Hey everyone,

Welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. In this video, we’re going to be discussing The Dursley’s- Harry Potter’s cruel and unusual ‘adoptive’ (I use that term loosely) family. When Harry’s parents were murdered on Oct 31st 1981, the decision was made that Harry would be raised by his aunt Petunia and her family.

Though they hated any and all things magical, and were perhaps the antithesis of the sort of family that should adopt Harry, they were the safest option. When Lily died she cast a loving sacrifice, protecting Harry, and this sacrifice lived on in her sister. As long as Harry could call the home of the Dursleys his own, then he was safe.

The Dursleys were always massively critical of Harry- they didn’t like anything that was out of the ordinary- and all of a sudden Petunia was faced with raising her magical young nephew. Almost immediately they were hard on him, and showed clear and obvious favouritism toward their actual son- Dudley. They forced Harry to live in a cupboard under the stairs, tried to prevent him from attending HOGWARTS, and had always hid Harry’s past from him. While he did eventually end up attending Hogwarts (thanks to Hagrid), and was able to get away from them for a good portion of the year, he did still have to return to their tormentous home year after year. He really didn’t have a choice - he would HAVE to return there until he was finally old enough that his mother’s loving sacrifice would serve him no more. This is one of the primary reasons that Harry never went to live with the Weasley’s- where he was provided with a much more caring and nurturing environment.

So, year in year out Harry returned to their home out of necessity- but when we get to the final book/film, The Deathly Hallows, a bit of a shift occurs. This is for 2 reasons: 1. Harry is now 17 years old, meaning the loving protection from his mother is no longer present, and 2. The wizarding world is in complete and utter turmoil - with the danger even spilling over in to the Muggle world. Harry, who knows that the Dursleys will be targeted- eventually explains to them that their lives are in danger:

"The Order is sure Voldemort will target you, whether to torture you to try and find out where I am, or because he thinks by holding you hostage I'd come and try to rescue you. You've got to go into hiding and the Order wants to help. You're being offered serious protection, the best there is."

But Vernon Dursley doesn’t take this news lightly, and vehemently questions both Harry’s proposition as well as the danger that he’s in:

This eventually leads to the Dursleys leaving their beloved home, 4 Privet Drive, in search of a new, safer and more secure location. It’s the end of an era as they bid goodbye to the famous home, the original house with the bedroom under the stairs. But, where do they go next? What is next in store for the Dursleys? What happens to them after the fall of Voldemort and the end of the second wizarding war?



Join this channel to get access to perks:
[ Ссылка ]

Please LIKE / SUBSCRIBE / SHARE to support the channel

Leave your video ideas down below!

Thanks!


Instagram - [ Ссылка ]

Star Wars Channel - [ Ссылка ]

Music by:
Juan Naranjo
Jacob A. Cadmus
Samuel Kim

All content falls under fair use: any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner.

свернуть