Oops! Mistakes
from:
Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Note:
I've had some complaints about the Mistake pages saying that it's
an insult to J.K. Rowling to plaster pages with mistakes she or
the editor made. I never meant to give that impression, as I am
very aware that she has her hands full with raising a child, etc.
If you agree with the complaints, email me here, and if I get lots of emails, I will take
off the Mistakes pages. -Whitney
Mistake...
In
Book 3 on page 370 in the middle of the page, Black says Voldemort
has been in hiding for 15 years. Harry is only 13 and was attacked
12 years ago! Why would Voldemort go into hiding 3 years
before this happened when he was supposedly at the hight of his
power?
Mistake...
In
the 3rd book, Ch. 15, The Qudditich Final, Madam Hooch's whistle
rang out as she soared over to Montague and began shouting at
him. A minute later, Katie had put another penalty past
the Slytherin Seeker. Shouldn't it be Keeper? [Possible Correction:
In the UK edition it does say Keeper.]
Mistake... In Book one we are told Marcus
Flint is a burly 6th year. That means he would have been
a 7th year in Book 2. So why is he still a student in Book
3? [Possible Correction: JK Rowling was asked about this
in a recent online chat. In what can only be considered
an attempt to cover her oversite, JK Rowling said "He had
to do a year again! "
Mistake... In book 3 chapter 3, the driver
Stan told Harry the prices to get to London he said it was 11
sickles. But in the book it said harry shoved GOLD into Stans
hands. Sickles are silver coins, not gold made coins. [Note:
this mistake is only in the American edition. I have the British
one and it says silver.]
Mistake... Apparently wizard months are different
from ours. August is only three weeks long! In 'Prisoner
of Azkaban', Aunt Marge shows up on Harry's birthday -July 31.
A week later, he blows her up and flees. Then he spends
two weeks at the Leaky Cauldron and goes up the King's Cross on
September 1. That's no more than three weeks! So what's
up?
Mistake... In the 1st book, Harry is taking
his Nimbus 2000 to the broom shed when he sees Snape going into
the forrest, but in the 3rd book, it says that Harry keeps dashing
up to his dorm to check that his Firebolt is still there. If there
is a broom shed, shouldn't it be there, or was the broom shed
just added? [Possible Correction: The reason why Harry doesn't
use the shed is because he doesn't want his precious Firebolt
damaged in a broomshed.]
Mistake... It says Aunt Marge came and stayed
for a week at the begining of August and Aunt Marge stayed for
a week. One week later would be the begining of the 2nd week of
August. If Harry goes back to school on September 1st he would
have to stay in the leaky cauldron for two weeks.
-Thanks
to Jessica B.
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