Why to Like and Not Like OoP

[Dan Feeney]

No: HPFGUIDX 70618

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Diana_Sirius_fan" 
<siriuslove71 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Dan Feeney" <dark30 at v...> 
> wrote:
> When I saw Harry bullying his cousin in the first chapter, I was 
> appalled and disgusted
> 
> I looked at it differently than being appalled and disgusted.  
Dudley 
> has been bullying Harry his whole life. I think Dudley deserved 
> whatever Harry was to give him.  Harry could not stick up for 
himself 
> before magic since Dudley was so huge, so now that Harry has 
> a "weapon" it only made sense that he could threaten Dudley with 
it. 
> 
> Diana

Diana - just to clarify, the quote wasn't mine, but someone else's  
(with > in front to set off their comments from mine) and I was 
asking them to reassess their response in light of the apparent lack 
of "justice" or fairness, as it were, in both the muggle and witch 
wizard worlds in HP - which, I pointed out, reflects the Real World 
(RW) to a degree that might make the latest book uncomfortable for 
some.

In fact, this seems to be my thesis - that the naive reading of the 
books is going to be harder to sustain as the series progresses, 
while the philosophical, or adult reading, becomes more important, 
more central.

dan