Good moral core - Choices & Circumstances

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 117100


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:

bboyminn:
> 
> Interesting that you bring Tom's feeling toward his father into the
> discussion. But I don't think the key is that he hated is father, as
> much as it is WHY he hated his father.
> 
> Tom Riddle - abondoned and denied by his father before and after his
> birth.
> 
> Harry Potter - whose mother and father sacrificed themselves out of
> love for their child.
> 
> While we can easily find similarities between the two, I think the
> above defines the critical difference between the two. One was left
> with the bitter impression that he was worthless, the other was 
valued
> more highly than life itself.
> 
> In addition, Harry did at least get 18 month of nurturing love 
before
> he lost his parents.

Geoff:
The interesting point for me from  your comments is that the Dursleys
did their damnedest to give Harry the impression that he was 
worthless and a waste of space, which could easily have overwhelmed 
the nurture he got for the first 15 months of his life - but it 
didn't.

It underpins what I said in message 117060 about "inclination" to
good or bad.

Geoff
http://www.aspectsofexmoor.com