[HPforGrownups] The Problem with Lupin (long) was Re: How Close Are Harr...

[Batchevra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 97021

In a message dated 4/26/04 6:04:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
delwynmarch at yahoo.com writes:
I agree with all those who say that Harry doesn't ask questions 
because JKR doesn't want to give answers. First the very first book, 
I knew she wasn't playing fair with us. Harry didn't have any 
reaction to Hagrid giving him the photo album of his parents and 
their friends. He's happy to get it, but he doesn't care about 
learning more about them, let alone ask for any further information 
about them. He's an orphan and he's not curious about his parents ? 
Nope, sorry, I don't buy that. I was 11 too when I went crying to my 
mom, pleading for her to tell me a bit more about my biological 
father. If anyone had come over who'd been friend with him, I would 
have questioned them to no end.
I was adopted, and I continually asked questions of my parents about my 
adoption. By age 11, I learned not to ask anymore. When I said something to my 
friends, they pointed out that maybe my biological parents were in prison. Ok. we 
were 11, not thinking clearly, but it said maybe it is better not to know. Did 
I become not curious? no, I went to books to find out about adoption, how it 
works and when at 17 I left a book about adoption on my night table, my mother 
blew a gasket. Now, I learned that the best way to listen for information 
that you want to know, listen to adults without them knowing you are doing it. 
That is what Harry is doing, he has learned not to ask direct questions but to 
listen to exactly what is said by those adults. Harry is finally asking Petunia 
in OOTP, because the world of Muggles and Wizards was breached and he knew 
that Petunia wouldn't throw him out.

Batchevra


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