Harry Potter Series

Summary

The story of Harry Potter begins as he is about to celebrate is eleventh birthday. Up until this time, Harry’s birthdays have come and gone like any other day; they have been nothing worth celebrating. You see, Harry has lived in a cupboard under the stairs in his Uncle Vernon’s and Aunt Petunia’s house. He has never received a birthday present worth remembering. His very few possessions have been the hand-me-downs of his cousin Dudley. Harry has never known why the Dursley’s have never treated him well. All he knows is that his mother and father died in a car crash and he came to live with the Dursley’s when he just one year old.
But all things will forever change on Harry’s eleventh birthday. He learns from a letter, given to him by an unknown, very large person name Hagrid, that he is not just a regular person. He learns that like his mother and father, he too is a wizard. Harry’s life changes in an instant. The letter he receives is an acceptance and invitation to study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Upon arriving at Hogwarts, Harry is sorted into the Gryffindor House by the Sorting Hat. At Hogwarts, Harry will learn what it means to be Wizard. He will learn many things about wizardry from his teachers and Head Master, Dumbledore. He will learn that not all people come from wizard families. Some, called Muggles, will also study at Hogwarts. For the first time, he will meet and make friends. Hermione Granger (Muggle born) and Ron Weasley (Wizard ), will help Harry through a most challenging first year at Hogwarts.
Harry’s first year at Hogwarts will be challenging as he comes to learn more about his past and the death of his parents. Not only did Harry learn on his eleventh birthday that he was a wizard, but he also learned that his parents died at the hands of a wizard practicing dark magic:Voledmort. And although, Voldemort attempted to kill Harry, something saved him. Instead of Harry dying, Voldemort lost his powers. Harry is reminded of that fateful night each time he looks in the mirror and sees a lightening bolt scar on his forehead and as others greet him famously wherever he goes.
Harry will experience many life threatening situations during his first year. These situations will arise as he comes to learn more about Voldemort and those that follow him. Every experience Harry, Hermione, and Ron will find themselves in, will bring Harry closer to the one that must not be named, Voldemort.

Review 

The books that J. K. Rowling wrote have reached millions of people all around the world.

In this case, for someone that has grown up reading the books and watching the movies, they caused a huge impact in my life. I have used quotes from the books and phrases from the movies in my daily life. 

The society has been influenced by this phenomenom for over more than 20 years, since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone was released back in 1997, and when Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone (movie) was released on 2001, all fas went crazy about it and more than ever. 

Now, with the eighth book in the acclaimed Harry Potter series has met mixed reviews. Although, where I must admit that with me, the book was somewhat a letdown, if you're a diehard HP fan, you should definitely read it. I'll present you a brief overview here -

The book revolves around Albus Severus Potter, Harry’s younger son. The book mainly focuses on the fact that he is sorted into Slytherin-a fact that he was initially ashamed of, and follows the story of an unlikely friendship between Scorpius Malfoy and Albus Severus Potter.

I think it also aims to close a few plotholes in the books-especially-the time turner.

Also, Fantastic Beast and where to find them was released as a movie in 2016, based on the book that bears the same name.

In mid-20s New York, Newt Scamander, the British young activist wizard, arrives in town, holding a mysterious leather suitcase which shelters a wide array of diverse and magical creatures that exist among us. Amid an already fragile equilibrium of secrecy, and the increasing disasters ascribed to the dark wizard, Gellert Grindelwald, Newt's precious suitcase will be lost--and to make matters worse--several creatures will manage to escape. Before long, this situation will catch Senior Auror Percival Graves' attention who will target Newt, in the background of an invisible, devastating, and utterly unpredictable menace that still wreaks havoc on 5th Avenue. In the end, is there a hidden agenda behind Graves' intentions; moreover, what will happen to the remaining fantastic beasts still loose in the streets?

In 2018 we are going to be able to see in theatres in November 16th. 

The film is directed by David Yates, witch a screenplay by J. K. Rowling. Returning stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol. Ezra Miller, Carmen Ejogo, and Johnny Depp, with Zoë Kravitz, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim and Jude Law joining the cast. The Plot follow Newton Scamander and Albus Dumbledore as they attempt to take down Gellert Grindelwald, while facing new threats in a more divided wizarding world. The story will take place in New York, London, and Paris starting around 19 March, 1927. 

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is the second instalment of the series of films based on Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them, one of the companion books to J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is a direct sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and is the tenth film set in the wizarding world. 

        

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