GOF Question

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 108020

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Shell" <timnshell at h...> wrote:
> I'm listening to GOF again and I'm at the part where Harry is 
> finished with his bath and is walking up the stairs back to his 
> rooms. Now, in the book, he gets stuck in the step, loses the egg and 
> the Mauraders Map.  Why couldn't he just Accio the map and egg?  
> ...edited...
> 
> What do you guys think?
> 
> 
> Shell


Asian_lovr2:

I think the answer is as simple as this, he panicked. He was in pain,
stuck in the step, the egg had already given away his location, Filch
was coming, his heart was pounding fit explode, in the heat of the
moment, he just didn't think of it. 

Away from the 'heat of the moment' we can all come up with prefect
plans, but in our own lives, how many times have we blown it on the
spot, and come up with the best solution after the fact. Just human
nature I think. I'm sure Harry kick himself a hundred times for not
thinking of the Accio charm. I'm sure, off the page, the first thing
Hermione said was, 'why didn't you just summon it?'. Easy for her to say.

The are probably other explanations just as good as mine, or maybe
better, but that's how I explain it to my own satisfaction.

Steve/Asian_lovr2 - soon to be b_boymn