[HPforGrownups] Re: Chapter 35 - fathers & sons

[Doreen]

No: HPFGUIDX 14583

From: <meboriqua at aol.com>

Hmm...
The fathers and sons relationships thing is very interesting to me.

As for Barty Sr and Barty Jr, I believe Jr went over to the Dark Side
almost in defiance of his father's obsession with putting an end to
all Dark Wizards.  It reminds me of the film "Traffic", where Michael
Douglas' daughter becomes crack addicted right under her father's nose
while he is going back and forth to DC trying to put an end to drugs.
Neglecting your kids and not knowing you are doing so can have harmful
effects indeed.  As a high school teacher in the Bronx, I've seen it
many times.  And what a way to get your parents' attention; doing
exactly what you know they hate...
<snip>

Could this be what happens to the character who develops in an interesting
way in book five? Could it be Dursley, against his parents' wishes, doing
that thing which they hate the most? Being interested in becoming a wizard?

Just an odd thought,
Doreen