[HPforGrownups] On Letters (was Re: Hmmm. What's your favourite *now*?)

[Laura Lynn Walsh]

No: HPFGUIDX 183058


On 2008, May 27, , at 22:47, Geoff Bannister wrote:
>> Montavilla47:
>> May I remind everyone that Harry turns out to the most talented
>> seeker in one hundred years at Hogwarts?  This scene is like that
>> key room, except Harry doesn't have to snatch one special key--
>> any of them would do.
>
> Geoff: Yes, but there is a subtle difference between jumping up into
> the air off the floor and trying to grab a letter while being  
> assailed by
> Vernon and having the flexibility of being on a broom.

I think you also need to remember that, after the first letter, Vernon
Dursley knew what was in the letters, so his top priority is NOT to
go after the letters, but rather to keep Harry away from them.  He
is a very large man; Harry is a scrawny boy, who has been cowed
all of his life.  No matter how the letters arrive, his priority is  
to make
sure Harry doesn't see them.  I think the other medium that must not
be named rather confuses the issue for the sake of a funny scene,
but he really isn't allowed to linger anywhere close to the letters long
enough to snatch one.

LauraW
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Laura Lynn Walsh    lwalsh at acsalaska.net
http://llwcontemplations.blogspot.com



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