[HPforGrownups] How wealthy is Harry Potter?

[Samaporn Teeravechyan]

No: HPFGUIDX 16777

At 05:45 PM 4/14/01 +0100, you wrote:

>That's a very good point, Rena, and if he did have a vast fortune, he might
>have considered buying, or been advised to buy, himself a house and get away
>from the Dursleys for good (or perhaps become a permanent tenant  at The
>Leaky Cauldron?).  It wouldn't make sense for someone so independently
>wealthy to be living in a poky bedroom at his Aunt and Uncle's house, would
>it?

First of all, it's not Muggle money, so he probably couldn't buy a house.
Secondly, he was deprived of many things as a child, and I think that an
idea such as living as a permanent tenant (where he'd have to pay for the
room and food everyday and therefore squander so much money unnecessarily)
doesn't even occur to him. Finally, he's just a kid. He might feel
rebellious and want to get away now and then, but ultimately, he probably
needs the security of living with a family, even if that family is quite,
quite mean to him.

Samaporn


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