Interesting Article

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 46328

James wrote:

> The author of this article (http://slate.msn.com/?id=2073627) 
> makes an interesting, if negative, appraisal of Harry, his 
>abilities and his character.  

Oh, James, you are way too kind!  ;-)

In all the Harry Potter-bashing articles I've read, this one is 
without question the most amusing.  Harry "is a glory hog" who 
skates through school by taking advantage of his "inherited wealth 
and establishment connections"?  Huh?  

It is just so very strange.  The author complains that everything 
Harry has was given to him.  The Marauder's Map.  The Invisibility 
Cloak.  His brooms.

Uh, last time I checked none of the students at Hogwarts had *day 
jobs.*  All of them have whatever they have been given.  Harry is no 
different, so what is the problem again?

And finally, there is the ultimate insult:  a brazen attack on 
Harry's manhood, declaring him to be a talentless "patsy."  "And 
even with his lucky wand, Harry still needs his mom's ghost to bail 
him out by telling him what to do. Once again, Lily Potter proves to 
be twice the man her son is."

Oh, ouch!

Man, it's kinda sad when one must resort to defamation of fictional 
characters to take them down a peg or two.  

Cindy -- who wonders if she could make a career out of claiming that 
McGonagall is homewrecking hussy