... , no, it is the gift to get kids to read again. Kids who sit in front of a computer or a television all day without ever turning the pages of an enchanting book like Harry Potter. Harry Potter isn't just another book. Harry Potter is a medium that slowly and gently lets kids who haven't read the other great literary pieces for children realize that "Wow, since this ... life. These books aren't about Witchcraft and sorcery; they"re about the power of the human spirit. They have the element of every classic book in them. So why do we want to ban them? If Harry Potter is banned, due to the ...

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... By J.K. Rowling J.K. Rowling was a struggling single mother when she wrote the beginnings of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone on scraps of paper at a local Café. But her efforts soon paid off, as she received an unprecedented award from the Scottish Arts Council enabling her to finish the book. Since then, the debut novel has become an international phenomenon, garnering rave reviews ... back from Brazil she had half a suitcase full of papers covered with stories about Harry Potter. She set a goal and decided to have the Harry Potter Novel done before starting work as a French tea...

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... to put it down until you finish it. Harry Potter success in the book market, although created for children has been praised and read by the young and old alike, has also been a motion picture box- office hit with its first two movies, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and " Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". The third installment, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is highly ... has got people brainwashed to buy their merchandise due to not only their remarkable success in the book market but also due to their huge impact in motion pictures. Harry Potter mania is do...

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling is a very mysterious book. The book is obviously a fantasy, which has as its central theme the classic struggle of good versus evil, Harry being the main character featured on the good side and his archenemy Voldemort on the bad side. The reason that I am describing this book as mysterious is that, although being on opposite ... sides, there seems to be a strange connection between Harry and Voldemort. "It is very curious indeed that you, Harry Potter should be destined for this wand when its bro...

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... with. The different kinds of character in the story also contribute to making the novel an entertaining book to read. Each character has his own unique traits that we encounter in the real world. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is an enchanting novel by J.K. Rowling and is apparently written particularly ... to help and back up Harry in times of need. And this was how the three friends gained each other's trust. In the end, they all helped each other which enabled them to defeat their greatest enemy , Voldemort. One thing missing, though, in this Harry Potter book was the absence o...

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... Prisoner of Azkaban, is the third book in the trilogy of J. K. Rowlings other Harry Potter books, though she is coming out with four more books in the coming years. Just to quickly run through the two previous books; Harry Potter is a wizard, who's parents were killed by the worst dark wizard ever known. The reason why Harry Potter is still around, is because Lord Voldemort failed to ... kill Harry. His spell hit Harry, but then backfired on Voldemort taking all of his powers with him. Harry is so famous for two things. Withstanding the powers of Lord Voldemort, and, taking him back in ...

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... Sorcerer's Stone, which was written by J.K. Rowling. The Copyright date of the book is 1998 and the book contains 309 pages. 2) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is about a boy named Harry Potter who found out he was a wizard who as a baby drained the powers of the most dangerous wizard Voldemort. Potter was sent to a wizardry school named Hogwarts, where he studied magic. There ... that allows wizards to have infinite powers. Harry ends up restraining his professor in a dungeon room, which contains the stone until the school's master Dumbledore stops Quirrel. Voldemort ends up escap...

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, written by J. K. Rowling, is a modern fantasy whose title alone brings the anticipation of magic. The cover illustration and the chapter headings, as well as the illustrations at the beginning of each chapter, will make the reader anticipate excitement and intrigue. The size of the print and the length of the book ... seem to deem the age range for this book is mid grade school to junior high, yet people of all ages enjoy it. The opening page ends with one sentence that will leave the reader waiting for more and anticipating an extraordinary story. Harry...

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... is written by J.K. Rowling. It's the third book of the well-known Harry Potter series. Azkaban is a prison in the wizard world. The main problem in this book is that a feared mass murderer escapes out of the prison and that explains the title. The story: Harry Potter is a wizard. He goes to the Hogwarts ... School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, and this school year will be his third year on Hogwarts. In the summer holidays he lives with the Dursleys, a Muggle family. Muggle is the wizard word used for non-magic people. Harry can't stand ... influence on the ministry of magic and the Hippog...

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... in very strong detail and characteristic. It seems like it would be a children's book, but I believe that the story can be seen from all different views and age groups, and also that the movie was good as well. To story of Harry Potter is Harry's parents have died in a car crash when he was still a baby, ... and treat him more like a nobody than like a family member. His fat cousin Dudley, his aunt and uncle's real son, keeps bothering Harry all the time. On his eleventh birthday, Harry Potter finally receives a mysterious letter from a certain Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,...

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... Sorcerer's Stone The time era Harry Potter was in was in the late 1990's in England, but it was never confirmed in the book. In the beginning the house Harry lives in is on Privet Drive in Surrey, England and the setting is soon transferred to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and ... a very strange castle most likely located in Scotland. It has many changing staircases, secret passages, and hidden doors. It is the school Harry and both of his parents attended. Mrs. Rowling designed the book to be in the third person point of view, it is not being told in the first person ... Voldemort, a b...

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... change his world forever. I think J K Rowling started writing these books because she was bored with the world as it was and thought that Harry's world might be a bit more interesting. Fundamentally Harry Potter is a traditional good versus evil story. Harry is the one who, according to prophecy, can defeat the Dark Lord (Voldemort) an evil wizard who uses his powers to murder hundreds of ... innocent people. Before Harry Potter there were very few books about children who were wizards, this is why it was so successful with young readers: they could relate to someone their age rather th...

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... more than treasure there."    The beginning of the popular Harry Potter series begins with the book "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," also known as "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in countries other than America. One night, a one-year-old Harry Potter is being delivered to Number 4 Pivet Drive. Ten years from that day, Harry Potter finds himself looking at a letter addressed to him:   " ... ;Mr. H, Potter  The Cupboard under the Stairs  4 Privet Drive  Little Whinging  Surrey& ... the setting moves to Hogwarts, a giant of a castle with towers and ti...

