Harry's glasses: Protection?

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 115387


 "Kethryn":

> Circling back to the original point, though, I do think that his
glasses emphasize his vulnerability, especially as he has not yet had
his glasses long enough to learn to ignore the debilitating effects,
to set aside that particular vulnerability...but it is odd that he is
not all that self-conscious of having glasses...I still am and I am an
adult, for crying out loud.

Finwitch:

They also serve to emphasize how badly Dursleys treat him, considering
he had *taped* them instead of Dursleys having them fixed at an optician.

I need to *change* my glasses about every second year, and while I am
able to see without them, I'd get a headache or at least become very
tired - either because I need to change the lenses or wasn't able to
find them! In my case, having the lenses properly attached and the
frames keeping their shape is *also* important...

oh and at least once I've experienced that the lense fell off the
frames... can you imagine the scene of Harry's other lense falling off
and into his potion or some other inconvenient place?

Finwitch