[HPforGrownups] Petunia Dursley

[Kurt Douglass]

No: HPFGUIDX 75115




>From: "ara_bob2000" <ara_bob2000 at yahoo.co.uk>
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>Subject: [HPforGrownups] Petunia Dursley
>Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 18:13:33 -0000
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>I think that Petunia is a squib; that's why she appears to hate
>magic, although I also think that she doesn't really hate magic, but
>that she was jealous of her sister, and now Harry.
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>From Michael Gidlow:

I agree with you. Not only does it make sense, but it also explains her 
attitude toward Harry. When one compares her behavior to Filth's, they see 
that much of her hatered of Harry is due toward bitterness and jealously 
rather than just fear. Afterall, Filth says that hard work is the best way 
to punish someone, and Petunia is always making Harry work hard. And it 
seems strange to me that Petunia knows so much about the wizarding world. 
Either that or she has an incredible memory. How else would she remember the 
name "Azakaban" after so many years?  And how did she know that Voldemort 
was so terrible? I mean, the Dursleys think that all wizards are evil. She 
seems to be awfully afraid of him for someone who supposedly doesn't know 
that much about him. Only if she had had some contact with the Magical world 
would she know how evil Voldemort was.
I have also wondered if she is resentful that her own son didn't turn out 
magical. It almost seems to me that if Dudley had been a wizard then she 
would have embraced the wizard cultrue. But when Dudley turned out normal, 
that was the last nail in the coffin. She didn't want to have anything more 
to do with the magical world.
Then there's the comparison with Snape. Snape hates Harry because of his 
father. Petunia hates Harry because of his mother. They both hated them 
because they were more talented. They both were jealous of them, but said 
they were just "freaks"
My last defence is that JKR has said that the Dursleys are going to surprise 
us (no, I don't have the exact quote or interview). Maybe this will be one 
of the surprises.

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