Lessons in the book WAS:Points awarded to Trio in PS/SS

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> Chris:
>
> The lessons the books teach are good and should be
> taught, but they are not taught in a way that the
> lessons can be used.

Alla:

I disagree. I think the lessons are there in the perfect form - not 
preachy or anything, just making young people think for themselves 
and not just blindly follow the rules, if their inner sense of what 
is right and wrong tells them that rules ARE wrong. IMO of course.

Chris:
> It's not OK for children to ignore adults and do what
> they want anyway. Harry and Ron had Lockhart at their
> mercy and should have gone to a teacher for help, not
> what they did.

Alla:

They DID go to teacher for help and they received no help from
Lockhart himself. If they were trying to look for another teacher, I
think Ginny would have been dead. IMO JKR disagrees with you here and
thinks that "saving life, even one life" counts the most. JMO
obviously.


Chris:
> It's certainly not OK to buck the justice system, even
> if it is flawed, just to save 1 or 2 lives. Harry
> should have been fighting the ministry to present the
> truth of Sirius. Truth serum, non-cheating quills,
> and the pensives are all ways Harry could have told
> the truth. Instead he aided an escaped convict,
> keeping him hidden when he could have been freed.

Alla:

Hmmmm, I certainly cannot get into JKR's head, but I think that she
is of the opinion that corrupted justice system should be fought in
any way possible and Dumbledore seems to think so, since he is the
one who sends Harry and Hermione on a mission.

And again, Ministry was ready to give Sirius a kiss, NOT to listen to
anybody.

I think here again we see that a lot of things are OK in order to
save even one or two lives.

I am very much in agreement with those who argued that JKR promotes
noble individuals fighting corrupted system by any means necessary.
As long as those means are not corrupted of course.

JMO,

Alla