Review of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Review of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
In the British version of--what us American's call-- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling there are many qualities of the book that are good. To name just a few there is her wonderful plot design, and the fact that Rowling makes great use of forming rounded characters. With Rowling, she knew where she wanted to go with the novel and followed through in a way that was ever pleasing and attention grabbing to the plot. It starts off with the reader finding themselves in England with a family of Muggles, or "non-magic people", that are having a quiet moment at home when they are bombarded with a small baby boy who had just "saved the world" from an evil wizard. The people that young Harry is with are his aunt and uncle who absolutely despise any magical doings or people whatsoever. Then on his eleventh birthday something amazing happens; after receiving millions of letters from somewhere Harry has no idea existed he meets a giant of a man named Hagrid who is going to take him to his new school, Hogwarts. It is then that Harry discovers he is no ordinary boy, he is in fact is a wizard.
After getting supplies in London and being sent off to the wizarding world on the Hogwarts Express, Harry meets his new friends Ron Weasly and Hermione Granger. Ron is the outgoing one, and Hermione is the brilliant, cautious one. During their first year at Hogwarts they stumble upon a plan that was created by the one who had tried to kill him years before, Voldermont. Through many trials and tribulations Harry, Ron, and Hermione eventually find themselves the only ones who can once more "save the world". With all ending task's behind them Harry is the one who has to jump the last hurtle. "Indeed [it was] as though ice was flooding his body. He put the bottle down and walked forward; he…saw the black flames licking his body but couldn't feel them--for a moment he could see nothing but the dark fire--then he was on the other side, in the last chamber." (pg. 208).
Just the way that Rowling puts the climatic ending of a chapter shows how skilled she is in controlling the scheme of things. Another thing that...