I mean can't he just cast a spell that will improve his vision?
2007-05-31 05:23:11 · 17 answers · asked by Amitha 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
My theory is that the wizarding world has a code of ethics about using magic for that kind of personal gain.
Hermione used to have buck teeth, and she got hit with a curse that made them grow out like a beaver's, only longer, until they got past her chin. When Hermione went to Madam Pomfrey to get her teeth fixed, she didn't say how long they were originally. Pomfrey, not knowing that Hermione had had buck teeth, shrank Hermione's teeth all the way back to totally normal, not sticking out like they were before.
Hermione later admits this was a white lie of sorts. I get the impression she was SUPPOSED to say what her teeth were like before, so Pomfrey could shrink them back to that length, and that by not saying anything, Hermione could be in a little trouble if it ever got out.
Getting back to Harry ... we don't even know if there's any such thing as a "cure myopia" spell. But even if there is, based on what happened with Hermione's teeth, my guess is that Harry doesn't know it and/or is honor-bound not to use it.
2007-05-31 06:33:47 · answer #1 · answered by Navigator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're casting a spell of healing, I believe you have to know specifically and technically what it is you're healing, and by what means---unless the caster of the spell was an eye specialist, an equivalent to the best Muggle opthalmologist, the chance of a spell correcting Harry's vision would be very hazardous! Remember what happened when a spell was cast to heal Harry's broken arm? (Yuck!)
Magic has strict rules--sloppy magic is dangerous!
2007-05-31 10:54:36 · answer #2 · answered by Palmerpath 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Harry Potter was based on how things are done in reality, the reason why he would not use magick to improve his sight would be simple. He has been waering glasses for as long as he could remember, to just suddenly one day not have to have them would throw off his entire rutine and probably feel wierd without them on. It's sort of a security issue really.
2007-05-31 05:34:17 · answer #3 · answered by Bryar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a superb question. Maybe it's like in Charmed where they cannot do magic for personal gain.
In the books, Hermione has large teeth. She got them fixed in one of the books because a backfired spell made her teeth grow really long and when Madame Pomfrey was fixing them she told Herminone to stop when they got back to normal, and Hermione just let them get smaller than usually before saying stop. Maybe something like that is okay.
2007-05-31 08:11:32 · answer #4 · answered by lilith663 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are principles set within the universe; maybe wizards haven't discovered a method to exchange eyesight when you consider that it can be given genetically. There might also be many risk explanations (such as the laser surgical procedure on hand in our world, the place there is a chance that you could go blind) and/or possibly Arthur, Dumbledore, and so on. By no means bothered getting it due to the fact that in Arthur's case, it would had been expensive, and for Dumbledore, he on the whole failed to care. I don't see him as a man or woman who goes to St. Mungos very regularly
2016-08-11 14:30:50 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've often wondered that myself, and I just think that it's not possible. Not all wounds can be healed by magic, so I'm guessing that falls in the same category. And as someone else said there are very powerful wizards who wear glasses, so that leads me to believe that it isn't possible.
2007-05-31 05:49:58 · answer #6 · answered by coleslaw1017 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's just because the plot. J.K.Rowling decided that he needs glasses and he wears them ever since. :)
Maybe there is no such a spell? Probably if he wanted not to wear glasses, we would have to drink some potion for the rest of his life or something...
2007-05-31 05:40:58 · answer #7 · answered by nebojsa91 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well seeing as if he does that spell the smallest mistake could render him blind! [like certain things in todays technology]
or maybe because as we've seen in the books and show all treatments for everyone in Hogwarts is by either good old fashion casts or medicinal pills of some sort
2007-05-31 05:35:53 · answer #8 · answered by Donovan O 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats a good point but Dumbledore, and McGonagal both wear glasses so you would think that if there was one they would have used it so there might not be one.
But who knows, Dumbledore might just think that they are usful in some way just like the scar above his left knee
2007-05-31 05:31:15 · answer #9 · answered by crazyspringerpup 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it's just a tool j.k rowling uses to help harry maintain a sense of normalcy.
even amongst wizards he's seen as extraordinary and by keeping his glasses he's able to feel somewhat normal
harry's dad also wore glasses so he has something physical to tie him to a father that he never knew.
2007-05-31 05:29:02 · answer #10 · answered by bakemeacake161 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