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... doesn't learn until the end of the book when Harry finds Quirrel in the chamber where the stone is being kept. Plot Analysis In the opening chapter in the book, Albus Dumbledore and Professor Minerva McGonagall are sitting on a wall at 4 Privet Drive. Soon after, Hagrid joins the two carrying a small bundle, which turns out to be Harry Potter. Hagrid and McGonagall are opposed to ... leaving Harry with the Dursley's because they are the worst kind of "muggles", meaning not ... of the magical word. The two are worried that Harry's family will prevent him from attending Hogwart, and they...

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... Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the books, he encounters many adventures. (Arendt) As I said before, the website discussed the censorship of the Harry Potter series. I chose to focus on the Anti-Harry Potter portion of the site because it dealt with this touchy subject of censorship. According to the website, some conservative Christian parents have openly called for the ... website told me that many communities have taken action against books that they feel will have negative effects on their children's development. I have a hard time understanding why they believe the Ha...

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... the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling is a children's novel about a young boy, Harry Potter, and his adventures at Hogwarts, a school for wizards and witches. The novel is filled with humorous tales of exciting escapades in and around the ... an important role in the book. For example, Draco Malfoy is from a pure Wizard family and he takes great pride in it. He often judges others by this measure. On the train to Hogwarts he says to Harry, "You'll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don't want to ... go making friends with the wrong sort." (p....

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In J.K. Rowling's book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, we meet a meek, shy boy named Harry. He is the product of two parents who loved him very much but were killed earlier on in his life. He was sent to live with the Dursleys, his only relatives who are horrible to him. After numerous strange encounters with Hagrid (a visitor from the wizard world), Harry learns that ... the typical fears that a regular boy would have of going off to a new school, but also has all of these abnormal fears about his reputation to conquer. After reading this book, it is clear that Harry Potter does no...

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... Prisoner of Azkaban (E2B) Dear Mrs. Farkas, My book is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K Rowling. It is about Harry Potter, a young wizard who is now 13, and is known by every wizard because he survived from the greatest dark wizard, Voldemort. Harry has had many encounters with Lord Voldemort, and survived each time! Anyway Harry has just received letters from all his good ... friends like Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Hagrid. With the letters where birthday presents for his 13th birthday. Harry ... ) and going to Lord Voldemort, and tried to put it on Black. After ...

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... Rowling. They follow the adventures of the young wizard, Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione, at Hogwarts - The school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The book was first published in 1997 and the film has been long awaited in coming. I first read Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone in the year it was published ... and heard about the film adaptation eighteen months ago. Initially, I thought that it would be an impossible feat to capture on screen. The book deals with witchcraft and magic and relys heavily ... to escape into another world. The moment you pick up the book, you are l...

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... She is a very well known author. Harry Potter is her most famous book. The book has been remade in movies, and played on the television for the young kids today. I am going to give you a summary of what I read, and how I felt about the book. Harry Potter starts off with him arriving at the Dursleys ... under very peculiar circumstances. Although his aunt and uncle aren't at all happy at having Harry live with them, people all over the country are rejoicing at the "boy who lived ... for Gryffindor, along with Ron and Hermione. At the opening banquet, Dumbledore warns students to stay awa...

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... She is a very well known author. Harry Potter is her most famous book. The book has been remade in movies, and played on the television for the young kids today. I am going to give you a summary of what I read, and how I felt about the book. Harry Potter starts off with him arriving at the Dursleys ... under very peculiar circumstances. Although his aunt and uncle aren't at all happy at having Harry live with them, people all over the country are rejoicing at the "boy who lived ... for Gryffindor, along with Ron and Hermione. At the opening banquet, Dumbledore warns students to stay awa...

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In the book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K.Rowling takes you into the life of Harry Potter. She takes us through Harry's hard times and happy times that are common to boys growing up, but Harry's work at Hogwarts is anything but common! Much of the story is plan "hang on to your seat" excitement. Throughout this story Harry Potter learns many lessons along with his best friends ... in his sleep "He's at Hogwarts He's at Hogwarts). Black's unknown whereabouts put the Hogwart's Campus on edge an on full alert as Harry Potter and his classmates return for a new school year. As the...

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... of the several archetypes that exist, some characters in Harry Potter can be identified as exemplars of the most common archetypes, for instance, there is the hero (Harry Potter), the wise man (Albus Dumbledore) and the devil figure (Lord Voldemort). In Harry Potter's book we can also identify the archetypes elements of the Hero's Quest: 1. Harry is at home with the Dursley family (immature protection ... ). 2. Harry receives the letters from Hogwarts School so the black spot appears and action ... begins (reason to move). 3. Harry leaves home and goes to Hogwarts with Hagrid ( first con...

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... will be very different from her first three books. In Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, Harry is staying at his aunt and uncles house during his summer vacations. Harry lives with these people because a dark wizard killed his parents when he was only one. Harry is going to Hogwarts, a magic school in which he ... Hermione has the courage and perseverance to help out the poor elves. Teamwork and friendship are used to help out harry in achieving his tasks. Nurturing and tolerance are used in the book as Hermione and the professors try and welcome their guests. This books language is v...

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... thing. It is not always good to have a label. A student might only look to a smart kid as an answer book or a cheat sheet. When and if those expectations fall short of reality, the "cheat sheet" is at fault. When Harry loses points for Gryffindor house, he becomes an outcast. The big hero everyone heard about becomes a shunned scrawny git that ... , the hero, the jock, or the nerd becomes just students. They're "that one kid in history class." In conclusion, many people in books of fiction such as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and in real life put others into "boxes." Sometimes t...

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