review
JK Rowling wrote a wonderful series about a boy with wizard blood. Everyone may have heard of Harry Potter. Once you have read a book, you want to devour the seven books and the films are also recommended. Everything starts with ‘Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone’. The first book seems a bit childish, but is a precursor to an exciting, humorous and beautiful story about three children who are in a magic school.
Storyline first book
An orphan at a young age
One night a little boy is dropped off at 4 Privet Drive by Mr. and Mrs. Dursley and their son Dirk. There is a letter with the boy. Mrs. Dursley reads about the death of her sister and brother-in-law and feels obliged to raise her nephew Harry along with her own son. However, this is not going smoothly. She tells her cousin that his parents have died in a car accident and that he should be glad they take such good care of him. However, that is a gross lie because Harry has a terrible life there. He has to sleep in a shed, barely gets to eat and has to do a lot of chores in the house.
Wizard blood
However, his life changes completely when he receives a letter just before his eleventh birthday. His uncle and aunt know their secret will leak out and they try to do everything they can to keep it. However, a tree owned by a guy – Hagrid – thwarts their plan. He kidnaps Harry and tells him about the death of his parents and about the unusual blood running through his veins. Harry is the son of two wizards and that is why he is allowed to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Potter doesn’t believe his ears, but now realizes that sometimes strange things happened to him. He also learns that his parents did not die in traffic at all, but that they were murdered by a powerful, dark wizard. No one speaks his name, but Harry knows his name is Voldemort. Only Harry survived the confrontation with him. All he left was a scar on his forehead.
New friends
You only get to Hogwarts by train, where Harry gets to know Ron and Hermione. At first, the boys find Hermione rather dull and know-it-all, but soon the three of them become inseparable. They are also on their first thrilling adventure. Together they discover that a stone is hidden at school. It is a stone that you could live on forever and the principal – Dumbledore – fears that this stone would fall into the hands of Voldemort. That’s why he has guarded the stone in a room and before you touch it, you have to use a lot of magic skills. Many teachers have secured the stone with a spell, riddle, …
The battle for the stone
Harry, Ron and Hermione learn that Voldemort is trying to touch the stone through a teacher at the school and they gather their strength to duel against the Dark Lord. Eventually, Harry comes face to face with his parents’ killer and plans revenge …
Characters
- Harry Potter
- Mr. and Mrs. Dursleys their son Dirk: these are the uncle, aunt and nephew of Harry
- Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
- Hagrid is the school’s gamekeeper. He used to be a student too, but was expelled from school
- Muil is Hagrid’s dog
- Professor McGonagall is a teacher at Hogwarts. She’s the Gryffindor house chief
- Hermione Granger has ‘normal’ parents, but can do magic herself. She becomes one of Harry’s best friends.
- Ron Weasley becomes Harry’s best friend. He has five more brothers (Charlie, Bill, Percy, Fred and George) and one sister (Ginny)
- Scabbers is Ron’s rat
- You can buy wizard robes at Madam Mallekin
- Neville Longbottom is also a member of Gryffindor (Harry’s house)
- Marcel’s toad is called Willibrord
- Draco Malfoy very quickly becomes Harry’s enemy. Draco’s with Slytherin
- Crabbe and Paint are Draco’s henchmen
- Nearly Headless Nick is the ghost of Gryffindor
- Bloody Baron is the ghost of Slytherin
- Professor Snape is the head of Slytherin
- Mr. Filch is the janitor of the school and has a cat Norks
- Peeves is a poltergeist
- Olivier Plank is the head of the Quidditch team
Facts
- Harry’s parents were called James and Lily Potter
- The people who cannot do magic are called muggles by the wizards
- Gringotts is the wizards’ bank and is run by Goblins
- De Lekke Ketel is a pub
- Quidditch is a popular sport among wizards. You play it with seven per team. There are three hunters, a watchman, two floats and a seeker
- There are four houses in the school: Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor
- The school has an owl wing, from there the students can send letters
- A centaur is half human, half horse
- In the mirror of Negereb you can see what you want to see. Harry sees in this his parents and family that he no longer has