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title: Harry Potter (character)

text: becomes fast friends with classmates Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and foils Voldemort's attempt to steal the Philosopher's Stone. He also forms a rivalry with characters Draco Malfoy, a classmate from an elitist wizarding family, and the cold, condescending Potions master, Severus Snape, Draco's mentor and the head of Slytherin House. Both feuds continue throughout the series and are settled at the series's end (Draco's in the West End play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Snape's on his deathbed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In a 1999 interview, Rowling stated that Draco is based on several

title: Harry Potter (character)

text: how to create a Patronus, which takes the form of a stag, the same as his late father's. In the previous books, Harry is written as a child, but Rowling states that in the fourth novel, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "Harry's horizons are literally and metaphorically widening as he grows older." Harry's developing maturity becomes apparent when he becomes romantically interested in Cho Chang, a student in Ravenclaw house. Tension mounts, however, when Harry is mysteriously chosen by the Goblet of Fire to compete in the dangerous Triwizard Tournament, even though another Hogwarts champion, Cedric Diggory, has

title: The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter

text: approval from Rowling, and has since received positive reviews from critics. An updated version of "The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter" was published in 2004 by Berkley Books. "The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter" explores the references to history, legends, and literature in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" novels. David Colbert, the author of the book, told the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" that the "Harry Potter" novels "are [...] literary treasure hunts for [Rowling's] readers. What seem like funny-sounding names and places and excursions into fantasy all have a basis in either history, myth or legend." He added, however, that he thinks

title: Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup

text: Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup is a 2003 sports action video game that features the fictional sport of Quidditch from J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" franchise, using the likeness from the films. The user plays in the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup competition. Hogwarts House team rosters are based on Harry's third year "(Prisoner of Azkaban)". Other House team and national team members not named in the books are named in this game, and their names are also listed on Chocolate Frog cards in the "Half-Blood Prince" video game. As in the first three books, Lee Jordan

title: Harry Potter

text: attraction is located at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, where all eight of the "Harry Potter" films were made. Warner Bros. constructed two new sound stages to house and showcase the famous sets from each of the British-made productions, following a £100 million investment. It opened to the public in March 2012. Harry Potter Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The

title: Harry Potter fandom

text: Potter" world; others write stories that have little relation to the books other than the characters' names and the settings in which the fan fiction takes place. On FanFiction.Net, there are over 733,000, while Archive of Our Own has 88,821 stories on Harry Potter . There are numerous websites devoted solely to Harry Potter fan fiction. Of these, according to rankings on Alexa.com, HarryPotterFanfiction.com has grown to be the most popular. A well-known work of fan fiction is The Shoebox Project, created by two LiveJournal users. Over 8500 people subscribe to the story so that they are alerted when new

title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

text: social theory". Stephen Brown noted that the early "Harry Potter" books, especially "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", were a runaway success despite inadequate and poorly organised marketing. Brown advised marketing executives to be less preoccupied with rigorous statistical analyses and the "analysis, planning, implementation, and control" model of management. Instead he recommended that they should treat the stories as "a marketing masterclass", full of enticing products and brand names. For example, a real-world analogue of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans was introduced under licence in 2000 by toymaker Hasbro. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the

title: Harry Potter

text: 11 million units in the first twenty-four hours of release. The series has also gathered adult fans, leading to the release of two editions of each "Harry Potter" book, identical in text but with one edition's cover artwork aimed at children and the other aimed at adults. Besides meeting online through blogs, podcasts, and fansites, "Harry Potter" super-fans can also meet at "Harry Potter" symposia. The word "Muggle" has spread beyond its "Harry Potter" origins, becoming one of few pop culture words to land in the Oxford English Dictionary. The Harry Potter fandom has embraced podcasts as a regular, often

title: Harry Potter

text: during the rise in the popularity of the Harry Potter books. The research also found that children who read Harry Potter books were not more likely to go on to read outside the fantasy and mystery genres. NEA chairman Dana Gioia said the series, "got millions of kids to read a long and reasonably complex series of books. The trouble is that one Harry Potter novel every few years is not enough to reverse the decline in reading." Jennifer Conn used Snape's and Quidditch coach Madam Hooch's teaching methods as examples of what to avoid and what to emulate in

title: Harry Potter

text: she did not like!" He does however predict that Harry Potter "will indeed stand time's test and wind up on a shelf where only the best are kept; I think Harry will take his place with Alice, Huck, Frodo, and Dorothy and this is one series not just for the decade, but for the ages". Sameer Rahim of "The Daily Telegraph" disagreed, saying "It depresses me to see 16 and 17 year-olds reading the series when they could be reading the great novels of childhood such as "Oliver Twist" or "A House for Mr Biswas". What that says about the

