James Potter (Harry’s Son) Character Analysis in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

James Potter is Harry’s son and Albus’s older brother (named for Harry’s father). James is sorted into Gryffindor and Albus often feels that Harry likes his brother much more because everything comes easy to him. Harry assures him that while he understands James more, James is nothing like him because Harry often struggled throughout his childhood.

James Potter (Harry’s Son) Quotes in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

The Harry Potter and the Cursed Child quotes below are all either spoken by James Potter (Harry’s Son) or refer to James Potter (Harry’s Son). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

HARRY: Albus, I want you to have the blanket.

ALBUS: And do what with it? Fairy wings make sense, Dad, invisibility cloaks, they also make sense—but this—really?

HARRY is slightly heartbroken. He looks at his son, desperate to reach out.

HARRY: Do you want a hand? Packing. I always loved packing. It meant I was leaving Privet Drive and going back to Hogwarts. Which was… well, I know you don’t love it but…

ALBUS: For you, it’s the greatest place on earth. I know. The poor orphan, bullied by his uncle and aunt Dursley…

Related Characters: Albus Severus Potter (speaker), Harry Potter (speaker), James Potter (Harry’s Son), Lily Potter (Harry’s Daughter), Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon

Related Symbols: Harry’s Blanket

Page Number and Citation: 38

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James Potter (Harry’s Son) Character Timeline in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

The timeline below shows where the character James Potter (Harry’s Son) appears in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...the busy King’s Cross station in London, Harry Potter, his wife Ginny, his two sons James and Albus, and his daughter Lily enter with luggage trolleys. James is teasing Albus about... (full context)

Harry, Ginny, Hermione, and Ron then say goodbye to Albus, James, and Rose. Albus hugs his parents nervously and climbs on board. As they watch their... (full context)

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...him as people crowd Harry for autographs. Albus feels like Harry Potter’s “disappointing” “Slytherin son.” James teases Albus again for being placed in Slytherin, which Harry tries to quash. He asks... (full context)

The next day, Albus is sitting in his room as his siblings pack chaotically—James talks about his Invisibility Cloak and Lily insists on wearing her fairy wings to school... (full context)

...and worries as a parent. Harry wishes he could understand Albus the way he understands James and Lily. But Albus is different, Ginny explains, and that’s a good thing—although Albus can... (full context)

Albus and Scorpius emerge from under the Cloak, which Albus admits he stole from James. He apologizes for being a bad friend—for not talking about Astoria enough, and for avoiding... (full context)

Albus agrees that he’ll try to be a better son—he knows he’s not his brother James. Harry points out that James is nothing like Harry—everything comes easy to James, whereas Harry’s... (full context)