Neville's sufferings/ Problematic comparison?

[dumbledore11214]

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Alla wrote earlier:
> > 
> > Oh, absolutely. I love Neville. 
<SNIP>
> > Said all that, I cannot even compare his sufferings and Harry's, 
> > although I will concede that Neville comes  the closest to Harry 
in the amount of misery he went through.
 Neville did not have Dursleys in his life though, although yes, he 
did have that wonderful uncle of his. :-)
 
  
> 
> Hickengruendler:
> 
I find it very problematic to compare people's sufferings anyway. 
IMHO, Neville has suffered more than enough. True, he did not have to 
live with the Dursleys, but he does live with a grandmother, who 
tells him regularly that he is not as good as his father. 


Alla:

Oh, I agree that Neville had more than enough and yes, usually I 
think it is problematic to compare people's sufferings.

The only reason I run with it is because I found the initial 
comparison to be problematic - Neville also suffered, he does not 
pity himself.

But I agree with the responce that we don't really know what Neville 
thinks about it anyway.

Nevertheless, sometimes I don't find it problematic to compare 
characters sufferings ( not RL people).

The best example would be Ron. Now, I like Ron, I really do, but  
when he starts complaining how bad his life is , I cannot help myself 
but wanting to tell him to stop now.

He has his issues, absolutely, but I don't think that he had it as 
bad as Harry did, not even close.

Yes, so back to Neville. I agree that his Gran hurts his self esteem 
badly, but as you said, she loves him and I do hope that she would 
see the light eventually. Unless of course we will learn that she is 
ESE! :-)

Just my opinion,

Alla.