Petunia (was: Lily's Letter (and Petunia))

[purplecatdork]

No: HPFGUIDX 173657

Gwen wrote:
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> you could see [Petunia's] treatment of Dudley v. Harry arising
> from her jealousy of her sister.  If she could not show her
> "perfect" sister what it felt like to be the one who was not
> special, not gifted and not favored, then she would show it to
> the boy with her sister's eyes.  She was determined to make Harry
> as miserable for being magical as her sister was treasured.
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CD replies:

I've always seen Petunia's treatment of Harry as a result of
jealousy.  It seems like she could no longer take things out on
Lily, so she redirected them into him.  I have to wonder though, why
are we just finding out about the connection between Snape and
Lily?  A relationship like that seems like it should have been
mentioned in earlier books.

CD