[HPforGrownups] Respecting the Dursleys( was:Re: Hi everyone -- banning the books)

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 159573

Alla:
I want to buy Dursleys as abused child and want to sympathise with
him. Help me?

Lynda:
No kid deserves to be in a situation in his life in which he feels that he
has a need to be careful in what he says or does around his parents. Neither
does any kid need to be spoiled to the extent that he thinks bad behavior is
excusable.  But when you have both extremes in one household, that's one way
of creating a monster (or a bully). So Dudley's behavior can be explained by
his parents coddling, but then again, if his Dad is willing to yell at him
and hit him out of temper and then he gets sent to a school in which
expected behavior is to be bullyish (let's not forget the Smelting Stick),
the kid hasn't got much chance of coming out ahead of the game.  He'll grow
up to be just like his parents, and that's sad and a little pathetic. No kid
deserves that fate.

Lynda


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