Harry Potter's Girl Trouble

   The positive qualities that Schoefer identifies in the Harry Potter books are their impressive lead on the bestseller lists, parents' raves about Harry Potter's magical ability to turn kids into passionate readers, her daughters' clamoring and the mile-long waiting lists at the public library. Schoefer ignores the struggle between good and evil and how good triumphs over evil. Also, the value of mentors to students is important to not only teach academia but to teach important life lessons. Another important aspect that was overlooked was over children can overcome being bullied. Harry Potter was bullied by other students, but he did not let these obstacles keep him down. Harry Potter persisted and succeeded through adversity. Schoefer's failure to mention these positive aspects means she is slanting her evidence for the argument. The focus of the portrayal of females in the Harry Potter trilogy would definitely persuade someone's opinion of these books. Leaving out the lessons learned by reading these books is not being objective.