Against all odds, Harry isn't a mass murderer

[fandulin]

No: HPFGUIDX 56223

Have anyone else ever marvelled at how well adjusted and socially 
competent Harry turned out, having grown up with the Dursleys?  Think 
about it...he had no idea about who his parents were, only that they 
had died in a car crash, and any other inquiries into their lives 
would surely have netted him a tirade from Vernon.  Harry is 
brutalized by Dudley and his gang of cronies (when they can catch 
him), at school and at home.  He isn't fed well, and even as a baby, 
Petunia couldn't have given him any more care than was necessary to 
keep him alive.  He has never known any kind of love.  He isn't 
allowed any kind of entertainment.  He lives in a tiny cupboard under 
a staircase, infested with spiders.  He's scorned and ridiculed at 
school.  I mean, this goes beyond the bittersweet childhood that the 
typical "doesn't quite fit in" kid goes through.  With the exception 
of physical abuse from his legal guardians, this is the kind of 
childhood that often produces serial killers, or at the very least 
maladjusted, very troubled kids.  Yet Harry seems to be unaffected by 
all of this, and comes through the adversity as a sweet, polite, 
intelligent, and good-hearted young man.  Maybe Lilly and James genes 
just managed to beat out environment in the fight for Harry.

Fandulin