Beauty in HP

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 88497

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> 
> Melete: 
> >     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.
> 
 
> Geoff:
> It is however recorded that
> 
> "He was a skinny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who had the pinched, 
> slightly unhealthy look of someone /who has grown a lot/ in a short 
> space of time."
> 
> (OOTP "Dudley Demented" p.7 UK edition)

I also got that impression - that as time is passing, Harry is becoming much 
more normal-sized, although maybe still skinny.  He even *looks* a lot more 
normal and even like a regular cute kid on the cover of OoP (at least on the 
US edition).  Maybe all that feasting at Hogwarts is doing him some good.  :) 
He also has healthier relationships with people around him while he's at 
school, which may contribute.  

Also, I remember in the Pensieve scene that Harry was sure he and James 
would be within an inch of each other's height, which means he's probably 
normal height now, since we are never told that James is/was short.  I don't 
typically think of bullies as being short either, although I guess if you're a 
wizard it doesn't really matter how big you are (e.g. Ginny).  With all the other 
problems in his life, I'm glad JKR is at least making Harry look a little more 
normal.  I know it's silly and superficial, but I think it would be nice for Harry if 
at least ONE THING in his life was anything other than a source of 
pain/embarrassment.

Allie