Dumbledore's prejudices, HP's upbringing

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Cindy wrote:
>Even Dumbledore shows us something that could be construed as 
prejudice.  He doesn't like or trust the dementors.  Not just some 
dementors; all dementors.  For some reason, I'm inclined to think 
this is something other than prejudice, but I can't figure out why I 
feel that way.  

I'm not too sure about this one.  If you can consider Dementors a race,
like goblins, giants, and merpeople, then Dumbledore's definitely biased
against that particular race.  But I was under the impression that the
Dementors were 'created', or 'spawned' or something.  Simply put, I never
considered the Dementors a 'real' race.

Therfore, following my assumptions, Dumbledore's dislike of Dementors might
not be a prejudice in that particular sense.  Maybe he doesn't like
Dementors because he believes they're evil, evil, I say!  Mwahahahahahahahaha!

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Okay, I've read a lot of stuff regarding Harry's upbringing.  When I first
read PS/SS, I kind of dismissed the whole 'child abuse' thing at first.
Sure, it was abusive, but hey, it's a children's book, a fairy tale.  Look
at the crap Cinderella, Rapunzel and Snow White had to put up with, and yet
they lived 'happily ever after'.  I thought it would be the same thing.

I was dead wrong.

I'm am sooooo sure I'm not the first person to notice this, but the whole
HP series matures with every passing book.  When I noticed that trend, when
Harry became more 'real' to me, I started getting bothered by the abuse he
got from the Dursleys.  So bothered, it's difficult for me to read the
chapters with the Dursleys (and that's saying a lot; I've read through all
four books countless times, I'm holding PS/SS now, as a matter of fact).

I guess the 'abuse' was put in there as a contrasting device -- pushing the
reader to WANT Hogwarts for Harry, driving home the fact that Hogwarts is
far, far better than Privet Drive.  I can recognize that because I'm a
writer myself.  But it still bothers me.

I don't want to fill my e-mail with off-HP chatter, or Amy will Avada
Kedavra me (or turn me into a footstool).  Let's just say that I live in a
place where Child Abuse laws aren't strong enough yet.

I'm just glad Harry's getting the love he deserves from his friends and the
rest of the Weasleys.

heather wrote:
>If Harry cannot have his own parents to be there and constantly provide
him with love, I can think of no one better than Mrs. Weasley to do that job.

Amen.