[HPforGrownups] Re: Our changing perception of characters

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 192316

Quoting nikkalmati <puduhepa98 at aol.com>:


> The world was not composed of SS and James.  I am sure there were   
> lots of other boys she could have gone out with besides James.  I   
> was just wondering in a cynical way if being rich is better than   
> not.  Her economic background must have been not much better than   
> Severus', if they lived close together.
>
That might also explain Patooty's behavior: she's socially unsure of  
herself, having "married up" by marrying Vernon.

Vernon's from a well-off-enough background that he went to Smeltings,  
which doesn't sound like a cheap proposition, even if it isn't  
anywhere near Eton or Harrow.  If Lily and Petunia's parents were  
struggling, and had "gone down in the world," Petunia might well  
figure that Vernon's a good catch, whatever his faults.

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