Lockhart's incompetence

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 143226

ornadv wrote:
> I have been thinking about this. I don't understand how come, that 
> Lockhart, whose expertise should be to be able to fool people, and 
> convince them of his nonexistent talents, would brag about his 
> skills, in front of the wrong persons. 
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Bart:
It was to let the READER know he's incompetent. Remember, JKR was 
writing primarily for children, who don't look as deeply as adults do 
into things. Therefore, in order to make the book more readable by her 
primary audience, she wrote a few things that don't stand up to close 
scrutiny in order to make her point.

	Bart