Harry Potter Flaws

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997) the debut book the series starred young boy wizard, Harry Potter, and his magical education. Author J.K. Rowling started writing the series as a single mother living in an unheated apartment in Edinburgh, Scotland. She spent many days writing The Philosopher’s Stone in a nearby coffee shop with her daughter, Jessica, next to her in her stroller. When completed, Rowling sent the book to loads publishers, all of whom rejected the book. Eventually, the book was sold to Bloomsbury press for $4000 in 1995. The Philosopher’s Stone was immediately a huge hit with adults and children alike. It was awarded the British Book Award as well as the Smarties Book Prize. Rowling then signed a 7 book contract with Scholastic, and the series was made into an incredibly successful movie franchise in 2001

The second title in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published in July 1998 and was No. 1 in the adult hardback bestseller charts for a month after publication. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published on 8th July 1999 to worldwide acclaim and spent four weeks at No.1 in the UK adult hardback bestseller charts.

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling is a magical story about a boy who set on a heroic journey to save his home. Along the way he shows great heroism, courage, and natural intelligence as he navigates his way through Hogwarts and it’s mystery’s. Harry Potter’s story left a mark in every audience member's heart and a permanent fondness for the magical story in their minds.

What do you think is the most recognized name in the world? Perhaps, it is Beyonce; or maybe Donald Trump. However, when this question is asked specifically looking for a literary character’s name, we are still left with a myriad of choices. Huckleberry Finn, Sherlock Holmes, Matilda, and Harry Potter are just a few of the thousands of popular characters in literature. Many are so popular that a film is created from their novels. One of the most recognized novel collections that have been made into a movie franchise is the Harry Potter collection. This is a multi-billion dollar franchise that has captured the world for decades. It is based on a young boy named Harry Potter, who faces many struggles throughout his magical journey at

Yet, this summer is even more unusual for Harry Potter than he’d expect. When his cousin makes fun of him, the two of them get surrounded by a group of dementors, dangerous and powerful creatures. Which decide to attack Harry and his freaked out cousin. This is strange, as they’re supposed to guard the most evil prison in the Wizarding World, Azkaban.

Schizophrenia a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation. Statistically only one percent of the population has the disorder, as for the cause it has not yet been discovered. Psychologist have theorized the cause to be from dopamine, genetics. Due to the nature of not fully understanding the disorder it has become difficult to treat. Studies have shown that medication can lesson the saffarit of the symptomes. This included hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, which all caracterise Harry Potter from J.K Rowling's novels Harry Potter.

There will be books written about Harry, every child in our world will know his name.” (Rowling 17). His name is soon know around the whole school. He is put in the house of Gryffindor, which is the house that he wanted. He is invited to play on the Quidditch team as a seeker.

At eleven years old, Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery and Harry Potter in Harry Potter and Philosopher Stone by J. K. Rowling are orphans who seek for acceptance in their respective communities of Green Gables and Hogwarts. As orphans, Anne Shirley and Harry Potter enter their communities as outsiders who struggle to understand their position. However, Anne and Harry respond differently to their new community as they both challenge authority with their limited amount of power. When Anne arrives at Green Gables, she comes as a surprise to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, brother and sister, who expected a boy to help with their home, instead were given a girl. Anne’s arrival challenges the community and the authorities with her imagination and actions that she struggles to conform because no one takes her seriously. Yet, Harry Potter enters Hogwarts with praise among the students and teachers; except, he struggles to understand his

Of J.K. Rowling's numerous works, her most widely known is perhaps the Harry Potter series. The story documents the life of a young wizard, Harry Potter, as he is educated at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and must defeat the powerful dark wizard, Lord Voldemort. Rowling writes about the journeys of adolescence as she documents Harry's coming of age through this magical lens. In the fifth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry, angered by the newly instated "defense against the dark arts" teacher, Delores Umbridge, and her refusal to accept the return of Lord Voldemort, has an outburst in class and is punished with detention. In his detentions, Umbridge forces Harry to write the words "I must not tell

How the Weasleys had taken in Harry and treated him like their own son when he was abused by his aunt and uncle and how nearly the entire school stayed to fight the Battle of Hogwarts because of their friendship and trust for Harry and each other. She also teaches the reader not to judge a book by its cover, or a certain black haired professor on how he treated Harry all those years. This series is loved by so many people. In fact, J.K. Rowling’s first book sold 107 million copies(List of Best-selling Books) and she was the first author to ever become a billionaire. This series has resulted in 6 books, 7 movies, 2 theme parks, 1 play, 1 website, countless merchandise, and an entire other series, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”. The whole movie franchise has made a total of $8,532,684,345(Box Office History for Harry Potter Movies). Stephen King wrote in his review of, my personal favorite, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, “Will kids (and adults as well) still be wild about still be wild about Harry 100 years from now, or

