- Harry Potter finds out he is a wizard when mysterious letters start arriving at his home. He attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he makes two friends, Hermione and Ron. - The dark wizard Voldemort is secretly hiding at Hogwarts, trying to regain his powers and steal the Sorcerer's Stone. With the help of his friends and encouragement from Dumbledore, Harry works to thwart Voldemort's plans to take over Hogwarts. - Harry confronts Voldemort and Professor Quirrell, who is helping Voldemort, in an intense climax under the trapdoor. Harry succeeds in preventing Voldemort from

1. HARRY POTTER AND THE
PHILOSOPHER STONE
CONTEMPORARY , POPULAR,
EMERGENT LITERATURE
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2. AUTHOR
 Joanne Rowling
 JK ROWLING
 July 31,1965
 Yate, United Kingdom
 British writers and
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3. JK ROWLING
 Her father, Peter, was an aircraft engineer at the Rolls Royce factory in Bristol
J.K. Rowling has been married to Dr Neil Murray since 2001. They live in Edinburgh
with their son, David (born 2003) and daughter, Mackenzie (born 2005).
her mother, Anne, was a science technician in the Chemistry department at
Wyedean Comprehensive
before the Harry Potter books were published. Jo also has a younger sister, Di.
The young Jo grew up surrounded by books. “I lived for books,’’ she has said. “I was
your basic common-or-garden bookworm, complete with freckles and National
Health spectacles.”
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4. JK ROWLING
• Jo wanted to be a writer from an early age.
She wrote her first book at the age of six – a
story about a rabbit, called ‘Rabbit’. At just
eleven, she wrote her first novel – about seven
cursed diamonds and the people who owned
them.
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5. • Jo conceived the idea of Harry Potter in
1990 while sitting on a delayed train from
Manchester to London King’s Cross. Over
the next five years, she began to map out
all seven books of the series. She wrote
mostly in longhand and gradually built up a
mass of notes, many of which were
scribbled on odd scraps of paper.
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6. • In Edinburgh, Jo trained as a teacher and began teaching in the
city’s schools, but she continued to write in every spare moment.
• Having completed the full manuscript, she sent the first three
chapters to a number of literary agents, one of whom wrote back
asking to see the rest of it. She says it was “the best letter I had
ever received in my life.”
• The book was first published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books in
June 1997, under the name J.K. Rowling.
• The “K” stands for Kathleen, her paternal grandmother’s name. It
was added at her publisher’s request, who thought a book by an
obviously female author might not appeal to the target audience
of young boys.
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7. JK ROWLING AWARD
• J.K. Rowling has received many honours and awards, including:
• Companion of Honour, for services to literature and philanthropy, 2017
PEN America Literary Service Award, 2016
Freedom of the City of London, 2012
Hans Christian Andersen Award, Denmark, 2010
Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur: France, 2009
Lifetime Achievement Award, British Book Awards, 2008
South Bank Show Award for Outstanding Achievement, 2008
James Joyce Award, University College Dublin, 2008
The Edinburgh Award, 2008
Commencement Day Speaker, Harvard University, USA, 2008
Blue Peter Gold Badge, 2007
WH Smith Fiction Award, 2004
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, Spain, 2003
Order of the British Empire (OBE), 2001
Children’s Book of the Year, British Book Awards, 1998 and 1999
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8. CHARACTERS IN THE STORY OF HARRY POTTER THE
PHILOSOPHER STONE
• HARRY POTTER
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9. HARRY POTTER
• The son of James and Lily Potter and nephew of Vernon and Petunia Dursley. At the beginning of the
book, Harry is an unimpressive figure: skinny, sloppy, isolated from his family, the constant victim of his
cousin's bullying, and marked with a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead (the result of Voldemort's
failed attempt to kill him during his infancy).
• Harry is particularly affected by the deaths of his parents and much of his behavior is informed by his
loneliness and desire to avenge their wrongful deaths.
• Harry also distinguishes himself with his unexcepted brilliance at Quidditch, his loyalty to his friends,
and his modesty, a trait is particularly surprising in the figure lauded as "the boy who lived" across the
wizarding world.
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10. HERMIONE GRANGER
• Harry and Ron's best friend at Hogwarts. A first-year in
Gryffindor House, Hermione is Muggle-born, meaning
that neither of her parents has magical ability.
• Despite her background, Hermione gains a reputation
of being one of the brightest witches in her year,
particularly because of her unfailing work ethic and
determination to succeed
• Her adventure with the troll in the girl's bathroom with
Harry and Ron reveals more grit than mere academic
prowess, and her willingness to take the blame for the
situation cements her friendship with Ron and Harry.
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11. RON WEASLEY
• The youngest son of the Weasley family and Harry's best
friend.
• Ron proves himself to be a loyal friend to both Harry and
Hermione and a brilliant player of wizarding chess.
• As a wizard, Ron is mediocre, often needing Hermione's help
for spells and homework assignments, but he is able to scrape
by academically and never fails to perform during dangerous
situations
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12. PROFESSOR DUMBLEDORE
• Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts and Voldemort's
only feared enemy.
• Professor Dumbledore also encounters Harry while Harry is visiting
the entrancing Mirror of Erised and urges Harry to maintain his grasp
on reality rather than a world of dreams and desires.
