Reflection Of The Sorcerer's Stone

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It was a quite silent afternoon when I first read this book. At that moment,I was sitting in the corner alone with my back against the wall. I found an amazing world under the pale sunshine. For me at that time, entering Hogwarts was the coolest thing in the world. The glance once out of the train’s window accomplished the character Harry under the pen of J.K.Rowling. This slim and disheveled little boy accompanies me through my childhood.
The Sorcerer's Stone is the staple of Harry Potter and a lot of people are attracted by this book and become fans of Harry Potter. As the first work of a serial novels, it is completed the mission perfectly, it told us Harry's family background, as well as the magical world of knowledge. J.K.Rowling leads the readers into a charming, mysterious magical world, a world that is different from the normal human campus, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The group of students and teachers with magical abilities let readers into the polts of this fascinating book and readers unable to extricate themselves ass long as they open the book.
In this book,wild imagination runs like fireworks all the way through the whole story.The vivid description of Harry Potter's life in Hogwards is close to kids' campus life yet different in a magic way.With his flaws,Harry Potter's personal growth touches upon the heart strings of many readers.J K Rowling's language is wit and humorous by using lots of puns, figures of speech and parallel. Her creation of characters is vivid and lively as if they are the boys and girls living around us, It is a story of not only magic and European culture, but also growing up---dealing with different kinds of works and relations and would also remind me of my own experience and...

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...heroic quest,and a great number of wonderful characters,whim the reader comes to care about a great deal.Because of the magic world is so wonderful, so that made me feel as a" muggle "is so boring and tedious. In grey ideal reality,it is polishing our tiny and weak dream.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as the second part of Harry's magic journey, it is more like a transitional work, but still has good and readable plots. The second has some new roles join in and it won't make the reader feel bored. This one, Harry, Ron and Hermione cooperate with more and more tacit understanding.In addition to this, the last battle between Harry and the snake is full of excitement.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets shows a signal that the Harry Potter series is gradually to the formal and the story of Harry Potter story is becoming more and more wonderful in the future.

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