In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, book 1 of the HP series by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter gets several letters from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry because his relatives, the Dursleys, refused to let him attend the magical school. But why? Why didn’t they just let him go? — It’s clear from the very beginning that neither Petunia nor Vernon Dursley want Harry Potter around. They hate him. Even their son, Dudley Dursley, hates him. They hurt him. They don’t care about him. They don’t love him.