Deathly Hallows:Ariana Dumbledore

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 181958

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> "floribelole" wrote:
> > >
> > > Was Ariana raped?
> >
> Andrea X responded: 
> > I don't think she was. Think it too much for the books and their
> younger audience. <snip>
> 
> Carol responds:
> I don't think she was. Ariana was only seven, IIRC. I don't think 
that
> the Muggle boys were that much older, maybe ten. 

a_svirn:
I assumed she was, though, when I read the story. I don't see what 
her age has to say to anything, and we are not told what the boys' 
ages were. What makes me think that she was raped, not just beaten, 
is her father's reaction. Why would he pay the price of the lifetime 
sentence in Azkaban merely because his daughter was badly beaten by a 
bunch of small prepubescent boys? There would be other ways to punish 
them. I think, if Percival Dumbledore proffered no explanations for 
his actions, it was because he was trying to keep what he must have 
considered damaging information about his daughter secret. 
a_svirn.