[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore is NOT a relative (was Where did the Nimbus 2000 come from?)

[Laura Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 36940

Jake Storm said:
>In the beginning of SS, Dumbledore says he's leaving Harry with the Dursleys 
>because he doesn't want Harry to grow up knowing that he's The Boy Who Lived 
>and with all that fame with could "turn anyone's head..."
>So, in essence, he was saving Harry from the fickle finger of fame.

Yes, but doesn't that strike you as a little...weak?  I mean, subjecting a child to that kind of emotional deprivation and well, torture?  Just so he won't get a big head?  Lots of kids in Harry's position would have turned out awful -- antisocial, cruel, unable to connect with other human beings.  It seems alot to risk for such an insignificant reason.

laura


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