Harry Potter is the sole reason I started reading, which in turn lead me to become an academic. Harry Potter was there for me when I was bored and my freezer was fresh out of popsicles. But some things in the story just don't add up.
How did Harry defeat the darkest wizard of all time with a first year spell? That’s like killing Osama bin Laden with a snowball.
Who was in charge of Hogwarts’ PR team? They had a murder scandal every year. Why weren’t parents yanking their kids out and sending them to another boarding school, stat?
Saying Harry is a great flyer is the equivalent to qualifying a NASCAR driver's success to their skill. It’s like you literally just sat there. On a stick.
Why was everyone always talking about what a great wizard Harry was? The only two spells I remember him uttering throughout the whole thing, ever, was Expelliarmus and Expecto Patronum. And really, the only difference when he did those spells versus everyone else was that he yelled.
Furthermore, how did a group of pre-teen wizards walk away from a battle with a band of the most dangerous, black-listed, murderers of their time, with only a broken nose and a sprained ankle?
If Harry hated going back to the Dursleys so much… why didn’t he just stay at Hogwarts? The drama was never super interesting, anyway.
Why didn't Harry just borrow the Marauder's Map to find Voldemort?
In "Prisoner of Azkaban," Dumbledore gives Hermione the time turner, so she can take a buttload of classes and have time for them. Why didn’t you go back in time and save Harry’s parents? Better yet, hide in the closet and pop out and Spartan kick Voldemort in the face, then proceed to get rid of him? Before he made a bunch of horcruxes and your life a living hell.
So thank you, J.K. Rowling, for showing me what real friends are through Ron and Hermione. And that everything I could ever need to know to be successful, I learned in the first grade.
