Stockholm Syndrome - was No sympathy for Kreacher

[catportkey at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 124569

I have met several people who were abused and refused to follow the abusive 
pattern to such as extent that they devoted their lives to helping the 
helpless.  In cases of children from alcoholic parents (whether abused or not), many 
have said to themselves that the only way out of this "hell hole" is to be 
smart.  They would obtain excellent grades (for possible education grants) and/or 
work to earn money for college so that "I will never have to see my parents 
again and can live my own life."  At age 18, they drop their family and create a 
new life.

Harry can have the same kind of determination to simply survive.  He was 
lucky that Hogwarts became his new family, otherwise he would have had to survive 
the best he could with the Dursleys until age 18 --- then he would fly the 
coop and create a new life for himself.

Pook


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