[HPforGrownups] Re: Am I the only one

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 95748

In a message dated 4/12/2004 10:34:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
carrilynne at sbcglobal.net writes:
Carri here...
I think what we are seeing change is Harry's view of Molly.  When 
Harry first met Molly, he was hungry for a loving mother figure in 
his life, and he saw in her, what he had missed, but wished he had.
By the time we reach OoP, Harry is growing up, and is reaching that 
age in his teens where young adults strive for independance.  He 
feels like he can handle more responsibility, and now sees Molly 
as "coddling".  
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Sherrie here:

Actually, I started disliking Molly in GoF - when she started in on Bill over 
his hair & earring - & so obviously favored Percy over the other children.  
Maybe it's because it reminded me so much of the way MY mother dealt with HER 
five children - my allegedly goody-two-shoes siblings got away with murder 
(well, all right - not literally), while the two of us who were less conventional 
found ourselves the constant target of criticism.  (Turns out we're the ones 
with the hearts - fancy that, would you?)  Not only that, but she still tries 
to run our lives - and my BABY sister is now 36...  Honestly, when she started 
in on the earring, I wanted to slap her silly!

Sherrie
"Unless history lives in our present, it has no future." 
PRESERVE OUR CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELDS!


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