title: Harry Potter: The Exhibition

text: other artefacts from the creation of the Harry Potter film series. Among the items on display are Harry Potter's wand and eyeglasses. Also featured are film sets, such the Great Hall and Gryffindor Common Room from the fictional school Hogwarts, which is a major setting in the Wizarding World. Beginning in 2016, some artefacts from the "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" film series have also been included. Harry Potter: The Exhibition Harry Potter: The Exhibition is a traveling exhibition of props, costumes, and other artefacts from the creation of the Harry Potter film series. The exhibition originally opened

title: Legal disputes over the Harry Potter series

text: most names changed to those of "Harry Potter" characters. The book was quickly recognised by media outlets as a fake. Rowling and Warner Bros. took steps to stop its distribution. Copies were briefly distributed around the world, including e-book copies traded on the Internet. In November 2002, the Bashu Publishing House, in the southwestern city of Chengdu, agreed to pay a £1,600 (US$3,400) fine and publish an apology in China's "Legal Times" for printing and distributing the novel. As of 2007, the identity of the anonymous "author" has not been discovered. The opening of "Harry Potter and Bao Zoulong", translated

title: Harry Potter

text: screenwriting. A number of other non-interactive media games and board games have been released such as "Cluedo Harry Potter Edition", "Scene It? Harry Potter" and "Lego Harry Potter" models, which are influenced by the themes of both the novels and films. There are thirteen "Harry Potter" video games, eight corresponding with the films and books and five spin-offs. The film/book-based games are produced by Electronic Arts, as was "", with the game version of the first entry in the series, "Philosopher's Stone", being released in November 2001. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" went on to become one of the

text: 2005. On 24 September 2008, the court in Delhi rejected Warner Bros.' claim, saying that "Harry Potter" readers were sufficiently able to distinguish between the two works. They also accused Warner Bros. of delaying the action, since they were aware of the film as far back as 2005. In 2000, in the lead-up to the release of the first "Harry Potter" film, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"; Warner Bros., the film's distributor, sent a series of letters to owners of "Harry Potter" fansites, demanding that, to protect their copyright, they hand over their domain names. The action resulted in

title: Harry Potter video games

text: last four games in the main series, has received much praise for the quality of his work on the franchise, as has Jeremy Soule who preceded him. "Book of Spells" also received a nomination for "game innovation" at the BAFTA Awards in 2013. As of 2014, The Harry Potter video game series was stated to have sold $1.5 billion in sales. Harry Potter video games The "Harry Potter" video games are multiple series of video games based on the fictional world of "Harry Potter", originally created by J.K. Rowling, and published by Electronic Arts and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Many

title: Lego Harry Potter

text: film foreshadowing the theme's assumed retirement. This was the last Harry Potter themed set until 2010. Lego revived the Harry Potter theme after a three-year gap from previous set released in 2007. These new sets were released October 1, 2010 within the UK. All sets are remakes of previous ones with the exception of one new set, The Burrow, which is based on a scene from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Lego released four main sets in 2011. Diagon Alley was released in January, while the other three sets were released on June 1, 2011, around the time of

title: Harry Potter prequel

text: might purchase it will really understand the benefits to people out there, what it can do," he said. "If it's destroyed, or if it's lost, it's a great loss." Harry Potter prequel An 800-word, untitled short story, unofficially known as the Harry Potter prequel, was written by J. K. Rowling in 2008 as part of a charity auction event, for which it fetched £25,000. The story recounts an encounter with Muggle police experienced by Sirius Black and James Potter, taking place before the events of the "Harry Potter" series. The manuscript was stolen in 2017. Two Muggle policemen chase a

title: The Harry Potter Lexicon

text: The Harry Potter Lexicon The Harry Potter Lexicon is a fan-created online encyclopedia of the "Harry Potter" series. The site was created by school librarian Steve Vander Ark. It contains detailed information for all seven published "Harry Potter" books. The Lexicon lists characters, places, creatures, spells, potions and magical devices, as well as analyzing magical theory and other details of the series. The Lexicon is credited as creating one of the first timelines of all events occurring in the "Harry Potter" universe. A similar timeline of events was adopted by Warner Bros. for inclusion with their "Harry Potter" film DVDs,

title: Harry Potter Alliance

text: their iReporter site, the Harry Potter Alliance asked members to upload submissions showing their love for Harry Potter while holding signs that said, "Save Darfur." Then, in 2008, the HPA asked members to withhold support for sponsors of the 2008 Summer Olympics who were "implicitly funding the genocide in Darfur through overseas investments." In conjunction with the release of the "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" film in 2009, the organisation launched a "What Would Dumbledore Do" campaign, asking fans to tweet about the lessons they learned from Harry Potter's headmaster Albus Dumbledore using #dumbledore, attend the film release wearing

