a writer's power of imagination (was abusive behavior)

[Schlobin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 1624

It's really not important to me that you agree that Rowlings probably 
experienced abuse or knew someone who did...what's important to me is that 
you realize that what Harry experiences at the Dursleys, is what children go 
through who are being 
abused in their homes. It's extremely realistic.

The dynamics of child and partner abuse are not very well known outside of 
their fields, and those who have been there, and the situation with the 
Dursleys is too
real to have been imagined.

It's one thing to "make up" Quidditch; it's another thing to describe so 
precisely the dynamics of a very specific sub set of human behavior. If she 
didn't experience it or know someone, then she did interviews or research.

Susan