The Dursley's and why Harry stays there...

[Milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 19858

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Caius Marcius" <coriolan at w...> wrote:
> > "M. Barnett" wrote:
> > 
> > > Here's my theory on why Harry always goes back to the Dursley's 
> over
> > > summer break ... Voldemort can't find him there.  I think Privet
> > > Drive, perhaps just Number 4, perhaps the whole area has been 
made
> > > unplottable.  
> 
> Here's what Voldy himself has to say, from Chap. 33 of GoF: "But how 
> to get at Harry Potter?  For he has been better protected than I 
> think even he knows, protected in ways devised by Dumbledore long 
> ago, when it fell to him to arrange the boy's future.  Dumbledore 
> invoked an ancient magic, to ensure the boy's protection as long as 
> he is in his relations' care.  Not even I can touch him there."
> 
> So, strangely enough, the gangly Petunia and the corpulent Dudley 
> comprise a mighty fortress that can withstand the principalities and 
> powers of the Dark Lord. 
> 


The very name "Privet Drive" invokes a privacy wall, since privets are 
 used for barriers (I grew up in a house with a lawn enclosed by 
privets). Privets also had a mild toxin that makes any scratch from 
the plant very uncomfortable.

As for Harry's address, Sirius knew where the Dursley's lived because 
he was on his way to get a glimspe of Harry in the beginning of PoA. 
Unless, Sirius remembered the address being mentioned by James or 
Lily, I think it is generally known that Harry resides somewhere in 
Little Whinging. 

Milz