title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Places in Harry Potter J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" universe contains numerous settings for the events in her fantasy novels. These locations are categorised as a dwelling, school, shopping district, or government-affiliated locale. The Weasleys' home, known as the Burrow, is located outside the village of Ottery St Catchpole, also near the home of the Lovegoods, the Diggorys and the Fawcetts. The Burrow was used as the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters, due to the compromised Fidelius Charm placed on 12 Grimmauld Place, in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" until it lost its given protection. The Weasley house has

title: Harry Potter (journalist)

text: Harry Potter (journalist) Harry Potter (20 July 1941 – 8 May 2014) was an Australian journalist, television reporter and presenter. A veteran police and crime reporter whose career spanned more than fifty years, Potter first joined "Ten Eyewitness News", a nightly news show on Network Ten, in 1978. In 2013, Harry Potter became the first recipient of the Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award. Potter was diagnosed with cancer in the early 2000s. He died from cancer on 8 May 2014, at the age of 72. He was survived by his wife, journalist Katrina Lee, and four children – Tim, Nick, Elisa

title: Harry Potter

text: and Warner Brothers announced they would create "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter", a new "Harry Potter"-themed expansion to the Islands of Adventure theme park at Universal Orlando Resort in Florida. The land officially opened to the public on 18 June 2010. It includes a re-creation of Hogsmeade and several rides. The flagship attraction is "Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey", which exists within a re-creation of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Other rides include "Dragon Challenge", a pair of inverted roller coasters, and "Flight of the Hippogriff", a family roller coaster. Four years later, on 8 July 2014,

title: Harry Potter

text: created in 2005 and is played worldwide. Characters and elements from the series have inspired scientific names of several organisms, including the dinosaur "Dracorex hogwartsia", the spider "Eriovixia gryffindori", the wasp "Ampulex dementor", and the crab "Harryplax severus". The popularity of the "Harry Potter" series has translated into substantial financial success for Rowling, her publishers, and other "Harry Potter" related license holders. This success has made Rowling the first and thus far only billionaire author. The books have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide and have also given rise to the popular film adaptations produced by Warner Bros., all

title: Politics of Harry Potter

text: that "Harry Potter" is a parable on immigration rights, noting that US "immigration, citizenship and naturalization laws are based explicitly on discrimination on the basis of national origin. Where you were born, and what passport you carry, determine whether you have the right to come here, to visit, to work, or to live here." On the "Harry Potter" series, Rowling said on her United States book tour in October 2007, "I very consciously wanted to show what is one of the great evils of war, which is that totally innocent people are slaughtered... Another great evil of war is that

title: Harry Potter fandom

text: set up with 3D virtual chatrooms and avatars where fans can socially interact with each other in Pictionary and Harry Potter Trivial games or participate in discussion groups about Harry Potter or Film media or perform plays as a theater group to other fans as audience. They hold special community event such as Harry Potters Birthday or Halloween and have seasonal house competitions. Fans are able to create their own avatars, collect or be rewarded coins to purchase furniture items for their own "clubhouse". However, the website emphasizes more social interaction between fans' avatars to stimulate the Hogwarts student experience.

title: Harry Potter

text: Harry Potter Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's struggle against Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic, and subjugate all wizards and Muggles (non-magical people). Since the release of the first novel, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", on 26

text: Harry often has to re-examine his ideas near the ends of books. Some social behaviour in the "Harry Potter" books is remininiscent of Austen, for example the excited communal reading of letters. Both authors satirise social behaviour and give characters names that express their personalities. However in Nel's opinion Rowling's humour is more based on caricature and the names she invents are more like those found in Charles Dickens's stories, and Amanda Cockrell noted that many of these express their owners' traits through allusions that run from ancient Roman mythology to eighteenth-century German literature. Rowling, like the Narnia series' author

title: Harry Potter

text: and Nielsen should have created a separate game-show list when "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" dominated the ratings. In 1998, Rowling sold the film rights of the first four "Harry Potter" books to Warner Bros. for a reported £1 million ($1,982,900). Rowling demanded the principal cast be kept strictly British, nonetheless allowing for the inclusion of Irish actors such as the late Richard Harris as Dumbledore, and for casting of French and Eastern European actors in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" where characters from the book are specified as such. After many directors including Steven Spielberg, Terry

