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Jul 30, 2019 · Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling is a book about bravery and courage. As Professor Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, says “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
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J. K. Rowlingdoes a great job writing this story with an omniscient third-person narrative but still keeping the narrator wherever Harry is for a major part of this book. This makes the reader’s fascination and interest in the world of magic as new and real as Harry’s. We are introduced to several facts and significant peculiarities of the world of...
The trope of a savior standing up to the tyrant is not new. However, ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone‘ being a children’s book, delves into this slowly. When Harry is unaware of magic and thinks that his parents died in an accident, he is a normal child with very little to think about good, evil, and the need for heroism. However, once he ...
Sacrifice is an essential part of this novel. The story of ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone‘uses sacrifice to define both friendship and love. Harry’s parents die because they sacrifice themselves to protect Harry. Ron sacrifices himself while playing Wizard chess. Several people who fought in the war against Voldemort sacrificed themselve...
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Sep 1, 1998 · BOOK REVIEW. by Soman Chainani ; illustrated by Julia Iredale. In a rousing first novel, already an award-winner in England, Harry is just a baby when his magical parents are done in by Voldemort, a wizard so dastardly other wizards are scared to mention his name.
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Apr 3, 2020 · The series consists of seven books. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is the first book in the series. I gave it 5 stars. From the first chapter you are drawn into this fantastic world and that you just want to be part of. An adventure from the beginning to the very end.
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Feb 9, 2023 · Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Summary. On his eleventh birthday, Harry Potter finds out he is a wizard and will be attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Before then, Harry did not even know that magic was real or that he was famous.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling (Harry Potter: Book 1) The Philosopher’s Stone is the first in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series of seven novels that have made her the most successful literary author of all time, selling in excess of 400 million copies world-wide.
Jul 19, 2007 · J. K. Rowling’s monumental, spell-binding epic ends not with modernist, “Soprano”-esque equivocation, but with good old-fashioned closure.
