Beauty in HP

Melete-BlueAsrai ellydan at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 11 13:41:41 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 88439


After reading about the lack of stereotypical (i.e.
superficial beauty) in HP, I was struck with a bit of
a thought and its not hugely noticable but I can't
help but wonder if the outer features of the
characters do not reveal something of their
personality.  Its just a thought and a half-thought at
that..nothing terribly well thought out.  

    I've also been thinking a great deal about the
small size of Harry.  Really it seems to be brought up
enough so that we get this idea that Harry is fairly
small for his age...most likely from undernourishment.
 But I wondered if its also a bit of a reflection of
Kaspar Hauserism...this idea that emotionally
traumatized youth have a tendency to be stunted in
growth not only from lack of nutrition but also a
great deal from abuse.  In the case of Kaspar Hauser
he was kept in a basement...not communicated with and
not really taken care of..much more extreme than
Harry's case.  But his diminutive stature also
reflects a common characteristic of abused
children..that are either permanently stunted in
growth and sometimes even in voice or at least for a
longer period.  


Melete

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