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... Rowling’s novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, follows the
adventures of Harry Potter, who spent the first ten years of his life sleeping under the
stairs at his Aunt and uncle’s house, and how his life changed, on his eleventh birthday,
when a gentle giant told him that he was a wizard. Harry is confronted with Voldemort,
the evil wizard who killed his parents. ...
Harry survived through many adventures trying to find out about his past, and attempted
to figure out a way to defeat the evil beings that came upon him.
As a newborn, Harry Potter, the main character, was left on the doorstep of
Vernon and Petunia Dursley, his aunt and uncle. ... Yet Harry Potter was
still there, asleep at the moment, but not for long. ... Harry woke
with a start" (18). ... The Dursleys know that he is a famous wizard, but Harry does not. They
attempted to keep Harry away from the outside world as much as possible. Being treated
as if he were a slave, Harry quietly agreed to work for the family. ...
This is the day that Harry found out he was unique. ... His cousin ended up trapped inside he walls of the cage, and
Harry got punished by his aunt and uncle. A few weeks following his punishment, Harry
began to receive mysterious letters, but his uncle would not allow him to read them. Day
after day letters, brought by owls, arrived at the Dursleys house addressed to Harry. The
next day that followed, Uncle Vernon was fed up with all of the mail Harry was
receiving. ... Harry privately agreed, though the
thought did not cheer him up at all" (44). On the island in the middle of the ocean, the
Dursley’s slept, while Harry lay awake. ...
At the stroke of midnight, Hagrid, the gentle giant who had left Harry at the
doorstep of the Dursleys house, knocked at the door. ... The giant
then gave Harry the letter that the owls had been trying to deliver to him.
Approximate Word count = 1683
Approximate Pages = 6.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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