About the Author
Born on July 31, 1965, in Gloucestershire, England, Joanne Kathleen Rowling grew up in rural communities in the southwestern part of that country. Her parents, […]
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Setting
In some ways, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a traditional English boarding school located in the fairy-green countryside well beyond London. The meddlesome […]
Themes and Characters
Like the setting of the novel, Rowling’s themes and characters are both traditional and off-beat. British to the core, the themes and characters of Harry […]
Literary Qualities
Whether because they offer a natural metaphor for coming-of-age audiences transitioning into the adult world, or because-either in cause or effect-they are generally considered most […]
Social Sensitivity
In a television interview aired in July of 2000-just prior to the release of the much-anticipated fourth Harry Potter book-eminent children’s and young adult literature […]
Topics for Discussion
1. J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone introduces readers to all sorts of interesting magical objects (the Nimbus 2000, the remembrall, magic […]
Ideas for reports and papers
1. The Harry Potter books are set in England, but the author, J. K. Rowling, lives in Scotland. What has the relationship between England and […]