Harry Potter

Harry Potter

A basic summary

The Philospherer's Stone

• Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone is the first book in the Harry Potter franchise

• It is the first time when Harry knows that he is a wizard.

• He is told this by Rubeus Hagrid (Gamekeeper at Hogwarts), Using a very famous phrase,"Yer a wizard, Harry"

Diagon Alley

• Diagon Alley is a place in London where witches and wizards can get all of their magical supplies

• This is where Harry gets his owl, Hedwig, his books and most importantly, his wand...

The Wand

• Harry bought his wand at Ollivander's a renowned place for wand.

• His wand is Eleven inches, holly, and has a phoenix feather core

• We get to know by Mr. Ollivander that phoenix feather his wand had, was the same phoenix feather that You-Know-Who (Voldemort) had in his wand

Platform 9 3/4

• After buying his school stuff in Diagon Alley, Hagrid gives Harry the ticket to Hogwarts Express at 11o'clock on Platform 9 3/4 (Nine and three-quarters)

• After asking the station master about this mysterious platform, who had no idea what he was talking about, Harry found Mrs.Weasly, whose son Ron Weasely was also going to be a first-year at Hogwarts

Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry

• After boarding the Hogwarts express and meeting Hermione Granger for the first time, Harry finally reaches Hogwarts, where his mother (Lily Potter) and father (James Potter) had learnt their magic

The Sorting Hat

• After being led into the castle by Professor McGonnagal, she explained how the sorting would work

• There were four houses - Gryffindor, for the bravest, Ravenclaw, for the most curious and knowledgeable, Hufflepuff, for the hearty and Slytherin for the cunning

The Philospher's Stone

• The Philosopher's stone was created by a close friend of Professor Dumbledore, Nicolas Flamel (Six hundred and nineteen) and his wife Perinia (Five hundred and sixty nine)

• The Philosopher's Stone can convert any material to gold

• Moreover, it produces the Elixir Of Life, whose drinker would be forever immortal

The Dursleys

• The Durslyes, consisting of Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon and Dudley were the guardians of Harry until he was at Hogwarts

• Unfortunately, they were Muggles (Non-magic people) and treated Harry very shabibly

• They wanted to put an end to Harry's "abnormality" by preventing him from going to Hogwarts, but they could not

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