Abuse

[foxmoth at qnet.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 2693

	JKR is not writing a treatise on the consequences of child abuse 
and is using dramatic license to portray the effect on Harry as less 
severe than it would be in real life. 
	 Harry is depicted as withdrawn and distrustful with most people, 
but has not lost the ability to connect or to trust all together. This 
is no more  realistic than Neville's bouncing down the street as a 
result of being dropped out the window. 
	My two knutes
Pippin