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A Literary Analysis Of Harry Potter Sorcerer's Stone

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Literary Analysis Book: Harry Potter Sorcerer 's stone
Introduction:
Harry potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He’s never worn a cloak of invisibility,befriended giant,or helped hatch a dragon.All Harry knows is a miserable life with the dursleys, his horrible aunt an uncle,and their abominable son,Dudley.Harry 's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs ,and he hasn 't had a birthday party in eleven years. But all that 's about to change when a unexpected letter come’s by owl messenger, A letter with an invitation to a world harry never dreamed to existed. There he finds not only friends,Flying related sports,and MAGIC! Around every corner, An but a great destiny that’s been waiting for him . . . If Harry can survive the Encounter.
Character development: In the book Harry Potter Sorcerer 's stone Harry developed …show more content…

The last way that Harry’s scar is the symbol in the sorcerer 's stone is,represents is past present and future, for example in the past his mother tried to save Harry by using love which made it so that Voldemort could not touch him or kill him and when Voldemort tried to kill him the scar was the mark that was left. It shows his present because if he did not have the scar then there would be know way to confirm that Harry was The Boy Who Live. Last the scar shows his future in what part it played in the past because Voldemort wants to kill him because he did not that last time and so in the end is shows how Only one will

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