Dursleys More Hatred of Middle Classes Than "Fat" People

[ravenclaw775 at aol.com]

To me, the Dursleys are more a way of exposing hatred of the middle classes 
than dislike of fat people (I don't think anyone would categorize Fiona Shaw as 
fat -- granted, she is the only one who might be "redeemed" in future books 
and movies).  J. Ro takes every cheap potshot at the middle classes she can 
through the Dursleys (and their family and more or less everyone in their 
neighborhood).  Certainly there are plenty of things to hate about the middle class 
(like lack of class, judgement of others not like them, as if the wizarding 
world is any better, the sheer ugliness of the tasteless house, furniture, 
photos, etc.), but I can't help but think, at least in America, that the middle 
classes pay the brunt of the taxes that let people on the dole sit in cafes 
writing children's books.  
--
Christine


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