• Although Professor Dumbledore remains a mysterious figure for this
book and the majority of the series, it is clear that he has a deep
affection for Harry and wishes to protect him at all costs
• In the attempt to protect the Sorcerer's Stone from Voldemort,
Professor Dumbledoor creates the final challenge with the Mirror of
Erised.
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13. PROFESSOR SNAPE
• Snape is an exceptionally skilful wizard who primarily teaches Potions at Hogwarts school. In
the sixth novel, he teaches Defence Against the Dark Arts, a position which he was known to
have desired throughout the series. For much of the series, Snape's actions seem to serve
Harry's nemesis, Lord Voldemort, although Harry's mentor, Dumbledore, often advises Harry
that – despite his actions and animosity – Snape is trustworthy and his true loyalties can be
relied upon. He ultimately becomes Headmaster of Hogwarts in the final novel, after killing
Dumbledore at the end of the sixth book. Snape himself dies at the hands of Voldemort in
the final chapters of the seventh book, revealing his memories and true back story to Harry
(and therefore to the reader) in his last minutes. In the book's epilogue, Harry describes
Snape as "probably the bravest man I ever knew".
• The character was widely acclaimed by readers and critics; Rowling described him as "a gift
of a character"[1] whose story she had known since the first book. Actor Alan Rickman
portrayed Snape in all eight Harry Potter films, released between 2001 and 2011.
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14. VOLDEMORT
• Also known as Lord Voldemort, the Dark Lord, and He-Who-Must-
Be- Named, whose real name is Tom Riddle Voldemort rose to
power in the 1970s with a faithful following of dark wizards called
Death Eaters.
• When Lily Potter sacrificed herself to save her son, she created a
protective shield over Harry and, not only was Voldemort unable to
kill the child, he nearly destroyed himself in the process.
• Voldemort is characterized by his ambition, resourcefulness,
manipulation of weaker minds, and determination to regain his
former power.
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15. SUMMARY
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16. HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER STONE
• When mysterious letters start arriving on his doorstep, Harry
Potter has never heard of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry.
• They are swiftly confiscated by his aunt and uncle.
• Then, on Harry’s eleventh birthday, a strange man bursts in with
some important news: Harry Potter is a wizard and has been
awarded a place to study at Hogwarts.
• And so the first of the Harry Potter adventures is set to begin
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17. SUMMARY
by the infamous dark wizard Voldemort
(whose name is so terrible in its effects that
only Harry and Hogwarts’ headmaster, Albus
Dumbledore, dare pronounce it), deflecting a
killing spell back upon its sender and reducing
Voldemort to helplessness.
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18. SUMMARY
• Harry finds life at Hogwarts idyllic and
makes two more firm friends in the
bookish Hermione Granger and the
hapless but willing Ron Weasley.
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19. SUMMARY
• Voldemort, however, is in hiding at Hogwarts,
beginning to recover his powers and
enthusiastic to get rid of his nemesis.
Voldemort also wants to get hold of the
philosopher’s stone, which was entrusted by
the famous alchemist Nicholas Flamel to
Dumbledore.
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20. SUMMARY
• With the aid of Hermione and Ron, and
encouragement from Dumbledore and
Hagrid, Harry contrives to thwart Voldemort’s
ambition in a tense climax, but he realizes
that he is engaged in a contest that is likely to
be long and desperate.
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21. THE MAIN CONFLICT
• The main conflict of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
is between Harry and Voldemort. Harry Potter finds the
Sorcerer's Stone and Voldemort (who killed Harry's
parents) wants that Stone to so he can rule Hogwarts.
Then Voldemort will turn the school ( Hogwarts) evil.
That's why Harry needs to get the stone before
Voldemort. The characters that are involved with the main
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22. RISING ACTION
• Harry’s arrival at Hogwarts, the news of the
break-in at Gringotts, and Hermione’s
revelation of the trapdoor under the guard
dog in the third-floor corridor bring Harry and
Voldemort closer to confrontation.
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23. CLIMAX
• Professor Snape’s apparent hex on Harry
during the Quidditch game brings the
simmering tension between good and evil out
into the open, shifting Harry’s concern from
winning the game to surviving.
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24. FALLING ACTION
• Falling Action With the conflict out in the open, the
forces of good and the forces of evil draw closer together:
Harry, Ron, and Hermione explore the school and learn
about the Sorcerer’s Stone; Voldemort drinks unicorn
blood to sustain himself and attacks Harry in the
Forbidden Forest; Harry faces Professor Quirrell and
Voldemort, who orders Quirrell to kill Harry.
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25. • Symbols Harry’s scar, Quidditch, the Mirror of Erased
• Foreshadowing The pain that Harry feels at the end of
Chapter 7 when Snape stares at him hints that there is
some underlying tension between the two. Rowling
exploits our misgivings about Snape by leading us to
believe that he and Harry will eventually confront each
other in a climactic battle for the Sorcerer’s Stone.
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26. CONCLUSION
• The theme of the book fantasy, magic, adventure and
friendship. A good quote about friendship is ”There
are some things you can’t share without ending up
liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot
mountain troll is one of them”. The book is basically
about a boy who had a miserable childhood. He had
to live with his aunt and uncle,
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27. • which both hated him because he was different. He was
poor and lonely, without friends and most of the time he
got treated like a dog. But suddenly one day he gets a letter
which
• changes his whole life. (I still wait for my letter…). He finds
out that he is a very famous wizard, that he’s going to
Hogwarts and that he has a fortune on a bank. His life goes
from being boring and normal to being a great adventure.
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