[HPforGrownups] Harry's Summer Holidays Post Voldy

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 836



Trina wrote:

I cannot remember if this has been brought up before since we are

> such a prolific group, but I was wondering about this earlier and
> thought I'd ask y'all's opinion.
>
> Do the Dursley's have *any* idea what happened to Harry with Voldy in
> the graveyard at the end of term? They are always so ugly to him,
> even though lately it has been tempered with fear.  Would Dumledore
> have sent an owl to explain what transpired as well as a command to
> behave themselves around Harry?  By "behaving" I mean being at least
> superficially decent.  After all, Harry survived a situation which
> would have left any of them wetting their britches in terror.  And it
> is apparent that the whole experience will haunt him for a long
> while.  He does have a tendency to brood about things, a trait that
> is understandable given his history.   And his feeling responsible
> for Cedric's death gives him much to brood about.
>
> Been brooding about this for awhile myself...
>
> Trina
>

I've been thinking about this, too, Trina, and I can't help that this summer
is going to be different for Harry.  Specifically, I think that what
happened to Harry has aged him, and that after facing Voldemort, I think he
will act less like a child who obeys than an adult who says coldly, "No, I
don't think so," when Uncle Vernon tells him how high to jump.  After what
he's been through, I just see him putting up with much from the Dursleys.

What also has really struck me is how different Draco's summer holiday might
be.  I think Draco might really be at a similar turning point.  Cornelius
Fudge might not believe it, but Lucius Malfoy has really gone back to
Voldemort, now.  Draco might have sneered at H, R and Hr about Cedric's
death, but when he goes back home, he's going to be facing parents (or at
least a father) who are working actively to promote the dark powers.  Will
what he sees this summer shake him up a little?  Will he start having second
thoughts about his loyalties?  Will Daddy maybe have a little less time to
pay attention to Dudley because he's started murdering people?  How will
that make Draco feel?

And what will Draco be like when HE comes back to Hogworts?  Even more
swaggering and sneering?  Or . . . maybe, a bit thoughtful and quieter, and
not so quick to sneer?

Comments?