Disliked Uncle Vernon (was: More on the chat=

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hickengruendler"
<hickengruendler at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
> <susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
>  
> > 
> > Also,
> > LRGS School: Which character do you most dislike ? 
> > JK Rowling replies -> Probably Uncle Vernon
> > 
> > Did this surprise anyone else?  He's despicable, yes, but MOST 
> > disliked by JKR?
> > 
> 
> Yes, I was a bit surprised, too. If you consider some other suspects, 
> Voldemort, Bellatrix, the Malfoys, Umbridge, Wormtail..., it really 
> is a bit surprising, that Uncle Vernon is her most disliked 
> character. Maybe she just wrote a scene, in which he is particularly 
> nasty, and therefore just had him in his minds. Or Vernon will do 
> some even more awful things in the future. But personally, this 
> answer also made me a bit hopeful. As characters, I like both, Dudley 
> and Petunia, and hope that at the end of the series, they will be 
> portrayed in a more positive light (OotP with a more mysterious 
> Petunia and a broken down and pitiful Dudley hopefully started the 
> trend). And if Vernon is her most disliked character, and not "the 
> Dursleys", than there might be hope for the other two.
> 
> Hickengruendler

Hello,

JRK's reply to this question struck me as simple but true.  Vernon has
abused his power/control over Harry to a frighting degree.  Vernon
Dursley had/has a great deal of power over Harry's early years.  He is
Harry's (was) father figure.  He mentaly and physically abused Harry
for 11 years... with uninterupted spite.  He tells Harry in so many
ways that he wished Harry had never been born.  Vernon has done more
damage to Harry than one can dream of.  He has locked him up, STARVED
him, hit him, used him as a slave, (working in yard, house, kitchen..
on and on) demeaned his every word ... Harry's has said in EVERY book
that "don't worry they'll just be mad I had all of those chances to
DIE and didn't."  This is not a joke Harry really means these words.  

I don't like Vernon either.  

just my  2 knuts. Tj