At the beginning harry has some homework to do but he must do it in secret because of his aunt and uncled. well that makes sense. but he was doing magic was he not. and it stricktly says in the books that students can not do magic out of school. then why does he have homework which he must do magic?

He really should be performing spells, it's completely braking the rules, now something like a flashlight would be more acceptable.

ohh yeah i never noticed that before to be honest with you and he couldnt use a flashlight as he was practising his Lumos spell.

Maybe 'Lumos' doesn't count as breaking the law, coz he pulls his wand out in the books and says 'Lumos' 2..

Oh yeah... I forgot about that, it's true that he could probably just convince someone it was a flashlight, so I could see that. I had completely forgotten.

but he was doing Lumos Maxima because he was learning it!! He couldnt hold his wand, a torch, hold the covers over him and have the book.
Strickly speaking he shouldnt of done it. Its like in book 1 when Hagrid gave Dud a pigs tail. The Minestry would of known he did magic cause as soon as its done they know.

The law isn't upheld though. JK said on her site even Lily was prone to disobeying it and even Fudge said they don't lock kids up for doing spells.

The Statute of Secrecy is designed to keep muggles from knowing of magical existance. Performing a spell in his bedroom isn't breaking that law because it's not in a muggles prescence whereas the patronus in OotP was in front of Dudley and that's why they came down like a ton of bricks on him.

Oh thanks for that one!! But when Hagrid did the spell on Dud it was compleatly out the way of Muggles but he should really be doing spells like he said. He was expelled as we all know so isnt allowed.

I agree. He was practising it so it wwas allowed. But I still think that lumos does not count as a spell that will get you in trouble...

wow, i hadn't even noticed the spell, well i did, but i thought nothing of it. it hadn't occured to me. thanks for pointing it out!

I think that you can only get in trouble if it's more advanced magic, hence using it at the disadvantage of muggles. i think it was cool beginning to the movie.
and if they dont throw u in azkaban for blowing up ur aunts, they wont for conducting the Lumos spell.

Probably saying "lumos" isnt breaking the law......and it's for homework, too.

I was thinking the same thing. You already know now.

And when he wasn't doing the spell, couldn't you see the book? He needed no light to see his book.

I was all like wtf!? he cant do magic i didnt like that part! te hee love simleys!

Yeah, it was kindof dumb.

guys spaming and swearing! mods will go mad!

I think POA was a different film form the shield! i liked it

I hated it!

It was good for a person who hasnt read Potter, but if you have, you can spot everything straight away

i thought it was weird that the wand kept going out tho
isn't it supost to stay lit?

i agree with you.
i think magic is only not allowed when performed in the presence of muggles.

kewl... in any ways i love harry potter!!

I think Harry could do Lumos Maxima because of the spell itself. It doesn't really harm anyone, muggle or wizarding world. It's basically a flash of light. I'm sure if the spell was either being done in front of a muggle or harming someone, then it would be considered an offense. Things only take a turn when people start getting hurt. Plus I bet the homework or spells they practice away from Hogwarts are muggle friendly and most likely have rules and restrictions under them. There's probably tons of things to follow like do the spell when no one's around, if you live with a muggle family....who hates you....Harry Potter that is.