[HPforGrownups] Chapter 3 Discussion of POA

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pamneubauer at sbcglobal.net writes:

After  reading so many great posts I just have a couple thoughts. 

I have  always thought of the protection around Harry's house as extending 
just to the  area around the house. If he leaves the house he is vulnerable. 
This is one  reason he is told to not to leave the house in OOP. So 
whatever the charm is,  it only works within a certain distance.
 
 
 
Robert:
 
 
In other book descriptions we hear of Harry wandering the neighborhoods  
around Privet Drive in boredom, just to get away from the house, presumably. 
He  goes shopping with the Dursleys, goes to Muggle school until he's 11, to 
the zoo  and most notably spends a great part of one particular day in a 
neighborhood  playground before following Dudley and his gang home. He does all 
of  this, yet the only wizarding folk who see him are those that run into 
him  by accident on the street or in shops. 
As long as he can call Petunia's home HIS home, Harry is protected no  
matter where he is, IMO. By the time OOP takes place, the DE might have a better 
 idea of exactly where the house is located and might be wandering the 
area, too,  hoping to run into him somewhere. They would have more people in 
their ranks to  spare to do this now, unlike in the past. JMO
 
 




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