Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is an excellent fantasy book. The author, J.K. Rowling, uses great detail which includes talking animals, and eccentric characters. Not only did Harry Potter show these three key elements but it also portrayed the exact definition of fantasy which is to tell a story of the impossible. We see a lot of examples of this throughout the book.
J.K. Rowling does a magnificent job using detail in this book. She took this to a level that makes the reader feel like they were experiencing the journey right beside Harry Potter. An example of this is shown when Harry is told by Hagrid that he is in fact a wizard, “A wizard, o’ course, said Hagrid, sitting back down on the sofa, which groaned and sank even lower.” The way Rowling described the sofa with such detail puts the reader in the moment, clearly being able to visualize and almost hear the sofa being sat on.
Another excellent example of Rowling’s detail is when Harry meets Nearly Headless Nick, “He seized his left ear and pulled. His whole head swung off his neck and fell onto his shoulder as if it was on a hinge.” These two sentences make the book feel alive with more detail.
Talking animals play a key role in many good fantasy books. In Harry Potter we see this happen in a couple of situations. In the beginning of the book, Harry goes to the zoo for his cousin’s birthday. While he is there Harry sees a snake in one of the windows at the zoo and the snake manages to somehow escape. When the Snake gets out it says to Harry, “Brazil, here I come… Thanksss, amigo.” Harry not only runs into talking animals but encounters many other strange non animal like things for example an owl that delivers mail. A few typical fantasy like characters also ap...
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...isticated audience. This is shown multiple times throughout the book for example, when Harry lives at the Dursley’s house and he receives multiple letters from the same address. It takes a while to find out who or what the letters are from, but we know it something important we will find out in the future. Rowling also does a lot of foreshadowing with different characters in the book such as Voldemort, Harry’s parent’s killer, who ends up playing a bigger role in the book towards the end.
J.K. Rowling did a phenomenal job at making Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone a great fantasy book. She incorporated great detail along with the key elements of what a fantasy book consist of. Along with a great fantasy this book was made to get the attention of the unsophisticated reader. Although this did not stop her books from becoming one of the best reads in the world.
The parts that I found boring were when there was a lot of description going on from the author. I do realize that it is necessary to set up the scenes and locations so that us as readers can have a better understanding of what is happening in the book, however I felt like at times he went too far into detail and had me nearly sleeping at times, literally.
A good example is on pages 69-71 as Windy was shown dancing her heart out as Rose was shown occupied with writing a birthday card for her mom, and again on pages 174-175 as Windy dances for Rose again. Natural sounds that the readers can’t hear are shown in inscription which can be seen in every page that does not have any dialogues. On the first and last page of the book, only the background noises are in inscription as the novel begins and end. On pages 197-200 the natural sounds of nature at night were shown through inscriptions to let the readers experience the fear that Rose have as she walks home in the dark after watching a scary
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a book about a boy named Harry Potter who is a wizard. Its setting is in London, which is where Harry lives. The time element is supposed to be present day, but it is a fiction book.
One part of the book where Kass Morgan showed detail was when, Sasha was showing Wells a abandoned house and she uses amazing details showing a suitcase and what is inside it and it had a story behind it. To add on, it shows how it was a kids suitcase because it had his clothes in it and it had pictures in it. “There was a picture of a boy, and there was an old raggedy shirt that looked like it was his. Wells thought of taking the shirt but something inside him told him it was wrong.” (Morgan 194) This makes people feel like they are in the story because it so detailed. In conclusion to that when I read it, I felt sadness with the people in the book because it felt so real with all the detail Kass Morgan put in. Kass Morgan is very good at add plentiful of detail, and make someone actually feel the character. another example is, when clarke was bitten by a snake. While clarke was looking for Octavia with Bellamy she was bitten by a snake and fainted. “A jolt of pain shot up Clarke’s leg as she tumbled to the ground. “Clarke?! Are you ok?!’ Bellamy yelled as sweat fell from his face.” (Morgan 203) This
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When asking whether the Harry Potter series is a Christian work or not it is important to clarify what exactly the determining factors are that deem something a Christian work. This is difficult though because there are so many broad examples of Christian works and allegories that have been written and no direct outline to clarify which is which. What are evident in Rowling’s series though are the distinct Gospel themes portrayed. Ideas such as those who are weak slowly...
John Williams adds magic and tells the story of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone through his composed music. Works Cited Seiler, Andy. A. “Williams adds musical magic to 'Harry Potter.’” USA Today. Gannett Co. Inc., 31 Nov. 2001.
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