... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 's Stone through the Mirror of Erised to save his friends and himself. Harry Potter is a skinny, black haired eleven-year old boy with round black glasses, and fair skin. He has a lightening scar on his forehead above his emerald green eyes. The character, Harry Potter, who appears in the series of Harry Potter books, has three important personality traits that make him an interesting figure. These ... traits are adventuress, brave, and friendly. Harry is definitely an adventuress boy. Every time there is something weird going on, Harry goes right in to investigate, like with the sorcere...

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... Sorcerer's Stone, written by J.K Rowling, is a fictional adventure story that takes place during the twenty-first century in England. There are five main characters in this book. The first, Harry Potter, is an orphan that lives with his aunt and uncle who are "muggles." He is small and skinny for his age, probably because he sleeps in a dark cupboard under the ... his face. The fifth character is Voldermort. He was the one who killed Harry's parents when Harry was a year old and has been hidden for ten years. He has red eyes and slits for his nose. The story begins on number four Prive...

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... released, but I was busy reading school books and other books which I had already chosen to read. So finally this summer I decided to read the Harry Potter books because since the fifth book released this summer and had some amazing sales and reviews I decided to read them. I obviously started out to read the first one because it was a sequel and so I would understand ... the other books. The first book explains who Harry Potter is and who is parents are. It also explains who killed his parents but not why he killed them. That information is contained it the other books. It also ... fa...

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... Harry Potter book. Harry had to suffer at his aunt Petunia and his uncle Vernon's square house on Privet Drive during the summer. Petunia and Vernon Dursley were what you call "muggles". They were close-minded non-magical folk who despised all witches and wizards. That was the main reason why they treated Harry ... supposed to be in the muggle world. Someone sent them. He attacked Dudley who was both dumbfounded and petrified at the sight of these creatures. Harry tried hard to fight them off but he wasn't very successful. Although he wasn't successful, he did try and use magic against th...

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I am reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire. It is the fourth and last book in the series. I have only read one hundred seven pages so I will only be giving statements about the events to that extent. The book starts when Harry went to sleep after a long day. In the middle of the night he ... wakes up to the annoyance of the scar on his forehead. He is bothered by this and can't go back to sleep so he is trying to think of who he can write to. Harry thought ... and wizards try to make port key's look like everyday litter so muggles don't go playing with them. After a friendly conversati...

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... . You can actually figure out what sort of feeling each of them had, say miserable, ambivalent, anxious, agitated, and remorseful. In this book, Harry Potter demonstrated an adolescent sensation: immature, curious, rebellious, but kind-hearted. This is exactly the way teenagers react when confronted with what they considered adversities. ... confusing. The Ministry of Magic refused all facts, while Professor Albus Dumbledore had to set up the Order of Phoenix against the Dark Lord. Harry, the target of the devils, was to encounter more than he could imagine. Before school, he was attacke...

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Harry Potter helped build the climax by having the ability to hear the culprit's voice and find where the Chamber of Secrets is located, which is in moaning Myrtle's bathroom. He slides down to find Ron's sister Ginny almost dead. He then sees the face of his enemy and a battle rises. The headmaster Dumbledore sends Harry a Pheonix and the ... and feels that it's about over the Pheonix's healing tears revive him. He then pulls a sword out of the sorting hat and defeats his enemy. Harry, Hermione and Ron's intuition and motivation solve the minor and major conflicts. Their combined strength an...

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After they decide to use the Polyjuice Potion, Harry loses all the bones in arm when he was hit by a bludger and after Lockhart tried to heal it. Therefore, Harry has to stay at the hospital where he was visited by Dobby. Harry learned that Dobby has tried to stop him from coming to Hogwarts and send the bludger after him. Harry also learned that the Chamber was opened before and a girl was killed. There was also another attack on a Gryffindor student and that mean the Chamber was open once again but who open it. When the dueling club was started, everybody was surprised to found that Harry wa...

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Plot Summary Harry Potter is furious with his friends for not writing him in so long; Sirius hasn't been in touch either. He doesn't know how much more of the Dudley's ... tell people that there nightmares have come true; he who must not be named is back. To make things worse, when Harry gets back to school there is a new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher. The old hag makes Harry's life miserable, adds new rules that are outrageous, and helps get Dumbledore kicked out of school. Ron becomes a Perfect ... can achieve more. Rating I gave this book a five because it had lots of action and a ...

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