All great Wizards started as a student, as did Harry Potter. He started his journey clueless about the wizard world, but now he is known as a great wizard in fact a hero, but Harry Potter reached the point of becoming a hero by going through the 5 stages of a hero’s journey; departure, Initiation, the road of trials, the innermost cave, and finally the return and reintegration with society. Specifically, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone the hero, Harry Potter follows these essential steps to become a hero.
Harry, like most other heroes had an unusual upbringing. Harry’s parents and Harry were born wizards, which he did not know until Hagrid told him. When he was younger, at the age of one, a dark wizard by the name of Lord Voldemort tried to kill Harry but did not succeed, leaving him with a scar on his forehead and the known name throughout the magical world as the boy who lives. Though Voldemort was unsuccessful in killing harry, he was succesfull in killing his parents leaving Harry orphaned and forced to live with the …show more content…
Its where Harry goes through a few tasks to prove himself worthy of being a hero and to also prepare him for his final quest. The first task Harry gets is to save Hermione from the troll that entered Hogwarts with the help from his good friend Ron Weasley. Harry’s other task was to catch the snitch in the Quidditch game, but the task was a little more difficult since someone was jinxing his broom. Through these tasks Harry became more aware of his surroundings and found out with the help of Hermione and Ron that someone was trying to steal the Philosopher’s Stone. A stone that could turn any metal into pure gold and produce the elixir of life which will make the drinker immortal. Harry finally goes through his last task where he is in the forest late at night as punishment, but has an encounter with Voldemort, but is saved by a kind
Harry, like most other heroes had an unusual upbringing. Harry’s parents and Harry were born wizards, which he did not know until Hagrid told him. When he was younger, at the age of one, a dark wizard by the name of Lord Voldemort tried to kill Harry but did not succeed, leaving him with a scar on his forehead and the known name throughout the magical world as the boy who lives. Though Voldemort was unsuccessful in killing harry, he was succesfull in killing his parents leaving Harry orphaned and forced to live with the …show more content…
Its where Harry goes through a few tasks to prove himself worthy of being a hero and to also prepare him for his final quest. The first task Harry gets is to save Hermione from the troll that entered Hogwarts with the help from his good friend Ron Weasley. Harry’s other task was to catch the snitch in the Quidditch game, but the task was a little more difficult since someone was jinxing his broom. Through these tasks Harry became more aware of his surroundings and found out with the help of Hermione and Ron that someone was trying to steal the Philosopher’s Stone. A stone that could turn any metal into pure gold and produce the elixir of life which will make the drinker immortal. Harry finally goes through his last task where he is in the forest late at night as punishment, but has an encounter with Voldemort, but is saved by a kind