![]() ![]() He couldn’t have known how starved of love and affection Harry would be, but he did know that a Harry who’d grown up famous would be far less equipped to deal with Voldemort, whose arrogance was key to his defeat. He wanted friends, not followers he looked for help, not to intimidate.īecause Dumbledore was right, of course. Unlike Voldemort he responded to kindness, not power. ![]() When he arrived at Hogwarts, Harry was ready to learn. He might not have been aware of it, but this very human vulnerability would actually help Harry. When Harry learnt about his past he felt unequal to it: embarrassed by strangers’ responses, modest about his part in Voldemort’s downfall, worried about his lack of knowledge. Living with the Dursleys gave Harry a whole new set of problems, but it certainly kept him humble. And yet placing Harry with the Dursleys was important because it protected him not only from Voldemort’s followers, but also from the prying eyes of more well-meaning witches and wizards. Thanks to Trelawney’s prophecy, Dumbledore already suspected what was in store for Harry. ‘It would be enough to turn any boy’s head,’ he told McGonagall. Dumbledore left Harry with the Dursleys because he didn’t want him growing up famous.
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