OoP: Chapter 1 question

[rane_ab]

No: HPFGUIDX 64187

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> Lindsey wrote:
<Snip bit about Mundungus having left>
 After Vernon grabs a hold of Harry, he is 
> > shocked by some force and I believe Harry later says that he 
> thought a wizard was there with him. How could a wizard of shocked 
> Vernon if Mundungus, the only one on duty, was already gone? Was 
that 
> Harry's anger being released? Harry did not use his wand or mutter 
any 
> > spells. Maybe it was just a reaction to protect himself like the 
> > time his hair regrew or his jumping amazing heights when he was 
> > chased by Dudley's gang (before his Hogwarts years). Perhaps I 
> > misinterpreted it. Any ideas? >>>>>
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> I asked this before and never received a reply, I was beginning to 
> think I was the only one who noticed this. I keep thinking about 
> another certain someone that was unable to touch Harry.  Maybe it 
is 
> just part of the protection that Harry received from his mom. I am 
> certain that it will means something later on, because from what we 
> have learned from Jo, the little thing that go unnoticed are 
> ususally very important.
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It says in the book:
"(...) Uncle Vernon yelped and released Harry as though he had 
received an electric shock. Some invisible force seemed to have 
surged through his nephew, making him impossible to hold." (p. 10, UK 
version)

I took that as Harry doing some involuntary magic... If it had to do 
with his mother's protection, why didn't that ever help him when 
Dudley came after him? On the other hand, why didn't the ministry 
send him a letter if it *was* Harry that did the magic? (Wandless 
magic doesn't seem to be illegal *before* someone goes to school, but 
seems to become so once the person is there.) This is really a good 
point - hadn't really noticed it, not even on my second read. 

Cheerful greetings,
Rane,
who wonders why Harry had to go back to the Dursleys now that V-Mort 
has Harry's blood in his veins and, acoording to him, the protection 
doesn't seem to work anymore anyway...