Connections - Harry Potter

"The red-room was a spare chamber, very seldom slept in; I might say never, indeed, unless when a chance influx of visitors at Gateshead Hall rendered it necessary to turn to account all the accommodation it contained: yet it was one of the largest and stateliest chambers in the mansion." (12)

Harry might have had the smallest room in the Dursley home, Jane and Harry still have many similarities. Jane's room was her dead uncle's old office area, so none of the Reed's want to go into it. Harry was also given the unwanted room, the tiniest room under the stairwell. Jane felt a supernatural being in the red room, while Harry was getting wood pieces stomped onto his bed. The two of them were also put into these rooms against their own will. Jane was afraid of the supernatural activities in the red room, and Harry was just not fond of the small space he had under the stairwell. Their are also other simple comparisons, like they both have awful cousins, John and Dudley. They are also both resented by their family because their parents died so they had to be taken in instead of being left out to be an orphan. Both Harry and Jane have pretty tough "home" life.