[HPforGrownups] Responses of children (Re: In Defense of Molly Weasley (Long))

[Sharon Hayes]

No: HPFGUIDX 176283

Alla:
Jen, I actually find your son's reaction to be very
interesting. I do wonder if somebody else's kids
made a similar remark in any way, shape or form.
Meaning whether they took from Harry naming his kid
Albus Severus that JKR is saying that Slytherin is
now good.

<SNIP>

Sharon:

The message my daughter (and I) got from the
epilogue was that just becuase a category of people
did some bad things in the past, that doesn't mean
that all people in that group are bad, or that the
group itself can't *change*.  Similar to saying that
Germans initiated the Holocaust, and so as a nation
did a bad thing, but we don't treat Germans today as
if they're about to do it again. Times change,
people learn from their mistakes etc. That's what we
go out of it anyway. Alo, to me, Malfoys nod to
Harry signifies his acknowledgement of a truce or
even of geniality between the two. Harry did save
Draco's life a couple of times, and Draco, via that
nod, acknowledges it.


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