DD at the Dursleys: Why do people dislike the scene?

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No: HPFGUIDX 157527

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <rdoliver30 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Let us turn our attention for a moment to a scene that gets a lot 
of 
> discussion and no little heat:  DD at the Dursleys at the beginning 
> of HBP.  Several people have expressed discomfort with or dislike 
> for this scene.  I confess to being utterly baffled.
<SNIP>
> Yet it seems, as I say, to have provoked a distaste in some 
> quarters.  As I say, I am quite baffled as to why. <snip> So whence 
the problem?


Alla:

Heeee, well as I am sure you know I love, love, love this scene and 
mainly because it saved Dumbledore's character for me, but I do know 
the argument of why this scene is disliked. Dumbledore is too harsh 
on poor Dursleys, he muggle baits them, etc. I apologise to list 
members who dislike this scene, because yes, I am incredibly 
unreceptive of this argument and maybe I am simplifying it, but this 
is how I understood this argument.

I guess, Dumbledore who decided to **finally** actively interfere on 
Harry's behalf did something which good and wise character is not 
supposed to do? Namely to **act** instead of just talk that he loves 
Harry. Again, this is just my intepretation of the arguments against 
this scene, but I just cannot buy any of them **at all**.

Of course to me what Dumbledore did was too little too late, but it 
was also **so satisfying** to me to know that Dumbledore indeed does 
not approve of what Dursleys did.

I am **glad** that Dumbledore did what he did, I would be happier if 
he did what he did much earlier in the course of Harry's life, I 
wanted him to do more, but I guess better late than never.


So, yes, my opinion only.

Alla.