... 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 making Peter...

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Harry Potter and the 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, tak...

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The book, Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban, 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 ... free him and he uses the Hippogriff to fly away and escape. What happened to Peter Pettigrew is not sure, but he will play an important role in the next Harry Potter book. My own opinion: I've already re...

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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 ... Hermione and Ron. The major theme is Good over Evil with another theme being you should not judge someone by what another person says. The background for the story is that for twelve long years the m...

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... media have demolished their interest of reading. The amazing storyline, interesting plot and endearing characters have made the success of Harry Potter great. Harry Potter started an astounding interest for children and adults to read. J. K. Rowling, the writer and creator of Harry Potter, has written books that are easy to comprehend yet are still sophisticated in nature. J. K. Rowling's amazing and remarkable ... 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 install...

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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 ... a person who...

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... people or traveling the world covering vast lands. By definition, an epic is a poem that celebrates a hero's deeds. Of course, Harry Potter is much too long to be a poem. It is a series of novels and movies. However, it does celebrate a hero's deeds. This hero is a ... that is sometimes overlooked for it's more modernism feel are the adventures of Harry Potter. Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling, has all the characteristics as any traditional epic literary work and is a very exciting story for all ages. Harry Potter, although sometimes looked down upon by society for the witchcraft involved, ...

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... the 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 banning ... 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 be...

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... he was a wizard and was sent off to Wizard school. When she came 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 teacher. It was a year after finishing the book before a publisher bought it. The moment she found out that ... a temper tantrum their day was going along semi-normal. The Dursleys had a very large secret, and there biggest fear was that somebody would discover it. Mrs. Potter was Mrs. Dursleys sister, and Lily, James, and Harry Pott...

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... 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 brother-why, its brother gave you that scar. The wand chooses the wizard remember .. I think we must expect ... some sort of resistance to be able to survive evil attacks. You would think that Voldemort, being one of the most powerful wizards could kill Harry easily, but as we read, Harry defeats him in the final battle. H...

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... 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 for kids. However, the lessons that People can learn from ... value of generosity and abundance mentality. We can learn that even though he had not much to give he still shared what he had with others. Indeed Harry Potter was a character who had a good heart. He was kind, brave and adventurous, positive qualities every child co...

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... finding 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"    However, he never has the chance to open it, and on the ... th...

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... 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 strange things happened to ... stone 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 escaping...

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... fears about his reputation to conquer. After reading this book, it is clear that Harry Potter does not live up to his wizardly name while studying at Hogwart's, yet does contain the potential to do so. When Harry was wearing the sorting hat to decide what house he would be joining, it ... visibly emerging during a conversation with Professor Snape. Snape obviously has some sort of resentment towards Harry. He makes a snide comment about Harry being the celebrity of the class and purposely singles him out during their very first class. " "Potter!" said Snape suddenly. "What would I get if...

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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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... '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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... course, makes mistakes and every one of them has its own consequences. So, the characters learn to survive, just like in real life. After explaining these topics, in my opinion, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a well-argued work and it can be related to significant education issues, including the acquisition of social, moral and cultural values. Another positive point is ... -crafted book, but, on the other hand, it is easy and fast to read, and I think the prose is quite simple and not really challenging. In my own view, I find Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone qui...

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... , 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 he is being brought up by his Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia. For some ... , 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, telling ...

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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 ... 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. 108). Harry has Wizard parents, but he has lived with Muggles his whole life so he ... has no experience in wizardry at all. Harry's fr...

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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 Wizardry. "Logically it [Hogwarts] had to be set in a ... villain of the story is Voldemort, a body less spirit forced to live off of Professor Quirrel. He attempted to kill the entire Potter family ten years before the story begins, but only manages to put a lightning bolt scar on Harry. Voldemort, whose name in...

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... Mirror of Erised. Instead of trying to use physical force against Professor Quirrel, Harry used wit instead. Harry didn't want the stone to use, he only wanted it so Voldemort, who was hiding under Professor Quirrel's turban and had possessed him, couldn't have it. The protagonist is without a doubt Harry Potter. But it seems that there is more than one antagonist. The Dursley family ... because all they do is reject Harry as a family member and make Harry's like intolerable. Then there is also Draco Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle who just hate ... in the book, Albus Dumbledore and Professo...

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... history of literature. The archetypes that follow Harry Potter through his trials and tribulations are very much the same as the archetypes that follow past heroes such as Beowulf and Ulysses. Harry's encounters follow along the same lines as many adventures in past archetypal journeys. Harry begins his adventure at his Aunt and ... as headmaster of Hogwarts and Professor Umbridge is no longer in control of things. A feast is presented at the end of the year. Harry is sad to have to leave his friends for another lonely summer with the Dursleys, but this summer will not be as bad consider...

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Everyone has a skill or something special about them that they are known for. Harry Potter, for example, the main character in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was written by J.K. Rowling, is known for being "the boy who lived". His skills are ... the youngest house player in a century. His skills are thought to be inherited by his father James Potter, who was also a Quidditch player. This unknowingly gathers more fans for Harry, and further increases his popularity. Harry Potter is more than "the boy who lived". His personality is a major thing that his ... the nerd becomes just studen...

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... Dursleys.The Dursleys despised magic of any kind and it showed in there dreadful attitude to Harry. The Dursleys never told Harry about his magical heritage but he found out near the beginning of Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone the first book in the thrilling series. From there Harry has been through many exciting adventures including two attacks from Voldemort in a different form. This ... powers live more or less in harmony with regular folk, referred to as "muggles". Harry Potter is an eleven year old boy who lives with his aunt and uncle and spoiled cousin, due to the fact t...

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... wizard named Voldmorf. He's the same size as an average teenager maybe even smaller. He has light blue eyes with a circular shaped head. Harry has no tan at all; he's mostly pale white. Harry Potter is not an average teenager. Harry Potter has a little sense of humor and is incredibly smart. He is very skilled as a wizard. He's friendly and makes several friends during the ... school year. Harry is a very enterprising kid. He always wants to explore something around the school. In a secret area of the school Harry has seen a trap door under the ... three-headed dog named Fluffy. He dec...

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