Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

“Every child in our world will know his name!” says Professor McGonagall in the beginning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Rowling 13). Little did J.K. Rowling know that line would become a fact in our world, since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has taken the world by storm since it was first released in 1997. One thing that makes this book so popular for adults and children alike is the emphasis of the importance of love and friendship. Love and friendship is a theme that develops the plot lines and the characters throughout the story, but also gives the readers a sense of wholeness that adds to the readers’ takeaway of the book. In the first few chapters, the reader gets a sense of Harry Potter’s life with his Aunt Petunia,

One instance, on the train to Hogwarts, he was getting to know Ron Weasley when another student and his bodyguard-like friends enter their train car. Draco Malfoy, the student, was making fun of Ron and offered his friendship to Harry. Harry bravely stands up for Ron and thus develops the conflict of Harry vs Draco, which is a significant part of the plot (Rowling 108-109). Harry chose his budding friendship with Ron and trusted his instincts about Draco, who was bad news from the start. Ron and Harry become inseparable after this. Another example of developing plot points is during Halloween, a troll is loose in the dungeon. Ron and Harry go looking for Hermione, a fellow student has been in the bathroom all day crying be, to warn her. They encounter the troll and accidently lock it in the bathroom with Hermione. Harry and Ron save her, which forms the infamous trio of friends throughout the book and the rest of the series. They do things together, whether Harry wants to or not. At the end of the book, Harry wants catch Snape trying to steal the stone and plans on going alone, when Hermione asks if the three of them can fit under Harry’s Invisibility Cloak. Harry, taken aback by their support, says, “All - three of us?” (Rowling 127). Now the child in the beginning of the book who had no idea what friendship even was, has two great friends that want to be