Somethings not right

[scooting2win]

No: HPFGUIDX 80811

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scooting2win" 
<scootingalong at b...> wrote:
>(snip) It sent one heck of a message to me, and for little kids 
reading 
> this book as well. She basically is saying it's ok if someone 
hurts 
> you, you don't have to tell an adult, you don't have to tell 
anyone, 
> you can keep it a secret! Secrets are not good for small children 
to 
> keep. Especially if the secret includes someone hurting them, or 
> worse things then that. Maybe it's not what she intended but it's 
> there none the less. Lori

I'm not sure that what I mean by this post got across. Some of it 
did. Children in homes like Harry's (foster, adopted, etc...) they 
tend to let things go. They tend to not want to show that someone 
has hurt them. JKR has written Harry this way from the beginning of 
the series, so I agree that it's in character for Harry. And as I 
said before I am not sure it's what JKR intended. And since I am not 
sure that people got what I was trying to say, I thought I would 
explain better (sometimes I suck at trying to do this). For what 13 
years harry had no one. Well 14 years Harry had no one. Then he had 
Sirius. Now given the fact that post were being watched I am sure, 
and given the fact that from my knowledge there is no phone at 
Hogwarts or at Grimmauld place. So as I said I don't think JKR 
intended for some readers to take it this way. I think her intention 
was to show how horrid Umbridge is/was rather then say "Hey kids, 
Harry makes really bad choices, look here he's keeping secrets now." 
No that's not what she intended (or I really hope it wasn't). None 
the less, Harry still did not tell, not even his friends. Ron had to 
see it before Harry told him what was going on. And I am glad Harry 
can't write with both hands! It's more a moral then the actual 
context. Moral JKR put out: Don't tell. Moral kids are going to get: 
Don't tell. Moral we as adults get from it: Harry has been abused 
throughout the series, what's a little bloody pen. It just doesn't 
fit right. JKR is a wonderful writer who puts books in children's 
hand and makes them turn off tvs, computers, video games, and I 
admire her for her ability to do so. I am not putting her down, I 
just don't like the message that came across. And sure there will be 
one kid who says, "Mom, it's just a book, it's make believe." But in 
a way even that makes me wonder, is my kid going to say that or are 
they going to say, Harry kept a secret that he should have told. 
Lori again