OoP-Petunia

[karenkyla3]

No: HPFGUIDX 62362


> "Karen L. Evans" <klekatgirl at y...> wrote:
> >What do you all think about Petunia knowing what a dementor was? 
It seems odd to me that she would remember not only their name and 
the fact that they guard the wizard prison, but also the name of the 
prison. I think there is more that we don`t know about. I think that 
Petunia has or had more of a connection to the wizard world then we 
may have thought. What does everyone else think?

Paige Wood said
> I think that Petunia hanged around with James and Lily in Lily and 
Jame's seventh year. Maybe Lily brought James home, and bid her 
family goodbye, because at that time, Voldemort probably had became a 
constant threat. Petunia listened, and she was probably afraid of 
dying at the hands of a wizard and she went off to find a way out of 
this...
>   I dunno. I'm rereading the book again to find more clues. 
> 

I was really struck too by her emotion and fear in relation to 
Voldemort.  I wonder if maybe her attitude is her way of denying what 
happened and masking the pain.  Let's say for argument's sake that 
she was very fond of Lily and close to her.  Her parent's were 
supportive of magic so it seems unlikely that their other child would 
be so adamantly opposed to magic (though possible I admit).  But, 
going on this theory, to suddenly have seen magic turn so vicious and 
her beloved sister and her sister's husband massacred, probably 
having followed much of it in the papers if they were that supportive 
of Lily, she would have wanted to lash out and blame as well as 
protecting herself and her family.  So by blaming magic she is able 
to vent her anger and feelings of unfairness.  By refusing to admit 
she had a sister, she protects herself from feeling the pain and 
loss.  But a part of her remains in still protecting Harry.  But he 
would also be a constant reminder of that pain which could be a lot 
of where her attitude toward him comes from.  I dunno.  Just a theory.

Stac