[HPforGrownups] Re: Our changing perception of characters

[Charla]

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*      Nikkalmati
> snip
> (I also question whether one reason she ended up
> liking James was that he was wealthy. I don't think she came from a
> well-to-do background and I know her sister Petunia wanted security more
> than anything else.)
> 
>
> Dumbledore was the big reveal, not because of his experiments as a young
> man, but because of the way he manipulated everone in the books (and of
> course because he seemed to fit the literary type of the wise helpful old
> man and because JKR called him the epitome of goodness in an interview).
In
> fact, he did not trust anyone. He saw people as being useful or not
useful. snip

Lynda:
snip 
> Unlike some others, I did not develop a
dislike for Lily, nor did I one time suspect that her love for James
was spurred by his family's wealth. I think she simply did not want to
be friends with a boy who called muggles mudbloods and did not accept
his non-magical parentage. snip


Charla:

I would have to say about Dumbledore, I do not agree with you
that he did not trust anyone. Rather I would say he was cautious.  As for Lily I do not think wealth mattered ; she was simply attracted to James, he was more fun to be with and Snape burnt his bridges 
by using the term mudblood plus being very possessive. .  .  

            

 





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