Harry Potter: What Was Harry’s Life Before Hogwarts Like?

In the cold opening of the first Harry Potter movie, Albus Dumbledore, accompanied by Minerva McGonagall and Rubeus Hagrid drop off an infant Harry on his Muggle aunt and uncle’s doorstep. While Minerva is somewhat unsure about Dumbledore’s decision, and Hagrid doesn’t want to part with the baby at all, Dumbledore knows what he’s doing. He leaves a letter addressed in Mr. and Mrs. V. Dursley’s name with baby Harry and wishes him good luck. Cut to ten years later, and an undernourished Harry is woken up by the loud knocking of an apron-clad woman, named Aunt Petunia. It’s Harry’s cousin, Dudley’s eleventh birthday, and the Dursleys have planned a trip to the zoo.