. "She wants to see you...it will be all right...hold on..."
This passage is from the duel Harry and Lord Voldemort have, the scene where their brother wands meet and connect with each other. At this time Voldemorts wand is releasing the 'spirits' of the last major spells he casted, mainly Killing Curses. Harry's father comes out of the wand and then tells Harry is mother is coming. Ah! But wait! The things being released from Voldemorts wand are being released in reverse order. Wormtails hand, Cedric Diggory, the old Muggle Voldemort killed in the Riddle house, Bertha Jorkins, James Potter, and then Lily. It might not seem strange, but think about the last two people. James Potter should have been the last to come out of the wand, not Lily. Harry's dad was murdered before his mother. He was killed trying to make more time for Lily and Harry. Lily was killed in front of Harry, trying to protect him, right after James died. So in the logical order, Lily would have come out of Voldemort's wand BEFORE James, not after him.
Chapter 27: The Beginning, page 725-726
"Hermione turned away, smiling at the horseless carriages that were now trundling toward them up the drive, as Krum, looking surprised but gratified, signed a fragment of parchment for Ron."
The 'horseless' carriages. While it may not be a horse, these carriages aren't drawn by thin air. Thestrals are creatures that can only be seen after one has witnessed death. By the time Harry was leaving year four, he had witnessed death. Two deaths actually. First his mother when he was a baby, which may or may not really count as witnessing someone die, after all he was an innocent baby, but still, the memory has obviously haunted him through out the years, and at the end of the Triwizard Tournament Harry saw Cedric murdered. So then why does he not notice them? J.K never discussed this in GOF, it was technically introduced in Order of the Pheonix, but still, Harry would have to have seen the thestrals at the end of this year. Perhaps she purposefully left it out of this book, there wasn't really too much time to get into it, but she could have done a better job with it, rather than just hoping we wouldn't pay to much attention to that little fact.
At the moment I can't think of any thing else that troubles me in the series, J.K Rowling is very careful to not make mistakes. If you have found anything odd in the books please comment them. I love to try and figure out these Harry Potter mysteries. =]
.......and yes, I realise I have no life when I sit around trying to find mistakes in books.
Chapter 24: Priori Incantatem, page 667
"The smoky shadow of a tall man with untidy hair fell to the ground as Bertha had done, straightened up, and looked at him...and Harry, his arms shaking madly now, looked back into the ghostly face of his father.
"Your mother's coming..." he said quietly. "She wants to see you...it will be all right...hold on..."
This passage is from the duel Harry and Lord Voldemort have, the scene where their brother wands meet and connect with each other. At this time Voldemorts wand is releasing the 'spirits' of the last major spells he casted, mainly Killing Curses. Harry's father comes out of the wand and then tells Harry is mother is coming. Ah! But wait! The things being released from Voldemorts wand are being released in reverse order. Wormtails hand, Cedric Diggory, the old Muggle Voldemort killed in the Riddle house, Bertha Jorkins, James Potter, and then Lily. It might not seem strange, but think about the last two people. James Potter should have been the last to come out of the wand, not Lily. Harry's dad was murdered before his mother. He was killed trying to make more time for Lily and Harry. Lily was killed in front of Harry, trying to protect him, right after James died. So in the logical order, Lily would have come out of Voldemort's wand BEFORE James, not after him.
Chapter 27: The Beginning, page 725-726
"Hermione turned away, smiling at the horseless carriages that were now trundling toward them up the drive, as Krum, looking surprised but gratified, signed a fragment of parchment for Ron."
The 'horseless' carriages. While it may not be a horse, these carriages aren't drawn by thin air. Thestrals are creatures that can only be seen after one has witnessed death. By the time Harry was leaving year four, he had witnessed death. Two deaths actually. First his mother when he was a baby, which may or may not really count as witnessing someone die, after all he was an innocent baby, but still, the memory has obviously haunted him through out the years, and at the end of the Triwizard Tournament Harry saw Cedric murdered. So then why does he not notice them? J.K never discussed this in GOF, it was technically introduced in Order of the Pheonix, but still, Harry would have to have seen the thestrals at the end of this year. Perhaps she purposefully left it out of this book, there wasn't really too much time to get into it, but she could have done a better job with it, rather than just hoping we wouldn't pay to much attention to that little fact.
At the moment I can't think of any thing else that troubles me in the series, J.K Rowling is very careful to not make mistakes. If you have found anything odd in the books please comment them. I love to try and figure out these Harry Potter mysteries. =]
.......and yes, I realise I have no life when I sit around trying to find mistakes in books.
I hate when the movies change the book parts. Like Hermione and the house elves. And when Nevel (sp?) gave Harry the stuff so he could breath under water but it was Dobby in the book.
fruit_baskets, June 5th, 2009 at 09:14:18am
Yay, I have a rare copy, too!
Yes!
Miley Cyrus, June 21st, 2007 at 09:15:50pm
Really? O.o
I bought it the day it came out so yeah....
Wow. O.O
TMTCR, June 20th, 2007 at 04:14:53pm
OMG you have an original fourth! That mistake was caught and the mistake books are rare! HOLD ON TO THAT!
They pulled a bunch of books and they had to reprinted.
OMFG!
just_call_me_dookie, June 19th, 2007 at 10:30:23pm
But it wouldn't be whether you've accepted death, it'd be whether you've witnessed it.
TMTCR, June 18th, 2007 at 11:16:29pm
That's awesome! I do that kinda thing with movies too.
define_normal, June 18th, 2007 at 05:58:45pm
My guess for the second one is that Harry hadn't really accepted the death of Cedric. I've heard that before, and I think it might be right.
But for the first one...there's nothing to say...the error is obvious xD
stilinski, June 18th, 2007 at 05:02:11pm
awesome! i do that with films.
Lyddy r teh Snaily, June 18th, 2007 at 08:05:39am
That's funny. From the book I distinctly remembered that Lily came out before James and told Harry his father was coming, and then James told Harry what to do...
I have to go check that
GreenDayCookieFairy, June 18th, 2007 at 02:36:41am
Well that first one is something that JK Rowling should know about
but the last one I think that they just mean is that unlike normal carriages...there not any horses that are pulling it. But I saw that to and thats what I thought..but I think thats what she means.
Jessika with a K, June 17th, 2007 at 11:42:47pm
Thank you =]
TMTCR, June 17th, 2007 at 10:17:20pm
Wow. Very well done. ;)
wait_what, June 17th, 2007 at 10:14:51pm
I've done that with many books but with things like grammer mistakes.
it annoys me but sometimes when you find one small thing,
it gets exciting XD
nimrodrockstar, June 17th, 2007 at 10:14:40pm
Thanks =]
And you aren't a loser XD
TMTCR, June 17th, 2007 at 10:12:23pm
Haha, nice!
You know I actually realized the first one before?
xD
*Loser*
Nice blog.
Miley Cyrus, June 17th, 2007 at 10:08:13pm