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J.K. Rowling's.  Growing up as the only child, a Pureblood heir,
was far from easy. All his life, there have been precious few
decisions he has made on his own. His life has been decided for
him.  He knows at the age of six that he will be a Slytherin
when he goes to Hogwarts in five years, because this is what is
expected of him. To be anything else would bring dishonor not
only onto him but his family.  He knows at the age of ten that
he will have to marry a respectable Pureblood woman of his
parents’ choosing, someone who would advance his family closer
to the top of the complicated pyramid of Pureblood society,
someone who would be demure and quiet and polite.  He knows at
the age of eleven that he will always be loyal to Slytherin
House, because without them he is n