Harry's friends

[mjanetd]

No: HPFGUIDX 175887

I'm listening to the Deathly Hallows and I'm catching some stuff I
missed on my first read.  I was pretty much in a race to get to the
end bc I NEEDED to know how it ended but I wouldn't allow myself to
peek.  Somewhere in the middle of the long camping trip I realized
that Harry never would have been able to complete his mission without
Hermione.  Harry & Ron only know very basic magic while Hermione
knows some pretty advanced stuff.  I think Harry could have made
until book 7 without Hermione.  All the adventures in the previous
books Hermione helped but wasn't really necessary like she is in book
7.  I think Harry would have been captured by the Death Eaters within
a week after the wedding without Hermione.  Ron on the other hand is
pretty much useless in all the adventures (except in book 1 where he
was the chess master).  Ron was necessary for Harry to have a
childhood.  Ron was everything fun for Harry while Hermione was more
like a work partner.

Btw, does it bother anyone else that Harry and Ron never bother to
learn any thing on their own?  They learn the spells they have to for
class but nothing else.  If they'd had something that interesting to
teach me I would have done a lot better in school and would have put
up with even Snape as a teacher.

And another thing.  I liked the consistancy of Snape always writing
the instructions for potions on the board.  We find out why in book 6
when Hermione follows the instructions in the potions book and the
potion doesn't come out right.  But Snapes version in Harry's book
makes it perfect.  You would think Snape would demand a change in
books if most of the postion directions are clearly wrong like they
seem to be from Hermione's results.

Ok, I think that's it.


mjanetd