After being brought up in the pitiably out-of-line home of his Uncle Vernon Dursley, Harry basically starts life once more when he finds that he is a wizard and is welcome to go to Hogwarts School of Black Magic and Wizardry. Making new friends—Hagrid, Ron, and Hermione—standing up to Draco Malfoy, the school bully, and becoming the best player on his Quidditch team—the most popular sport in the magical world—are among Harry's first-year adventures. Harry's life as a Hogwarts "first-year" is more fascinating than that of most participants, since he is now renowned for enduring the assault of the detestable Ruler Voldemort, who attempted to kill him as a newborn child. Because everyone in the wizarding world is more familiar with Harry's family and background than he is, a significant portion of the book is devoted to Harry discovering his heritage.
The discovery of the Sorcerer's Stone's meaning and Harry's encounter with Voldemort are by far the most significant events in his first year. The Sorcerer's Stone can transform things into gold and grant humans immortality. Voldemort is desperate to find the stone and use it for his own evil purposes, having lost most of his power in the battle with Harry's parents. He asks one professor at Hogwarts for help, and Harry eventually comes face-to-face with both of them. Obviously, Harry prevails, but Voldemort is not completely eliminated.
Positive
Elements
On the door of the wizards'
bank, Harry sees the following caution against greed: Enter stranger, however,
notice what anticipates the wrongdoing of insatiability. Because those who take
without earning must also pay a heavy price. Therefore, thief, you have been
warned that if you search beneath our floors for a treasure that was never
yours, you may discover more than just treasure.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione become
playing pieces in a life-size chess game as they unravel the mystery of the
Sorcerer's Stone. There are two advantages here: First, Harry defers to Ron as
the wiser partner because he is aware that Ron is better at chess than he is.
More importantly, Ron shows Harry that he is such a good friend that he is
willing to give up his playing piece and fall unconscious for Harry to
find the stone.
Harry's folks adored him
genuinely, even conciliatorily. The message is clear about the impacts of this
sort of affection: According to Voldemort, "I killed your father first,
and he put up a brave fight... but your mother should not have died." She
was
attempting to safeguard you.
Dumbledore remarks later, "Your mother died to save you." Love is the
one thing Voldemort cannot comprehend. He was unaware that even the most
powerful love, like your mother's, has its own mark. To have been loved so
deeply, even though the person who loved us is no longer with us,
will provide us with some sort of protection for the rest of our lives.
Violent
Content
The death of Harry's parents is
not detailed in any way. Harry can only recall a huge green light flash.
In the Hogwarts dorms, all of
the resident directors are ghosts. The names "The Bloody Baron" and
"Near Headless Nick" indicate that two of them, in particular, have
apparently passed away in horrifying circumstances, which may provide some
insight into how they came to be specters.
The Sorcerer's Stone creator
Nicolas Flamel agrees that the stone should be destroyed for humanity's
benefit. This indicates that since the stone will no longer provide them with
food, he and his wife, who are both over 600 years old, will perish. “To one as
young as you, I’m sure it seems incredible, but to Nicolas and Perenelle, it
really is like going to bed after a very, very long day,” the good Professor
Dumbledore replies when Harry expresses his distress over this selfless act.
After all, death is just the next great adventure for a well-organized mind.
During a Quidditch match, an
evil professor tries to kill Harry or seriously harm him, as previously
mentioned. To consume the innocent animal's life-giving blood, the
same professor slaughters a unicorn.
Ron is knocked unconscious
before the final battle with Voldemort, and he, Harry, and Hermione are
attempting to unravel the Sorcerer's Stone's mystery when he is knocked
unconscious. As soon as Harry realizes that Voldemort is unable to touch
Harry's body without being severely burned, the final battle itself is an
intense struggle. Voldemort yells at one of his followers, "KILL
HIM!," as Harry's encounter with him reaches its climax. KILL HIM!"
Harry’s
Family
Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, and
Cousin Dudley Dursley treat Harry horribly. While lavishing Dudley, the
Dursleys make no apologies for making Harry sleep in a closet and denying him
simple pleasures (“On Dudley's birthday every year, his parents took him and a
friend out for the day, to adventure parks, hamburger restaurants, or the
movies. Consistently, Harry was abandoned by Mrs. Figg, a frantic old woman who
lived two roads away. There, Harry detested it. Mrs. Figg made Harry look at
pictures of every cat she had ever owned because the house was smelling of
cabbage.
The Dursleys are not portrayed in a manner that would
lead the reader to believe that they are a respectable or even typical family.
