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Family has recently become important to Harry: being raised by the Dursleys, who barely mask their contempt for him, Harry has little understanding of just how loving families interact. Recently, though, exposure to Ron and the Weasley family has shown Harry how these relationships work, and what it is like to have people who care about him. He is touched when Mrs. Weasley, knowing he would receive few, if any, gifts, sends him Christmas presents.
 
Harry again feels justified to ignore the rules, sneaking into the library's restricted section under his Invisibility Cloak to search for information about Nicolas Flamel. Finding none and interrupted by Filch, he is inadvertently detoured into a room containing a magical mirror; rather than uncovering information about Flamel, Harry has instead discovered much about himself. He is amazed and puzzled by what the mirror reflects. In it, Harry sees for the first time what his parents and other relatives were like in life when he gazes into the Mirror of Erised. Having lost James and Lily when he was still an infant, he has no recollections about them. He continually returns to stare transfixed at his mother and father's images until Dumbledore finally intervenes. Dumbledore explains that rather than showing what someone's outer self looks like, the mirror actually reflects what lies buried within, their deepest desires. Erised is "desire" spelled backwards. Harry desires to have a loving family life, his lost parents restored to him. Although this loss has created a huge void in his life, it is blank, containing no memories or images to draw upon. Now Harry can begin to fill that void somewhat as he learns more about his family and starts exploring his feelings and his place in the world. While dwelling on his loss does cause him pain and grief, it also creates strong feelings of love and yearning, showing that Harry's emotional self is multi-faceted; he is not dominated by one or two feelings alone, nor is he solely ruled by emotions or use his tragedy as an excuse to vent anger and hate at others. His budding logic and intellect also help temper his feelings, though, at this age, he is still driven by his impulses. Dumbledore's timely intervention prevents Harry from endlessly dwelling on hopeless dreams and lost opportunities rather than living his life.
 
Transfixed by seeing his mother and father's images, Harry continually returns to stare at the mirror until Dumbledore finally intervenes. Dumbledore explains that rather than showing what someone's outer self looks like, the mirror actually reflects what lies buried within, their deepest desires. Erised is "desire" spelled backwards. Harry desires to have a loving family life, his lost parents restored to him. Although this loss has created a huge void in his life, it is blank, containing no memories or images to draw upon. Now Harry can begin to fill that void somewhat as he learns more about his family and starts exploring his feelings and his place in the world. While dwelling on his loss does cause him pain and grief, it also creates strong feelings of love and yearning, showing that Harry's emotional self is multi-faceted; he is not dominated by one or two feelings alone, nor is he solely ruled by emotions or use his tragedy as an excuse to vent anger and hate at others. His budding logic and intellect also help temper his feelings, though, at this age, he is still driven by his impulses. Dumbledore's timely intervention prevents Harry from endlessly dwelling on hopeless dreams and lost opportunities rather than living his life.
Ron already has the family that Harry lacks, therefore his desires are obviously quite different. Feeling unremarkable and always overshadowed by his talented older brothers, when Ron peers into the Mirror, he sees only himself, as Quidditch captain and Head Boy, standing completely on his own accomplishments. Unlike Harry, however, he will not feel the need to continually return and stare at the Mirror's reflection, partially fearing being caught, but also resigned to knowing what it is he wants, but believing he can never attain it.
 
Already having the family that Harry lacks, Ron's desires are obviously quite different. Feeling unremarkable and always overshadowed by his talented older brothers, when Ron peers into the Mirror, he sees only himself, as Quidditch captain and Head Boy, standing completely on his own accomplishments. Unlike Harry, however, he will not feel the need to continually return and stare at the Mirror's reflection, partially fearing being caught, but also resigned to knowing what it is he wants, but believing he can never attain it.

Harry and Dumbledore's relationship is also established in this scenehere, and until now there has been nolittle significant interaction between them since Dumbledore left baby Harry on the Dursleys' door step ten years earlier. Not only has Dumbledore remained distant in the story, but he has been portrayed as being rather enigmatic and eccentric. Harry even considered that he might be a touch mad. Dumbledore is truly an enigma, and even by Wizard standards, he seems odd. It is doubtful that he has ever had much direct interaction with students, being a lofty and somewhat aloof authoritarian figure, and it has been unclear just what his role will be in the book. He is, however, a kind, gentle, and humorous man, and rather than reprimand Harry, Dumbledore steps beyond his Headmaster role to gently guide Harry with helpful, almost fatherly, advice, understanding that Harry's needs are unique among the students. Their relationship will likely continue to grow beyond student and teacher from here on.
 
Of Note: The mirror's entire inscription reads, "Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi". When those words are read backwards, the inscription is: "I show not your face but your heart's desire". We can safely expect that the Mirror of Erised will play a role elsewhere in the book, though exactly what that role will be, and how the Mirror's peculiar function will be important, it is too early to tell.