... a green light. Another important quality needed for Harry to be an epic hero is bravery. Harry proves his bravery multiple times in each book. It has been typical for epic heroes to be braver than everyone else they encounter. Harry is capable of being brave in even the toughest situations. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry travels into a deep cave in order to get ... mother and father on his first birthday, he still lives as though they are watching over him. In the third book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry learns of his godfather, Sirius Black, and be...

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... Sorcerer's Stone, which was written 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 ... 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 escap...

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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 ... a very strange castle most likely located in Scotland. It has many changing staircases, secret passages, and hidden doors. It is the school Harry and both of his parents attended. Mrs. Rowling designed the book to be in the third person point of view, it is not being told in the first person ... Voldemort, a b...

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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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... Rowling. They follow the adventures of the young wizard, Harry and his friends 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 on screen. The book deals with witchcraft and magic and relys heavily ... to escape into another world. The moment you pick up the book, you are l...

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... 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 the country are rejoicing at the "boy who lived ... for Gryffindor, along with Ron and Hermione. At the opening banquet, Dumbledore warns students to stay awa...

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... 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 the country are rejoicing at the "boy who lived ... for Gryffindor, along with Ron and Hermione. At the opening banquet, Dumbledore warns students to stay awa...

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... forests of Albania. After Harry's parents had died he had to move in with his only living relatives the 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 interesting ... story of a world, in which those possessing magical powers live more o...

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... of the Pheonix I am currently reading Harry Potter and 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 no matter ... what and defend each other to the fullest. There are also many hidden secrets in this big magical world of Harry's. Some so horrible ... without it friendships could break up because ther...

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