Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
In the first book of the Harry Potter series, we are introduced to Harry and his live in family, the Dursley’s (Harry’s aunt and uncle). The Dursley’s agreed to care for Harry until he would attend Hogwarts School for Wizards. Harry’s home life in the mortal world is not impressive. However, at Hogwarts he quickly becomes friends with Hermione and Ron. The focus of The Sorcerer’s Stone is of Harry’s connection to the Evil Lord Voldemort. Voldemort was a powerful evil wizard who killed Harry’s parents before being cast away. Harry is the only person to have survived an attack by Voldemort. Voldemort tries to manipulate Harry into finding the powerful sorcerer’s stone, which he then wants to use to destroy Dumbledore and Hogwarts. Harry defeats Voldemort and sets the scene for the next six Harry Potter novels.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
In the second Harry Potter novel, Harry returns to Hogwarts, which is all abuzz with the reopening of the “Chamber of Secrets” somewhere on campus. The paintings on the wall have told the students the legend that says that an “heir of Slytherin” would return to Hogwarts and kill everyone there. Harry instantly becomes a suspect when he is found wandering the halls after several murders. He then speaks to a snake during a wizardry class. The other students are astonished about this, as this is a key sign of an “heir of Slytherin.” As Harry and his friends search for the chamber, they discover that Ron’s sister (Harry’s best friend’s sister) is actually the one being used to release the giant snake and commit these murders. Harry fights both the snake, Tom Riddle (the controller of the giant snake), and tries to destroy a diary that has been discovered as the key to the Chamber of Secrets. It seems as if the snake has mortally wounded Harry, but Harry is saved by the tears of Dumbledore’s pet phoenix Fawkes. He then destroys the diary, Tom Riddle, and the snake.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
In the third installment of The Harry Potter series, Harry escapes the summer of doldrums and critique by his aunt and uncle, to return to Hogwarts. At Hogwarts, Harry hears much conversation about the escape of Sirius Black (The Prisoner of Askaban). Harry learns that this “villain” may be returning to Hogwarts in search of him. The Ministry of Magic allows “dementors” to roam the grounds searching for Sirius and other practitioners of the Dark Arts. Harry struggles with his wizardry. As Hermione continues to mess with time travel spells, she sees a powerful wizard fending off hordes of dementors. This will turn out to be Harry. As Harry learns more about Sirius Black, he comes to find out that Sirius (although a prisoner) was a friend of Harry’s parents. Even as all of Hogwarts comes to believe that Sirius is an evil and dangerous villain, Harry eventually learns that they have been wrong about him. Although Dumbledore believes what Harry says about the true nature of Sirius, he cannot prove that they are correct. In the end, it turns out that Harry was the powerful wizard fending off the dementors and saving both he and Sirius Black’s life. Sirus escapes to return and help Harry in later novels.
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