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Why did petunias keep Harry?
Because she used to love Lily when they were little and Dumbledore explained that by allowing Harry to live with them would save his life. She may have resented him, but she didn’t want him to be dead on her account! Because she wasn’t given a chance to say “no”, but she had loved her sister, even if she envied her.
What was it that Petunia wanted to tell Harry?
In the movie of the part 1 of seventh book, Petunia tell Harry Potter that “seventeen years ago, you lost your mother, I also lost my sister”. Although she don’t like her nephew, she can’t forget the girl who grow together with her.
What is Petunia Dursley’s motivation behind her dislike of her sister and Harry?
Many of the first memories that Harry had gazed upon depicted his future Aunt Petunia and unwittingly explained to him the reasons for her hatred of him and magic overall, such as: her falling out with his mother as children, Petunia’s jealousy of Lily’s magical abilities and her childhood enmity with Snape.
What did Aunt Petunia say?
A Howler from Dumbledore, addressed to Petunia, said ‘Remember my last’ – no doubt referring to the letter which he left with baby Harry, on the doorstep of Privet Drive. The Hogwarts headmaster sent a kindly response to Petunia when she wrote to him as a child, begging to join Hogwarts.
How did Dumbledore convince Petunia?
The letter was placed by Dumbledore next to baby Harry Potter late on the evening of 1 November 1981. He tucked the letter into Harry’s blankets. He sent Petunia a howler telling her to remember the last letter. Vernon acted confused and didn’t understand why she decided to let Harry continue to stay at Privet Drive.
Did Petunia really hate Harry?
Definitely!! She cared about Harry almost as much as she cared about Lily. Although she refrained from letting it be seen. It would have been really easy for the Dursleys to have sent Harry to an orphanage or something, had Petunia not cared about her sister’s son and kept him all through his childhood.