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When "Quirrell raised his hand to perform a deadly curse, but Harry, by instinct, reached up and grabbed Quirrell's face -- "AAAARGH!" (Rowling 295). Harry realized he can beat them by touching their skin. This causes the two wizards to flee and Harry passed out. In the end, Harry wakes up in the hospital wing with a visit from the headmaster. "Calm yourself, dear boy, you are a little behind the times," said Dumbledore. "Quirrell does not have the Stone" (page 296). Harry realized that Snape was not after the Stone but was protecting it. Also, Harry and his friend's efforts of trying solving the case wins them House

The hero in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is a young boy named Harry who spent the first 11 years of his life living with his uncle Vernon, aunt Petunia and menacing cousin Dudley.

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.

Harry Potter is a fascinating tale of sorcerers, wands, broomsticks, dragons, and magic. The story begins with a young boy named Harry Potter who lives at number four Privit Drive, Surray, England. His journey begins after the death of his parents at the hands of the evil Lord Voldemort. Harry learns of his past and his future as a wizard from Hagrid, the keeper of keys and grounds at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He travels to Hogwarts where he learns spells and enchantments, makes new friends, finds enemies, and discovers fantastic secretes. J.K. Rowling weaves a web of impeccable storytelling with this critically acclaimed novel. In the tale of Harry Potter imagery, symbolism, and motif take central focus.

Harry, was a normal boy, until discovering he was a wizard, his parents were wizards, and

They then tell Harry to be careful with his actions. Later on in the story Harry and his friends get lead outside to a secret shack because of a screaming that they hear. In the shack they confront Sirius the man accused of killing Harry’s mom and dad and they try to capture him. Sirius tries to explain to Harry and the gang the truth but does not get through to them because of Harry’s anger and rage. With a little help from surprise visitors Harry realizes the truth and his judgment changes toward Sirius. Sirius tells him he was tricked and that he was partly responsible for their death. But he would do anything to change the past. He was then appointed Harry’s stepfather. After another scuffle Sirius is caught and taken up to Hogwarts dungeon where he was to be executed by a dementors kiss (in which the soul is sucked out through the mouth). Dumbledore knows the truth and helps Harry save Sirius. Sirius leaves for a hiding place and their he resides until his death in the 5th book. The conflict in this story was trying to find Sirius and find the truth. It is solved when Harry finds him and discovers the truth.

The book starts with the students, Harry, Ron, and, Hermione going back to Hogwarts after summer vacation. Voldemort is free and is wreaking havoc throughout the wizarding world. Dumbledore has a plan but first he must inform Harry of Voldemort’s past. Throughout the story the trio finds out who the half-blood prince is and discover ways to defeat Voldemort. His soul is connected to his horcruxes. By destroying Voldemort’s Horcruxes they are destroying parts of his soul, which is the only way to defeat him. Harry believes that Snape is working for Voldemort, but no one believes him.

Soon after entering Hogwarts, Harry must face a road of trials which will eventually lead him to achieve his unlikely treasure. While roaming the halls after curfew, Harry receives detention in the forbidden forest, and comes face to face with the Dark Lord. Other obstacles come to place when Harry travels down the trap door into the chambers; such as devil’s snare, a human wizard’s chess game, and the room of keys (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). The series of tests make Harry’s mission difficult; however, the knowledge he gains from the unsuccessful trials bring him closer to his main goal. These minor bumps in Harry’s journey strengthen him emotionally and physically, readying him to defeat the traitor at the end of his succession of tests. Unexpectedly, the betrayal comes from the quivering Professor Quirrell who voluntarily gives up his body to the Dark Lord. Harry sees himself in the mirror and realizes he is magically in possession of the Sorcerer’s Stone. Shortly

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. New York, NY: Scholastic, 1997. Print.

Harry spends a boring summer between his fourth and fifth years of wizarding school at his terrible Aunt and Uncle's house. He is angry and fed up with the fact that none of his friends are telling him any news about the war against Voldemort. Harry and his cousin, Dudley, are suddenly attacked one night by a group of dementors, evil magical creatures with the ability to suck out souls. Although he is not allowed to use magic outside of school, Harry casts a spell which drives the dementors away. He is then sent a message saying he must attend a hearing at the Ministry of Magic.

Now at the house James and Lily put Harry to bed in the nursery then James and Lily stayed up all night. Then at 10 o’clock, he who must not be named came to their house to kill everyone there but the only server was Harry with a scar the shape of a lightning

Harry began to realize that Hogwarts in danger so he took it upon himself to save everyone by trying to get the stone back from whom he thought Snape. When Harry finally got to the underlayer where he found professor Quirrell while his scare sent sharp stinging pains into his forehead. Professor Quirrell announced his agreement he made with Voldemort. The whole time Quirrell gave Voldemort power by letting Voldemort consume his body. Voldemort now the strongest since he disappeared. Then Harry got the stone and defeated Voldemort once

After witnessing the murder of his classmate and the rebirth of Voldermort, Harry is sent back to live with the Dursleys at the end of the school year. When we see Harry for the first time in Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix he is once again alone, in the bushes outside(Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix pg 3). Harry has been receiving very little information from his friends about the events in the wizarding world as a result of Voldermort's return and it is not until Harry is forced to use magic to combat Dementors, the guards of the wizarding prison, that Harry goes back to the wizarding world. Harry is brought to the headquaters of the Order of the Pheonix, the group formed to fight Voldermort, while he waits for his hearing to explain why he used magic outside of school, and Harry begins his emotional isolation. He arrives at headquarters to find out that his friends have already been there for a while and have not disclosed that to him or much of any information over the summer (Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix pg 72).

Harry Potter was the only son of James and Lily Potter and a direct descendant of Ignotious Peverell,the original possessor of the third Deathly Hallow,The Invisibility Cloak.He was born on 31st July 1980.He was one of the two children destined to defeat Voldemort,the other being Neville Longbottom.After their birth,a prophecy was made with accordance to Voldemort and a child who was born at the end of the month of July.The terms of the prophecy were that The Dark Lord (Voldemort) would mark the child as his equal and the child would be born to parents who had defied Voldemort three times.This prophecy was told to Dumbledore by Sybill Trelawney in the Hog’s Head.Snape,still working under Voldemort and unknown to the prophecy overheard the exchange between Dumbledore and Trelawney,though he was not abnle to hear the full prophecy and rushed to tell Voldemort about it.On hearing Snape,Voldemort decided to mark Harry as his equal and to kill him before he could grow old.On learning this and realising that he had endangered Lily’s life,Snape went to Dumbledore to beg for forgivness and to save Lily’s life in exchange for his services as a spy in Voldemort’s inner circle.Though,Dumbledore successfully hid The Potters by performing a Fidelius Charm,they were betrayed by their Secret-Keeper and close friend,Peter Pettigrew,who was working as a spy for Voldemort.Voldemort appeared at Godric’s Hollow and entered the Potters’ safe-house and killed James,who was unarmed.He proceeded to

In the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling Harry starts of in the unfamiliar wizarding world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After lord Voldemort killed Harry’s parents he is sent of to his aunt and uncle's house as a baby. Harry does not like living with them but eventually at age 12 he gets a letter to attend hogwarts which he will soon find out that he is a wizard. After being sorted into one of the four houses (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, ravenclaw and slytherin)he gets sorted into gryffindor and finds friends in his house(Ron and Hermione). They have to stick together and work together to defeat him. This leads to one of the themes for this book series being that “You are much stronger when with friends”.