... 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 ... in order to positively affect the development of the child. A child must be loved unconditionally in order to help him or her to feel comfort and support throughout his or her life. In "Harry Potter, and the Philosopher's Stone", the parental roles are taken on by Harry Potter's ......

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... . 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 Hollywood playing it ... the ending, but remember good always prevails over evil. This movie introduces the audience to many new-comers to the big screen. Daniel Radcliffe, is Harry Potter, Rupert Grint, as Ron, and Emma Watson, as Hermione. If these names sound funny to you it's b...

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... 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 holiday his friends Ron and Hermione have been very inspecific in their letters and Harry is dying to get back and find out ... 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 D...

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... 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 ... first class." (Rowling, p100) Professor McGonagall who happens to be a woman, portrays the confidence and control that a great wizard must have in order to be successful. Harry does not possess this yet. With Professor McGonagall being a woman, which is often looked at differently than a man perhaps, she pos...

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... Voldemort and his parents who died to save their son. He is the type of person that would put himselft at risk to help another in trouble. Harry is skinny, with stingy black hair, and has bright green eyes. As he matures, he is discovered to be caring, very brave, a loyal friend, ... the Sorcerer's Stone also. Her background is completely human, and has no traces of wizardry. Lord Voldemort sets to kill Mr. Potter, Mrs. Potter, and their baby, Harry. Harry's parents die trying to protect Harry. Astonished by this act of love, Voldemort is unable to kill the baby and loses his power. He ...

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... 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 ... with his adventures at Hogwarts and his quest to save the Philosopher's Stone from the evil Voldemort. Since Voldemort's attempt to kill Harry as a baby, his power has dwindled. In order to restore it to it's former glory, he needs the elixir of life, the Philosopher's Stone, w...

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... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix started out like every other 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 ... Hogwarts and he could never use magic again. The next day 8 or 9 people, who went by the name Order of the Phoenix, picked him up from the Dursleys to take him to their headquarters. Many of the people in ...

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... 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, ... "Mudblood". This means that she is a wizard whose parents are not magical. She however is a very talented wizard. The story is basically all about Harry. He attends Hogwarts School of Wizardry, which is located far away from the rest of civilization, (the Muggles). When he ar...

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