[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry at the Dursleys / DD's feelings about it

Magda Grantwich mgrantwich at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 24 17:01:05 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 118506

> Alla:
> 
> Indeed. I am not quite sure WHY do we think that Harry would have 
> been a spoiled brat, had he been raised in WW, just because 
> Dumbledore THOUGHT so, when Harry was one year old.
> 
> Wasn't Dumbledore at the end of OOP admitting how many mistakes in 
> judgment he made with Harry and Sirius? Isn't it possible IF he
> truly thought so that he was WRONG?


Because from what we've seen of the wizarding world so far, I think
they would have overwhelmed Harry with adulation in their relief at
being free of Voldemort.  It's not a reflection on Harry's character;
it's an acknowledgement of society's tendency to go overboard.

Magda


		
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