1 book, 1 week

I finished it in a week!! It was pretty difficult, but I did it, I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in a week. It was excellent, far beyond my expectations, amazing, easily one of the best books I have ever read. Anyway, for this week, I've decided to talk about how Harry Potter (obviously the main character) changes over the course of this book. In order to know how he has changed, we must know what he was like before, I said he was, "a small, shy boy who is curious about his past". I said this because of the context clues: what he does, how he reacts, what he says, how what is said sounds when I read it aloud. These criteria are what I used in order to make this claim, evidence supporting that would be, "Harry had always been small and skinny for his age..." also, "Sometimes, when he strained his memory during long hours in his cupboard, he came up with a strange vision: a blinding flash of green light and a burning pain on his forehead. This, he supposed, was the crash, though he couldn't imagine where all the green light came from". The first quote shows that he has a small physique, while he second quote demonstrates his curiosity about his unknown past and his desire for knowledge about himself. Although, throughout the book, as he learns more about himself, and the mystical world of witchcraft and wizardry that he belongs to, he gains self-confidence. This boost of inner confidence is especially evident when Harry and Hermione sneak out after curfew to help Hagrid send Norbet to Charlie, (I know there are lots of names, if you have no idea who these people are, look them up here) but this change is most obvious when Harry faces 'You-Know-Who', who uses Professor Quirrell sort of like a host. Most people would run, seeing Voldemort's face on the back of someone else's would make me puke in disgust. But Harry holds his ground and fights off the weakened Dark Lord. It was an excellent book with a well developed plot, I can't wait to read the next one: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, see you next week.

(This was supposed to be posted on 3/31)