Responses of children

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 176449

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
> 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?
> 

va32h:

No she really didn't.  She was angry that Draco came after Harry in the 
RoR, because she really thought he'd changed his mind after he refused 
to identify the trio at Malfoy Manor.  She also thought Harry was being 
stupid saving Draco the second time at the Battle of Hogwarts, seeing 
as Draco didn't act very grateful the first time. She thought that 
Draco should have come up to Harry after Voldemort was dead and thanked 
him.  And that Harry should have gone and thanked Narcissa. In fact, 
she considered the characters profoundly lacking in gratitude all 
around, although of course she didn't say it like that. 

Anyway, after the epilogue she figured everything had gone back to 
normal, that Harry's kids would have adventures like Harry, only 
without an evil lord at the end of the trail.   

I don't think kids take this to heart as much as we do though.  I've 
gone on record with how I felt after reading DH - my daughter had to 
comfort me!  "Mom, it's just a book!"

She gets that the Slytherins are bad the way Umbridge is bad the way 
Olaf is bad in Lemony Snicket the way the Evil Queen is bad in Snow 
White.  

Alla:
> 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?

va32h:

I don't know actually.  She's never mentioned any of the Sorting Hat 
songs, and she's at school now so I can't ask.  I'm pretty sure she 
skipped over big chunks of OoTP anyway (not that I blame her!)

Although if you are asking me, Alla, I would say that the DA was a huge 
step in the direction of House unity - although of course it was 
abandoned long ago. 

I had thought, after OoTP, that Harry would keep his ties with the 
members of other Houses - and it would eventually help him defeat 
Voldemort.  He would need the qualities of all houses to hatch a plan 
grand enough to conquer the Dark Lord - was  my idea.  But maybe the 
Sorting Hat's song was just meant to foreshadow the DA itself and 
nothing beyond that book.  

va32h