[HPforGrownups] Saving Ginny (was Re: Lockhart's incompetence)

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No: HPFGUIDX 143250

 
In a message dated 11/19/2005 2:49:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gbannister10 at tiscali.co.uk writes:

Geoff:

It seems fairly obvious that they didn't expect him to  get very far 
but then immediately turned their minds to less urgent  matters such 
as keeping the students secure in the dormitories and sending  them 
home on the Hogwarts Express. There seemed to be no thought of trying  
to reach Ginny....
 
After having read the rest of the series I'd say they were waiting for  
Dumbledore to come in and save the day.  One of the things that really hit  me 
after reading book 6 was how much they all relied on him.  It's one  thing for 
Harry to rely so heavily on Dumbledore, but I do grow tired of how the  adults 
seem to expect him to solve every problem.
 
COS is my favorite book, but it's always bothered me somewhat that three 12  
year old kids figured out what the staff never could, especially considering  
that the chamber had been opened only fifty years before. Harry seems to do  
better when Dumbledore isn't around.  He trusts his own instincts  more.  I 
know that for the story to work the adults can't have all the  answers, but all 
the same their inability to even contemplate a rescue bothers  me.


CGG
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