Answer:
The Dursleys didn't have a direct conversation on this matter in the book. But when hagrid came to pick up Harry, and tells him about his parents then Harry mentions that the Dursleys have told him that his parents died in a car crash.
The reason I think they kept him in the dark is pretty obvious, that they hated the magic world, pretty much because of Petunia, as she was jeoulous that her sister (Harry's mother) was a witch and got admitted to Hogwarts and she didn't and they wanted to keep Harry away from that as they didn't want anymore of that "nonsense" and wanted to live a happy ordinary life.
Explanation:
Good start. make sure when someone is speaking put the question mark in the quotations or any other puncuation in the quotations. check over commas. Ex. he said, "hello." check spelling. check puncuation. over all good story. great job.
Answer:
similie
Explanation:
it uses the words like or as
The man in the back row brought his friends with him
man (subject)
in the back row (preposition)
brought (verb or predicate)
with (preposition or possession)
Usually if information is used from other sources, it cited in the back of the book. They would cite what info was taken and used. You could always check there to see if it's accurate. Usually it's labeled as "Works Cited".
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