Vernon Dursley

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 80328

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Fred Uloth <prof_uloth at h...> 
wrote:
> So are Petunia and I the only ones that like Vernon? As we have the 
Draco 
> || Dudley parallel, i see a Snape || Vernon parallel. 

< snip >
> However, they both torment Harry because of their feelings towards 
his 
> parents. While they grow to dislike Harry for himself, one is left 
to 
> wonder if they would have disliked him in the beginning had it not 
been for 
> the "sins" of the parents.

I always saw this comparison between Snape and Petunia, not 
necessarily Vernon. It is Petunia, who really has bitter feelings 
towards Harry's mother. Vernon, IMO, has just a major dislike for 
everyone, who is somehow "different". And both, Snape and Petunia, 
try to protect Harry, despite the fact, that they are bitter people 
who dislike him.

Hickengruendler