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Jeffrey Sienkiewicz

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My first reason is if you're a fiction guy or girl you are in luck, because Harry Potter has wizards and witches and they are in training so think about the mistakes they make.There is a zap over here and a zap over there. And, if you're a boy and you like dragons, because I mentioned there are a ton of them, and if you like screens you are going to love this because there are movies! (www.Commonsensemedia.com)

I would definitely recommend this book because it keeps you reading without ever wanting to put the book down. By the end of the book you come to love the characters and you want to read more. You won't be disappointed because the second book in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is just as great! If you haven't read any of the Harry Potter books you are missing out on the best series ever! (www.Theguardian.com)

J.K. Rowling paints a detailed picture of each of the prominent professors—McGonagall is fair and an excellent disciplinarian; Snape is grouchy and vengeful; Quirrell is stuttering and spineless; Dumbledore is wise and altogether respected. Harry and friends figure out early where their loyalties lie and what they can get away with in the classroom. They respect McGonagall and Dumbledore most, because these two are upright, wise and understanding. (www.pluggedin.com)

Rowling clearly possesses both an ear and an eye for the unexpected, working her own

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brand of magic with turns of phrase and flashes of humor that are subtle and sly. In terms of its prose, this book reads like spreading soft butter. Harry is as dear a boy as anyone could hope for, and the characters who support, confound, and downright threaten his life at Hogwarts are lively, engaging, and utterly believable. It is not a feat of intricate plot twists and turns that Rowling uses to such great effect here, but rather the wildly creative and imaginative trappings she weaves in along the way. Brooms bear model names like the Nimbus Two Thousand; magic hats spew out the truth of a person’s character as though gathered from the brain around which they sat; and giants bear strength enough to break down walls as well as hearts soft enough to harken after baby dragons. (www.bookpage.com)

Hermione met Harry and Ron in their compartment on the Hogwarts express when she was helping Neville try to find his pet toad. She introduced herself and proceeded to tell them that she had already read and memorized all their school books. She seemed to endear herself only to those who wanted someone to boss them around, which wasn't Harry and definitely not Ron. She was the type who considered "getting expelled" worse than "getting killed," and felt it was her calling to be everyone's conscience for them. She became more lonely as students shied away from her, and it came to a head when she overheard Ron tell Harry that "it's no wonder she has no friends." Crying, alone, in the girls bathroom, she was directly in the path of a Mountain Troll which had been let into the castle. When Harry and Ron came in to save her, and got into trouble for doing it, she made her their friend— that, and the fact that she saw to it that their homework

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was always correct. Despite her "book smarts," she can get flustered over real life situations and didn't remember that she knew how to make fire when they were threatened by Devil's Snare. She is skilled at logic puzzles (but apparently not at chess) which made her useful in getting through the obstacles guarding the stone. (Djmed.net)

The author also has described "choices" as a recurrent theme in the books. Harry claimed to Malfoy that he was able to decide who was the right sort on his own. Harry didn't choose to be made an orphan; that was inflicted upon him. He didn't choose to live with his "bigoted" and abusive aunt and uncle; or, for that matter, even to have wizard abilities. In fact, pretty much all of the "driving force" behind his early life's agenda was set for him by the choices of others. He was often punished for, essentially, "being." The author seems to be letting him discover the effect his choices could have on his life's outcome. While there were several other options, the sorting hat put him in Gryffindor, largely due to his personal choice. (Djmed.net)

Rowling also, however, places great emphasis on companionship by including Ron and Hermione in virtually all of Harry's adventures. The way in which these three friends work together to get Harry to the Sorcerer's Stone in the book's penultimate chapter leads readers to infer that the journey of self-discovery, while important, is not the only journey human beings must undertake in life. We must also journey toward discovering

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others and building relationships with them. The morality displayed in Rowling's books suggests that we are individuals who are not to be isolated from one another. (www.novelguide.com)

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Rivera, Tara L. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” Commonsensemedia.org, Common Sense Media, 15 July 2005, www.commonsensemedia.org/bookreviews/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/user-reviews/adult.

TMandy. “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling - Review.” The Guardian, The Guardian, 27 June 2014, www.theguardian.com/childrens-bookssite/2014/jun/27/review-j-k-rowling-harry-potter-philosophers-stone.

“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - ‘Harry Potter’ Series - Plugged In.” Plugged In, 25 Feb. 2020, www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/

“Book Review - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling.” BookPage.com, BookPage, 2021, bookpage.com/reviews/129-j-k-rowling-reviewchildrens#.YD6zKGhKjIU

Jarrett, Robert R. “‘Sorcerer’s Stone’ - Analysis of Significant Characters.” Djmed.net, 2021, potter-scarpnotes.djmed.net/sorcerers/HPqryExCharacter1.html

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“Analysis of the Themes, Motifs and Symbols in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” Djmed.net, 2021, potter-scarpnotes.djmed.net/sorcerers/hpscarpthemes1.html

“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Theme Analysis.” Novelguide, 2018, www.novelguide.com/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/theme-analysis...