Harry's questions ... parents - Dangerous Questions

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SSSusan wrote:
> > I don't know, Julie.  What do you make of this line from PoA?
> > 
> > "Watching Harry being bullied by Uncle Vernon was Dudley's 
> > favorite form of entertainment."
> > 
> > How can it be Dudley's favorite form of entertainment if it 
> > doesn't happen?  


Julia replies:
> Yeah, you've got me here. I haven't known about this quote. But 
> still I think that Harry can't be qualified as an abused child. 
<snip>
> And he hadn't an 'abused' personality - he was able to resist that 
> abusive behaviour. And that's what IMO doesn't make him an abused 
> child...


SSSusan:
I agree that Harry doesn't ACT like a child who's been abused, but I 
don't see how that makes him NOT an abused child?  Of course there 
are worse parents/guardians than the Dursleys, but that doesn't mean 
Harry wasn't abused or bullied by them.  And Harry's not acting like 
a "typical" abused child doesn't make him NOT one.  

In fact, that's one of the things folks have pondered around here 
before.  WHY/HOW is it that Harry & Tom, both with crappy 
upbringings, could have ended up going such different paths and with 
such different belief systems?  Regardless of the answers to those 
questions, the fact that Harry behaves altruistically and Voldy 
behaves evilly [wd?] does NOT mean that Harry wasn't bullied or 
abused.

Siriusly Snapey Susan