McGonagall's house/Gryffindors in Glasses

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 30530

Jason wrote:

> McGonagall is head of Gryffindor house. I think it would be 
fair
> to say she is a Gryffindor.

Fair, but not conclusive.  I'm just trying to adhere to the L.O.O.N. 
standard.  (I would bet Borgin isn't one, also, but do we really 
believe no Dark wizard has ever come out of Gryffindor?  So I'll leave 
him as an unknown.)

So we have quite a lot of Gryffindors with glasses.  Of course, we 
know more Gryffindors than any others, but there's a whole world of 
magical folk out there whose houses are unknown and who don't wear 
glasses, so I'd guess we're looking at a statistically significant 
trend.  Other than the natural and obvious superiority of people with 
imperfect vision <grins, polishes glasses>, what might JKR be trying 
to say?

My 2 knuts is that it's another, subtler message that physical might, 
physical attractiveness, and genetic superiority have no correlation 
with bravery or any other desirable character trait.  I like it that 
the hero of the wizarding world is this scrawny four-eyed kid (glasses 
broken, no less) with ill-fitting clothes, permanently mussed hair and 
no particular physical attraction.

Amy Z

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 Harry remembered how touchy Myrtle had always 
 been about being dead, but none of the other 
 ghosts he knew made such a fuss about it.
                  -HP and the Goblet of Fire
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