Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone Research Paper

In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the middle of the novel contains many plot twists and significant events. Harry begins his first year at Hogwarts wizarding school. To help Harry, Hagrid takes him to Gringotts, a wizard bank, to retrieve some of the money his parents had left him. He uses this money to buy his school supplies, which includes an owl, a school uniform and his very own wand. This wand however, was a rarity. It consisted of Phoenix feather and unicorn hair, the Phoenix from which the feather was produced had only shed one other hair. This hair had been put into the wand of Lord Voldemort, the man responsible for the murder of his parents, and his attempted murder.

In the middle section of the novel, we’re introduced

to many new characters. We get to meet some of Harry’s first year classmates, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and the seeming antagonist, Draco Malfoy. Ron Is a funny, seemingly poor, ginger-haired boy, shortly after him and Harry first meet, he becomes his first friend at Hogwarts, or rather one of his first friends in general. Ron’s family, the Weasley’s, are well known around the wizarding world, as Ron has many siblings, whom have all attended Hogwarts before him. As he has many siblings, and is one of youngest, he uses a lot of hand-me-down items, leading people to mock him for his lack of wealth. Hermione is a frizzy-haired, intelligent smart girl. When we’re first introduced to her, she seems quite stuck up and know-it-all like. When we first meet Draco, he is eager to become Harry’s friend. The author portrays him as a bully, he teases Ron, and much to Harry’s disliking, speaks ill of Hagrid. Harry stands up to Draco, leading to what seems to be a future rivalry.

 The events of the story are particularly easy to follow. Everything is in perfect order, and a mental timeline is very simple to set up as you're reading. The novel is aimed towards young people, tweens and teenagers specifically, but as it's such an engrossing novel, i’m certain anyone can enjoy it. The language in the novel adds to its readability. J.K Rowling, the author of the book, finds the perfect balance between easily understandable and enthralling, thought-provoking language, enabling virtually anyone to understand and enjoy the book with ease. So far, I don’t see a clear message emerging, but I’m positive as the story progresses one will become apparent.