Harry Potter Character Analysis

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serves to accentuate Hagrid's maternal role throughout the series. Hagrid serves not only as a mother to these dangerous, isolated magical creatures, but he also serves as a maternal figure to Harry who shows some of the same characteristics. Throughout the series, there are several points where Harry is seen as dangerous. For example, in The Chamber of Secrets, Harry is suspected to be the heir of Slytherin because he can speak parseltongue, and everybody thinks he is dangerous. Also, in the fifth book, The Daily Prophet promotes that Harry and Dumbledore are dangerous and manipulative because they're trying to draw attention to the fact that Lord Voldemort had returned. The Care of Magical Creatures class formed many other connections with characters, but it also connects to and shows several real-world political styles.

If you have never read the Harry Potter series by acclaimed novelist J.K. Rowling, then you are missing out a thrilling story full of adventures and laughter, perfect for all ages (but mainly children). Assuming you’ve read the book at some point in your life (or seen the movie, if you’re one of those people), you would know all about the antagonist-turned-hero Severus Snape. He held one of the most complex storylines, with a single chapter changing the view of almost every reader. “Almost”, as in it didn’t change mine.

The first thing learned in a library is to not judge a book by its cover. The same can be said about its characters. Because while first impressions are convenient, they are hardly ever accurate. They can lead you to believe that characters are polar opposites when that couldn’t be further from the truth. Take Harry Potter, possibly the most popular young adult fiction character of this generation. The chosen one who will defeat He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Now take Draco Malfoy, his arch-nemesis at Hogwarts. The pureblood snob continually one-upped by the golden trio. Later to play a major role on the Death Eater’s side of the war. They are complete opposites, right? Wrong. These influential characters aren’t two ends of the spectrum, but two sides of the same coin.

The novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, is a story about an orphan named Harry Potter who is sent to live with his relatives, the Dursleys. For the first ten years of his life, Harry is hated and ignored by his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon. Harry has never experienced a friendship with anyone until the day he is sent to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Throughout the school year, Harry develops a balance of friendship between Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Neville Longbottom. Each of them, has a need to belong somewhere. Together, they form a balance that make them each feel wanted in way that they have never known until they meet each other.

Fantasy appeals to us, to put it crudely, because of the relationship between magic and morality. An alternate world filled with strange and wonderful things, a world defined by imagination, gives us a setting in which to lose ourselves within. J.K. Rowling has done this and has captured the minds and hearts of readers all around the world with her bestselling series “Harry Potter”. As we engage in the engrossing narrative following Harry Potter and his friends, some may be able to relate to the lives of such characters. J.K. Rowling takes an undeniably riveting approach to showcasing the round characterizations throughout her novel "Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone" to such a degree that the reader can personally identify with such characters.

There are four houses that the first years get sorted into, which are Gryffindor, for the brave, Ravenclaw, for the smart, Slytherin, for the cunning, and Hufflepuff, for the kind, loyal students. There are also different blood statuses among the wizards. Pureblood is a term for a person whose entire family is magic, half-blood is a term for a person who has one parent who is magic, and Muggle-born, or Mudblood, is the term for the people who have nobody in their family who is magic at all. Hermione is a Gryffindor Mudblood, and she, Harry, and Ron are only eleven when the series starts. Hermione studies all the time, reads constantly, and always does all of her homework. However, throughout the series, Hermione doesn't throw around the fact that she is a Muggle-born because it is shameful to

Albus Dumbledore says, “The happiest man on Earth would look into the mirror and see only himself, exactly as he is.” In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry looks into the Mirror of Erised and see his whole family with him, alive and well. Differently, Ron sees himself as the best and most-praised of all his brothers. He is Head Boy, contributes very much to winning the House Cup, and is captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. If Elizabeth Owens looked into the mirror, she would see future self as a computer science engineer. She would be successful and have everything she could ever want. Elizabeth would see herself having been successful on playing soccer, basketball, and tennis. She would see herself still friends with her best

Harry Potter as you guys know had done a lot of crazy things. Just so you guys know, Harry Potter was raised by his cruel Aunt and Uncle. On his eleventh birthday, a giant, called Hagrid, comes in Harry’s life and he tells everyone that Harry is a wizard. Harry and Hagrid became good friends and they both went to London to get school supplies for Harry’s first year at Hogwarts School . Harry gets trained from King’s Cross station. When Harry went to Hogwarts, Harry meets Ron and Hermione. Harry and Ron find Hermione bossy and annoying at first, but after they think that she is actually really nice and that’s when the three become best friends. Hagrid game some useful tips and he also takes them to a person that is a researcher, named Nicholas.

