... 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 sentence structure ... and plot formation has left readers wanting more. Harry Potter books are known for their "who done it" plots which make the readers use their imagination a...

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... 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 Harry Potter series will have negative effects on their children's development. I have since found that there is not a very clear policy on censorship of children ... needs to incorporate creativity and imagination. It should not discourage it. Furthermore, schools should not ban children from reading books such as the Harry Potter series. These types of books are designed to entertain. I believe that censorship in elementary schools is nec...

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... . If these parents are concerned about the safety of their children, why let them watch violence, which is much more real than anything in the Harry Potter books, and yet try to stop them from expanding their imagination with a stimulating novel that will leave any young reader craving for more? These parents say ... 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 literar...

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... 's triumphs and tragedies. Mellville chose to write a story that could be used as a somewhat accurate conveyance of the times. The setting of Israel Potter tends to be accurate for the time period. Most of the story took place upon a ship, where Israel worked. During the American Revoltion many ... intrigue to his tale. This tendency to add drama also helped to originally sell the novel when it was published as sections in a magazine. Israel Potter was not only a novel of excitement and adventure, it also had a message. American itself was a new and independent country with a bold and a...

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... 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 Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone tells a great story that children especially will enjoy because there is so much action and the plot is original and different ... Stone and the events that lead up to the climax make it extremely exciting. Over all the plot in this story is incredibly well constructed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone takes place outside of London in modern times. The time is indicated by the use of modern inventions (su...

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... encourages children to read more. Conservatives, especially Christian conservatives, are very strict in their way of thinking. They believe children imitate what they see. One argument against children reading Harry Potter books is that it encourages children to break rules, and later they could break laws. For example, they see the main character, Harry, deliberately breaking into forbidden places and putting ... himself in dangerous situations. Thankfully, there is a majority of people who is against the censorship of Harry Potter books and thinks a child can differentiate fantasy fro...

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... if you seek beneath our floors  A treasure that was never yours,  Thief, you have been warned, beware  Of 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 Pri...

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... 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 him ... stone until the school's master Dumbledore stops Quirrel. Voldemort ends up escaping but once again Harry defeated him. 3) The significance of the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is that the book is ...

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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 defeating ... 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 s...

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... by J.K. Rowling, are fantasy novels filled with witches wizards 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 ... 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 ...

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... the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter must find the Sorcerer'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 ... . Since Harry is a...

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Abhijeet Jhala Harry Potter Destiny is that which we are drawn towards and Fate is that which we run into- Wyatt Earp (http://koti.mbnet.fi/amoira/links.htm). The sentence above explains the ... for a particular setting and one cannot go against destiny, whereas fate is the driving force, that eternal strength, and daring courage that one possesses to reach to ones destiny. Harry potter- as created by the Author is undoubtedly a young, charming personality who is destined to be hero. Heroes are merely social characters, and Harry ... a born hero. It takes something out of life to be a Hero...

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... The 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 ... defeat of an evil wizard. The antagonist and 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 French means either "flight of death", is determined to ... knowledge of spells and curses a...

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... 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 ... Azkaban guards heard Sirius Black say 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 facul...

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... The Sorcerers Stone J.K. Rowling Harry Potter a wizard student a Hogwarts School of Magic. He has brown hair with a bowl cut. He wears circular shaped glasses with a lightning bolt-shaped scar on the upper right of forehead. The ... 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 ......

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... 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 ... the book, you are living out every fantasy you had as a child. Was it not everybody's dream at one time to be told you are a wizard with special powers? Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone introduces us to the young wizard...

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I read the book Harry Potter by JK Rowling. She lived a life of a fairy tell herself. It was filled with excitement. 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 ... fire to find not Snape, but Quirrel, inhab...

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Harry Potter is now the biggest celebrity in the wizarding realm because of his shocking past. His turbulent life began with his two loving parents Lily & James who were ... 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 interesting story of a world, in which those possessing magical...

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I read the book Harry Potter by JK Rowling. She lived a life of a fairy tell herself. It was filled with excitement. 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 ... fire to find not Snape, but Quirrel, inha...

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... in many ways reflective of many epic heroes throughout the 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 ... bad considering the magical background discovered in his neighborhood. The Dursleys pick Harry up at the train station and are greeted and glowered at by members of the Order. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is very similar to other stories and poems of epic heroes. His adven...

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... Sorcerer Stone By Rollings In the book, Harry Potter and The Sorcerer`s Stone, Written by J.K. Rollings, I believe that courage is the most outstanding theme. J.K. Rollings does a wonderful job of expressing it in this book. Although there are many other ... he pressed forward until the final battle. Out of all the themes that were shown in this book I still believe that courage is the most important and outstanding one. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone is a wonderful book with many great themes. It is first of a series of seven, three of which have already been released....

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... ) comes to Hogwarts, a school for withes to learn about magic. At Hogwarts, Harry meets many friends and finds mystical things everywhere, and trouble. Harry Potter doesn't know this yet, but he will have to overcome a big obstacle to survive. At first, Harry lives mean aunt and uncle. Here, Harry doesn't know at all that he ... ...

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... the Goblet of Fire. The author is J.K. Rowling. 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 ... . These were to be the competitors. But wait after the third name a fourth piece of paper came flying out of the goblet. On this last piece was the name Harry Potter. Even though Harry was only a fourth year student and had not been entered in the ...

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... the Order of the Phoenix. This amazingly magical book focuses on so many different themes. One great theme of this book is love, because Harry Potter was blessed with such an incredible love by being accepted into the magical world. Another awesome theme is the trust between Harry, Hermoine and Ron, because they always stick together ... ...

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... since the first book was 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 oth...

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