Lily and Petunia

[Barbara Key]

No: HPFGUIDX 176504

Bart:
<snip>
> My question is, why did they allow Harry out in such
> shabby, ill-fitting clothes, especially going to
> school? What did they think people would think of
> them treating an orphaned nephew that shabbily? And
> I KNOW that isn't a custom in England; as I
> mentioned in my earlier piece, I had contact with a
> wealthy family in Britain who took in a lower-middle
> class girl to be a playmate for their own daughter,
> and, from simple observation of the way they treated
> the girls, you would never know which was the
> companion, and which was the natural daughter. I was
> told at the time that this was not an uncommon
> practice. 
> 
> To summarize, why would people like the Dursley's,
> who seem to be so incredibly conscious of what
> people think of them, publicly treat their nephew so
> badly?


My thoughts on this have always been that at this
point in time, the story is a fairy tale. Harry is
Cinderella and all the other poor relations that are
misused.

We adults and the children are quickly lured into
liking them and disliking anyone whom they dislike
because we feel empathy for the "poor little boy."

Barbara