The Boy Who Lived

Yes, I read the first Harry Potter in a little over 24 hours. Yes, I could write pages and pages on Harry Potter in fact I already have. Thanks to magical error in online registration, I ended up in college literature class on Harry Potter's themes in literature. By far it was one of the most interesting classes, I ever took at UT. All 6 books were linked to a literary classic. We wrote and reflected on the  similar themes, motifs and stories in the parallel books. Since everyone may not be a Potterhead, I will save my long winded Potter response for another post.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a classic good versus evil,quest fantasy tale. For those of you who have read other great fantasy classic, Rowling  like those before her uses this first book to help the reader become familiar with both the characters and not-so-normal world of Muggles, Witchcraft, and Hogwarts.

In my literature class, this book was linked to Sir Gawin and the Green Knight. The idea that Harry Potter is put on a quest in each novel is introduced. However, Dumbledore hints at the very end of the book that Harry has a greater purpose, yet he cannot reveled the plans at this time. A deeper, life alternating quest later unveils.

For the reader who likes to delve deeper and it skeptical of Harry Potter, keep reading. As Harry Potter gets older so does the level of reading, content, and symbolism in the Potter series.


(On a personal note, this review is hard to write, as I have read Harry Potter many times and rarely concentrate on one book at a time. Each blog post will get better.)

Happy Reading!