Somethings not right

[scooting2win]

No: HPFGUIDX 80814

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scooting2win" 
<scootingalong at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scooting2win" 
> <scootingalong at b...> wrote:
> >(snip)
> (big snip) Forgot one more thing:
At the end of the book, Dumbledore states: (for the record adult 
version page 737) "You arrived at Hogwarts, neither as happy nor as 
well-nourished as I would have liked, perhaps, yet alive and 
healthy. You were not a pampered little prince, but as normal a boy 
as I could have hoped under the circumstances. Thus far, my plan was 
working well." Which leads me to think that Dumbledore is unhappy 
about how Harry has been raised thus far. He also states that Harry 
would have been welcomed into any wizarding family and raised as a 
son. If that would have happened Harry would have known that he was 
famous and then would have been spoiled for being the boy-who-lived. 
Certain aspects of the "whole" Harry story would need pain and 
suffering to make it "entertaining" (I say that word for lack of a 
better choice). Harry's whole life has been made up of pain and how 
he suffered since the death of his parents, how badly 
his "remaining" family has treated him, how Dumbledore thought of 
Harry as a child, and how Harry has had a rough life so far. But 
during the 5 years (in book years) we have read and lived in the 
books in which JKR writes. We imagine Harry growing into the young 
man that he is (and yes male ego as well). But to put that one 
little pen into the story and realize that this is real abuse. Be it 
as it may, yes Harry is being "male" as someone else puts it. Yes, 
Harry does not want anyone to know how he has suffered, to let 
Umbridge win this war of ego. It's not these facts that I have/had a 
problem with, it still boils down to "Harry kept a secret", not only 
from an adult who could have helped him (not sure I would have told 
Dumbledore myself) but he did not even tell a friend, or even go to 
the nurse, (who is really good at keeping things to herself and 
would have helped Harry as Ron always says "Pomfrey doesn't ask too 
many questions, guess she is used to seeing all sorts being a 
nurse/doctor in a wizard school). It's just the whole Harry did not 
tell on this one. Boys and in this case Hermoine have always seemed 
to tell things to each other, no matter if it's important or not. It 
always was told, there were no secrets kept between them, other then 
the time turner but that did not include Physical or Sexual (just an 
example on that one) abuse. This did indeed include physical abuse 
and the secret was kept even from his friends. It just bothers me. 
JKR has written these books for our enjoyment, and granted she might 
have made some mistakes with timelines or what have you. She usually 
tries to fix them. This one she can't fix or remove and it bothers 
me to think how many kids are going to get the same message that I 
got from it. Intended or not. Lori once again.