Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

The first Harry Potter was published in 1997, the rest of the books were published between then and 2007. Harry Potter is about a boy who a powerful wizard named Voldemort wanted to kill but instead of killing Harry he killed Harry’s parents. Harry went and lived with his nasty aunt and uncle until he was 11. When he was 11 he got a letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which told him he was a wizard. Each book is a year at Hogwarts that Harry goes through with his best friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. Throughout the books Harry learns why Voldemort wanted to kill him, why he survived and how he can prepare for another attack.

The narrative structure of a story is extremely important because it is the reason the reader feels attracted or not towards the story. J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, narrated her story in a way that makes it easy to comprehend and maintains the reader attracted to it. Rowling included several types of events throughout the novel that makes the reader follow the story without getting lost in the middle of the story. The author introduces characters without getting the reader lost, makes the reader dislike certain characters due to their characteristics, and presents conflicts between good and evil.

In 1999 Rowling sold the film rights of the first four Harry Potter books to Warner Bros. for a reported £1 million. The first film was released in London on the 14th of November in 2001. The plot of both the book and movie are very similar with subtle differences and follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage as he makes close friends and a few enemies in his first year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With the help of his friends, Harry faces an attempted resurgence of the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents, but failed to kill Harry when he was just a year old. This causes stories to be spread about Harry Potter being “The boy who lived.” People live in such fear of Lord Voldemort that they believe even uttering his name will cause him to

Whenever books are adapted for film, changes inevitably have to be made. The medium of film offers several advantages and disadvantages over the book: it is not as adept at exploring the inner workings of people - it cannot explore their minds so easily; however, the added visual and audio capabilities of film open whole new areas of the imagination which, in the hands of a competent writer-director, can more than compensate.

The three books by J.K. Rowling, which are at the top of the New York Times best-seller list, chart the course of 11-year-old Harry, who learns of his famous wizard-family past and is invited to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Interviewer: Greetings Harry Potter. I am an interviewer for ‘The Daily Prophet’ and I am intending to make this interview, the biggest news in the wizarding world! During this session, l would like to ask you questions about your adventure to defeat Voldemort. When you first started out in Hogwarts, you knew that you were the one to defeat Voldemort, but seeing the mission that Dumbledore left for you, what did you think of embarking on that treacherous journey?

A hero can be defined as someone who places themself at great risk, while performing acts of courage. This definition can be related in the epic poem, Beowulf, and the novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer 's Stone. In each story, both leading characters are born destined to defeat the most evil creature in their world. Beowulf is the oldest surviving epic poem in the world. “Beowulf” was written in 1000 AD, in Old English form. In this poem the main character, Beowulf, challenges an evil monster, Grendel and a dragon, to a battle to save Denmark. 1,300 years later, in 1997, the novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer 's Stone was published. Written by JK Rowling, Harry Potter became an instant success and was read by millions of people all over the world. In this novel, the main character, Harry Potter, is sent to Hogwarts Witchcraft and Wizardry. At Hogwarts, Harry realizes that it is his destiny to kill Lord Voldemort, the most evil creature in the wizard world. Even through culture change, Harry Potter and Beowulf can be compared. They can be compared because both heroes are destined to fight evil, lead a group of people, and save the innocent lives of others.

