Harry Potter In The Sorcerer's Stone

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In the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter is revealed to a new world learning the truths about who is he is, and the world around him. He makes trusted friends and enemies, and in the end gives his life for the betterment of the world.
It starts with young boy, unaware of His magical Powers or his history is brought into the hidden world of Magic and Wizards. For most his life was tucked away behind his almost cruel Aunt and Uncle, unaware of what he is and especially who he is. Hagrid, a large lovable oaf of a wizard comes to bring Harry into the world where he belongs, and tells him that he is a Wizard. We see the all the magic and excitement in Harry’s eyes as he experiences the phenomenon of Magic for the first time. Though Harry when met
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This is perhaps one of the most classic story types, good vs. evil. This theme of a distinct divide and then battle between good and evil is clearly shown in Harry’s youthful courage and kindness and int Voldemort's greediness and inhumanity to all others. It is important to look at the fact that Harry was raised by a family, (The Dursleys) that treated him like scum yet was able to be kind and good friend to all those around him. This is truly a rarity, one world expect with his upbringing he might be bitter and would let in easily with the evilness of the Slytherin house, leading him to Voldemort himself. But Harry, in stills, a sort of inner goodness and courage that allows him to survive the many emotional and physical trials he has faced in his relatively young life. Throughout the book series we follow Harry through the several phase of life, and the stories slowly become more serious and adult as he ages. In this first nove, our main troop of Harry, Hermione and Ron are younglings of only eleven. Still budding and blissfully ignorant of the evil that is brewing. As they grow, we can relate and watch a child's psyche slowly build to that of later more adult stages in life. They can mirror the mindset of teens who live in a time period where they must face danger head

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