Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone book corrections

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - 3 corrections

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Chapter 6: The Journey from Platform Nine and Three Quarters it says that Harry kept to his room. and Hedwig swooped in and out of the open window. Couple of problems with this: at this stage Harry is still in his cupboard (and it is still called "his cupboard" at the beginning of the chapter, and cupboards don't have windows. [After the first letter from Hogwarts arrives, which Uncle Vernon confiscates, he and Aunt Petunia let Harry have Dudley's second bedroom.] Corrected by Cubs Fan

In the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone we are told that James Potter (Harry's farther) was made prefect when he was in Hogwarts, but in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, it is Lupin the werewolf who was made prefect. [There are always two prefects from each House, so both James and Lupin were prefects at the same time.] Corrected by Twotall

On page 99, it mentions that Harry and his classmates have Astronomy at midnight on Wednesdays. But on page 173, it says, "Wednesday night found Hermione and Harry sitting alone in the common room, long after everyone else had gone to bed. The clock on the wall chimed midnight when the portrait hole burst open." They should have been in Astronomy at this time. [Since the date changes at midnight, it is possible that the "midnight on Wednesday" they are referring to actually occurs on what we would think of as Tuesday night. Therefore, the scene in the common room, which took place on Wednesday night proper, would have been the NEXT night.]