Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
By J.K. Rowling
This book chronicles the beginning of Harry Potter’s
adventures (since it the first of seven books). In this book Harry is
introduced as is his awful family. We soon find out Harry is no ordinary boy,
he is in fact a wizard and we get to join in on his adventures, his quest to
find out about his family and about the villain Lord Voldemort.
Told in the third person with the narrator as an
unidentified (yet omniscient) entity, you are limited in the understanding in
the character’s emotions and his motivation at some points. The plot of the
quest is once again evident in the narrative and the descriptions of some
things even though told by the narrator are actually through Harry’s eyes which
can be confusing for readers who pick up on this.
I would use this in a classroom as a book for a literature
circle because the themes of loyalty and friendship can be more closely
examined. It is also a good text to use to show the learners the connections
you can make to other texts and to real life.
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