Harry's Protection (was Re: Questions)

[Sharon]

No: HPFGUIDX 118933


> Snow:
> (4)Why does it appear that Harry is protected from everyone while 
> living with the Dursley's except Dudley? Why can Dudley use Harry 
as 
> a punching bag but Vernon received a shock when he touches Harry? 
> Voldemort, in the graveyard, claims that he is so protected at the 
> Dursley's that not even he can touch him there, but Dudley can.
> 

My first instinct would be that Dudley is a blood relative of Harry, 
while Vernon technically is not.  (Vernon, who married Petunia, has 
no blood ties to Harry at all.  He's only a relative by marriage.)

My second instinct is to ask when Vernon touched Harry and received a 
shock, because I don't remember that happening?  I would assume that 
touch would have been in anger, as well - otherwise every time anyone 
brushed up against Harry they'd have received some sort of shock, and 
that includes Hermione or Ron, which certainly would have been 
mentioned in the books.  Perhaps the terms of the spell only work if 
someone is touching Harry in anger?

--azriona