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| | The Deathly Hallows The final year of the Harry Potter series - will good triumph over evil? | 
03-11-2009, 01:49 PM
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| | Glumbumble
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I think Dudley had a little bit of Petunia's jealousy for her sister lurking in him for Harry. He sees what Harry can do, and wants that, but knows he can't have it, so he hides it (very well, even from himself) by pretending that he is scared of Harry. And somewhere it begins to make sense, and he truly becomes scared of Harry. (Of course, Hagrid may have had a hand in that--pig's tail, anyone?) But I think he always harbored a kind feeling for Harry. Unfortunately, his parents are so against Harry that he has to keep his own feelings underwraps for fear of displacing them.
And I think that the idea that Harry isn't going with them to wherever they are going has jolted in Dudley the need to express those feelings of gratitude, which have probably intensified since the day Harry saved him from the dementors.
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04-04-2009, 07:06 PM
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I think Dudley cared for Harry, just that he was scared to express his feelings under a "magic-is-devil" shadow. But when he realised he wasnt going to see Harry again, he let it go. | |
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01-02-2010, 11:57 PM
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| | Ramora
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I think Dudley cares for Harry in his own way. I don't think Dudley had a very good example to work from, seeing as his parents have treated Harry horribly. But I think that when Dudley realized that Harry wasn't going to be with him anymore, for whatever reason, he was upset about it. He takes Harry's being there for Dudley to pick on for granted, sort of like the little brother nobody likes to have around, but when it comes down to the nitty gritty, Dudley really doesn't mind Harry.
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07-28-2011, 01:20 AM
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| | Plimpy
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I thought that was lovely and would have made a great sene in the film. Obviously not  | |
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08-09-2011, 01:41 PM
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| | Horklump
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Originally Posted by McFeisty  If someone saved my life or the life of someone I loved dearly I would be very elated and happy about that. I wouldn't consider them a waste of space, I for one believe that Dudley treated Harry the way he did because he grew up with his father treating Harry that way and thought it was the right thing to do. When he had treated Harry horribly all those years he probably had a reason to pretend to hate Harry more that he might have actually hated him. Dudley seemed to be a person who if they in the end had been a wizard and went to Hogwarts prooved he was not as much of the Bully as he seemed as when he was younger the circumstances made him braver and thus made his paretns fallow his lead. He wanted Harry to come and you could tell with how presistantly he was asking why Harry was not coming. Dudley probably felt Safer in their home when Harry was there and was able to use Magic to help defend them all! I completely agree with this.
Petunia hated Harry because she hated Lily being from a world she wasn't allowed to be a part of, and Harry being a product of Lily's relationship in that world.
Vernon hated Harry because he's the one who wanted things to be normal and boring. He's the one who lacked imagination. His characteristics are the ones that are associated with the Dursleys, specially in the first book.
Dudley didn't hate Harry. He had no reason to. However, he thought it was just okay to go on following in his parents' footsteps and bullying Harry just because he could. Dudley was very much a product of his circumstances, and unlike Harry, who in similar circumstances would have stood up for Dudley had roles been reversed, he was just apathetic until Harry did something good for him. | |
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03-10-2012, 04:37 PM
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| | Imp
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I was predicting that in the end separation of Dudley and Harry will be like it was.
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03-13-2012, 08:58 PM
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| | Imp
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Dudley was a typical bully while they were growing up. It's not surprising he treated Harry the way he did, with watching Vernon treat Harry like a waste of space. I also think he was a bit jealous of Harry. After he saved Dudley's life, he learned to appreciate him and I hope he realised how wrongly they all treated him.
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