Father Figures

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No: HPFGUIDX 180740

This interview is about OoP/TMTMNBN, but there's a JKR quote in it---
sort of. The quoted portion in the text is by Michael Goldenberg the 
screenwriter.
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http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/1/18/writing-order-of-the-
phoenix-a-new-interview-with-michael-goldenberg

In an early conversation, Rowling talked about Harry's story being, in 
a sense, a quest for a father. "Jo pointed out that Harry always was 
secure in his mother's love, but over the course of all of the books, 
he keeps coming up with flawed father figures," 

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I've seen comments from JKR that the books are full of bad fathers, or 
that the effect of bad fathers is evident in the books, but I don't 
recall her talking about Harry and father figures. For what it's worth, 
this comment reminded me of a thread we once had, discussing all the 
characters who played a father role to Harry. So whether JKR intended 
it that way, she recognises it as a theme.