In point of fact, the Dursleys are presented more as an illustration of the
harm that can be done to a child when they do not have a real family. Kids who
have been disregarded are probably going to relate to Harry and be supported by
his prosperity at changing his station throughout everyday life.
Harry makes the Hogwarts
community feel like a second family. He has a preferable Christmas at Hogwarts
over him at any point
had with the Dursleys. Harry is
also semi-adopted into the Weasley family through his new friend Ron Weasley,
who takes care of him and even sends him presents despite being poor.
Throughout the story, it
becomes clear that Harry's real family would have treated him well and truly
loved him. Through a magical mirror known as Erised (desire spelled backward),
Harry finally locates them. He can see his parents waving and looking longingly
at him in the mirror. The mirror is planned to show its watcher the most
profound craving of their heart.
School
Discipline
Each prominent professor is
portrayed in detail by J.K.
Rowling—McGonagall is fair and
a great disciplinarian; Snape is grumpy and vindictive; Quirrell is faltering
and gutless; Dumbledore is highly respected for his wisdom. In the classroom,
Harry and his friends discover early on where their loyalties lie and what they
can get away with. They regard McGonagall and Dumbledore the most because these two are upstanding, savvy, and understanding.
Hogwarts rules incorporate no battling, no sneaking
around night-time, and no utilization of wizardry outside the homeroom.
Breaking the rule of sneaking around is where Harry and company get most of
their fun, and they usually save someone or learn important information when
they do this. When they are found out for their wrongdoings, they always
receive just punishment.
Hermione is the dissident
voice, always reminding Harry and Ron to follow her lead. Unfortunately,
Hermione demonstrates herself to be a true friend to Harry and Ron (“Ron
dropped his wand.”) only when she finally concedes to breaking the rules (for a
good
cause, of course. A complete
lie from Hermione Granger to a teacher? Hermione was the last individual to do
anything contrary to the standards, and she was right here, imagining she
needed to get them in the clear. … Hermione Granger became their friend from
that point on.
In the end, Harry is sorry for
breaking the rules: Even though it was too late to repair the damage,
Harry made a promise to himself that he would no longer interfere in matters
that were not his concern in the future. He was tired of sneaking around and
spying. He was so embarrassed by himself.
Alcohol
Use
The caretaker of the school,
Hagrid, enjoys drinking (both for social reasons and to calm his nerves). It
appeared as though everyone in the bar knew Hagrid; they waved and grinned at
him, and the barkeep went after a glass, saying, 'The standard thing, Hagrid?'
' Tom, I'm on business at Hogwarts, so I can't, said Hagrid. When Hagrid
realizes that he shared secret information while under the influence that could
have cost Harry his life, he does end his drinking habit. (“ It's — all — my —
rosy — shortcoming! … I advised him! Yeh could have perished! I will never
again drink!")
Spiritual
Elements
In this story, witchcraft and
wizardry play a significant role. Additionally, their portrayal is extremely
stereotypical. “Three sets of plain work robes (black)... one pair of
protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)... one wand, one cauldron (pewter,
standard size 2)” are among the items on Harry's list of school supplies. Other
items include books like "The Standard Book of Spells... Magical
Theory
and One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi."
Dark magic and other evils
associated with the "dark side" are mentioned, but they are never
shown to be desirable. The hero of the story is either betrayed or, at the very
least, tormented by every character who is associated with these forces. One
evil professor, for instance, tries to knock Harry off his broomstick during a
Quidditch match by employing potent dark magic. On a cultural level, Rowling
deserves praise for keeping her young fans away from the so-called dark side;
however, from a spiritual point of view, it is abundantly clear that witchcraft
does not have a dark or a light side; All of it is as dark as sin.)
During Harry's confrontation
with Voldemort, the most powerful example of dark magic occurs when the evil
one tempts Harry to switch sides to save his own life: "' Do you
see what I've become?' The expression was, merely vapor and shadow. When I can
share another person's body, I have form; however, there have always been people
who are willing to let me into their hearts and minds. Don't fall for it. If
you don't join me and save your own life, you'll die like your parents. They
begged for mercy and perished.'"
Conclusion
"Daylight, daisies, spread smooth, turn this idiotic, fat rodent yellow" is a verbally expressed engagement commonplace of what Harry and his companions learn at Hogwarts. Some kids might be interested in these supposedly harmless spells and want to give them a try. Not an insightful thought, taking into account how genuine the mysterious is. There are real charms in this book that do summon occult forces, whereas the meaningless charms in this book do not.
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