Harry Potter and The Philosopher Stone

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Summary and Theme of Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone

Summary

The story begins when an attempt to kill Harry Potter , the main character of the story , occurred when he was still a baby (Rowling 15 Fortunately , Voldemort , the villain of the story , was unsuccessful leaving only a scar on Harry Potter 's forehead (Rowling 15 . On his eleventh birthday , Harry Potter began to learn about everything in his life through a man named Hagrid (Rowling 48

. He was told that he is actually exceedingly well-known in the world of wizards because Voldemort was not able to conquer him even as a child (Rowling 50 . On that same day , Harry Potter was asked by Hagrid to come along with the latter to attend to his needs for school before eventually proceeding to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Rowling 51 . Harry Potter went along with Hagrid defying his relatives ' decision (Rowling 51 . In school , he was taught to hone his magical skills , he also made friends with Hermione and Ron , and he also learned that Voldemort wanted to get the Philosopher 's Stone to become immortal and be able to eventually kill Harry (Potter 219 . Harry Potter and his friends tried their best to prevent the Philosopher 's Stone from getting stolen and be used as a means to carry out devilish acts (Potter 264

Theme

There are several themes in the story Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone , one of these is friendship . The characteristics of true friendship are exhibited several times as the story unfolded . For instance , loyalty is seen when Draco Malfoy ' mentioned You 'll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others , Potter You don 't want to go making friends with the wrong sort . I can help you there (Rowling 108 . Harry , however , showed how intelligent he is in choosing the right friends and how extremely loyal he is with his friends (Rowling 108

Another characteristic of true friendship is shown when Draco challenges Harry to a wizard 's duel in a trophy room at midnight . At midnight , when Harry and Ron leave , they meet with Hermione and Neville and they all go together (Rowling 143 . Obviously , support is existent in their friendship (Rowling 143

Other characteristics of true friendship seen in the story are the following : 1 ) protecting each other 2 ) sharing and 3 ) being a good example (Rowling 1 - 309

Work Cited

Rowling , J .K . Harry Potter and the Sorcerer 's Stone . New York Scholastic Inc , 1997 . Last name of student PAGE 3...