Unveiling Secrets: The Dursley's and the Potters

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Chapter 1: part one The book begins by introducing the Dursley family; Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, and their baby son Dudley. They live on 4 Privet Drive and try to act as normal as possible. They are “well to do” people, however soon we learn that the Dursleys are hiding something… They are hiding Mrs. Dursley’s sister; Mrs. Potter. They are embarrassed by the Potters; Mr. and Mrs. Potter and their son Harry, they ignore them as if they don’t know them. One day to work an ordinary morning, Mr. Dursley notices a cat reading a map. He gets a little uneasy, but he calms himself down, and tells himself that he has only imagined it. Then, as Mr. Dursley is in the middle of traffic, he notices people dressed in cloaks. Chapter 1: part two The same day when he was walking past a bakery, he overhears people talking about the Potters, and their year old son; Harry. He tries to tell …show more content…

Their neighbor, Mrs. Figg, calls and says she can't watch Harry for the day, that means that Harry's going to get to go with the Dursleys, instead of being left behind as he usually is. Although Dudley pretends to cry in the hope of keeping Harry from joining them on their trip to the zoo, the Dursleys are worried about leaving Harry alone in the house. He gets to go with them and Dudley's friend's family to the zoo. Mr. Dursley warns Harry not to do anything suspicious at the zoo, and Harry promises he won't. Although, suspicious stuff just happens with Harry and he can’t do about it. For example, when Petunia cut off Harry's hair, it grew back overnight, and when she tried to make him wear one of Dudley's old sweaters, it gets smaller and smaller until he can't even put it on. Once he found himself on the school roof when he was outrunning Dudley and his friends, but can't figure out how he got up there in the first

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