Did Molly dislike James?

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No: HPFGUIDX 74940

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sachmet96" <sachmet96 at y...> 
wrote:
On page 84 of the British version Molly says:
'What's wrong, Harry, is that you are *not* your father, however 
much you might look like him!'

She does emphasize the *not* and I am wondering why she does this. 
It suggests to me that she did know James personally and didn't like 
him very much. I know she says that line to remind Sirius that Harry 
is not James, but I think she is also refering to James character 
and personality, for which she doesn't care very much imo. So does 
this mean she had to work with James and developed her dislike for 
him that way?
> Sachmet
>

I disagree.  I don't think she ever knew James very well (though she 
may or may not have met him).

I think her comments has more to do with Sirius than with James.  
Sirius expects Harry to act like James and, to a certain extent, I 
think, treats Harry likes James.  Molly has a problem with that.

I think Molly's "He's not James" comment should be taken the same as 
Sirius's "He's not your son" comment.  Sirius doesn't seem to be 
insulting Molly's sons.  It's just that the two of them both care 
about Harry very much and they have different idea about what's best 
for him.

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