Foreshadowing and Aha Moments in Harry Potter Foreshadowing and aha moments occur often in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The first area in which foreshadowing occurs is in the exposition, when Harry,the protagonist, sees Albus Dumbledore in his Chocolate Frog card. The second place where there is a aha moment is in the rising action when Harry goes to the midnight duel with Draco,his enemy, and ends up in the third floor corridor with Fluffy and his friend sees a trapdoor which Fluffy guards. The first time foreshadowing occurs is when Harry,on the train, gets a chocolate Frog from the trolley and he gets Dumbledore as his card. The card has information about Nicholas Flamel wnich helps Harry later on in the book. For example, on page 219 the text says, “I’ve found him!” he whispered”… “Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the Dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon’s blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel!”(Rowling). As a result of this text evidence you can conclude that foreshadowing is very important to the story …show more content…
When he goes to the dueling area he finds that Draco tipped off Argus Filch(the custodian) and Harry has to run away. He runs into the third floor corridor which is forbidden to all students, and he finds himself standing right before a huge three headed dog. The reason why this aha moment is important is shown by a piece of text on page 162 when the text says “Didn’t you see what it was standing on?’ ‘The floor?’Harry suggested… ‘No, not the floor. It was standing on a trapdoor. It’s obviously guarding something” (Rowling). This quote is significant because it shows how the aha moment is important because in order for the stone to be saved Harry and his friends have to know that something is being guarded carefully so that they can figure out what is being