CHAPDISC: DH3, The Dursleys Departing

[vexingconfection]

No: HPFGUIDX 177492

> Laura:
> My guess is that the Dursleys hated magic because it gave other
> people power that they could never get, not even by buying it or
> bullying it out of someone.  But if they could have gotten magical
> powers, all of a sudden it would look pretty good to them, because
> they're all about status.  Having someone in the family with
> abilities that would give them power over others would make them
> pretty happy, I'd think.

vexingconfection:
I think the Dursleys would choose to not admit to any child even if it were Dudley's. Even though it was hinted that Petunia hated wizards and witches out of jealousy- I see alot of prewar Germany in JKR's books.  There were those who choose to ignore the Nazis and hope they would go away-the Dursleys and Fudge remind me of those. It reminds me of the poem-I can't quote it but it went something like... First they (the Nazis) came for the Socialists and I did nothing, then they came for the Jews then they came for me and there was no one left to help me. The Nazis also considered themselves to be a master race deserving of leading the world and those who were not of pure blood did not deserve to live. Does anyone else see the similarities?