"She needs to sort out her priorities."

HEY!! I'm back.  I've decided to start back up on this blog back up even though it was originally for a college class I was in last year.  However, last night I was watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and realized all the major fallacies in the story line so I thought I'd go on a rant about it.

First off, why would Dumbledore have Harry stay with the Dursleys?  Ms. Figg was supposedly watching him all Harry's life so why didn't she report to Dumbledore that Harry was being treated like shit?  I mean, come on!  The next point I make is actually something Alex Day said in one of his videos (linked here). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHCUAgC4GoM   I had never thought about the whole wand thing before.  But that must have sucked for Ron and his family.  I hope none of them were supposedly chosen by a super expensive wand.  Or maybe that's why they're poor.  Fucking Bill came along and got chosen by a wand worth a thousand galleons.  Dammit Bill!
Next is the Sorcerer's Stone being guarded in the school.  Dumbledore really fucked up there.  Obviously a stone that can make gold and offers immortality is going to draw trouble.  One of the major hints towards that is when somebody BROKE INTO A SUPPOSEDLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BREAK INTO VAULT!!   Then guarding the stone with Fluffy.  A giant three headed dog in a school full of stupid kids.  Of course somebody is going to start sneaking around the third floor corridor.  I'm surprised Fred and George Weasley even made it out alive that year.
Then there's the detention that they had to serve.  They had to go into the forbidden forest in the middle of the night looking for a unicorn that had been maimed by something so horrible it would drink unicorn blood.  Don't get me wrong, I loved Dumbledore and cried when *SPOILER ALERT* he died, but he made a lot of shitty choices as headmaster.

That's all that's really important for the Sorcerer's Stone.  I'll be back next week with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

(You should really check out more of Alex Day.  He's hilarious.)

Discussion Question for Chapter One (Q1)

           People can bring a source into their essays in a number of different ways depending on how they want to present it and how they want the message to come across.  It’s very common to put a source into your essay at the beginning in order to introduce your topic.  However, a more experienced writer may hold off bringing the source in until a later paragraph.  This tactic gives more power to the words you are writing.  If your state what you think and why you think that, you can reinforce your point by giving an outside source to the reader.  This helps to persuade the reader and turn their opinion into your own.  They read what you are saying so the idea is planted in their mind and then they read the source which offers “proof” that what you say is true.            
             Somebody may also bring in the source in the conclusion paragraph.  This method can also be very useful.  This way, the reader has already absorbed what you think and are just thinking, “Well, that’s interesting, but how do I know this is true?”  The reader then sees the source and realizes that what you say could very well be true due to the “proof."