Not letting Harry and Hermione face the boggart was unfair (was: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: HOW many classmates?)

[Elihu Falk]

No: HPFGUIDX 91467



dorapye <helenhorsley at hotmail.com> wrote:
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However, if we take it that there are *thirty* Gryffindors in the 
class, Harry and Hermione not getting their turn with the Boggart 
doesn't seem quite so....significant...or unfair... (except that 
Lupin dives in front of Harry to prevent him from tackling it).



My answer:

This would make sense if, in fact, each student only faced the Boggart once. However, allowing Neville face the Boggart twice, while 2 students didn't face it at all, is unfair to those 2 students. If, in fact, there were 29 chances to face the Boggart and 30 students, the most fair way to devide it up would be that 1 doesn't face the Boggart at all, and each of the others faces it once.

                                                               Elihu



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