Hunter Diepenhorst
Mrs. Roskamp
LA,8A
19 October 2016
Thematic Writing
I am currently reading the Harry Potter series I am on the first book The Sorcerer’s Stone which is one of the seven Harry Potter series. Harry Potter’s parents die in a fire and he gets saved. He gets brought to his aunt and uncle’s house and they treat him like a pet and lock him up for days even weeks. Then he gets letters from Hogwarts which is a school of witchcraft and wizardry and his aunt and uncle don’t want him to go but he ends up going. He loves it there he is in the prophecy that all of the kids read and he becomes the popular kid in school. He joins the Quidditch team and he is the seeker and no one ends up doing it. Through this book I realized that you can’t judge people from where they came from or how they act.
One conflict in this book is between Harry and his aunt and uncle. When his aunt and uncle thing he is a nobody. Until they figure out he is a legend to be when they get the letters from Hogwarts. They don’t want him to go but he has conflict with them and the eventually give in. They judge Harry right when they get him. They realize he is smart and is going to be a legend. They were quick to judge what he was like and never gave him a chance. He never gets presents on his birthday or anything. Until he goes to Hogwarts and he gets a bunch like one of the best brooms ever. He finally feels loved and we should not be so quick to judge like his aunt and uncle did.
One conflict in this book is between Harry and his cousin Petunia. Harry and his cousin Petunia fight all the time. Petunia is a rich kid who gets whatever they want. He breaks stuff and always makes fun of Harry. He gets jealous of how popular Harry is and then wants to be popular to. He has few friends because he acts like a jerk to them. He has two rooms and one of them is Harry’s and he won’t let Harry in his room. Petunia realizes he is really a really smart guy. He was also a quick to judge what he cousin Harry was like and he was very gifted.
Through this book I realized that you can’t judge people from where they came from or how they act. Overall this book has been pretty well written with a lot of drama with family and other groups of people in Hogwarts. One of my favorite characters is Harry because he is a smart and courageous person. My least favorite character is Petunia because of how judging he is and he doesn’t expect a lot of people and is very greedy. Harry is learning to be a wizard and I think he will be one of the best wizards of all time. J.K. Rowling is the author of this series he is a great author.