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Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory.

In today's video, we're going to be discussing a character that you may have heard of.

I am of course talking about the primary protagonist

for the Harry Potter story, Harry Potter himself. Now, ever since the last book came out,

Harry has been on the receiving end of a considerable amount of scrutiny, at least from

some of the internet. And I say after the last book came out because at that stage we had a better picture of

the whole Harry Potter story and everything that Harry had endured.

Before we dive in further, let me say this, Harry is a talented young wizard.

However, what many have criticized this series for doing is essentially giving Harry plot armor. For those unaware, plot armor,

otherwise known as script immunity, or a character shield, is essentially a term used to describe

a main character's inability to die. The idea behind it is this. The main character

is too important to the story to be removed.

Therefore his or her health, life are safeguarded by plot conveniences. To this I would say

sure, I get it. Sometimes the plot seems to really guard of its way to ensure that Harry stays

safe. But we do have to remember that Harry is the main character, and it's hardly unreasonable

for rolling to keep the character around that drives the story forward.

Furthermore, while his life, health are always preserved, his preservation is also quite

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