I have to believe there's a little more back story than the heading implies. I'm sure there are exceptions, but in my experience most people don't just snap after a single incident. Although stabbing people is not typically the norm either.
There is also the possibility that they may have only called him Harry Potter once, but for some reason that really hit something personal for the boy so he snapped at them.
I would guess that he's been picked on before, either by those unfortunate girls or other people. I absolutely do not condone or endorse that kind of retaliation, but as someone who had to switch to homeschooling due to constant (and sometimes violent) bullying, I can understand resorting to self defense. Definitely not to this extreme though.
Okay time to get on my soapbox. *Ahem*
I think that both parties here at fault. The girls shouldn't have been picking on him in the first place, and he shouldn't have acted that way. Now, we don't know the full details of this, but if it was a prolonged bullying thing, the parents or school or whatever should have been notified long before it got this bad.
That is all. Thank you. *bows*
I don't condone the violence, but...
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If they'd been harassing and bullying him for a long time, there would've been ENORMOUS temptation to say, "want to see my wand,"then whip out the knife and go, "Wingardiam Stabiosa!" Then stab the biotch. Turning to the other one, say "Here's the spell of 'close seeing!.'" Then ram her face into the fence over and over whilst saying "Getting a good look up close?"
In today's world anyone with glasses (girl/boy) is compared to Harry Potter at least once in their life.
I think that both parties here at fault. The girls shouldn't have been picking on him in the first place, and he shouldn't have acted that way. Now, we don't know the full details of this, but if it was a prolonged bullying thing, the parents or school or whatever should have been notified long before it got this bad.
That is all. Thank you. *bows*
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If they'd been harassing and bullying him for a long time, there would've been ENORMOUS temptation to say, "want to see my wand,"then whip out the knife and go, "Wingardiam Stabiosa!" Then stab the biotch. Turning to the other one, say "Here's the spell of 'close seeing!.'" Then ram her face into the fence over and over whilst saying "Getting a good look up close?"