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Summary. Punished for the boa constrictor incident, Harry is locked in his cupboard until summer. When finally free, he spends most of the time outside his house to escape the torments of Dudley’s cohorts. Harry is excited by the prospect of starting a new school in the fall, far away from Dudley for the first time in his life.
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Vernon Dursley. Harry’s rich uncle, with whom Harry lives...
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Vernon Dursley is Harry's horrible uncle. He works for a drill company called Grunnings. On July 31st (Harry's birthday, conveniently forgotten by the Dursleys), Uncle Vernon invites Mr. Mason to Number 4, Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey (his home). Uncle Vernon's plan is to wine and dine Mr. and Mrs. Mason in order to secure a huge order ...
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Early life
Little is known about Vernon's childhood life. He was born into the Muggle Dursley family and attended Smeltings Academy as a secondary school. Vernon had an older sister named Marjorie(Marge to family members and friends) who made a living breeding bulldogs. Vernon started working for Grunnings in 1975 or earlier, and eventually received an award trophyfrom the firm for having worked there for twenty-seven years. Vernon met Petunia Evans at an office job in London where he was a junior execu...
Marriage and family life
Vernon, along with his wife, always liked to be normal and never tolerated anything that they considered out of the ordinary. He knew that Petunia's sister was a witch, but kept it quiet. They had a baby boy on 23 June, 1980. This boy, Dudley Dursley, was highly spoiled by his parents.
Later life
After the war, Vernon had some grandchildren by Dudley. It is unknown if he remained in contact with his nephew, if even only on Christmas-card terms, like Dudley did: nevertheless, he had two great-nephews and a great-niece by Harry. It is also unknown whether Vernon returned to his home at 4 Privet Drive, or if he stayed where he was put in hiding during the height of the Second Wizarding War. In 2015, Vernon signed an online petition to reinstate Jeremy Clarkson as host of the television p...
Vernon was described as a big, beefy man with a large purple face. He had thick, dark hair, a bushy black moustache (half of which he tore out through frustration on two occasions), with hardly any neck and mean little eyes that narrowed to slits when he was angry. Dudleymuch resembled him apart from his blond hair. Vernon was renowned for his phys...
Vernon was an arrogant, surly, combustible, blustering, abrasive, petty-minded bully who was completely intolerant of people who were different than himself. Like Petunia, he detested magic and anything unusual or out of the ordinary, which he labelled as "funny business" in 1981.Naturally, he despised his nephew Harry, who as a wizard was very muc...
Vernon is from a French last name for "alder tree". Dursley is a town in Gloucestershire, England. J. K. Rowling has commented that she visited the place as a child and hated it, which likely affected her choice of surname for the awful family, remarking "I don't imagine I'm very popular in Dursley".The town is known for its Victorian history in co...
Vernon Dursley was the first character introduced in the Harry Potter series.Vernon is portrayed by the late Richard Griffiths in the film series.Vernon is one of only five characters in the Harry Potter book series whose thoughts have been disclosed by the narrator, the others being Harry Potter, Frank Bryce, the British Prime Minister, and...Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(film)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Appears in photographs)Harry 's uncle. He's a huge man with a massive moustache. Vernon detests Harry and thinks he's always up to no good, so he doesn't take Harry seriously when Harry wants to watch the news over the summer. Vernon cares about normalcy most of all, which is why he hates Harry and all people who are different. Vernon loses his temper and tries to ...
Jan 17, 2024 · Vernon Dursley is Harry Potter 's uncle by marriage (Vernon's wife is Harry's mother's sister). He and his wife Petunia Dursley reluctantly took Harry in as a baby, while they had their own son, Dudley. Vernon feels somewhat threatened by Harry's magical abilities and wishes to "stamp it out of him," to the extent of refusing to allow him to ...
Aug 10, 2015 · on Aug 10th 2015. Harry’s aunt and uncle met at work. Petunia Evans, forever embittered by the fact that her parents seemed to value her witch sister more than they valued her, left Cokeworth forever to pursue a typing course in London. This led to an office job, where she met the extremely unmagical, opinionated and materialistic Vernon Dursley.
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Mar 11, 2024 · Throughout the Harry Potter series, the Dursley family tortured Harry without end. So, while a little more justice could've been done, Rowling settled on the perfect ending. Harry leaves Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon on a cold note, which is to be expected after all the abuse he endured at their hands. Having the family make up would've felt ...
