Gilderoy Lockhart's Chamber of Secrets
What does it mean to be a genuine person? Literally, it means being open and candid and honest. But applicably, what does it mean?
To me, it means being free from pretense, but does not equivocate full disclosure.
Harry Potter is a genuine person. He may lie on occasion and hide things from his teachers and other authority figures, but he is honestly fighting against evil and true to his friends.
There is a new professor in Hogwarts in Harry's second year, Gilderoy Lockhart. He is flamboyant and phony, but has a magnificent track record of defeating hags and untransforming werewolves.
He has written a series of books on his adventures with titles like Break with a Banshee, Gadding with Ghouls, and Year with the Yeti, among others that feature vampires and trolls.
All of these books make up the required reading list for Defense against the Dark Arts, and he's always willing to hand out a free copy of his autobiography, Magical Me.
Harry's first meeting with him does not impress the twelve year old wizard, or his friend Ron...
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