Emma Stone

Harry Potter is an orphan who spent the majority of his childhood living in the company of the Dursley’s – his non-wizard aunt, uncle and cousin who treated Harry with emotional maltreatment and neglect. His extended family relegated Harry to the status of a second-rate member of the household, leaving him to sleep in the “cupboard under the stairs” and clothing him in Dudley’s over-sized leftovers. Harry suffered the loss of his parents at an early age and spent his childhood years trying to…

Dumbledore also buys into Wizard superiority in his teen years, and in the process neglects Arianna and Aberforth. His plans with Grindelwald all call for wizards to rise up and rule the Muggles; similar to what Voldemort later believes. Dumbledore also leaves Harry in a verbally and physically abusive, neglectful home where the Dursleys force Harry to sleep in “the cupboard under the stairs” (Sorcerer’s 19). Dumbledore also does things like reviving an ancient deadly tournament and letting…

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the first novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, tells a story about the importance of combating evil despite the consequences. For this reason, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone serves as a book of great importance and has greatly affected me. During their pursuit of protecting the sorcerer's stone from professor Quirrell, and the evil wizard Voldemort, Harry and his friends face physical and mental challenges, as well as risk the chance of…

You are obviously extremely terrified and in shock. There are several actions that you can take to make things right with Harry. You can show Alan that he can trust you again, tell an adult and tell them why you did not tell anyone, and just be there for Harry in his time of need. Harry is probably having a lot of trust issues because he thought that you would be a good friend and stop it but you did not. To make it right you should come up with ways to show Alan that he can trust you. You made…

In the book, “Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone”, Rowling uses topics that relate to other pieces of literary work, specifically it connects to the poem, ”Escape to Freedom” in both of them the topic of freedom and restrictions are covered. In the book Rowling refers to how Harry is trapped in his Aunt and Uncle's house and he is not allowed to do normal things because he is different. The author states, “The room held no sign that the other boy lived in the house[...] had a dream about a…

The Harry Potter novel series is extremely explicit when introducing new characters. This allows the readers to truly imagine the characters being introduced. The most interesting thing that has been introduced about the main character is the reason the antagonist killed the protagonists parents. This answers the question of why Harry’s parents were killed. This shed light on the subject and made the readers understand why this happened. This was revealed at the end of the novel to make readers…

Severus Snape, a member of the Order of the Phoenix, meets with Narcissa Malfoy, Draco's mother. He makes an Unbreakable Vow with her to protect and assist Draco in his mission given by Lord Voldemort. Dumbledore takes Harry to the home of Horace Slughorn, former Potions teacher at Hogwarts, and persuades him to return to teach. Harry is taken to the Burrow, where Hermione has already arrived. The next morning they get their O.W.L. results, and school supplies lists. Later, Ron Weasley and…

Harry Potter, the boy who lived the attack of Voldemort. He has been fighting the Dark Lord since he was 12 years old. He defeated Voldemort in the form of Professor Quirrell, a Tom Riddle flashback, the Dark Lord’s followers, and the pale man without a nose. Without Harry Potter, the world will be overtaken by Voldemort, this is used as an opportunity to use appeal to fear. Having lost close people to Voldemort is something that happened to many people, therefore, this is used as an opportunity…

While reading Harry Potter and The Sources Stone made realize how important it is to know who you and who the people are that you can trust. The first book of this wonderful series starts off with an English baby named Harry Potter whose parents died from a mysterious death while he was still in his crib years. As a tragic result of his parents death Harry had to go live with his strict aunt, fat uncle, and spoiled son. Harry hated it there. He wished that he had real friends that treated him…

In the book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, The main character, Harry, changes throughout the story due to the fact that he is a wizard. In the beginning, Harry Potter was a mistreated nephew of the Dursleys who had taken him in because of his parents death due to a “car accident”. Harry Potter was always seemed to feel unloved and mistreated. “Harry Potter lived in a cupboard under the stairs” (Pg.7). This evidence from the story alone proves that Harry was not a true…