Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Rationalization & WTSD (What They Should've Done)

I am familiar with the concept and characters of Harry Potter through listening to wizard wannabes and hearing about the movies. I own the Sorcerers Stone on DVD. I haven't seen it in 7 years but you've been living under a rock for the past decade and a half if you don't know the general plot of Harry Potter. Its about a kid with dead wizard parents who tends to take the most indirect route to solving his problems. Kind of like parkour and free running. You run and take the most unnecessary path to get from Point A to Point B. Don't get me wrong, I'm really enjoying the book and I love to watch parkour, my brother does it all the time. I just rationalize too much, I guess.

So far, instead of trying to contact anyone when the Dursleys left him at home, he just sat and thought about how strange he is. He is strange, everyone is. He wwent through Hell and Creation for 10 years for a hot dog and a handshake until he was revealed to be a wizard. The Dursleys even knew about this. Why Harry didn't go balistic without an explaination from them is ridiculous. The kid must have self control that no one in this day and age has. He then procedes to not accept that he is a wizard. He tells Hagrid that he's not a wizard. As if Hagrid will go "Okay kid, your right and the best wizard ever is wrong and the kid we're looking for is an identical replica of you but actually has the stones (no pun intended) to go to Hogwarts and leave the demons England calls his guardians."

Look, I might just seem like a hater but I enjoy the book so far. I guess I put it in retrospect that might only apply to me but if you disagree and want a change, do it yourself. This is what I see and it makes sense to me. If you don't like it, make your own retrospective post on Harry Potter or throw it at me in the comments. I'm not here to win a popularity contest, I'm trying to get an A.

Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury Predictions

Ray Bradbury made many predictions for the future of Fahrenheit 451. The year was 1999 and some of the predictions that he made came true. But some of them didn't. One example that came true was automatic lawn sprinklers and irrigation systems. Another prediction he made was the mechanical hounds. This prediction didn't come true and is probably years ahead of where we are now but it was a pretty rational prediction considering the time in which the book was written was also a huge time for change and industry. Things like mechanical hounds were not lucrative in a time like that where change was very much supported.

One of Bradbury's most peculiar predictions is that firemen won't be called on to put out fires, but to start them. The idea that this would happen is both thought provoking and frightening. It scares me that in the future, books would be banned in favor of TV or that firemen cause the devastation they were once trying to prevent. This prediction was wrong but that doesn't mean that it will never happen.