title: The Harry Potter Lexicon

text: appropriates too much of Rowling's creative work for its purposes as a reference guide." In December, 2008, a modified (and shorter) version of Vander Ark's Lexicon was approved for publication and was released January 16, 2009 as "The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction". The Harry Potter Lexicon The Harry Potter Lexicon is a fan-created online encyclopedia of the "Harry Potter" series. The site was created by school librarian Steve Vander Ark. It contains detailed information for all seven published "Harry Potter" books. The Lexicon lists characters, places, creatures, spells, potions and magical devices, as well as analyzing

title: Harry Potter fandom

text: also noteworthy for its detailed criticism and discussion of the Harry Potter books. Speculation intensified with the July 2005 publication of "Half-Blood Prince" and the detailed post-publication interview given by Rowling to Mugglenet and The Leaky Cauldron. Notably, DumbledoreIsNotDead.com sought to understand the events of the sixth book in a different way. (Rowling later confirmed, however – on 2 August 2006 – that Dumbledore was, in fact, dead, humorously apologising to the website as she did so.) A collection of essays, "Who Killed Albus Dumbledore?: What Really Happened in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? Six Expert Harry Potter Detectives

title: Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7

text: Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Released on 11 November 2011 in North America and 18 November in Europe, the game is based on the Lego Harry Potter line and is based on the final three books and four films in the "Harry Potter" series: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1", and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2". The

title: Harry Potter (film series)

text: in the "Harry Potter" franchise — "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", Parts 1 & 2 — have to date grossed around $216 million in IMAX theaters worldwide. The "Harry Potter" films and their success have been retrospectively considered to have had a significant impact on the film industry. They are cited as having helped redefine the Hollywood blockbuster in the 21st century by initiating a shift toward established media franchises

title: Religious debates over the Harry Potter series

text: In 2002, Chick Publications produced a comic book tract titled "The Nervous Witch" that declared "the Potter books open a doorway that will put untold millions of kids into hell." In 2007 Jacqui Komschlies wrote an article in "Christianity Today" comparing "Harry Potter" to "rat poison mixed with orange soda," and said, "We're taking something deadly from our world and turning it into what some are calling 'merely a literary device. A common belief among fundamentalist Christians is that "Harry Potter" promotes the religion of Wicca, and so keeping the books in public schools violates the separation of church and

title: Politics of Harry Potter

text: community building. Wal-Mart Watch uses parodies of Harry Potter to compare WalMart to Lord Voldemort and draws analogies between House elves and forced labour. Stop Big Media gained support from "Rocking Out Against Voldemedia", a compilation of ten original songs by ten Harry Potter-themed "Wizard Rock" bands. Andrew Slack and The Harry Potter Alliance compare media consolidation in the U.S. to the control of the Ministry of Magic over the "Daily Prophet" in the "Harry Potter" books, saying "Once Voldemort took over every form of media in the Wizarding World, Dumbledore's Army and the Order of the Phoenix formed an

title: Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4

text: Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. The game is based on the Lego Harry Potter line and its storyline covers the first four films in the "Harry Potter" series: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". The game is available on the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS and Android. The OS

title: Politics of Harry Potter

text: Politics of Harry Potter There are many published theories about the politics of the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling, which range from them containing criticism of racism to anti-government sentiments. According to "Inside Higher Ed", doctoral theses have been devoted to the Harry Potter books. There are also several university courses centred on analysis of the Potter series, including an upper division political science course. "Time" magazine noted the political and social aspects of Harry Potter in their 2007 Person of the Year issue where Rowling placed third behind politicians Vladimir Putin and Al Gore. "Harry Potter"s potential

text: Doe. Outside these controversies, a number of particular incidents related to "Harry Potter" have also led, or almost led, to legal action. In 2005, a man was sentenced to four years in prison after firing a replica gun at a journalist during a staged deal for stolen copies of an unreleased "Harry Potter" novel, and attempting to blackmail the publisher with threats of releasing secrets from the book. Then in 2007 Bloomsbury Publishing contemplated legal action against the supermarket chain Asda for libel after the company accused them of overpricing the final "Harry Potter" novel, "Harry Potter and the Deathly

title: Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup

text: criticized the game's feel, as the controls were felt to be sluggish. "IGN" cited the game as being "fun, but not compelling." "EuroGamer" cited the game commentary track as being "painful at times", but also described "Quidditch World Cup above [as] being an average, if well-implemented, fantasy sports game." Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup is a 2003 sports action video game that features the fictional sport of Quidditch from J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" franchise, using the likeness from the films. The user plays in the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup competition. Hogwarts House team rosters are

