Hidden in Plain Sight (was:POA CHAPTER 2 DISCUSSION)

[AmanitaMuscaria]

No: HPFGUIDX 189429



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "catherine" <cvdknaap at ...> wrote:
>
> > Mike responded:
> > "Yes, Harry did become more independent. I think viewing SWM forced him to
> think critically of his father for the first time. Not that he shouldn't have
> vehemently defended his father to Aunt Marge, in this chapter."
> >
> > dzturtleshell responds: Hah... I guess we went off on a bit of a tangent here,
> I was barely even thinking of this specific chapter when I responded previously.
> I do agree that Harry was more than right to defend his father to Aunt Marge.
> Marge had never even met Harry's parents (or least I thought that was implied).
> Who is she to say anything about them? Especially considering her own
> overwhelming faults. <sniff> ;^)
> 
> cvdknaap:
> I do agree that Harry was more than right to defend his father to Aunt Marge. Marge had never even met Harry's parents (or least I thought that was implied). Who is she to say anything about them? Especially considering her own overwhelming faults. She was probably projecting one of those faults ie. Excessive drinking,  onto Harry's father denying this very weakness in herself. Then again, I'm not sure if this is only evident in the movie version.
>
AM now - Well, she's bigoted, doesn't seem to work, and her idea of a 'little brandy' involves saying, "a bit more" several times to Vernon, then sloshing brandy into her glass and over the tablecloth. So I presume, along with her other faults, she includes the ones she accuses Harry's parents of.
Oh - she might work at breeding and selling bulldogs, but unless she's running a puppy farm, that wouldn't produce much income. Where do you think her house and money came from? She seems very comfortable with it, so my first thought of a win on the pools (sort of lottery in the UK at that time) may not be right, but Vernon certainly isn't 'old money'; much more like the red braces brigade.