[HPforGrownups] Presents, money, and whether Harry is totally self-centered

[mlacats at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 36360

In a message dated 03/06/2002 9:10:05 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
adatole at yahoo.com writes:


> 
> Canon states that Ron and Hermione's birthdays fall during the year, 
> and even though R&H have owled (can an animal be a verb?) Harry 
> presents during the summer, again we have no indication that he 
> remembered their birhtdays in any way.
> 
> Now perhaps this is due to the books being from Harry's perspective. 
> Perhaps what he got them was "off-camera" and not worth writing 
> about. 
> 
> I would hate to think that our hero Harry: good-hearted, loving and 
> kind would be thoughtless enough to forget these things. But I would 
> love to hear other people's opinions on the subject.
> 

Hi Leon,

JKR has stated that Harry DOES give presents back, but she doesn't include it 
in the books because there's not enough room....she said that the books would 
be the size of dictionaries or encyclopedias if she put that in....so you can 
relax, Harry IS kind and considerate........

harriet


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