Why Harry Practices Magic - Also...

[finwitch]

> Rebecca:
> I think the 'simple spell' might be the point. Perhaps in 
the 'movie 
> world' of Harry Potter, students are allowed to do SIMPLE spells, 
> (like Hermione being able to fix Harry's glasses in CoS) outside of 
> school without getting in trouble. Remember, when Vernon says that 
> line Harry is about to do some sort of violent magic, not just a 
> lumos spell. It might be that ATTACKING someone outside of school 
is 
> not allowed, but lighting your wand, or doing a 'reparo' is allowed.

You know - I think that Lumos _is_ an allowed spell.

Even if Harry was just reading a spell book... he'd still need the 
light, so... (in the books he has a Muggle Flash Light, I just wonder 
where he got it - or whether the batteries didn't run out...)

In a way, Harry can't even do his *homework* without using Lumos... 
and a Muggle would think he just has a flash light that looks like a 
stick/wand... (I wonder if Warner Bros. will make such... Pen-shaped 
flashlights already exist, and making one look like a wand isn't that 
far off...)

Finwitch