cruel Snape / Draco / saying that Name / why D put H with evil Dursleys?

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

No: HPFGUIDX 41204

Amy Z wrote:

<< Dahl's Syndrome, in which adults are fantastically cruel to 
children because it makes for good reading, >>

I thought, BECAUSE it shows the way the children perceive the 
treatment they receive from adults.

Laura wrote:

<< (much like this same pride makes him feel he has to pay back 
James for saving his life). >>

I suspect that the magical debt created when one wizard saves 
another's life is self-enforcing rather than a matter of pride or 
honor. In my theory, Snape is eager to repay his life-debt to 
James because he knows (believes) that if the debt is left unpaid, 
eventually fate will make him pay it in the most unpleasant possible 
way at the worst possible time. Or else, as long as the life-debt 
goes unpaid, it nibbles away at more and more of the debtor's magic 
power, or the debtor's health and life-energy ... 

Kate Tanski wrote:

<< But the scene with Draco in the woods with the Triumverate proved 
to me that there's more going on in Draco's pretty little blonde head 
other than thoughts of getting at Potter. >>

To me, that is a scene where Draco is self-confident despite being 
evil-minded, and probably the most attractive depiction of 
canon!Draco. But I don't see anything in it that contradicts 
"getting at Potter" as his motive. What do you see in it?

Richelle wrote:

<< Also, what about Lupin? He says Voldemort. >>

It has been suggested that all members of 'the old gang' say 
Voldemort instead of You-Know-Who. Arthur says You-Know-Who. 
Was he a member of 'the old gang'? 

Richelle wrote:

<< I think that perhaps he wanted Harry to grow up just as he did. 
If he had been raised to think he were going to be a great wizard, 
he may have become more like Draco Malfoy and less like the Harry 
Potter we know. As they say, Ignorance is bliss. >>

and James wrote:

<< His upbringing could very easily have turned him into a bully, 
or a social retard (he never had any friends), or anything. In fact 
(and I believe the cannon remarks on this , but can't remember where) 
Harry is remarkable in how generouse and kind he is, his upbringing 
certainly never rewarded such traits. In Harry's case - nature over 
nurture every time. >>

and Darrin wrote:

<< Dumbledore has said he wants Harry to stay at the Dursleys. There 
has to be a reason, and blood relatives just ain't cutting it any 
longer. >>

If Dumbledore wanted Harry to grow up just as he did, how did 
Dumbledore know that Harry was not going to respond to the abuse by 
becoming full of hatred, sort of like Tom Riddle did, or by going 
into suicidal despair and just giving up instead of fighting? 

I think Harry survived the abuse so well because Lily, in her last 
spell, put a little image of herself inside his mind, so he always 
had an "imaginary mum" (like "imaginary friend") to tell him that the 
Dursleys were wrong, to tell him he was a good kid, to tell him how 
good people behave ... the description of Harry resisting Imperius is 
that a little voice in his head asked "Why should I?". I think that 
was the remains of the Lily voice. We've seen so much of Harry 
thinking about his father, wondering about and trying to learn about 
him, and not much of Harry thinking about his mother. Some explain 
this as JKR trying to keep secrets about Lily and some explain it as 
boys of Harry's age think more about fathers, but I suspect it may be 
that he doesn't need to search for Lily because he already *has* her, 
inside his head.

I believe that Dumbledore knows and regrets the way Harry is treated 
by Dursleys, altho' he might not have expected it at the beginning, 
but he HAS to keep Harry with the Dursleys, BECAUSE they are the 
only blood relatives he has left (therefore, Dumbledore isn't his 
grand-father or great-great-grandfather, Lily's mum wasn't the Squib 
cousin of Arthur or Molly, etc) AND there is an ancient magic which 
protects Harry only while he is in his blood relative's care and for 
a very short time after leaving them (so he can visit Weasleys AFTER 
he has gone to Dursleys and recharged his magical protection).