Thoughts on Neville

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Mary Shearer <mandm at d...> wrote:  
 
> Harry's distress, when he learns of it, is at himself for not having
> asked Neville why he was "orphaned" too.  He does not ask himself 
> why Neville has not approached him about it, and Dumbledore advises 
> Harry to leave the subject be until he does so.  

I believe that Harry was actually being discreet about not asking 
Neville, assuming that his parents might also have died because of 
Voldemort or at the very least, Death Eaters.  IMO, he was distressed 
because he thought of the Longbottoms' fate as worse than his own 
parents' (like dying vs. getting the Dementor's Kiss).  Ron, on the 
other hand, wouldn't know discretion if it came up and bit him (the 
way he was going on about Crouch/Moody killing the spider).

--Barb

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