Not only was he beyond spoiled by his parents, petunia and vernon dursley, but he was a. Despite disappointment from some readers, rowling writes on pottermore, she believes that petunia behaves in the novel in a way that is most. In book 4, the reason she and krum go to the yule ball together is all the time hermione spends in the library. Vernon dursley in harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Join facebook to connect with dudley dursley and others you may know. He was brought up very badly, and hes picked up all of their worst habits. Harry potter the hero and protagonist, harry is a twelveyearold boy with messy hair and glasses who became famous within the wizard community by surviving the curse of a powerful wizard. How do you think dudley wouldve been if he was raised by different people. Dudley was not pleased and threw numerous tantrums about it. Hold onto your hats because harry melling, the guy who played dudley, got older. List of supporting harry potter characters wikipedia. Harry potter, hermione granger, ron weasley, hagrid, albus dumbledore, voldemort, draco malfoy, neville longbottom, professor mcgonagall, professor snape, professor quirrell, vernon dursley, petunia dursley, dudley dursley. Harry frequently finds himself entangled in dangerous adventures but he always lives to tell the tale. Dudley dursley was born on june 23rd, 1980 and has been spoilt ever since.
Harry potter s bratty cousin dudley dursley is all grown up and looking very different to the chubby youngster we all know and love. Petunia dursley is harrys maternal aunt, lily potters older sister, vernons wife, dudleys. When harry is chosen as the fourth champion and second hogwarts. Though, it would have been better if dudley had run over one of her cats. Dudley dursley and the quest for truth ch 1, harry potter by books101 this one picks up right where we leave the dursleys in deathly hallows and follows dudley while he stays in a safe h. He was obese and insolent as a result of his parents spoiling him throughout his childhood, although he became muscular in his teens. Was he torn between talking to him about something and not talking about. An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.
Dudley was incredibly spoilt by his parents when he was a child. What are the best dudley dursley fanfiction stories. Petunia dursley nee evans was the older sister of harrys mother, lily potter nee evans, but took the surname dursley when she married vernon dursley. Er petunia, dear you havent heard from your sister lately, have you. An ancient prophecy seems to be coming true when a mysterious presence begins stalking the corridors of a school of magic and leaving its.
They lived in this home with their son, dudley as well as their nephew, harry potter, son of lily potter, petunias late sister and lilys husband james potter. Dudley dursley doesnt know why, but his entire life is about to change. Dursley and his wife dont know a lot about the world of magic, but they do their best to keep whatever connection they have to it a secret. To avoid spoiling enjoyment of any of the books, were colourcoding this website so you can choose which areas you look at click only on the books youve actually read to see ifwhere dudley dursley appears or is mentioned in those books. From harry potter and the philosophers stone vernon. Harry and dudley would still see each other enough to be on christmascard terms, but they would visit more out of a sense of duty and sit in silence so that their children could see their cousins.
Character profile for dudley dursley from harry potter and. Thirtysix, he said, looking directly at his parents. Muggle non magical aunt and uncle, petunia and vernon dursley, who have a son named dudley. Dudley dursley in harry potter and the order of the phoenix shmoop. Harry potter characters dudley dursley project happychild. Importance of the character dudley dursley in harry potter series it is an answer to a question asked to me by a hp fan. Dudley dursley is sent on a business trip to new york city. We are now beginning the fifth book of the harry potter series.
Show popularity chart dudley dursley was harry potters cousin in the series by jk rowling. By the end of the fourth book, hes selfish, obese, rude, insolent, a bully, and taught to sneer. A list of all the characters in harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Harry potter and the goblet of fire is a fantasy book written by british author j. Did anyone ever care for the wretched cousin of harry potter. Dudley dursley and the family reunion, a harry potter. Dursley would remind everyone of this at their dinner parties. Described as a very large, blond boy though darkhaired in the films, dudley is given his way in almost everything, and shows the symptoms of a spoiled brat.
To make dudley feel better, petunia insisted that the whole family follow the diet, as well. Entering her sixth year at hogwarts, esther is becoming sick of stereotypes. Harry potter actor harry melling, who starred as dudley dursley in the hit franchise shows off amazing weight loss at lost city of z premiere. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone major characters. The meaning of dudley is duddas clearing, duddas wood. In an interview, jk rowling once said that she thought about writing dudley dursley into the epilogue with a magical child. In book 7, what is the significance of the cup of tea. Reading the 4th champion harry potter fanfic fanfiction. Hes harrys cousin, but the two couldnt be more different. To survive his dangerprone cousin and their crazy new lives, dudley must learn that the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb. Why did dumbledore say that dudley had been mistreated by.