title: Harry Potter video games

text: freemium games, such as wait timers, and microtransactions. Following the release of "Pokémon Go", Niantic is scheduled to release "", a similarly augmented reality game to that of "Go", allowing players to see the gameworld through a smartphone in 2019. In addition to game releases, there have been collection titles for the releases of Harry Potter games. In 2005, "World of Harry Potter" was released for PC, containing all of the first four novel games, and the "Quiddich World Cup" game. In 2007, a PlayStation 2 collection known as "Harry Potter Collection", releasing the first three games. In Harry Potter

title: Harry Potter Alliance

text: it's uplifting to see people going out there and doing that in the name of your character." She soon after featured the organization on her website. The HPA has also received significant support from the Vlogbrothers, John Green and Hank Green. The HPA is a frequent favorite for donations from the annual Project for Awesome. Emerson Spartz, founder of MuggleNet, has embraced the Harry Potter Alliance. "As readers we get very emotional when werewolves and house elves are being discriminated against," he describes. "The Harry Potter Alliance shows how those feelings can relate to real problems that we can solve."

title: Harry Potter

text: of Harry Potter" opened at the Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka, Japan. It includes the village of Hogsmeade, "Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey" ride, and "Flight of the Hippogriff" roller coaster. On 7 April 2016, "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" opened at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park near Los Angeles, California. In March 2011, Warner Bros. announced plans to build a tourist attraction in the United Kingdom to showcase the "Harry Potter" film series. "The Making of Harry Potter" is a behind-the-scenes walking tour featuring authentic sets, costumes and props from the film series. The

title: Harry Potter

text: a cause-and-effect relationship, there is a clear correlation, and it seems that Harry Potter's cultural impact may be stronger than just a fandom bond. Many fan fiction and fan art works about "Harry Potter" have been made. In March 2007, "Harry Potter" was the most commonly searched fan fiction subject on the internet. At the University of Michigan in 2009, StarKid Productions performed an original musical parodying the "Harry Potter" series called "A Very Potter Musical". The musical was awarded "Entertainment Weekly"'s 10 Best Viral Videos of 2009. The sport Quidditch, played by characters in the "Harry Potter" series, was

title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

text: et les reliques de la mort"), the Spanish translation ("Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte"), the Dutch translation ("Harry Potter en de Relieken van de Dood") and the Brazilian Portuguese translation ("Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte"). The first Polish translation was released with a new title: "Harry Potter i Insygnia Śmierci" – "Harry Potter and the Insignia of Death". The Hindi translation "Harry Potter aur Maut ke Tohfe" (), which means "Harry Potter and the Gifts of Death", was released by Manjul Publication in India on 27 June 2008. The Romanian version was released on 1

title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

text: was symbolic, as Harry's horizons widened both literally and metaphorically as he grew up. She also wanted to explore more of the magical world. Until the official title's announcement on 27 June 2000, the book was called by its working title, 'Harry Potter IV.' Previously, in April, the publisher had listed it as "Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament". However, J. K. Rowling expressed her indecision about the title in an "Entertainment Weekly" interview. "I changed my mind twice on what [the title] was. The working title had got out — "Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament". Then I changed

title: Politics of Harry Potter

text: epidemic. In a parody of "Harry Potter", Campaign for America's Future cast Seinfeld alumnus, Jason Alexander as "Lord Rovemort", a Karl Rove figure that coordinates Republican "obstruction" in Congress. Library of Congress: Rowling, J. K. Criticism and interpretation Carrie-Ann Biondi ed., "Imagining Better: Philosophical Issues in Harry Potter," collection of essays on philosophy and politics of "Harry Potter" in "Reason Papers: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Normative Studies", vol. 34, no. 2 (June 2012). Politics of Harry Potter There are many published theories about the politics of the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling, which range from them containing criticism

title: Fictional universe of Harry Potter

text: created by Fred and George Weasley. Most sweets can be found in the sweetshop Honeydukes. Dumbledore seems to be partial to these as he often uses their names as passwords. Chocolate Frogs are, as the name suggests, frogs made of chocolate, and are very popular wizarding sweets. They are each packaged with a collectible card displaying a magical picture and brief biography of a famous witch or wizard of medieval to modern times. Cards named in the "Harry Potter" series include wizards such as Merlin, Dumbledore, Nicholas Flamel and the four founders of Hogwarts. According to a web chat with

title: Harry Potter

text: and Harry, Voldemort, and Hermione as playable characters. In 2017, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment opened its own Harry Potter themed game design studio, by the name of Portkey Games; before releasing in 2018, developed by Jam City. All seven "Harry Potter" books have been released in unabridged audiobook versions, with Stephen Fry reading the UK editions and Jim Dale voicing the series for the American editions. "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts I and II" is a play which serves as a sequel to the books, beginning nineteen years after the events of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".

