[HPforGrownups] "Delicate" Harry

[Kristi Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 43041

--- Richelle Votaw <rvotaw at i-55.com> wrote:
>So my point being, what is meant by delicate? It
could be a simple case of the use of the word in
British English versus American English. So that's
why I'm posting this rather odd question. I've always
taken "delicate" to mean sickly. Well, Harry's not
sickly. He's only in the hospital for injuries, it's
not like he's always got the flu or a virus or
something.

I suppose it could be taken to mean "emotionally
delicate" which I would agree to. How do the rest of
you view this wording?

I say:

I would agree that Harry is emotionally delicate in
the sense that his past is so subpar. His parents
being murdered in front of him and then being raised
by the horrible Dursleys who treated him like "a dog
who rolled in something smelly."  I know that since I
am a mother, I tend to have great empathy for children
who are mistreated and neglected and would see them as
fragile human beings.

Kristi

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