[HPforGrownups] Harry's potential father figures /Religion in HP

[Gregory Lynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 131106

Forgive me, I don't know who said these originally but...

> I would like to see Harry realize that he doesn't need to punish his
> oppressors to feel empowered against them. And that will be a
> revelation too.


> > Lupinlore:
> That would be...insipid.  Sunday school lessons have no place in
> non- religious literature.  Of course, the extent to which this is a
> non-religious story is itself a matter of debate.  In any case, this
> would turn the Potter story into an After School Special, which
> would be seriously revolting.

I don't entirely agree.  Of course I don't entirely disagree either. 
If it were done in a sickly sweet manner I'd probably barf.  And yet
we had a somewhat analogous situation in Goblet of Fire where, when
Ron came to apologize after the first task, Harry discovered he didn't
need to hear it.

Meanwhile, in Phoenix, Harry finally gets a glimpse of the Dursleys as
victims when it hits him that Aunt Petunia lost her sister.

I can very much see a situation where Harry decides that the Dursleys
have suffered enough, or that he has been through enough that getting
back at the Dursleys just doesn't have any appeal.  It doesn't need to
be done in an "It's wrong to get revenge" kind of way but rather could
be done in a "It's just not worth it" kind of way.



-- 
Gregory Lynn