[HPforGrownups] Harry - why he doesn't ask questions

[mom31]

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  HedwigsTalons wrote:


  I've read a number of posts (and agree with them) that Harry doesnt 
  ask questions. He doesn't ask them when we wish he would, he doesn't 
  ask enough when he does ask, etc. Well, it just hit me that in PS/SS 
  it's stated: "Don't ask questions - that was the first rule for a 
  quiet life with the Dursleys." (p.20 US edition)
  If he's been trained since he was a one-year old to not ask 
  questions, that would be a hard habit to break. No wonder he's not 
  asking questions when we think he should!! He was never allowed to 
  explore the natural curiosity that all people have!

  Joj writes:

  At the beginning of OOtP, every Harry asks a question, Moody or someone, tells him to shut-up or shush or wait until later.  Adults don't usually answer his questions anyway.  They're always trying to protect him.  He usually gets half answers or evasions when he asks questions of adults.

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