[HPforGrownups] RE: Why Harry Never Asks Questions...

[bufo_viridis at interia.pl]

No: HPFGUIDX 93655

> vmonte wrote:
> 
> "It really bothers me that Harry never asks questions. I realize that
> this is the way JKR keeps us from finding out information she is not
> ready to reveal, but it still bothers me."

> Kyntor
> I think Harry's childhood influences him a lot more than we give it 
> credit for.  Reading the first several chapters of SS/PS, we see that 
> one of Aunt Petunia's favorite sayings is "Don't ask questions."  I 
> believe that this mantra (along with several others from his 
> childhood) was forced upon Harry so often, that he still 
> subconciously follows it.
 
Very good point. Harry survived his childhood with so few easily noticeable "scars" from Dursleys that we tend him to treat him as if he was absolutely "healthy" child, which he is not.

Cheers, Viridis

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