Philosopher's Stone Thesis

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After five years Rowling finished the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone the first book of the series. She had a very hard time finding a publisher for her book. Twelve publishers turned back her manuscript. Finally, Bloomsbury agreed to publish her book, but they asked Rowling to write her initials and last name to attract more male readers. She didn’t have a middle initial so she used the name of her favorite grandmother creating her pen paper J.K. Rowling. After a year the book was published, and she received £1500 equivalent to approximately $4000 as an advance payment. Initially 1000 books were printed and 500 of those were sent to libraries. A few months later Rowling won her first award, a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. This was …show more content…
Also, she is one of the best selling authors of all times with more than 450 million copies sold. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is one of the bestseller single books in history with more than 107 million copies sold. The Harry Potter series is the best selling book series in history with more than 450 million, and has been translated in 73 languages. After the Harry Potter series she continued writing and publishing books under the name of J.K. Rowling, but also under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. She decided to write under a different pseudonym “Robert Galbraith” not for the money, but love for her writing. Knowing that if she publishes anything under J.K. Rowling it would be easier to sell more copies. I think she was very happy with the 470 copies sold before people find out that it was published by her, and as a result, the book became a best …show more content…
William Faulkner is one of these writers. A Nobel Prize winner, who won many awards while he was still alive. Also, both Faulkner and Rowling were made a Chevalier de la Legion d 'honneur. These two authors, share some characteristics, both with wonderful ideas that brought new experiences and happiness to some of their readers. EVENTHOUGH, they were completely different from one another.

In her best known story, Joanne Rowling creates a fantastical world in which all the situations and social problems from our world took place. On her writing she often talks about the different problem created from evil. The importance of support in one’s life, and her writing were many references to Christianity EVENTOUHGH she says that she is not trying to force any belief. She mentioned in one of her interviews that the major time in Harry Potter was love, a common DEMONIMATOR in every major religions with no exceptions

The book also covers war, civil resistance and shows the way in how the entire world can suffer from one’s evil acts. The entire piece is extremely complex, full of magic, evil but more than anything

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