Animals have a significant part in human’s daily lives. Everyday people overlook the importance the animals have in the lives around the people they care about. This happens in reality and in stories, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is no different. Many characters have interactions with the animals around them; these relationships are not always positive or negative. They can range from friendship, companionship, enemies to antagonistic relationships. The reason I decide to read this specific book for this report was because this was one of the few I have yet to read in this series. I read the last five books without reading the first two. I thought this report was the perfect opportunity to reintroduce myself into this universe.
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Dursley, and positive when with Professor McGonagall. The tabby cat and owls do not have a positive relationship with the human character Vernon. These animals express the mysteries and the supernatural the Dursley family is trying very hard to avoid. It symbolizes everything they hate and goes against their normal lifestyle. These relationships are important to the story because they foreshadow the supernatural that is about to intrude into the Dursley lifestyle and change their lives. The relationship between the cat and McGonagall are positive. This relationship is an abnormal relationship because they are one and the same. The cat may symbolize parts of her personality and person such as supernatural abilities, her mysterious nature, intelligence, and watchfulness. This relationship does not seem to play a significant part in the story right …show more content…
Vernon takes the letter away from him and, after reading; he has Petunia read it. They decide it be best they ignore the letter. Afterwards, Vernon visits Harry in his cupboard and tells him he is moving upstairs to Dudley’s second bedroom. The next several days, Harry continues receiving letters, but Vernon always confiscates them from him before he has a chance to read them. Vernon decided to nail up the mail slot and even boarded up all the cracks around the front and back doors. Finally, it got to the point where Vernon decided they were going to go away for a while. However, they continue receiving the letters, even at the motel they were temporarily staying at. They finally stayed at a cabin only accessible by way of boat. As they sleep in this cabin in the middle of a terrible storm, Harry counts down the seconds to midnight when he’ll be eleven. Suddenly someone knocks boisterously on the door trying to get
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Dursley, and positive when with Professor McGonagall. The tabby cat and owls do not have a positive relationship with the human character Vernon. These animals express the mysteries and the supernatural the Dursley family is trying very hard to avoid. It symbolizes everything they hate and goes against their normal lifestyle. These relationships are important to the story because they foreshadow the supernatural that is about to intrude into the Dursley lifestyle and change their lives. The relationship between the cat and McGonagall are positive. This relationship is an abnormal relationship because they are one and the same. The cat may symbolize parts of her personality and person such as supernatural abilities, her mysterious nature, intelligence, and watchfulness. This relationship does not seem to play a significant part in the story right …show more content…
Vernon takes the letter away from him and, after reading; he has Petunia read it. They decide it be best they ignore the letter. Afterwards, Vernon visits Harry in his cupboard and tells him he is moving upstairs to Dudley’s second bedroom. The next several days, Harry continues receiving letters, but Vernon always confiscates them from him before he has a chance to read them. Vernon decided to nail up the mail slot and even boarded up all the cracks around the front and back doors. Finally, it got to the point where Vernon decided they were going to go away for a while. However, they continue receiving the letters, even at the motel they were temporarily staying at. They finally stayed at a cabin only accessible by way of boat. As they sleep in this cabin in the middle of a terrible storm, Harry counts down the seconds to midnight when he’ll be eleven. Suddenly someone knocks boisterously on the door trying to get