08-03-2007, 08:01 PM
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 Re: how old is harry potter in real life
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Originally Posted by hpluver4ever  if you take it into consideration that each year at hogwarts is (i'm assuming) like a school year & last for about 180 days plus or minus days spent there during the holidays, and the fact that in the wizarding world, they come of age at 17 rather than 18 (which is told to us in HBP by Dumbledore when speaking to the Dursleys), Harry in DH just turns 17 because he had to be somewhere safe before he turned 17 because after that he could no longer call the Dursleys' house home because he'd be of age after that & his mother's protection would wear off. thus, the prologue would take place 19 years later when Harry is 36.
does that make sense? | Or since he celecrates a Birthday at the beginning of everybook, we can safetly assume that one book=one year. Harry is 17 in DH, and 19 years later: 17+19 is indeed 36. But in real life, that won't happen for another nine years.  |