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Summary: A wonderful story !
Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, written by J.K.Rowling, is a great book. I read it because my close recommended it to me.
The story is about an eleven years old boy named Harry Potter who lives with his aunt Petunia, uncle Vernon and his cousin Dudley. His aunt and uncle hold a secret about Harry Potter's identity. The secret is that he is a wizard. Harry Potter later finds out he is a wizard. Harry has an extraordinary adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
This book is fantastic and exciting. I like the book very much and I stayed up at night reading it . I have forgotten to go to sleep. This book gives me a good imagination . I always imagine the picture what is happening in each scene when I was reading it. It took me places, the magical world, I never thought I could go. I thought I was never going to get tried of it. And I felt that Harry Potter is loyal and brave. He is a real nice person. He faced many challenges at Hogwarts School. Also this book is a perfect book for children and adults. I highly recommend this book to you.
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone a review by Kasey
Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Have you ever been in a situation were you have to save your friends, teachers, and even your worst enemies? I haven't, but if you like adventures you should Read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling. In this story Harry, the protagonist, and his friends must save Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I like the part where Harry finds out that he's a wizard and his parents were magical. But his aunt and uncle are keeping it from him. Finally, on his eleventh Birthday he finds the truth.
But my favorite part is when Harry finds Hermione, Ron, and himself playing human chess to reach the chamber and unlock the stone. When he runs down the steps he sees a mirror. It's a wish mirror he looks in. He sees himself holding the stone. He reaches in his pocket and.............
To find out more about this great and exciting book read and explore with Harry Potter and friends or read all of J.K. Rowlings magical books or movies!
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone review
Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
By J.K. Rowling Harry Potter has to find the Sorcerer's Stone and he gets a little help from his friends. Harry Potter gets to play in the quidditch match but I am not going to tell you who is going to win it.
I think this book has a lot of action in it and Harry Potter never gives up looking for the Sorcerer's Stone. I think this book is exciting! I think the author was saying that you could make up your own dream. Would you like to fly on a broomstick? Do you want to know if Harry Potter finds the Sorcerer's Stone?...well...you should read the book!
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
By: J. Rowling
Reviewed by: J. Manzon
Period: 2
This book is about a boy named Harry Potter learning about his past and who was his parents. He also learns how to do magic. Such as Fly on a broom or do potions. He also goes to a school called Hogwarts to learn about magic.
I liked this book because of its ups and downs with the story line. Like this Quote" ... yes- ! broomsticks!we've got catch the key to the door!" I also like the part about harry getting a letter and then leters pour in because he didn't get to read one.
I dislike the parts of the book when it was boring. Like in the begining. i didn't relly get it.
My most favorite part of the book is when Hagrid comes and breaks down the door of the light house and gives Harry the letter about Hogwarts
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
By: J. Rowling
Reviewed by: [...]
Period: 2
This book is about a boy named Harry Potter learning about his past and who was his parents. He also learns how to do magic. Such as Fly on a broom or do potions. He also goes to a school called Hogwarts to learn about magic.
I liked this book because of its ups and downs with the story line. Like this Quote" ... yes- ! broomsticks!we've got catch the key to the door!" I also like the part about harry getting a letter and then leters pour in because he didn't get to read one.
I dislike the parts of the book when it was boring. Like in the begining. i didn't relly get it.
My most favorite part of the book is when Hagrid comes and breaks down the door of the light house and gives Harry the letter about Hogwarts
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Summary: One of the best books
Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
By: J.K. Rowling
Reviewed by A.Y...
Period P.6
A boy named Harry Potter is living with his cousin, Dudley's house. He is living there because his parents died. He finds out he is a wizard and goes to the wizarding school. He makes a couple of friend and meets other wizards. Near the end of the year, he goes to a dungeon in the school and fights Proffesor Quirrel. Professor Quirrel was Voldemort's henchman.
I liked the book because Harry Potter defeats Professor Quirrel by burning his face with his bare skin. "Quirrel rolled off him, his face blistering." The part is very strange, but Quirrel's face just burns by a touch of a student.
I disliked the book because of Proffesor Snape. ""But Snape always seemed to hate me so much."" Sape always hated Harry. Snape and Harry's father were at Hogwarts and hated each other, too. So Snape hates Haryry, but doesn't want him dead. Snape is head of Slytherin's house and Harry is in Gryffindor's house.
The part I liked about the story was when Hagrid takes Harry to Diagon Alley, where witches and wozards buy their scool supplies. Hagrid goes to the island where the Dursleys were staying andtook Harry to Diagon Alley. Harry had wizard money beyond every wizard's dream.
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Summary: How did Harry Potter become a household word?
Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
ISBN: 0590353403 How did Harry Potter become a household word? I am intrigued by the phenomena of Harry Potter, and this review is a writer / editor's perspective. The plot and characters are well known and described in many reviews, so I will not address them. I purchased all four books over two years ago, but they sat on my shelf unread. Then, I was away from home without a book, and a friend loaned me her copy of The Sorcerer's Stone. Within two weeks, I read all four books. Why? J. K. Rawlings captures the imagination with prose that draws her readers in. Details that are not in the movie, such as Harry's hair that stayed one length no matter how often it was cut, showed that he was a wizard, but did not know it. * He was different from his peer group; isolated in a world of Muggles. Children often feel isolated and mistreated, as do adults, therefore most people can relate to this situation.
* He is an orphan who believes his parents died in a car crash, and he has no pictures of them. He longs to belong, an emotion that is common in all ages.
* His room was a closet under the stairs, he never received gifts or a kind word, and was viewed as something to get through by his guardians. In reality, anyone treated like this is abused. Yet Harry kept a positive attitude, and enjoyed the privacy the room gave him. He made the best of bad circumstances.
* His cousin was a pampered slob, but he was created by his parents overindulgent behavior. He received 36 presents for his birthday, but it was not enough. Things do not replace guardianship.
* Harry, small for his age, was the object of ridicule. Magic delivered him. Who does not dream of a magical solution to their problems? This is a writer's tool known as "deus ex machina" or "the hand of God." It is generally an unconvincing plot, character, or event, however, Rawlings success is because she foreshadowed the magic as part of Harry's character through the lightning bolt scar on his forehead. Other aspects of the writing itself are:
* Rawlings does not talk down to her audience of young adults.
* The same story elements that appeal to a child, appeal to an adult; and the book is unique and readable.
* Her characters grow, change, and make decisions based on their own motives.
* Life is not simple; people do die.
* Good and evil exist, as they do in reality, in many guises.
* She takes time to set up the characters, plot, and scenes. I wondered why she dedicated so many pages to Privet Drive. This introduced Harry, and because we know how he is treated, we know why Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry immediately becomes his home.
* It is easy to read. The text flows naturally, even with strange words and unusual names.
* Her creativity and descriptions bring life to the story, and you want to know what happens next. Rawlings did not expect her marvelous story to capture readers from all age groups. She was surprised to be compared to Frank L. Baum who wrote the Wizard of Oz. Now I, like million of J. K. Rawlings fans from all over the world, anxiously await the next book. Victoria Tarrani
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Book Review
Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Imagine spending your entire life living under the stairs with a family who despises you and everything you do. Then, in a magical twist, you find yourself conducting absurd magical things. You find yourself surrounded by things only wizards are used to and ordinary day people are afraid of and have no idea what is going on. Not only that, but you discover that you are a wizard! This is exactly what happens to Harry Potter in the enchanting, mysterious novel by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
J.K. Rowling clearly depicts the literary device of characterization. Rowling's employment of characterization in this novel is her method in which she reveals the antagonist. In able to not spoil the mystery of finding out who actually tries to behold the sorcerer's stone, their identity will be kept silent. Rowling does an excellent job making two characters in one. She gives two personalities to a character, who until the last chapter is shy, calm, and not well liked by other characters. She is able to keep the identity of this certain character a well kept mystery for the reader to keep guessing throughout the entire novel.
J. K. Rowling also demonstrates a well-used point of depicting the conflicts of man verses man, man verses society, and man verses self. She builds a character, Harry Potter, the protagonist, who struggles with each conflict stated. She also creates a resolution and gives excellent details and examples of showing so. She creates a round, dynamic hero within the first few chapters of the book.
Rowling's success to employ characterization and conflict lead to a mystifying resolution. She explores a resolution of wonder and the curiosity of knowing and thinking of what this would be like if the society of today lived in almost like a fairy tale land like the characters in this story. She throws the reader into a world of witchcraft and wizards and makes the reader feel as if they have become part of the story.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone clearly depicts an extraordinary international phenomenon. This novel garners rage reviews and major awards and is truly one to read. It is a five star, two thumbs up book.
