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Notice how Rowling structures the books in strict parallel centered around the school: First we get a few chapters of Harry at home with his awful muggle relatives, who lock him in the closet, starve him, and cower at the thought that he might perform magic (his frustration at not being allowed to is part of the amusement of this section).
Republican leaders cower at Clinton's poll numbers, too fearful even to whisper what they call "the I-word."