title: Harry Potter (film series)

text: I feel honoured to be here as the director shouts cut for the very last time. Farewell Harry & Hogwarts, it's been magic!". However, reshoots of the epilogue scene were confirmed to begin in the winter of 2010. The filming was completed on 21 December 2010, marking the official closure of filming the "Harry Potter" franchise. Exactly four years earlier on that day, author J. K. Rowling's official website revealed the title of the final novel in the series – "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". Harry Potter is an orphaned boy brought up by his unkind Muggle (non-magical) aunt

title: Harry Potter (film series)

text: Grint, and Emma Watson as the three leading characters: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. Four directors worked on the series: Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, and David Yates. Michael Goldenberg wrote the screenplay for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007), while the remaining films had their screenplays written by Steve Kloves. Production took place over ten years, with the main story arc following Harry Potter's quest to overcome his arch-enemy Lord Voldemort. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", the seventh and final novel in the series, was adapted into two feature-length parts. "Part 1"

text: mind that "Harry Potter" is evil before they read. They have taken a magnifying glass and picked at the books, using literary reductionism to find what they want to find. You can pick up Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and do the same thing that these people have done with "Harry Potter"; it is ridiculous." In 2001, Massimo Introvigne, an Italian expert in emerging religious movements, criticised the Fundamentalist impulse to distrust fantasy. "Fundamentalists reject, or even burn, all products of contemporary popular culture, because their modes of production, languages and styles are not intrinsically Christian [...] Most children understand that

title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (soundtrack)

text: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" as a tribute to Williams and the series' end. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (soundtrack) The soundtrack to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States, India, and Pakistan) was released on 30 October 2001. The film's score was composed and conducted by John Williams. The soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Score at the 74th Academy Awards. The film introduces many character-specific themes (leitmotifs) that are used in at least one sequel as well, although most of the themes are

title: Harry Potter (character)

text: Harry grows taller, and by the seventh book is said to be 'almost' the height of his father, and 'tall' by other characters. Rowling explained that Harry's image came to her when she first thought up Harry Potter, seeing him as a "scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy". She also mentioned that she thinks Harry's glasses are the clue to his vulnerability. According to Rowling, Harry is strongly guided by his own conscience, and has a keen feeling of what is right and wrong. Having "very limited access to truly caring adults", Rowling said, Harry "is forced to make his own decisions

title: Lego Harry Potter

text: Lego Harry Potter Lego "Harry Potter" is a Lego theme based on the films of the "Harry Potter" series. Lego models of important scenes, vehicles and characters were made for the first six films and all the books released. The first sets appeared in 2001, to coincide with the release of the first film "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States). Subsequent sets were released alongside the new films, until Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The line then went dormant for three years, with sets being released in

title: Lego Harry Potter

text: on October 21, 2016, as part of the "Lego Harry Potter Collection", and was also released for the Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on October 30, 2018. Lego Harry Potter Lego "Harry Potter" is a Lego theme based on the films of the "Harry Potter" series. Lego models of important scenes, vehicles and characters were made for the first six films and all the books released. The first sets appeared in 2001, to coincide with the release of the first film "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States). Subsequent sets were

title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (soundtrack)

text: charted at number four on the Top Soundtracks Chart. The track listing for the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" soundtrack was released on Amazon UK. All tracks are produced, conducted and composed by Desplat. Personnel adapted from the album liner notes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (soundtrack) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows − Part 1 is a motion picture soundtrack to the 2010 film of the same name, written and conducted by the French film composer Alexandre Desplat. The soundtrack was nominated for the 2010 IFMCA Award for Best Original Score

title: Harry Potter (film series)

text: was released in November 2010, and "Part 2" was released in July 2011. Five of the series' eight films are among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, with "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" the highest-grossing film in the series and one of 36 films to gross over $1 billion, ranking at number ten. Without inflation adjustment, it is the third highest-grossing film series with $7.7 billion in worldwide receipts. Late in 1997, film producer David Heyman's London offices received a copy of the first book in what would become Rowling's series of seven "Harry Potter"

title: Harry Potter (film series)

text: gave much of what would normally be given to Californian vendors to UK ones. They came up trumps." Tim Burke, the visual effects supervisor, said many studios "are bringing their work to UK effects companies. Every facility is fully booked, and that wasn't the case before "Harry Potter". That's really significant." On 12 June 2010, filming of the "Deathly Hallows – Part 1" and "Deathly Hallows – Part 2" was completed with actor Warwick Davis stating on his Twitter account, "The end of an Era – today is officially the last day of principal photography on 'Harry Potter' – ever.

