Longbottom's Torture to Insanity (Re: candy)

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No: HPFGUIDX 109882


   Going off on a totally different thought.  I think the candy, is  
symbol of nourishment, not only of the body but of the mind and 
spirit.  Note the repeated emphaise in all the books on the happy 
community feasts of Hogwarts as opposed to the stingy, begrudged 
meals provided by Harry's muggle family.

  My thought is, Alice's gift of candy wrappers means even in her 
tormented mental condition she is still trying to provide loving 
nourishment to her child. Even insane, she is thinking of him - 
remember the comment along the lines of "you must have enough 
wrappers to paper your bedroom", so this is no one-time gift but a 
steady reaching out to Neville over the years.

Jeanette