OOP: Harry's bullying was Favorite Lines...

[sadimae2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 63083

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Mhochberg at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 6/24/2003 9:43:16 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
> karenkyla33 at m... writes:
> 
> > p.14 "Not this brave at night are you?" sneered Dudley.
> >    "This IS night, Diddykins.  that's what they call it when it 
> > goes all dark like this." (Harry)
> > 
> > 
> 
> If you clipped the first part of the scene in the alleyway and put 
it in a 
> Pensieve, how different would it be from James's bullying of Snape? 
 Harry is 
> picking on Dudley. We are so used to Dudley picking on Harry, do we 
realize how 
> cruelly Harry is behaving? 
> 
> How parallel is this scene anyway? I'd like to hear from others 
about this.
> 
> ---Mary
> 
> 
>From Me

Harry has always treated Dudley like this. In book one Dudley asks if 
Harry would like to practice putting his head down the toilet and 
Harry answers that Dudley might make the toilet sick. In book two he 
teases Dudley with phoney spells. I do see anger and a willingness to 
hurt Dudley that I did not see in the other books. I think that Harry 
is realizing that he is powerful and angry that others do not see 
that. I don't see a parallel because I do not think James is acting 
from anger and a whole life of being bullied by Snape. James is acting 
more like a stupid teenager. But you have a good point. I think Harry 
will realize what he is doing when he can look back in the summer.

Sadi