title: Harry Potter video games

text: Harry Potter video games The "Harry Potter" video games are multiple series of video games based on the fictional world of "Harry Potter", originally created by J.K. Rowling, and published by Electronic Arts and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Many of the "Harry Potter" inspired video games are tie-ins to the novels, and films of the same name. The main series features a video game for every novel (as well as two for the finale), and often multiple distinct versions for individual games. Despite the games having a wide variety of developers, the series were all developed by Electronic Arts from

title: Parodies of Harry Potter

text: Parodies of Harry Potter The immense popularity and wide recognition of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter fantasy series has led to its being extensively parodied, in works spanning nearly every medium. The franchise holds the record for the most fan fiction parodies, at over 900.000 Some self-described parodies have been targeted by Rowling and her publishers as plagiarism, while others have sold hundreds of thousands of copies without any threat of legal sanction. Misinterpretations of "Harry Potter" parodies have sparked at least two urban legends. Many "Harry Potter" parodies are self-published; others are put out as part of major comic

title: The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter

text: An updated version of "The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter" was published in 2004 by Berkley Books, just before the film "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" was released. Colbert wrote and published "The Magical Worlds of Narnia" in 2005, a guide to the fictional Narnia universe. The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter: A Treasury of Myths, Legends, and Fascinating Facts is a guide to the fictional "Harry Potter" universe, written by David Colbert. It explores the references to history, legends, and literature in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" novels. Colbert conceived the idea

title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)

text: rank lower than "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" in worldwide terms. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 88% based on 246 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The main characters are maturing, and the filmmakers are likewise improving on their craft; vibrant special effects and assured performances add up to what is the most complex yet of the "Harry Potter" films." At Metacritic, the film has a score of 81 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an average

text: into English, was included in several news articles. As of 2007, it is estimated that there are fifteen million copies of fraudulent "Harry Potter" novels circulating in China. In 2007, Rowling's agents, the Christopher Little Literary Agency, began to discuss the possibility of legal proceedings concerning a fake version of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" that appeared in China ten days before the actual book's publication. In 2003, legal pressure from "Harry Potter"'s publishers led an Indian publisher to stop publication of "Harry Potter in Calcutta" by Uttam Ghosh; a work in which Harry meets figures from Bengali literature.

title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)

text: for many awards including the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design, Best Sound, and Best Special Visual Effects. It was followed by six sequels, beginning with "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" in 2004 and ending with "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" in 2011, nearly ten years after the first film's release. Harry Potter spends the summer with The Dursleys without receiving letters from his Hogwarts friends. In his room, Harry meets Dobby, a house-elf who warns him of a peril that will take shape if he returns to Hogwarts. Dobby reveals that he intercepted

title: Harry Potter

text: in the US on 2 June 1999. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" was published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the UK version and 870 pages in the US version. It was published worldwide in English on 21 June 2003. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"

title: Harry Potter

text: of which have been highly successful in their own right. The films have in turn spawned eight video games and have led to the licensing of more than 400 additional "Harry Potter" products. The "Harry Potter" brand has been estimated to be worth as much as $25 billion. The great demand for Harry Potter books motivated "The New York Times" to create a separate best-seller list for children's literature in 2000, just before the release of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". By 24 June 2000, Rowling's novels had been on the list for 79 straight weeks; the first

title: Harry Potter

text: 31 July 2016. The story is set nineteen years after the ending of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and follows Harry Potter, now a Ministry of Magic employee, and his youngest son Albus Severus Potter. The play's official synopsis was released on 23 October 2015: Rowling has expanded the Harry Potter universe with several short books produced for various charities. In 2001, she released "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" (a purported Hogwarts textbook) and "Quidditch Through the Ages" (a book Harry reads for fun). Proceeds from the sale of these two books benefited the charity Comic Relief.

title: Places in Harry Potter

text: the centre of the village square of Godric's Hollow, is a war memorial that magically transforms into a monument to the Potter family – James, Lily, and Harry – when approached by witches and/or wizards unaccompanied by Muggles. Invisible to Muggles, the remains of Harry's old house (left just as it was after Voldemort attacked) are found at the end of the main street. Little Hangleton is a fictional Muggle village notable as the place of origin of Voldemort's maternal and paternal ancestors, and as the place where he was restored to bodily form in "Harry Potter and the Goblet

title: Harry Potter

text: clinical teaching, and Joyce Fields wrote that the books illustrate four of the five main topics in a typical first-year sociology class: "sociological concepts including culture, society, and socialisation; stratification and social inequality; social institutions; and social theory". From the early 2000s onwards several news reports appeared in the UK of the Harry Potter book and movie series driving demand for pet owls and even reports that after the end of the movie series these same pet owls were now being abandoned by their owners. This led J. K. Rowling to issue several statements urging Harry Potter fans to refrain