Having considered the opposing side’s perspective, individuals should also recognize not only a filmmaker’s necessity to express their creative freedom but the factors which contribute to the limitations of adapting a book into a movie. Members of an audience often scrutinize an adapted film because of their initial bias and previous knowledge of the original work, without taking into consideration the possible factors which play a part in alterations of the original works. Prior to the adaptation of a film, there is a lengthy process a film must go through before its production. In these facets of adaptation the creator of a film must attempt to transform an author’s work into a physical and tangible vision for his audience. In screenwriter and script adviser Linda Seger’s book The Art of Adaptation, she explains the vital factors which film producers are subjected to when adapting literature. In her introduction and “Why literature Resists Film” chapters, Seger deals with recurring issues in adaptation such as timing constraints, commerciality of a film, plot clarification, and the elimination of key plot points and characters (1-13). Having an audience be aware of the limitations and factors which filmmakers face, makes them less liable to scrutinize a film or at least makes them aware of the existent hardships of adaptation and the reason behind potential alterations to the original work. As a result, of both genres’ unique process and struggles, some supporters of the film industry propose that both genres should be seen as independent from one another, and that criticism be set aside to respect each other's effort to create something of value. Researcher James M. Welsh, cinematography writer and author of the book, The Literature/Film Reader: Issues of Adaptation, agrees. However, in his book he also acknowledges that those opposed to a film’s creative freedom will

With four amusement parks and a net worth of over twenty-five billion dollars, J.K Rowling's Harry Potter has entertained audience for over 20 years. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the first book in the series and is about Harry Potter's first year of Hogwarts. It talks about how he adjusts and learns about the wizarding world, and figures out the mysteries behind the Sorcerer's Stone. Hermione Granger is first year student in the first book of Harry Potter, she quickly becomes friends with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley over the course of the book as they are all placed in the Gryffindor. But it is evident in first book that Hermione should have been sorted in Ravenclaw instead.

The main characters are Harry Potter, an orphaned boy who discovers he is a wizard on his 11th birthday, and Lord Voldemort, a power- hungry

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.

“When I first saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, I exited the theater with an excruciating headache, a lingering sense of emptiness and a very strong desire to punch the film’s cinematographer,” (Ewing) which relates to the movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which stars Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, and directed by David Yates. In the sixth Harry Potter Saga, Harry goes to school, becomes obsessed with a mysterious book which belongs to the Half-Blood Prince, and goes on a dangerous mission to save himself in the end. Also, Harry tries to attempt to retrieve a memory of Professor Slughorn, which holds a major key to Voldermort’s downfall. Towards the end of the movie, Malfoy, Harry’s archenemy, secret

Rowling added the death of Harry Potter’s mother in her book because of her own mother’s death. In the interview with Oprah Winfrey, Rowling gave credit to her mother's for the book's success stating, “If she hadn’t died, I don’t think it’s too strong to say that there wouldn’t be Harry Potter. The books are what they are because she died.” J.K Rowling didn't become successful one day to another. An online article from Astrum People, named J.K Rowling Biography: Success Story of the ‘Harry Potter’ Author, Joanne had sent her draft to agents, and she was eagerly looking forward to their calls. Once she received their replies they weren't as good as she was hoping for. Some said “ It is too difficult for children or “Children would not be interested in”. In August 1996, the book was approved by a man named Barry Cunningham, an editor from Bloomsbury. In Summer of 2000, she had completed the first three Harry Potter books, and earned over $480 million in three years and sold over 35 million copies. J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter series has a total of 7 books. Her latest book called Harry Potter and

In the book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling show a battle of good trying to stop evil from rising. The main character, Harry Potter lives with his his aunt and uncle who hate him and treat him like a nobody. But on Harry's 11th birthday everything turns around for him. He finds out that he's a wizard and that he's been accepted to Hogwarts. After schools starts he becomes great friends with a boy named Ron Weasley and a talented girl named Hermione Granger. As the year goes on the trio find a three headed dog in Hogwarts. Very curious Harry finds out that that dog is protecting the Sorcerer's Stone which could be used to extend the life of the person who drinks it. Harry comes to a theory that Snape, one of his professors,

I have never broken any copyright laws, but I almost did, it would’ve been for getting a movie at a garage sale because the person was trying to sell a movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and also Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, I never knew that it was breaking copyright laws until my dad told me so, so i didn’t get it. But if my dad hadn’t told me so, I would’ve gotten it, and broken the law. Next time I’ll know that it’s copyright and I wouldn’t get it. My actions would’ve affected everyone who helped make the movies.