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

[Leslie Huffman]

No: HPFGUIDX 159875

> >>Katrina:
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>> I think Mr. Weasley's reaction to Dudley (kindly pity) in Book 4 was another indicator of how we should feel for Dudley.
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>> I think he's someone Dumbledore would feel sorry for, in the same
way he feels sorry for Draco. Both spoiled children, but both lacking in the kind of love Mrs. Weasley gives her children, or the love that Lily presumably gave Harry. <<
> <snip>

Leslie Huffman:
Mrs. Weasley was always very good to Harry, better than his own
family.  That's her nature.  Seems like she treated him as normally
as she could, just like her own kids. Which is probably what Harry
needed.

Leslie Huffman