"This is just too easy..."

[sweetusagi76]

No: HPFGUIDX 33144

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "dicentra_spectabilis_alba" <bonnie at n...> 
wrote:
>...it began to bother me that the spells protecting the sorcerer's
> stone were so easy to defeat.  If you're really trying to keep the
> stone away from Voldemort, would you set up spells that first-year
> students can defeat?

Well, there are many takes on this, I'm sure. 1)One way to look at it 
is that each one of the spells/riddles were playing on a very 
specific strength.  If we assume that the professors assumed that 
only 1 person would attempt to pass through the spells and riddles 
(if they got past Fluffy without getting eaten!!), it is highly 
unlikely that one individual would possess all the strengths 
necessary to complete all the tasks involved.  It just so happened 
that our 3 favorite 1st years all have various strengths (Hermione, 
logic; Ron, chess knowledge and strategy as well as courage; and 
Harry, flying/Quiddich).  

2)And even if someone could get past all the riddles/spells (which 
they did, obviously), they would have to figure out how to use the 
Mirror of Eirsad(sp?).  And as Dumbledore said (paraphrasing 
here) "Only a person who sought the stone but had no intentions of 
using it would bee able to find it in the mirror"  And I'm sure 
Dumbledore assumed (correctly, I may add) that if anyone sought the 
stone, they would seek it out to use it, either for wealth or eternal 
life.  That's why Harry could find it, he didn't think about using 
the Stone, only of keeping it from LV.

3)We could also take the mundane logic point of view and say that 
it's that way so our heros could, well, BE the heroes!  :)

But on a side note, I completely understand your concern about this.  
I never really thought about it until you brought it up!  And sorry 
for the length of the post!

Angela AKA SweetUsagi