... goodies from his family and he is not humble about it. He is quite a contrast to Ron Weasley and his family. Ron comes from a poor family. Everything he brings to school with him seems to be a hand-me-down. Ron says, "you never get anything new, either, with five brothers. I've got Bill's old robes ... , Charlie's old wand, and Percy's old rat." (p. 100). Malfoy likes to use this weakness to make fun of Ron. He makes comments such as, "What would you know about it, Weasley, you couldn't afford half the handle" when Harry gets a new broom (p. 165). Later, when they run into Hagrid, Malfoy...

• Word Count: 2129
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... Magic, Cornelius Fudge. He had come to take Hagrid away to Azkaban since Hagrid's record was against him. Before leaving Hagrid told Harry and Ron to follow the spiders if they want to find out some stuff and remember to feed Fang. In addition, Dumbledore was suspended from his job ... by the twelve governor including Lucius Malfoy. So with Dumbledore gone, Harry and Ron are determined to solve the mystery. They took Hagrid's advice and followed the spiders into the Forbidden Forest where they met Aragog. They learned that ... out that a student was taken down to the chamber itself and t...

• Word Count: 1102
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... and uncle who are "muggles." He is small and skinny for his age, probably because he sleeps in a dark cupboard under the staircase. The second character, Ron Weasley, is tall, thin, gangly, with freckles, big feet and hands, and a long nose. He becomes Harry's first best friend. The third character, Hermione Granger ... it and puts it in his pockets. When Harry asks what it is, Hagrid just says it is Hogwart business. On the train, Harry meets Ron Weasley. They become friends immediately. They also meet Hermione Granger, but are annoyed by her bossy attitude. When they reach Hogwarts, H...

• Word Count: 1468
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... and mythical creatures. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2003) is about Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Over the summer holiday his friends Ron and Hermione have been very inspecific in their letters and Harry is dying to get back and find out why they were being so secretive. Harry is unaware that what ... death eaters, (Voldemort's evil wizards) Harry fights the best he can to make sure they all get out alive. Next there is Ron Weasley, Harry's best friend. All of the Weasley family have messy red hair, freckles and a sort of carefree atti...

• Word Count: 768
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... , 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 also got a letter from Professor McGonagall, saying when school ... Firebolt back, and caught the snitch and won the game. In the Gryffindor common room there was a party. Later that night while everybody was sleeping Ron woke up with an ear shattering yell, he said he saw Sirius Black standing on his bedside with a knife!...

• Word Count: 1823
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... goes to London where he always gets his school equipment and stays there the last weeks of the holiday. At the end of the holiday he meets his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Together they go by train to Hogwarts, but before leaving Harry hears that Sirius Black, one of Lord Voldemort's followers, has escaped from Azkaban ... been there. Luckily for Harry Sirius had chosen the wrong moment for this, because everyone was in the Great Hall for the party. Later Sirius strikes again. When Ron (Harry's friend) was sleeping he suddenly woke up and saw Black standing over him holding...

• Word Count: 1316
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... cousin Dudley until he goes to Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He has no friends to speak of until he meets Hagrid, Hemione Granger, and Ron Weasley. Harry deals with conflict by a series of unexplainable occurrences. In one instance, his cousin's group of friends were chasing Harry, he tried to hid behind ... vault 713, which turns out to be the sorcerer's stone, but Harry doesn't know that yet. From this time a lot of strange events happen and Harry, Ron, and Hermione are putting all the clues together. In chapter 9, Harry and Draco Malfoy are supposed to have a midnight d...

• Word Count: 1751
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... three quarters, they met Luna Lovegood. She was somewhat crazy but very friendly girl. After they arrived at Hogwarts, they all settled in. Hermione, Ron, and Harry were all part of Gryffindor house. The head of the ministry of magic still didn't like that Harry was excused from his expulsion ... through hell while she was around. She made him physically hurt himself as a punishment and always got Harry in trouble. She also got Harry and Ron's twin brothers Fred and George kicked off the quidditch team. Quidditch is a sport which resembles football, but it's played in the air on brooms. ...

