He makes friends (and enemies), goes through dangerous and exciting adventures, and justifies the hopeful predictions about him. He studies Herbology, the History of Magic, Charms, Potions, the Dark Arts, and other arcane subjects, all the while getting closer to his destiny and the secret of the sorcerer’s stone. Harry’s house is Gryffindor, the time-honored rival of Slytherin: he becomes a star at Quidditch, an extremely complicated game played with four different balls while the whole team swoops about on broomsticks. Hogwarts is the typical British public school, with much emphasis placed on games and the honor of the Houses. Harry’s astonished introduction to the life of wizardry starts with his purchase, under Hagrid’s guidance, of all the tools of an aspiring sorcerer: wand, robes, cauldron, broomstick, owl. Harry learns that his parents died saving him from an evil sorcerer and that he himself is destined to be a wizard of great power. On his eleventh birthday, mysterious missives begin arriving for him, culminating eventually in the arrival of a giant named Hagrid, who has come to escort him to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He sleeps in the broom cupboard under the stairs and is treated as a slave by his aunt and uncle. Orphaned Harry Potter has been living a dog’s life with his horrible relatives.
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