Maybe someone knows the answer...

[foxmonkey]

I've been thinking about this since the first book, and with every beginning and ending since of the four books in the series that I've read.

Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia seem to hate Harry Potter with every fiber of their being, with the intense, burning hatred of a thousand fiery suns.

Why are they so hell-bent on keeping him around?

I don't get this. They don't want him to come home for holidays during the school year, but they refuse to let him visit Ron over the summer. Weh? Shouldn't they be *glad* to get rid of him? If he's gone over the summer as well, they'd practically never have to see him at all.

Enlighten me, o great thinkers of Pottermania.

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[mostlikelyto.livejournal.com]

I've been rereading the books over and over again since the fourth one came out to tide me over until the fifth one. And now I'm re-reading the fifth one!

I really love these books and I love how JK Rowling has it all planned out. I watched a few interviews with her, and she's got a freakin' map of Hogwarts! She has biographies of all her major characters. And if you reread, you'll see there's stuff mentioned in the first book that shows up later. It's fabulous.