Spells used in fights

[scoutmom21113]

No: HPFGUIDX 71292

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "adamjmarcantel" 
<adamjmarcantel at y...> wrote:
> I don't know if this has been considered, but does anyone else feel 
> that a whole class of defense against the dark arts is useless?  I 
> mean, apparently, to successfully fight off a gang of death eaters, 
> all you REALLY need to know is "stupefy", "expelliarmus", a 
> summoning spell, and how to lock/unlock doors.  They learn all of 
> this in their first year so why bother wasting time with more 
spells than you will need?  <snip>  Has anyone else thought the same 
or I am just an idiot?
> Adam, who has tough skin and can take being an idiot...and who will 
> send you the bill for his therapy if you do call him one :)

Sorry, you don't get to send a bill.  I didn't notice it, but then, 
by the time I got to that scene it was about 4am on Jun 22nd.  I had 
to read it fast to finish before my husband and daughter got their 
hands on the book <g>.  Anyway, my husband made the same comment, so 
I've been inpatiently waiting for my daughter to finish so I could 
reread it.

Ravenclaw Bookworm