• Word Count: 1552
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... what I consider the true characteristics of a true friend. Such characteristics include trustworthiness, loyalty, a sense of humor, and a listening ear. Ron Weasley was the first person Harry met on the train to Hogwarts. Ron and Harry hit it off immediately, and soon became very close friends. The friendship was given a chance to prosper when Harry and ... out of trouble the best she can. Hermione is a good student and helps the boys with their lessons. In the end of the book Harry, Ron and Hermione go to try to save the sorcerer's stone from being captured by Professor Quirrell who wou...

• Word Count: 447
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... could talk about his problems with. When Harry went to school he never had a friend. He meets Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. He becomes friends with them and for the first time in his life is really happy. Ron and Hermione are there for Harry when he needs them. Harry has never had an experience like that ... He wins the first game for his team and becomes a hero. Some one lets a giant troll into the school grounds and it tries to kill Hermione. Ron and Harry capture the enormous creature and rescues Hermione. They are known by everyone as being courageous and brave for fighting the ...

• Word Count: 1230
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... and is therefore spoilt. Because of this he looks down to people, "red hair, banged up wand, dirty robes, it's obvious you are a Weasley." This is Malfoy bullying Ron because of his class and difference to Malfoy. Malfoy thinks just because he is wealthy, people should respect him even the teachers. Apart from being ... friend needs. These are loyalty, trust-worthiness, reliability and forgiveness. Hermione is forgiving because she is a friend to Harry and Ron even though they have "slagged" her in the past. Harry and Ron used to make fun of Hermione's intelligence, despite when they bec...

• Word Count: 1796
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... Draco Malfoy and the disciplinarian teacher Severus Snape-Harry finds life at Hogwarts idyllic and makes two more firm friends in the bookish Hermione Granger and the hapless but willing Ron Weasley. Initially, the only strong evidence of Harry's talent is provided on the sports field, where he becomes an expert player of quidditch, a game played on flying broomsticks. Voldemort, however, is ... of his nemesis. Voldemort also wants to get hold of the philosopher's stone, which was entrusted by the famous alchemist Nicholas Flamel to Dumbledore. With the aid of Hermione and Ron, and enco...

• Word Count: 708
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... told Harry anything about his true self. So, Harry is very surprised, and extremely happy to start his training. At Hogwarts, Harry meets his teachers, and becomes best friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The three of them accidentally find out that the potions master, Severus Snape, seems to be up to something, they believe he is going to try to ... setting is both set in the late 1990s. The characters are also the same. There is Harry Potter, who is the boy who did not know he was a famous wizard. Ron Weasly, Hermione Granger, and Hagrid (the half giant) who become Harry's ...

• Word Count: 1811
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... importance to the traditional family model because from her point of view, a good family is the best foundation within which to grow up and become a good citizen. For instance, the Weasley family are the happiest people in the series; both mother and father love their children and they are teaching them the right values. By comparison, Neville Longbottom who is only ... black spot appears and action begins (reason to move). 3. Harry leaves home and goes to Hogwarts with Hagrid ( first contact with external world). 4. Harry meets positive characters like Hermione and Ron and negativ...

• Word Count: 1355
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... him a small fortune; which he uses to prepare for his trip to Hogwarts, and in a month, gets on the train and goes. On the train, he meets his first friend, Ron Weasley, and his soon to be friend, Hermione Granger.    The days past as the school year begins, and he discovers his natural talent for Quidditch. Draco Malfoy soon challenges him to ... friends easily when he is able. Harry's success at making true friendships and overcoming his early loneliness shows great character development, and shows more to come. Other important characters include Ron Weasly, Hermione G...

• Word Count: 598
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... Harry. Voldemort, whose name in French means either "flight of death", is determined to find The Sorcerer's Stone to escape death. He has a very hard time trying to understand love. Ron Weasley is Harry's best friend. He comes from a lower-middle class wizard family with four brothers and a sister. He is extremely loyal to Harry and aids in his adventures. He helps ... Harry with his knowledge of chess, in a life sized chess match where he sacrificed himself to help Harry obtain the Sorcerer's Stone. Ron is often lived in the shadows of his older brothers. Hermoine Granger is the annoyi...

