Great Uncle Algie

[armadillof]

No: HPFGUIDX 90362


> 
> Julie -- who really really really wants to know what is up with 
the 
> gum wrappers!


    I just thought JK was making a point of Neville's psyche and how 
sad his life has been.  I don't think there's much to the gum 
wrappers otherwise, I mean Neville's parents are certifiably 
insane.  If you've ever been in contact with people who have lost 
their minds due to alzheimer's, strokes, or other degenerative 
neurological diseases, that type of act (giving someone something 
relatively 'useless') is often commonplace. I just thought it had 
personal meaning to Neville b/c it was likely one of the only things 
or types of things his parents gave him that is tangible. 

AF