was Harry's rescue from Dursleys/now "too clean" Dursley's

[Cindy]

No: HPFGUIDX 73417

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ereturtle18" <ereturtle18 at y...>
wrote:
> My apologies about the heading of this message, my keyboard's acting 
> up and won't let me finish it for some odd reason. It should 
> read, "Harry's 'rescue' from the Dursleys (was Re: What's bothering 
> me about Ron).
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "magicroxx" <magicroxx at y...> 
> wrote:
> > My turn to raise suspicions,
> > Speaking of people in the order, something about chapter 3 - The 
> > Advance Guard has been bothering me. The chapter seems pretty much 
> > completely useless. Some, or rather, a lot of people come to help 
> > Harry, Moody or Lupin says "a lot of people volunteered to come 
> get 
> > you" They waste time at the Dursleys and then fly back. This 
> portion 
> > of the book could have been shortened dramatically and not have 
> made 
> > a difference what-so-ever. 
> 
> 
> ereturtle18(me):
>          When I read this part of the book I said, "Oh, no, all 
> these people are going to be important later and I'll NEVER remember 
> all their names!" (and my mother got mad at me for saying it out 
> loud because we had just gotten the book and I hadn't even let her 
> touch it yet <g>) I have a feeling there was a reason for so many 
> people to be put in the group. As for the Order wasting time at the 
> Dursleys, it seems to me that it often takes a while for people to 
> leave somewhere in the series, such as Harry and the Weasleys having 
> to get up at, was it four in the morning? to catch a five-thirty AM 
> portkey. Anyway, I would have found, "'Pack!' said Tonks, 'get on 
> your broom, Harry, no time to explain, and no, Mad-Eye, we're NOT 
> going there via Greenland'" rather boring, and annoying because it 
> was too sudden and unexplained. Yes, I know that has been said 
> countless times about Sirius's death, but that's a different thing 
> altogether. ;)
> 
> ereturtle18 who will probably find ways to drag Sirius into 
> everthing, intentionally or not ^v^

Now me (Cindy):

JKR never spends so much time on a scene without it being important.
The thing that I found extremely strange in the 'Advance Guard'
chapter was certain comments made by Order members at the Dursleys. If
JKR wants you to remember something - she repeats it because she means
it, and it usually means something. a few Order members make comments
about how the Dursley's house is "too clean", and "unnaturally clean".
I think that we are getting somewhere with this, but slowly.
-Cindy