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[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 185434

"michelevp66" wrote:

> Ok, this is the first time here and this has probably come up but why
> has Harry never corrected his sight with magic? And I noticed there is
> no divorce among wizards, awesome, right?

Zara:
Hi Michele! Harry's not the only wizard in glasses - Albus wears them 
too, and I seem to recall mention of them in connection to some minor 
characters as well. Perhaps the wizarding version of LASIK is not very 
reliable. 

As for divorce...why get a lawyer when you can brew up the right 
potion? <g> Though, the same is true of the Muggle parents in the 
story - the unhappily married Tobias Snape and his witch wife, 
Hermione's parents, the Dursleys, and Mr. Finnegan (a Muggle who did 
not even know his wife was a witch until they were married). I think, 
really, the point is that Rowling (despite her own issues in that area) 
was not interested in addressing it, so no "featured" family had this 
problem and no minor character who is divorced was added because it 
simply did not occur to her that people would be keeping track of all 
these groups.

The Weasleys were supposed to be the loving family Harry never had, so 
they would naturally be an intact, large, loving family. The Malfoys 
serve, among other things, as an artistic contrast of sorts to the 
Weasleys - Lucius's career mindedness vs. Arthur's support of the right 
principles, and the4 different ways in which Narcissa and Molly go 
about expressing their maternal protectiveness of their kids.