The Dursleys’ maltreatment of Harry leaves him vulnerable and with a low self-esteem. While Dudley, on the other hand, is showered with love and affection by his parents, Harry is treated as a “slug” (Rowling 22) unworthy of his family’s time and forced to live in a cupboard under the stairs (Rowling 19) – a cupboard which only fits someone as “small” as Harry. Until his eleventh birthday, Harry had lived in Dudley’s shadow he had been forced to wear Dudley’s old clothes (Rowling 20), and though not starved, he had always been given less food than Dudley, and even had his food (as well as everything else) taken from him by his cousin (Rowling 123). He is initially described as “small and skinny for his age,” with a thin face and knobbly knees (Rowling 20). Neglected and disdained, Harry grows up to be a timid boy unsure of his abilities. Orphaned as a baby, he is brought up by his aunt and uncle, the Dursleys. Harry Potter is the main protagonist in the novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
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