• Word Count: 1024
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... ; Quirrell, professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. Harry also befriends and is befriended by two special schoolmates: Hermione Granger, a delightful young lady with the gift of intellect and study; Ron Weasley, not talented in much of anything. Harry also gains a new enemy, fellow schoolmates Draco Malfoy, a young man with a quite nasty tattle telling, conniving personality. Harry, Hermoine and ... Ron belong to one of four houses of the school. Malfoy belongs to a rival house. Part of the rivalry is expressed in broom riding. Harry Potter has never been the star ... ...

• Word Count: 575
• Approx Pages: 2

... . The setting of the story is in England at a school for wizards called Hogwarts. There are three main characters, Harry Potter; Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Harry is a skinny boy with dark brown hair (which is always messy) and glasses. Ron is the youngest boy in a family of five, all of whom are wizards. He has lots of freckles and red hair - this ... ...

• Word Count: 451
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... the 1st sentence as a cohesive chain. In 3rd sentence, " it had been blocked----"t" here refers back to Colin's bed, which is already mentioned. Also, another "it" in 4th paragraph ( Percy Weasley strolled out of it-)--- refers backwards to the library. Moreover, "t" in 11th paragraph refers to an old cauldron. And "t" in 12th paragraph refers to the polyjuice portion as is in ... repetition of then. Temporal conjunction then occurs: "then began bending" and "then headed straight". Another referential cohesion here, Clausal ellipsis, between 6th-7th paragraph, "You havn't seen Ron or He...

• Word Count: 746
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... after Harry sent his letter went by well. A few days later a muggle postman (a non-magic person) dropped off a letter from is friend Ron. Ron is one of Harry's friend's from Hogwartz. The letter had an invitation inviting him to see the Quidditch world cup final. Harry was also invited to stay ... at Ron's house for the summer. Quidditch is played with a: quaffle, a bludger, and a snitch. There are three chasers who try and use the quaffle ... One by one the Weaslys and Harry took some of the powder and said, "Burrow". Once they said that they ended back at Ron's house. When Harry got ...

• Word Count: 1256
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... herself to be a squib, a non-magical witch or wizard. Harry wishes to leave Privet Drive for fear of having his wand revoked but he stays and the advisal of Arthur Weasley. After spending much time alone in the house, eight wizards show up when his aunt and uncle are out. They help Harry pack and usher him off by broomstick to ... students how to properly use the spells. The group is named Dumbledore's Army, or DA for short. Harry later has a dream that he is a snake that bites into a man -- Arthur Weasley. Harry learns that the black door at the end of the corridor in his dream is at t...

• Word Count: 934
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... know it all. Which is actually true all the way through the movie, but at the beginning you just want to slap her, and I know I didn't like her until when Ron was talking about her, and she over heard. Then when they were caught, after defeating the troll and she took all the blame on herself. After that, you realize that ... has shaggy red hair, and a lot of brothers and one sister. When we first meet Ron on the train, we already like, just by his facial expressions. Like when Harry tells Ron what his name is, and Ron asks him if he really has a scar. Then the trolley comes and he does...

• Word Count: 1804
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... shops for his schoolbooks and materials, including wizard robes, a wand, and an owl. When Harry finally leaves for school, he meets other students, including Ron, Hermione, and Neville, on the train. At school, Harry meets his new professors, fellow students, and the resident ghosts. He is relieved to be ... him broomstick skills. As a result, he becomes the seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch team and even gets a Nimbus 2000 broom. One night he and Ron, Neville, and Hermione accidentally discover a three-headed dog guarding a trap door in the forbidden corridor. Harry is sure the dog is...

• Word Count: 484
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... 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 he can handle. Mean while Hermoine, Ron, and the Order of the Phoenix are trying to plan against Lord Voldmort. Dumbledore's losing respect because he trying to tell people that there nightmares have come true; he who ... 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 and Harry gets jealous, to make things worse...

• Word Count: 387
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... potions, magical creatures and Quidditch, the most popular sports of wizards and witches. It was also in Hogwarts that he met his two new friends, Ron and Hermione. Eventually, they were the ones who helped him when they tried to stop Professor Quirrell to get hold of the sorcerer's stone so ... wizard and very popular and rich in the "Magical World", he remained humble in his ways. He shared his blessings with others like when he first met Ron Weasly inside the Hogwarts Express: " Go on have a pasty," said Harry, who never had anything to share before or, indeed anyone to share it ... ...

• Word Count: 1460
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School