[HPforGrownups] Re: Dietary Needs at Hogwarts.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve Vander Ark 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 9:13 AM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Dietary Needs at Hogwarts.


  --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Doreen" <nera at r...> wrote:

  > 
  >   What always surprises me, is that everyone seems to be having 3rd 
  and 4th
  >   helpings of everything..  They sure must be low fat/calorie food, 
  or some
  >   really small servings.

  >>This is true. Of course, when's the last time you watched a bunch of 
  >>teenage boys eat? This isn't really so far out of line. 

  >>But it also fits with a general use of exaggeration in the books. 
  >>There are many, many examples of this. 


  I also get the feeling that it's meant to contrast Hogwarts with the Dursleys.  At the Dursleys, Harry eats next to nothing.  At Hogwarts every meal is a feast.  At the Dursleys, Harry sleeps in a closet (at least at first).  At Hogwarts, he has a four-post bed in a luxuriously large room which is cleaned and tended by house-elves. At the Dursleys, Harry is mostly isolated.  At Hogwarts, he's surrounded by friends, most notably in Gryffindor's large, homey common room filled with "squashy armchairs."  Perhaps the meals are one of the many ways in which Rowling draws the heavy line between Harry's muggle life and his wizard life.



  >>How many seconds Snape's robe is on 
  fire before he notices it? I could go on and on. And >>frequently do ;)


  Oy! I had a dream last night that I was dating Snape...And i'm not even a Snape fan!

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