Social security administration list of most popular baby boy names. This is what dudley dursley from harry potter looks like now. I hope readers find it fascinating, both, the question and the answer. I know that harry is a little more angsty in this one, but he has good reason, and we encounter a villain worse than voldemort. Having magical abilities wasnt normal, not at all, he didnt know why he had these powers, but one thing was he did know, was to not tell his parents. The harry potter and the sorcerers stone characters covered include. What do the weasley twins leave on the floor for dudley dursley to eat. The secrets of privet drive are no longer hidden under the stairs. Find out in todays theory from harry potter folklore subscribe to the channel s. Dudley dursley has appeared in the following books. Its now his tenth birthday and he still complains about the amount of presents he should receive. The harry potter movies in chronological order by date of. Hogwarts forces a lockdown and gives them detailed books about the 4th champion instead.
He played a young thespian with no arms or legs in the coen brothers 2018 film the ballad of buster scruggs. Rowling celebrated the 35th birthday of harry potters cousin dudley dursley on tuesday, june 23, by penning a new origin. I guess i dont understand why dudley was sitting outside of harrys room with a cup of tea. Why did dumbledore say that dudley had been mistreated by the dursleys. He had a large pink face, not much neck, small, watery blue eyes, and thick blond hair that lay smoothly on his thick, fat. Barry dursley is the fraternal twin to dudley dursley, barry is a kindhearted boy, opposite of his annoying brother who acts like nothing m. The dursley family is a muggle family, and the only known living close relatives of harry potter. Right, dudley, lets get in the car, you heard the man, were in a hurry. Jk rowling has revealed the back story behind the dursleys violent dislike of their nephew harry potter in a new piece of writing for her website, pottermore as well as the reasoning behind. It became the bedroom of harry potter in 1991 until 1997 when he left when he turned 17. Harry was an accessible and likable character, surrounded by a cast of wellcreated supporting characters.
During 4th year, the dursleys normal world is shattered when seven books about harry potter showed up in a package. A weak boy with glasses and brown messy hair, harry has lived with his mean aunt and uncle dursley in england since his parents were killed at age one. Jk rowling reveals why the dursleys dislike harry potter. Rowlings harry potter is a childrens series that changed the nature of young adult literature. How the harry potter characters looked in the books vs. He had a large, pink face, not much neck, small, watery blue eyes and thick, blond hair that lay smoothly on his thick, fat head. Muggles guide to harry pottercharactersdudley dursley. Dudley dursley click the character infographic to download. Petunia sent dudley a look of disapproval, and he put his head down in shame. Aunt petunia often said that dudley looked like a baby angel harry often said that dudley looked.
Or hate, given his characters rather nasty treatment of. Rowling and the fourth novel in the harry potter series. The following are supporting characters in the harry potter series written by j. As i have stated earlier, this book and the third book always go back and forth for my favorite book. After all, they normally pretended she didnt have a sister. The smallest bedroom is a room located on the upper story of number 4 privet drive. Related family, vernon dursley father, petunia dursley mother, harry. Notes on characters from harry potter and the sorcerers. Harry potter star harry melling dudley dursley shows. Not any kind of financial trouble, he was the assistant manager for a very successful lumber yard, a fact his parents mr. Drive was the street address of the home owned by vernon and petunia dursley. The smallest room in the house, this was where dudley dursley stored the possessions that wouldnt fit in his bedroom.
Dudley, in extreme contrast to harry, was grossly overindulged by both his mother and father. Jk rowling reveals why the dursleys dislike harry potter so much. Crud, harry didnt know everyone else would get to read them. Privet drive lies in the village of little whinging. It follows harry potter, a wizard in his fourth year at hogwarts school of. I think the family has their views aligned with petunias views about harry given she shares the common link lily with him. Redeeming dudley dursley reading the harry potter books.
Again, vernon dursley marched as far as the front door, but dudley did not follow. As he expected, mrs dursley looked shocked and angry. Harry potter is the famous eleven year old child of lily and james potter, who is the only known wizard to have survived any attack from the evil voldemort. To avoid spoiling enjoyment of any of the books, were colourcoding this website so you can choose which areas you look at click only on the books youve actually read to see ifwhere petunia dursley appears or is mentioned in those books. Petunia petted and coddled him and turned a blind eye to his. Dudley dursley is the child of vernon and petunia dursley, and harrys only cousin. Dudley from hp is unrecognizable these days bustle. Ripper wondered how the dursleys came up with an excuse for harrys. In the fifth book, two dementors attack dudley and harry in an alley. Magic, adventure, true friendships, and at the center of it all, his own cousin. The champions and two ministry judges are supposed to read brief summaries of the champions lives.
Dudley dursley in harry potter and the sorcerers stone. In book 5, what is dudley experiencing with the dementors, what did he hear and relive. The room also consisted of books, presumably dudleys, which were never. Dursleys daughter a harry potter next generation fan fic.
Open book tour, morning appearance, nyc, october 19, 2007. That he thinks so highly of the obnoxious dudley speaks volumes about what mr. Harry edward melling born march 1989 is an english actor, best known for playing dudley dursley in the harry potter films. Dudley immediately takes the bait and starts mocking harry back, laughing at him about his nightmares of the cemetery from book 4. Rowling had originally planned for one of dudleys children to have magic and for dudley to be at platform 9 34 seeing them off to hogwarts during the epilogue of deathly hallows.