Glasses

[jdr0918]

No: HPFGUIDX 95090

<<<In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" (who also wears 
glasses and knows too well how difficult life would be without them) 
wrote: ...First, they give kids who read the books a weakness in 
Harry to identify with... He's like them in some ways, despite his 
great success at Quidditch (which would not be possible without the 
glasses) and his heroic adventures. I also guess, based on JKR's 
remark, that Harry will get into a dangerous situation where his 
peril is increased by having his glasses broken....>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says

A year or so ago, an alumna of my high school died: at the wake, she 
lay in her coffin with her glasses on her closed eyes, which I found 
oddly comforting. Some of us have our identity bound up in our four-
eyedness, and would hate the thought of Eternity coming at us out of 
a blur.

So, what if Harry's glasses serve as a rein on his power rather than 
just corrective lenses? Why don't they have a spell or a potion to 
correct vision? Aren't glasses sort of Muggle? Why do Lily's eyes 
need James' glasses?

--JDR, flinging a smoke grenade and strolling briskly upwind, 
whistling...