In the book Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter, the main character goes back to Hogwarts after Ron and his brothers break him out of the Dursleys house. At Hogwarts people started being petrified, going completely stiff, by a creature that supposedly comes from the Chamber of Secrets. The heir of Slytherin is the only person able to open the chamber, and after Harry speaks Parseltongue, snake language, he is the main suspect of all the kids at the school. Eventually, with the help of his friends, Harry goes into the Chamber and kills the basilisk and Tom Riddle, who had really been in control of the basilisk. Harry clears his name and the school year finishes.

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Professor Dumbledore once said to Harry, “You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!” (“Goblet” 456). Dumbledore is telling Harry that it does not matter what he is now or was it just matters what he will be or can be. This helps Harry develop into a better person who makes good decisions. In the book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry goes off to Hogwarts; here he was about to face another hardship, Professor Umbridge. She is the new Dark Arts professor who dislikes Harry and will do anything to put him down; although, Harry perseveres through her torment. Harry also has to fight Voldemort and gets his friends together to help him do it. Throughout this story Harry changes and learns new lessons, and all of the conflicts he faced helped develop his character. Harry goes through many character changes in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. In the beginning of the story he is impatient, overeager, irrational, and oblivious of his connection to Voldemort; by the end of the story he becomes more patient, makes rational decisions, and he learns of his connection to Voldemort and tries to use it to his advantage.

Throughout her professional acting career, Angelina Jolie has played the “evil character” in various movies, making her the ideal casting choice for Miss. Havisham in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. After being jilted at the altar minutes before her wedding, Miss. Havisham isolates herself from the outside world, locking herself in the Satis House. Using her adopted daughter, Estella, she hopes to seek revenge on all male sex. Jolie plays Maleficent, a vengeful, evil queen, in the movie Maleficent, and Lisa Rowe, an impulsive sociopath who resides in a mental institution, in the film Girl, Interrupted . In both roles, her character takes a sudden twist, turning from a sweet, loving girl to a cold hearted and aggressive freak. Similar to Miss. Havisham, who has not changed out of her wedding dress since the incident, Maleficent’s physical appearance reflects her creepy personality. Her cruel actions are driven by a petty excuse - not being invited to a princess’ christening. As Lisa Rowe, Jolie plays an unfiltered, manipulative and self-centered sociopath. Rowe’s brutal honesty, self-interest, and controlling personality are similar to Miss. Havisham’s, which makes Angelina Jolie the perfect actress for Miss. Havisham.

From the very beginning we see Hermione as the smart one, not just in terms of academics but also emotionally. She’s always been more mature than rest of her classmates, capable of understanding human motives and emotions. Throughout the series we see Hermione grow. In the beginning, we see her as friendless and easily upset. Her classmates, especially Ron, found her extremely bossy and irritating. Only after did she lie to Prof. McGonagall, Harry and Ron realized that she was more than just “books and cleverness.”

In Charles Dickens’ novel, Great Expectations, those who endure guilt about situations beyond their control may grow up in an onerous household, and Dickens evinces this when Pip grows up in a house of abuse, poverty, and Christianity. Mrs. Joe gargery abuses Pip physically and psychologically. She proclaims Pip embarasses her around other people. Mrs. Joe declares Pip is a mistake, and she fritters time away raising him “by hand” (Dickens). Additionally, each time Pip perpetrates a repulsive act, Mrs. Joe physically batters him. Since Pip is poor and feels guilty, he relates to Abel Magwitch, a convict he helps. Pip commits multiple crimes to aid Magwitch, such as stealing food from Mrs. Joe’s pantry and hiding him from authorities. Though Pip technically commits actions deemed bad, he tries to do good deeds. Nevertheless, he only considers the negative aspect of his actions, not positive, which manifests guilt. Pip is a Christian, which Dickens divulges in the novel during Pip and Joe’s private conversation about Pip’s visit to Miss Havisham’s residence. Joes calls Uncle Pumblechook and Mrs. Joe the Devil’s children; however, since Pip lies in one circumstance, he feels guilty for committing a sin. Hence, Pip determines praying more will relieve him of his sins, though he already prays most nights. Mrs. Joe’s resentment of Pip engenders Pip’s guilt since she dehumanizes him.