[HPFGU-OTChatter] Bothered by JKR likening Harry's trials to the caged disabled Czech kids

[Sue Wartell]

Just my opinion, but the comparison does not bother me
at all.  To me the point is that she has tried to
imagine a traumatic (even outrageously traumatic)
environment for a young person growing up - I mean, a
closet under the stairs for a bedroom!  It was meant
to be over the top. Many people have read and
understand that this was meant to indicate privation
and emotional abandonment and child abuse.  It's a
common frame of reference for anyone who has any
knowledge of the books.  The common frame of reference
is the important point of the comparison, to me.

Another way of paraphrasing what I see as her intent
in the remark is to say "If you think what I dreamed
up for Harry was bad, consider how much worse Real
Life is for these kids."

Sue

> 
> Udderpd stated:
> >>> JKR's statement entirly valid <<<
> 
> I agree, I wasn't questioning her logic, more her
> taste. No that's the
> wrong word. Her grip on reality. No that's wrong
> too. There's just
> something that makes me very uneasy about comparing
> real-world suffering
> to a character in a kids' book as a way of
> illustrating just how bad the
> real suffering must be.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dumbledad.
> 
> 
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> 
> 



		
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