DD and Harry in Book VI, what you do and don't want to see
naamagatus
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Sun Jan 30 11:58:00 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 123438
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <bob.oliver at c...>
wrote:
>
> Coming out of the latest in the DD-Harry-Dursley threads, lets talk
a
> little about what we DO and DON'T want to see in the DD-Harry
> relationshiop in Book VI.
<snip specifics>
Just in general here. DD apologizes to Harry for withholding the
prophecy information from him, thereby being the indirect cause of
Sirius' death. He is not (as far as I understand) apologizing for his
original decision to put him with the Dursleys.
Since DD is the story's main voice-of-wisdom and explicator, for me
this says that *JKR* doesn't intend to make the Dursleys something
that DD needs to apologize for. In fact, I'm pretty sure that DD's
explanation is all we're going to hear about this issue. We have
received an acount of the circumstances and reasons for placing Harry
there - and I really think that, as far as the author is concerned,
this subject is closed. It seems to me, therfore, redundant to keep
on and on questioning DD's motives, when the author clearly (IMO)
doesn't.
I think definitely that Harry will go through a period of feeling
angry and disillusioned with DD. However, these feelings will arise
because of the Sirius debacle, not because of the Dursleys. Further
prediction? Harry will forgive DD for being fallible as soon as he
forgives himself for his mistakes (of course, first he has to accept
responsibility for his part in the tragedy).
Naama
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