... find out why they were being so secretive. Harry is unaware that what he may find out could possibly 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 ... how Harry would feel. The overall theme of magic is probably my favourite one because it sounds so much more interesting than ordinary life. J K Rowling obviously put a lot of thought into the mythical creatures, names of spells and the characters themselves, as they are all described...

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... is rather out of place there, but things improve greatly for him when he goes to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. J.K. Rowling adds some delightful novelties of her own, such as Quidditch, a seven-a-side ball game played on broomsticks, with three different kinds of ... 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, world of her...

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In the book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K.Rowling takes you into the life of Harry Potter. She takes us through Harry's hard times and happy times that are common to boys growing up, but Harry's work at Hogwarts ... story itself, but it would be so exiting to be flying around in the air on a broomstick. True to all of J.K. Rowling's series to date, this novel is excellent reading and will be legendary reading for generations to come. Rowling has the ability to draw us into Harry's reality of a painful childhood, which many readers can relate to, while also tantalizing us ... ...

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... Well this is just the case in hand after I watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. After reading the first book in the series, by J.K. Rowling's, I was hooked, on the novels that is. The movie lacked many of the key elements that the book offered the reader. Before I read the ... PG rating. This was illustrated by Claudia Puig, "But the movie ultimately lacks the book's delightful whimsy and much of the sly verbal humor that made Rowling's tales so charming" (par. 1). I agree with this in saying the book is much better than the movie. This movie was highly anticipated by ... movie...

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first in a series of books by J.K 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 ... screen. The book deals with witchcraft and magic and relys heavily on the imagination of the reader. It is ultimately your own imagination that determines how you judge this book. J.K Rowling's description of events at Hogwarts school allows the reader to escape into another world. The moment you pick up the book, you are l...

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... where my parents had married. People keep saying they know what I based Hogwarts on--but they"re all wrong. I have never seen a castle anywhere that looks the way I imagine Hogwarts" (Rowling, 1). Hogwarts is 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. Harry is the hero and protagonist of the book ... face was almost completely hidden b...

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... Sorcerer"s Stone. She brings you into a world of enchantment and magic full of wonderful new adventures. Full of rich and developed characters and stunning imagery, the impact and arrangement of Rowling's words is astonishing as she makes the reader come closer and closer into the story. Its simple yet thought provoking style makes this not only fun for the younger media ... and a stone that everyone seems to be after is seemingly the answer to the puzzle Harry must solve or if their too late, may not experience another year at Hogwarts. J.K. Rowling was a struggling single mother when ...

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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 time, and the Stone and Harry are saved. Harry potter is a very good book; I would recommend this book to anybody. It is written in 1st person view and JK Rowling is just a great author. I will most likely look for another book by her, she has a very good writing style. So look for my next book to be very stelk. ...

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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 time, and the Stone and Harry are saved. Harry potter is a very good book; I would recommend this book to anybody. It is written in 1st person view and JK Rowling is just a great author. I will most likely look for another book by her, she has a very good writing style. So look for my next book to be very stelk. ...

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Harry Has Friends In a book about magic and witches and wizards, one wouldn't think friendship would be found as a prevalent theme. That is what sets J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter apart from the rest. The main character in her books, Harry Potter, has two faithful friends who stick with him throughout his adventures. They exhibit what I consider the ... ...

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Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Author: J. K. Rowling Type: Fiction Purpose: To entertain Harry Potter (a sorcerer) comes to Hogwarts, a school for withes to learn about magic. At Hogwarts, Harry meets many friends and finds mystical things everywhere, and ... ...

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The story I read was Harry Potter and 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 ... ...

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Harry Potter and 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 ... ...

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