The Role Of A True Hero In Harry Potter The Sorcerer's Stone

Before one can be considered a true hero, they must complete a series of eleven steps that put them up to the test. More simply, they must start with departure, then initiation, and finally return home. Harry Potter in Harry Potter the Sorcerer's Stone, courageously completes all of these steps and is therefore considered a hero. He strong-willingly embarks on a journey that challenges his limits and tests his bravery. Without any support from his family, and being the despised child, he defeats his enemy, Voldemort. To push through the worst challenges, and starting from nothing is what makes a true hero. As Joseph Campbell stated, “You enter the forest at the darkest point, where there is no path. Where there is a way or path, it is someone

else’s path. You are not on your own path If you follow someone else’s way, you are not going to realize your potential.” This demonstrates how people must create their own path, just as Harry did. Harry Potter was a strong, astute, and valiant, which led him to successfully complete this daunting task of keeping the Sorcerer’s Stone out of the hands of evil.
Everyone’s journey starts somewhere. For Harry, it all started when he left on the Dursley’s doorstep by Dumbledore. This was because Voldemort killed both of his parents and was unsuccessfully tried to kill Harry too. Growing up the Dursleys did not care about Harry or give him any attention. His call to adventure took place on his eleventh birthday when he received an invitation by Hagrid to attend Hogwarts, a wizardry school. Hagrid guides him and prepares him for what is ahead at his new school. He crosses the threshold when he finally hops on the train to Hogwarts and is placed into the Gryffindor household.
He faces many tests and challenges throughout the book, but one stood out in particular. Other than encountering strange creatures and adjusting to his new life, his Potions Professor does not like him. He even casted a spell onto his broom to try and and make him lose his Quidditch match. The supreme ordeal was his encounter with Voldemort. Harry was walking through the forest, with Hagrid one day. They were on an endeavor to solve the problem of who is killing all of the unicorns. He notices a man who is drinking unicorn blood, and later finds out he is looking for the sorcerer's stone. He attempted to kill Harry once again, but Harry was saved by a centaur before he could do so. He is on the search for the Sorcerer's stone so that he can get it before Voldemort. He meets Quirrell on his way there who curses death upon him. Quirrell gets burned by Harry and Harry passed out before he can kill him.
He crosses the return threshold when he wakes up in the hospital, alongside Dumbledore, who saved his life. Dumbledore and Hagrid are Harry’s two main helpers throughout the book. Dumbledore annihilated the sorcerer's stone so that it would no longer be a problem. Harry begins his flight home by heading back to London.
A hero is someone who is willing to sacrifice himself for the well-being of others, be brave in times of darkness, and be responsible and mature. Harry Potter displays all of these traits in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” Harry did exactly this, so that the stone wouldn’t land in the wrong hands. He risked his life to save the others around him. Harry Potter’s courageousness, intelligence, and resilience allowed him to be the hero that he was.