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Summary: Amazing harry
Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stoneby Martina "I wouldn't be surprised if today was known as Harry Potter day in the future - there will be books written about Harry - every child in our world will know his name."Professor McGonagall, in the first chapter titled "The Boy Who Lived" By now there's not much that can be said about the Harry Potter phenomenon that hasn't been said already. Worshipped by kids, enjoyed by adults, this modern myth has become an accepted classic worldwide. Pull any copy of the series off a shelf anywhere in the world and you're holding magic. It's not hard to see why. Right from the first page of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (or "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" for those reading in the UK) Rowling proves that she knows a thing or two about the kind of magic that brings stories to life. The book starts with Harry as an infant, the child of a wizard and witch. He is suddenly left orphaned after an attack by the evil and powerful wizard Voldemort, a villain so dastardly that most wizards and witches refer to him as "You-Know-Who". Mysteriously, Harry survives and Voldemort, his power apparently broken in his attempt to kill the child, disappears leaving many to think he's gone for good. News spreads fast and Harry is hailed as a hero. Even though he's just a baby his victory over Voldemort makes him an overnight celebrity among magic users the world over. As a result, the Headmaster and Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry step in to decide Harry's future. They decide to take the child out of the spotlight and allow him to live a normal life with his only remaining relations, a Muggle family named Dursley, until he is of age to attend the Hogwarts school. They leave Harry on the doorstep of the Dursley's home, with no more than a letter of explanation. The story truly begins nearly ten years later, after Harry has endured a childhood of constant scorn and hatred at the hands of his new family. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia are embarrassed by the fact that Harry's mother considered herself a witch and married a man who claimed to be a wizard. The Dursley's simply don't hold with such nonsense. They consider themselves respectable. As Muggles go, the Dursley's may not be prime examples of the worst of their kind, but they rank pretty high. They force Harry to sleep in a cupboard under the stairs and to wear their spoiled son's damaged cast-offs. Harry is little more than a servant and a punching bag to his cousin Dudley. But worst of all, Mr. Dursley has not read Dumbledore's letter to Harry, leaving the boy unaware of such things as his heritage, the truth about his parents death and his emerging powers. Then everything changes with the delivery of a letter in a very unusual fashion. From that point on, Harry's life is never the same again. The letter is actually an acceptance letter, a notification to Harry that he has a place at Hogwart's school. Literally rescued from the Dursley's and taken under the wing of Hagrid, the school's lovable giant of a groundskeeper, Harry embarks on the adventure of a lifetime in the hallowed halls of Hogwarts where in addition to his studies he makes close friends and a lifelong enemy, discovers a talent for a very unusual sport called Quidditch and solves a mystery that threatens the world, not to mention his very existence. The magic potion Rowling herself concocts starts solidly with Harry, a remarkably unassuming kid who's got "hero of mythical proportions" written all over him. He's courageous, clever and resourceful. He's got a special talent in the form of magical powers, and a noble and mysterious birth. He's wounded - a big one in myths - not just physically as evidenced by the scar on his forehead, but emotionally as well due to the death of his parents, not to mention a tortured upbringing by uncaring relations that rivals Cinderella's. But most of all, as was hinted right from the start, he's got one heck of a destiny. All this comes together to introduce a character the reader immediately bonds with. You *really* want to be this kid's friend and hang out with him to see what happens. Next into the potion goes a heavy dose of down-to-earth realism - the kind of everyday stuff recognized by almost every kid in the world... but WAIT! You, gentle reader, are never allowed to get comfortable in the world of the often stupid, ever boring Muggles, because you're not one of them, are you? Of course not. You know better, because Rowling blends in the essence of magic fantasy with such skill that Harry's world literally shimmers with it. Because you're not a Muggle, you can see it all around you as you read. The rest of the ingredients are just as high in quality, from the magical, mysterious yet somehow familiar Hogwarts School to the friends that help Harry get through it all, to the exciting conclusion. Rowling serves it all up with a deceptively simple and straight forward writing style that sparksa response deep in the subconscious, drawing the reader in and holding on tight. The fact is, this story is not just read, it's experienced and that's the magic right there. Of course, adults have to fight their Muggle tendencies and indulge in a little suspension of disbelief to get full enjoyment of the story. For example, those of you who read a lot of Tom Clancy might have trouble getting past the fact that such occurrences as motorcycles flying over London and entire groups of people who vanish into thin air at train stations, go virtually unnoticed. The exact purpose of the wizards trained at Hogwarts in relation to the world is never really explained, except in some vague reference to the further study and possible control of the other preternatural type creatures such as dragons, zombies and vampires who also go unnoticed by the Muggle world. Apparently, when it comes to Muggle mind control, it's everyone's game. Those readers with sci-fi leanings might start picturing Hogwarts as existing in an alternate dimension of sorts but that's not the point. The point is suspension of disbelief. It just all happens because it does and no one in the real world knows about it but those involved... and that's that. Though I thoroughly loved this book, my only off moment came near the end, where I began to wonder exactly how suitable the images depicted were for the impressionable minds of Rowling's younger readers. Still, at the ripe old age of 32, I might just be over-reacting. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is a fantastic book, well plotted with strong characters that not only talk and act like real kids, but are also great role models as well. These kids do their homework, brush their teeth, study for exams and still have time to get into trouble in the name of a good cause. There is one excellent and well spelled out moral in the story that doesn't detract from the plot and if the reason why Harry survived Voldemort's attack doesn't leave you with a lump in your throat and a tear in your eye, I suggest you read it again. I highly recommend this book to anyone who hasn't read it yet, kid or adult. Let it carry you away with the knowledge that you're reading a classic that will be read and loved by generations to come, just like the fairy-tales of old.
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Summary: A great and interesting book of humor and intrege.
Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (philosiphers stone) has a very interesting story filled with enchantment and magic. Written simple and to the point, it is a breath of freash air to the inpenitreble fogs that so many authors weave. I recomend it to anyone.
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