[HPforGrownups] Re: FAT

[Catherine Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 20398


> it does raise important questions about the Dursleys and makes me
> wonder about them, especially about their pasts. Petunia strikes me
> as someone who was very lonely and maybe depressed before she got
> married and had a baby. There is no evidence for that, but in the
> beginning of PS/SS, that is just the impression I get.
>
>
In PS/SS, Ch. 4, Petunia comes across as jealous and vindictive.  She was
jealous of Lily for gaining their parents' approval through being a witch
(Petunia calls her a "freak").  Then she goes on to call Harry "abnormal"
for having James and Lily as parents.  I think that she's replaying her
childhood through Dudley and Harry, but reversing it by treating Harry
(Lily's son) badly while giving Dudley (her son) everything he wants,
including (and especially) her approval of everything he does.