Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone Research Paper

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In every book and movie contain the villain like the Evil Stepmother, Sauron, Prince Hans, President Snow or even Scar. Well in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone” they also contain a villain, Voldemort. Voldemort’s name at hogwarts became the “forbidden name” in this series. So they call him “You-Know-who.” When Harry Potter became an infant Voldemort try to kill him. Voldemort ended up killing Harry Potter’s parents. Voldemort lost all of his power after this event occurred and he tried to find ways to get power. Before Harry Potter ever attended Hogwarts Voldemort attended there. Quirrell met Voldemort while he traveled around the world and made Voldemort stronger since he lost all of his power from the interaction with Harry

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