Overview of Harry Potter
Overview of Harry Potter
I. Rowling, J.K., “Harry Potter”, New York: Scholastic Inc., 1999.
II. In this story Harry Potter is a young boy that starts out living with his aunt and uncle the Dursley’s. Then one day he gets a letter from a giant named Hagrid telling him of his opportunities to go to a witch and wizard school. While in school he learns of a secret stone called the Sorcerer’s Stone, which he later learns, is very powerful. After learning of this stone he finds out that the great wizard Voldemort that killed his parents, and is now trying to get the Sorcerer’s Stone. So Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione set off to stop Voldemort and succeed.
III. The main characters are Harry Potter and his two friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Harry Potter is a young boy that starts out living with his aunt, uncle, and spoiled cousin. He has a scar on his head that looks like a lightning bolt from when Voldemort tried to kill him. He is also very scrawny and has really shabby black hair that never seems to stay in place. In “Harry Potter” J.K. Rowling describes Harry as mischievous and always seeming to get into trouble.
Another main character is Ron. Ron and Harry meet on the train to the witch school. Ron is the brother of an older brother, a set of twins, and a younger sister. He also has red hair and is from a family of many wizards and witches. Rowling describes Ron’s attitude through indirect characterization.
The last main character is Hermione. She meets Harry also on the train, where she shows her interest in Harry immediately. She read everything book there is about magic before she went to school. She always disagrees with Ron and Harry before they are about to do something stupid, but somehow always ends up going with them. At first in the story Harry and Ron find Hermione annoying but later become great friends. Rowling reveals most of Hermione’s personality through indirect characterization.
IV. The dramatic climax of the story would have to be when Harry is trying to get away from Quirrell but can’t because he keeps grabbing Harry. Whenever Quirrel grabs Harry it would make his lightning scar burn and...