Khác biệt giữa bản sửa đổi của “Harry Potter dành cho Muggle/Truyện/Hòn Đá Phù Thủy/Chương 2”

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The scene with the snake could foreshadow events in the next two chapters. Harry and the snake are both prisoners, cut off from the world they truly belong: Harry, stuck with the Dursleys, is isolated from the Wizarding world, just as the snake, captive in the zoo, is prevented from living in the Amazon jungle. Also, both having been raised away from their true homes, lack knowledge about their native worlds. Each in turn is released from their prison, and heads toward an unknown future, somehow believing that it must be better than what they are leaving behind.
 
We learn here about Harry's ability to speak to snakes, a fact that becomes important in future books. A wizard who is able to speak to snakes is called a [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Parselmouth|abilityParselmouth]], toand speakthe language itself is called [[Muggles' Guide to snakesHarry Potter/Magic/Parseltongue|Parseltongue]]. Being Muggle-raised, aHarry factdoes not know just how rare this ability is, and is dismayed to learn that becomesit importantis linked with the descendants of Salazar Slytherin. It will be a plot point in futuretwo later books, also, that Harry is not conscious of whether he is speaking and hearing English or Parseltongue.

The speaking with snakes, and the disappearing glass, are only the latest manifestations of Harry's magical background; we have also, in this chapter, read about flying to a rooftop to avoid a beating from Dudley's gang, hair that grew back overnight, and a jumper (sweater) that shrunk impossibly when Aunt Petunia was trying to fit it onto Harry. While it seems that these early magical signs could be the trigger that puts [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Albus Dumbledore|Albus Dumbledore]]'s great plan into action, we must recall that Harry is about to turn 11. It is when magical children turn that age that they are invited to attend [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], which they begin the September that follows their eleventh birthday. The author has stated that Hogwarts is the only Wizarding school in the United Kingdom, thus every magical child will receive the opportunity to attend when he or she reaches 11. Not all children do attend; some, like [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Marvolo Gaunt|Marvolo Gaunt]], who we will meet later, likely would never have entrusted the established school system with their children. Others may attend a school in another country. [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Draco Malfoy|Draco Malfoy]], Harry's future nemesis, mentions that he almost went to [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Durmstrang Institute|Durmstrang]], a school hidden somewhere in Eastern Europe, and a place Harry will likely wish Draco had attended.
 
As the story progresses, Harry's personal qualities, as well as his flaws, are continually seen as he matures into a young man. Whereas Harry develops into a well-rounded person, the Dursleys are always depicted as rather two-dimensional, uncaring, and unpleasant characters, whose faults are deliberately exaggerated in order to contrast Harry's good nature with the worst in human attributes.