The Temptations of Harry

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 124422


The Temptations of Harry and how living with the Dursleys helped.

Fame and Fortune

Harry grows up with the Dursleys and sees what Dudley has become 
because he is pampered and given everything. I am pretty sure that 
once he gets to an age of reason that Harry thinks to himself that 
he doesn't want to be like Dudley. Also Harry at some point, because 
he is not give a lot of material goods, comes to realize that money 
has no control over him.  He can make do.  He could live on next to 
nothing if he had to.  Later when Harry does discover that he has 
money (and it appears that no one watches how he uses it), once past 
the initial shock he does seem to use it wisely.  This is really 
quite remarkable for a child of his age.  

Again the Sorting Hat tempts Harry as well with the "you could be 
great you know" suggestion of Slytherin House.  Harry is already 
famous and is embarrassed about it.  And he knows that he doesn't 
want to be in Slytherin House because he has met Draco, the WW 
equivalent of Dudley.  Draco is not fat like Dudley, probably 
because his mother is very vane and good looks would be important to 
her. Otherwise Draco and Dudley are much the same.

I am sure that there are many lesson that Harry has learned during 
his *exile* in the Muggle world and in the Dursleys home.  And these 
lessons, harsh that they may have been, have made Harry a more 
powerful person.  LV can tempt Harry with fame and fortune and Harry 
can calmly say "no thanks".

I think that there are other temptations of Harry that match the 
Temptations of Christ as well.

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