[HPforGrownups] Re: Mrs. Figg as babysitter

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 15283

> The only thing I can think of is that she wasn't in communication 
> with Dumbledore, because she didn't want to risk it becoming public
> in the wizarding world that The Boy Who Lived was ensconced on
> Privet Drive in Surrey - not to protect him from Voldie & those 
> malicious death eaters, but to protect him from the well meaning 
> Wizard on the Street following him around like groupies and Daily 
> Prophet reporters reporting on his every move. 
> I admit, it's a lame explanation, but it's the only one I can come
> up  with...

I don't have the book with me right now but in PS/SS, when McGonagall
meets Dumbledore on Privet Drive and they discuss the issue, he does
make reference to the benefits of Harry being raised with the
Dursleys and not in the wizarding world.  The impression I got was
that this kind of childhood would toughen him up for the big
challenges ahead.

There's at least an MA thesis for somebody in comparing Harry's story
with traditional epic hero sagas.  Maybe that brilliant
three-year-old who immediately said "King Arthur" when his mother
told him about HP could write it.

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