How does the point of view contribute to how the events are described in the passage? It is about the worst birthday from Harry Potter.

The point of view contributes to the sad and hopeless feeling that the situation passes to the reader.

Explanation:

Harry's worst birthday is described in the book "Harry Potter and the secret camera". It is necessary to show that the point of view of all the books is the point of view of Harry himself, this shows the feeling of sadness and hopelessness on this anniversary. As you may already know, Harry is not happy living with his family, this birthday he is not at Hogwarts (the place he is happy) he is with the family that does not consider him important. In that case, Harry manages to express all his sadness through his point of view. If this situation were not from Harry's point of view, we would not understand his sadness deeply and completely.

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