Responses of children

[dumbledore11214]

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> va32h:
> My daughter is 11, nearly 12, and no, she didn't get that out of 
it. 
> Her understanding was that Slytherins were evil from day one, and 
they 
> were still evil, and Harry's just a really, really nice dad who 
> wouldn't get mad at his kid for being stuck in the evil house. 
(Because 
> he's Harry, and Harry is a great man and he might have gotten 
stuck in 
> the evil house too, even though he wouldn't have deserved it). But 
> Albus Severus wouldn't get stuck in the bad house anyway, because 
Harry 
> told him that he could choose. So the whole scene just shows that 
Harry 
> is really, really good. And that he forgave Snape for being so 
> horrible. 
> 
> She really doesn't have any problem with that moral either - she 
always 
> thought that was the point. Slytherins are bad and Gryffindors are 
good 
> except for Snape who is working for Dumbledore but still a jerk. 
> 
> There were things in the story she didn't like, but this wasn't 
one of 
> them. 


Alla:

Heee, sorry, I thought I replied to this post. I guess I did not. I 
find it fascinating to learn about kids' different reactions. You 
are saying your daughter did not get the sense of any change for 
Slytherins at all?

I am wondering, what did she make of Hats song in OOP? Just asking 
because I found this song to be the only possible sign in the books 
towards the unity of the houses. Was she considering that Slytherin 
will work together with others or not? Or did she just disregard it 
as insignificant or something else?

Thanks :)

Alla