In 1997, a new children’s author, J.K. Rowling, released a book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and took the world and the wizarding world by storm. The Harry Potter franchise, which later went on to include seven books and eight movie adaptations, tells the story of a young wizard, named Harry Potter, and his rag-tag group of friends as they battle Lord Voldemort and his loyal followers of Death Eaters. The books follow Harry, who at first did not know he was a wizard and had to adapt to his new world, and his friends as they struggle to find a balance between school, relationships, and fighting for their lives against He Who Must Not Be Named, a phrase used to describe Voldemort because of how evil of a wizard he is. The book covers a long list of tropes such as good versus evil, the struggle for power, and the most obvious and important the hero’s journey. Although the series is marketed as a book for children and young adults, hidden beneath the mystical and fantastical story of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling uses the series to tackle deeper and more meaningful topics such as racism, ethnic cleansing, and classism.

The article written by Amanda Cockrell discusses why the Harry Potter series differs from other children’s series. First, the fantastic story is set in real life, or contemporary England where things don’t always work out. Cockrell points out that good does not always win, and humor is incorporated into fights with evil which is concerning for some parents. Also, children’s book are normally without depth, but this is not the case with the Harry Potter series. These books are hard to read and more complex. Harry is compared to Stalking from Rudyard Kipling’s Stalky and Co. which is dark and complicated story. Harry goes through experiences common with adolescents, and the complex experiences lead to his need to confront Voldemort. Harry’s story is not only about heroes, but also about finding friends and family which adds to the intricacy. Furthermore, the characters and the creatures have a duality that adds dimension to the stories. The final difference is how the characters in the book grow up with the audience which is also uncommon among children’s books. Many disagree on if these differences are good or bad; nonetheless, Cockrell shows that the Harry Potter books are

Since Harry Potter’s release there has been much conversation surrounding the controversies around it. From being considered occultic and anti-Christian to being thought of as poison to children’s minds, Harry Potter earned a spot on the list of books banned from being taught in public schools. There were many arguments concerning Harry Potter. While being written and published as a young adult book meant for ages 10 and up, many adults did not find it suitable for this age group. Jacqui Komschlies, being one who is against the teaching of Harry Potter as a piece of literature in schools, stated that the books were similar to “orange soda” mixed with “rat poison”. He, along with many others, argues that Harry Potter and all of its

Have you ever read the Harry Potter series? I bade you to read the Harry Potter series. I have three reasons why you should read the novel, and they are: if you like magic, if you like wizards and witches, if you like suspense, then read the Harry Potter series. However, if you haven’t read the series, here is a brief description of the first book of the novel: “The Fantasy Novel, ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’, By J.K. Rowling is about a boy named Harry Potter who was a one year old that was left on the doorstep of his mother’s sister’s house, (Petunia Dursley). His Aunt and her husband, Vernon Dursley, accepted Harry. Eleven years later Harry Potter receives a letter from one of the best schools of Witchcraft and Wizardry named Hogwarts, a school for magic people. When Harry finds out he is a wizard, he sets off for Hogwarts, where he finds that he is very famous because of his lightning shaped scar and his great Quidditch skills. He also meets many kind people and his very first best friends, named Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger. Harry, Ron, and Hermione survive all the way to the end of the novel, where they discover that the Sorcerer’s Stone is about to be stolen, so Harry Ron, and Hermione try to save the stone. Finally Harry Potter alone reaches the stone where he meets the thief of the stone, the Dark Lord. There he most importantly finds a path he must take later in the series to overtake the Dark Lord, if he could survive his destiny.” After reading

J.K. Rowling explores the concept of celebrity throughout the Harry Potter novels, and implies that the idea of celebrity is ambiguous. Celebrities may not be lumped into one general set of traits, as there are different types of celebrities. To place Gilderoy Lockhart and Harry Potter into the same group would be ineffective in exploring the idea of celebrity. Nonetheless, Rowling has offered general traits that explain the nature of celebrities. From these traits, different styles of politics may be derived to show how celebrity evokes certain types of politics.