Why Live With The Dursleys

[Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 28411

   Frankly this has been puzzling me ever from the
first book on. *Why* does Harry keep going back to
those horrible people? (yes I know he's protected
while in their care but *he* doesn't know that so why
doesn't he take action to escape?). 
   By PoA Harry has learned of at least two
alternatives to the Dursleys. He could stay with the
Weasleys who like him and might even be persuaded to
accept a little something for room and board *or* he
could spend his summers at the Leaky Cauldron, (he's
got the money). 
   Yet still he goes dutifully back to Privet drive
every summer, why? I suspect that deep down part of
Harry still hopes someday, somehow the Dursleys will
change. They are his only family after all, he would
like them to care about him and he keeps hoping they
will. As we see when he wonders if maybe Uncle Vernon
is talking about his birthday in PoA or in GOF when he
wonders if maybe they've come to see him do his third
task.
   Personally I think Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia
are lost causes but I would like to see Dudley become
Harry's friend. 

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