Rebelion in Harry Potter

I agree with you Surbhi that Harry and Ron are kind of like rebels, but not as extreme. They rebel against the school rules. Hermione is definitely not all right with this, and she sure tells them that too. And I think this could be a huge controversal issue. Children all around the world read this book, and children are easy to influence when they are young. Harry Potter kind of makes it OK to not obey school rules-which is what schools have a problem with already. I can see this as being a problem, though this problem comes up in many other books that have never been challenged. What do you think Surbhi? Also, now that I think about it there a lot of books like Harry Potter. There are tons of books that talk about magic and fake worlds, but are not publically challenged much at all. Is it fair to challenge Harry Potter in the same way? I feel that if Harry Potter wasn't as famous and read so often it wouldn't be a problem what so ever. Tons of books are sliding under the radar of angry parents all the time. But if one of those books were famous, they would instantly get challenged. But this brings up another issue-all books have something in them that could possible be a reason to ban them. What really makes a book worth banning? Anyone could easily find issues in every single book every written.

Relating to more of the plot of the book, I see that wizards aren't trying very hard to cover up their existence. When they are at the train station they just run right up into the wall and go through, anyone could see them and report them. I'm surprised the Ministry of Magic has not come up with a better solution on getting to Hogwarts. Hagrid told Harry on their first trip to the Diagon Alley that the Ministry of Magic's job was to hide magic from the muggles. on page 65 a quote says about the Ministry of Magic, "Well, their main job is to keep it from the Muggles that there's still witches an' wizards up an' down the country." But students that are going to Hogwarts just walk right through the wall, wouldn't people see him? I do not understand this-I think that the Ministry has some flaws in it because of that. Surbhi, do you feel that the wizarding worlds government has flaws in it? Or do you think it is perfectly fine the way it is?