OOP - another of them silly JKR loopholes

[Ali]

No: HPFGUIDX 64497

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Brigitte" <bbb35_2000 at y...> 
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>> Ok, you're basically wondering why Harry had to grow up in the 
 Dursley's home and be subjected to bad treatment for 10 years?  

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 Harry grew up knowing what it felt like to be downtrodden, to be 
 looked down upon.  He grew up being a servant and belittled, so 
much so that he would never do it to anyone else.  He would help 
anyone and be kind to everyone because he was in their shoes at one 
time or another.  He wasn't treated differently because of who he 
was or what he did.  Yes, it would've been wonderful if he had been 
given love  from the people who raised him, but then he would be 
less inclined to take risks and that would be bad for the fight 
against Voldemort.<<<

As Dumbledore said that when Harry arrived at Hogwarts, he wasn't 
a "pampered prince", I think that Dumbledore may have hoped your 
theory would be the result. But, in all honesty, Harry should be 
incredibly damaged by the mistreatment he has received. It is so 
often the case that the abused become the abusers, yet Harry has 
escaped comparatively unscathed. Look at how bitter and twisted 
Snape is after the bullying etc he has endured. The fact that it 
takes Harry until he is 15 to become angry, and then only after he 
has been tortured and in his view, ignored by those he thinks care 
for him, is nothing short of a miracle.  

>>> Since he lived with the Dursley's then he could call their home 
his home since it was in fact his home.  Yes, he didn't like it 
there and no he didn't ge the best treatment, but it was his home.  
It seems like a month is the amount of time he needs to be there 
since he always seems to have a month there over the summer and 
always around his birthday.<<<

Yeah, I don't understand why Harry has to stay at the Dursleys for a 
month. From Dumbledore's speech, it would seem sufficient for Harry 
to stay at 4 Privet Drive for a couple of days as long as it 
remained his formal home. Perhaps the longer stay is just for 
literary purposes.

Ali