Frank Longbottom's Wife

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No: HPFGUIDX 68610

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Rach" <rachrobins at h...> wrote:
> Ruth wrote:
> > > > > I have looked over GoF and OotP, and can't find anywhere 
> where Neville's mother's name is given.  Who is she, I wonder?  Why 
> is her first name never given?  JKR has never slacked on names, so, 
> I'm leaning toward the omission as being deliberate.>>>
> 
> Kelly L wrote:
> 
> <<<Actually, I believe her name is given as Alice, when Harry is 
> looking at the old photograph of the order of the Phoenix.>>>
> 
> I'm particularly interested in the chewing gum wrappers that Alice 
> Longbottom hands Neville - especially his grandmother's comment 
that 
> he would have enough to paper a room with.  As silly as it sounds 
> now, I think its a clue to something. 
> 
> Rachel

I would like to make a reply to Rachel's comment about Neville 
papering his room with the sweet wrappers which his mum had given 
him. I believe that he loves his parents a lot and the fact that they 
can't remember him at all hurts Neville a lot. Despite that, he is 
willing to stay by their side and protect them, even though he is 
still a child. The sweet wrappers which Alice had given are probably 
the only reminder in which she still remembers her son. I believe 
that keeping the wrappers would be acting out of love for his mum. 
After all, the wrappers are the only thing he has ever received from 
his mum so they are very precious to him.

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