... it with another children's fantasy novel in which a neophyte wizard attends a school for wizards- Ursula Le Guin's, "A Wizard of Earthsea."" http://dannyreviews.com/h/Harry_Potter.html. He says that Rowling reworks superficial popular ideas about magic in an ad hoc fashion, Le Guin constructs a fully-fledged, but consistent and coherent, ... both an integral part of the imagined world and anchored to mythological precursors; for Rowling they are just a plot device appropriated from common cliché. "Harry Potter and Sorcerer's Stone,"" will be a great Christmas present for kids who haven't...

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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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... . However, in many cases when these virtues are not apparent amongst the parental figures, other means of inspiration are sought. Louise Rennison's "Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging" and J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter, and the Philosopher's Stone" are both novels that portray parental figures throughout their plots. These characters serve to reinforce the importance of supporting a child through his or her upbringing in ... grows up he or she may encounter obstacles and feel that this goal is unattainable. At this point they are in need of motivation and support to maintain their dr...

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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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... Columbus, I was surprised to see the theater was full of young children and the older generation alike. I was under the impression that the Harry Potter novels were for the teenage group or those like me, young at heart. As I soon found out it was a movie for those of ... 1). I agree with this in saying the book is much better than the movie. This movie was highly anticipated by moviegoers. Shawn Fitzgerald writes, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the much-anticipated film adaptation of the first of the J.K. Rowling's literary blockbusters, is the ultimate example of Hollywoo...

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... 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, ... but allowed a job as the gamekeeper. Now to get to the Prisoner of Azkaban. Harry Potter is back for the summer at the Dursley's home. The Dursley's are his mothers sister, and that fami...

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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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 ... of influence on the ministry of magic and the Hippogriff will be killed. This hurts the teacher Hagrid a lot, who's a very good friend of Harry's. Harry discovers that there's something going on with Hermione. She has taken all the available subjects and her timetable reads that she has to be in ...

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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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... 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 ... 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 faculty fear's for Harry's safety, he is limited in his ability to move about campus a...

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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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... 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 ... 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 as a baby and explains why he is special in the wizarding world ... wonderful atmospher...

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... 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." ... hat for Gryffindor, along with Ron and Hermione. At the opening banquet, Dumbledore warns students to stay ...

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... 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." ... hat for Gryffindor, along with Ron and Hermione. At the opening banquet, Dumbledore warns students to stay ...

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... : This book was about a boy named Harry Potter and his adventures at Hogwarts School for Witches and Warlocks. It is Harry's second year at the school. His two best friends are Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, also attending Hogwarts. They all live at the school during the school year. Harry lives with his Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, ... solve the mystery of the attacks. Earlier someone mentioned that the person that died in the first set of attacks was killed in a bathroom and Harry and Ron immediately knew which bathroom. The one haunted by Moaning Myrtle. They hoped that she would hav...

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... 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 ... 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 Privet Drive, where Mr. and Mrs. Dursley live. Harry Potter's parents have just been killed, and .....

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... , J. K. Rowling, this fantasy story 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 will soon enter as a fourth ... sub-themes are courage, perseverance, teamwork, friendship, nurturing, and tolerance. Hermione has the courage and perseverance to help out the poor elves. Teamwork and friendship are used to help out harry in ac...

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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 is a sorcerer, until he receives a strange letter inviting him to ... Hogwarts. Of course, Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia don't want Harry going to this school. Harry does end up at ... the zoo for their son Dudley's birthday, only because they can't find him a babys...

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