More on Molly

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 84350

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jjpandy" <jjpandy at y...> wrote:

> I have read the recent postings about Molly's role and the debates of 
> her as a homemaker.  Molly's character fills the role of the anti-
> Aunt Petunia. This privides balance to the universe of evil vs. good, 
> but it also furthers the contrast between the two worlds that Harry 
> lives in.  Molly is the caring mother-figure that Harry never had in 
> his life before finding out he was a wizard.  Molly worries and looks 
> after Harry's well-being from the moment she hears from her sons that 
> he is on the Hogwarts Express. She includes him with family members 
> on gift-giving occasions.  She makes sure he is well-fed ("encourages 
> him to eat fourth helpings")and fusses over him in a motherly fashion 
> ("fussed about the state of his socks").  Plump, warm, nurturing 
> Molly is the opposite of bony, cold, prison-warden Aunt Petunia.


Excellent point (but please don't assume that bony women can't be
motherly!). It's not just Petunia's treatment of Harry that's involved
here. Look how she treats her own son. Imagine her sending him the
muggle equivalent of a howler, if there were such a thing. She doesn't
discipline Dudley in any way (except for the grapefruit diet ordered
by the school). Till then she probably sent him sweets--as Draco's
mother also does.

Carol