Review on the part 1 Chapter 1 of "Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone" (Ch1.1) Questions: ● What sort of people were the Dursleys? They are regular family. Mother, Father, son. Nothing special. ● What secret did the Dursleys have? They have a secret about their relatives. About Potters. Dursley believed that Potters are just a couple of freaks. They were afraid that someone might decide that they are the same. That’s why Dursleys tried to do everything to never let anybody know about Potters. ● Who were the Potters and what do we know about them? Mrs Potter is (or “was” already) mrs Dursley’s sister. She and her good-for-nothing husband had a child named Harry. They were strange and unDursleyish. ● What was the first sign of something peculiar going on that Mr Dursley noticed on his way to work? That was the cat, which was loking at the sign like she was reading it. ● Were there any other strange things going on this day? What were they? Yes, there was a lot of people in cloaks in the streets and the group of stupid-new-fashioned that strangers which was talking about Potters and their son. ● Did Mr Dursley tell anything Mrs Dursley about his day? Why? No, he’ve just asked Petunia about her sister and her son’a name. ● Whom was the cat waiting for? Prof. Dumbledore. The old wise man, which came on Privet Drive to see that cat and someone else. Questions to discuss: ● What do you think about being ordinary and being different? Is it good or bad to be ordinary? As for me, I’d rather be different than ordinary. I believe that everyone is special. Every girl or boy has their own features, goals and destiny(call it this way if you want). I can’t explain why, but being ordinary for me means the same as being no one, have no personality. May be i’m wrong, but there was no case in my life, when i’ve changed my mind about this question. ● Do you usually care what other people say about you? I had. But may be i’m a bit elder now. I’m trying not to care about it. Cuz i am not a 500 euro paper to be liked by everyone. And I think that my features(outside or inside) just define me. Whether they good or bad. So you can like someone or not like him, but it doesn’t mean that he have to deal with it. It’s your own “problem”, and not his one. Of course i’m talking about regular people, but not about amoral jerks like maniacs or others. =)