Comparing the Families in Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Az

Contrasting the Families in Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Hoban’s The Mouse and His Child Making â€Å"worlds of their own, with specific sorts of limits isolating them from the bigger world†, families preferably give support and assurance to every one of their individuals (Handel, xxiv). In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, be that as it may, the Dursleys and Aunt Marge neglect to satisfy their jobs as Harry’s essential parental figures. In Russell Hoban’s The Mouse and His Child, the dad mouse can't give his kid all that he needs and yearns for. In these two children’s stories, the desire that families will offer physical help, enthusiastic help, and consolation for their kids isn't met. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the stranded Harry is truly disregarded by his lone living family members, the Dursleys. Harry’s Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, and cousin Dudley imagine that by supporting Harry’s non-presence in their lives, their dread of non-Muggles would vanish. Treating Harry like a wild creature, the scared Dursleys truly restrict Harry to their home and don't permitting their nephew any contact with the outside world. When Harry at long last flees from the Dursleys, he freezes since his family never gives him Muggle cash. While constraining Harry to remain inside, the Dursleys additionally energize Harry â€Å"to avoid their direction, which Harry [is] just excessively glad to do† (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 24). Evading correspondence and removing themselves genuinely from Harry, the Dursleys come up short at being the caring family that Harry needs and pines for. By giving Harry little to eat and old garments to w ear, the Dursleys keep on treating Harry as n... ...ting and mishandling him. In The Mouse and His Child, the dad mouse is partial to his little child, however he is incompetent at keeping his group of two stable. Being a latent and cynical parent, the dad mouse, as Harry’s auntie and uncle, fall flat at giving the mouse kid physical help, passionate help, and good consolation. In spite of the fact that they are family, the Dursleys and the mouse father give a broken setting to Harry and for the mouse kid, compelling their kids to grow up agonizingly quicker. Works Cited Handel, G. Prologue to the primary release, 1967. In The Psychosocial Interior of the Family. Ed. G. Handel and G.G. Whitchurch. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1994. xxiii-xxx. Hoban, Russell. The Mouse and His Child. New York: Harper and Row, 1967. Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2000.