[HPforGrownups] OOP: SPOLER : Re: Molly's boggart (was Obvious! Or maybe...

[Mhochberg at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 63063

Hi, Nina!

In a message dated 6/24/2003 3:47:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
nina.baker at uk.faulding.com writes:

> I disagree with the poster who said all Molly does is cook, clean and 
> shout at her children.

Me too. Molly does something that no other character does in any of the 
books. She shows her love and care for her family and Harry. If each character 
represents something, then Molly is the heart.

Please note that I am not saying others do not love each other. It's simply 
that others rarely show their love. I'm sure that I was not the only one 
surprised when Dumbledore said he loved Harry. 

Showing your love is so important, especially through touch. In one of the 
earlier books, Molly hugs Harry (? when he is in the hospital wing?) and Harry 
realizes he didn't remember ever being hugged. (another heart tugger for me). 

In Molly's battle with the boggart, she knew it wasn't real, that it was a 
boggart but it did what boggarts do. It showed her worst fears. 

In some ways, this was a good thing to happen to Molly, even though Lupin 
destroyed the boggart. Her fears were brought out into the open, where she could 
talk about them. She became stronger for it.

---Mary


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