Snape and Harry again.

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No: HPFGUIDX 113953

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
>> I'm sorry; I don't understand your comment.  Of course Dumbledore
> didn't want Harry to be a pampered little prince, a sort of good-
guy
> version of Draco or wizard-Dudley.  The opposite of "pampered" is
> "not pampered" or "normal".  Harry is as normal as it's possible to
> be under the circumstances.  If Harry is going to fulfill his
> destiny, he'd have to be tough and god knows surviving the Dursleys
> qualifies a kid as tough.


Alla:
I don't think that Dumbledore NOT wanting Harry to be a bit spoiled -
 is a given.

As I said - I read this quote as Dumbledore feeling remorseful that 
Harry did not grew up experiencing love and yes, being a little 
spoiled (not TOO much). I DON'T think that dumbledore would be 
opposed to it, if he had a choice