Harry and starvation

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 123320


Tonks here:
I am not saying that DD planned it that way. As has been said by 
others DD had no choice to put Harry with the Dursleys. It was the 
only way to save his life. (Just accept that as a fact.)

Alla:

Lupinlore said it actually, but I'll say it again - I do accept it as 
the reason for doing it initally .

What I don't accept is the fact that Dumbledore did not do anything 
to ease it during the next ten years.


Tonks: 
What I am saying is that sometimes things have a way of working out 
for the best in the long run. Now I am not using the argument that 
you sometimes hear well meaning people say when some terrible thing 
happens and it turns out OK in the end. It was not the will of the 
gods, or God or even DD. But good can come out of a bad situation. 
The situation is not set up that way. It is not set up to have good 
come. But as they say "when life gives you a lemon, make lemonade." 
 
So what I am saying is that Harry had a hard time at the Dursley's, 
and the side effect of that was the same as the training that a monk 
gets. And that is good, because it prepared him to fight evil. I 
guess Harry could have rebelled against the treatment that he had 
and become an angry juvenile delinquent or something, but he didn't. 
He accepted things as they were and in coping with the situation, it 
made him stronger. Do you really think that the story would have the 
same impact if He had been just as spoiled as Dudley? "Rich brat 
becomes Super Hero" No, I don't think so. Super Heroes never start 
out that way, they usually have some sort of tragic beginning.



Alla:

Ummmm, yes, absolutely good can come out of bad. I don't see how it 
is relevant though to the initial assesment of  the situation.
Sure, sufferings made Harry stronger. Does it mean that  because of 
that what Dumbledore did was OK? Not to me, sorry.

And one more thing - I DON'T see Harry as Super!Hero, sorry. I most 
certainly see him as human.

I am also not quite sure why you offer only two alternatives - either 
abused or as spoiled as Dursley. How about if due to Dumbledore's 
interference Dursleys would not be treating Harry as harshly as they 
were and leave it at that.

JMO,

Alla