Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone pgs. 1-75 (75 pgs.)

The new/last HP movie is coming out soon! I decided since it's the last movie that I may actually want to read the books:) I've never really been a fan of HP let alone watched a movie all the way through so my friends and I are having a HP marathon the night before the movie hits theatres! Mr. Vernon Durseley and his wife Petunia live at Private Drive no. 4 with their son Dudley. Mr. Durseley on his way to work sees unusual events happening. When he arrives at work he hears everyone throwing the name "Potter" around. Mr. Durseley suspects that this is in reference to his nephew, Harry. The second part of the chapter is a flashback. While the Durseley's lie asleep in their home a magical man named Dumbledore appears. He begins speaking to a cat. The cat transforms into Professor McGonnagal. The two begin to worry that the "muggles" (a term used to describe a regular person) may have seen something so Dumbledore puts the street lights out. They also speak about horrible events. Harry's wizard parents were murdered by another powerful wizard, Voldemort. Somehow Harry survived making him special in a way. Dumbledore and McGonnagal leave Harry on the front step of the Durseley's home. They plan to later come retrieve him around a later age to train him in wizardry. Harry lies there with nothing left to remind him of the murder except a lighting bolt scar on his forehead. Ten years later it is almost Harry's eleventh birthday. On Dudley's birthday the family plans an outing at the zoo, but Harry's birthday is not acknowledged. While at the zoo Harry has a conversation with a snake, and sets it free. He doesn't know that he's a wizard, but it is obvious he has powers that are unexplainable. At this point in the book I don't really like the Durseley family. They treat Harry worse than a pet dog. Harry receives no love or guidance, and I'm amazed that he doesn't show more signs of emotional distress. I kind of wonder what Harry thinks happened to his parents seeing as he doesn't even know that he's a wizard. I believe that his aunt and uncle resent him because they're jealous that he's so special in his own magical world. I feel like he knows that there is something different about him, and it must be hard to go about the changes alone without even a friend.