title: Harry Potter fandom

text: such as The Remus Lupins, The Parselmouths, Ministry of Magic, and The Whomping Willows) (see below) (Prophecy, 2007; Leakycon, 2009/2011/2012), Andrew Slack, founder of The Harry Potter Alliance, and StarKid, the cast of the fan made musicals "A Very Potter Musical", "A Very Potter Sequel", and "A Very Potter Senior Year". Still, the conventions try to attract the fandom with other fun-filled "Potter"-centric activities, often more interactive, such as wizarding chess, water Quidditch, a showing of the "Harry Potter" films, or local cultural immersions. Live podcasts are often recorded during these events, and live Wizard Rock shows have become a

title: Magical creatures in Harry Potter

text: is presented with an article of clothing by his or her master, that house-elf is subsequently set free; and when Harry (after returning from the Chamber of Secrets) discovers that Dobby's master is Lucius Malfoy, he tricks Malfoy into setting Dobby free, a feat that secures him the house-elf's undying loyalty. He was now willing to save Harry Potter no matter if it would mean risking his life, because after all, "Harry Potter set Dobby free!" Dobby returns in "Goblet of Fire". Now a free elf, he obtains a paid post at Hogwarts. Dobby also quickly becomes the only house-elf

title: Harry Potter fandom

text: fans had grown so large that considerable security measures were taken to ensure that no book was purchased before the official release date. "Harry Potter" is considered one of the few four-quadrant, multi-generation spanning franchises that exist today, despite Rowling's original marketing of the books to tweens and teens. Pottermania is an informal term first used around 1999 describing the craze "Harry Potter" fans have had over the series. Fans held midnight parties to celebrate the release of the final four books at bookstores which stayed open on the night leading into the date of the release. In 2005, "Entertainment

title: Harry Potter fandom

text: and explore the park by themselves. The event included talks given by creators of the park, free food and butterbeer, and live wizard rock shows inside the park. In addition to conventions, Harry Potter fandom has further expanded to town festivals, including the Chestertown Harry Potter Festival, the Chestnut Hill Harry Potter Festival, Edgerton's Harry Potter Festival, and the Spellbound Festival, among others. The Harry Potter fandom has also led to the development of at least one religion. The religion of 'Snapeism' was active from 2005-2011. The Snapists (popularly known as the Snapewives) worshipped the Severus Snape character. The Snapists

title: Harry Potter fandom

text: Harry Potter fandom "Harry Potter" fandom refers to the community of fans of the "Harry Potter" books and movies who participate in entertainment activities that revolve around the series, such as reading and writing fan fiction, creating and soliciting fan art, engaging in role-playing games, socializing on "Harry Potter"-based forums, and more. The fandom interacts online as well as offline through activities such as fan conventions, tours of iconic landmarks relevant to the books and production of the films, and parties held for the midnight release of each book and film. By the fourth "Harry Potter" book, the legions of

title: Harry Potter Fan Zone

text: from an open letter written by the site. Harry Potter Fan Zone Harry Potter Fan Zone is an Australian "Harry Potter" fansite created in 2003 by Australian teenager Andy McCray. "Harry Potter" author J. K. Rowling awarded the website a "Fan Site Award," stating that "[it] is a great Australian site with an impressively young staff who have produced some really insightful editorials." Harry Potter Fan Zone's main focus is the coverage of "Harry Potter" news and "Harry Potter" related discussion and contents. The site has covered events in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, including book releases, movie

title: Harry Potter Fan Zone

text: Harry Potter Fan Zone Harry Potter Fan Zone is an Australian "Harry Potter" fansite created in 2003 by Australian teenager Andy McCray. "Harry Potter" author J. K. Rowling awarded the website a "Fan Site Award," stating that "[it] is a great Australian site with an impressively young staff who have produced some really insightful editorials." Harry Potter Fan Zone's main focus is the coverage of "Harry Potter" news and "Harry Potter" related discussion and contents. The site has covered events in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, including book releases, movie releases, premieres and fan gatherings. At the invitation

title: Places in Harry Potter

text: Warner Bros. to film the fictional locations in the "Harry Potter" film series. Places in Harry Potter J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" universe contains numerous settings for the events in her fantasy novels. These locations are categorised as a dwelling, school, shopping district, or government-affiliated locale. The Weasleys' home, known as the Burrow, is located outside the village of Ottery St Catchpole, also near the home of the Lovegoods, the Diggorys and the Fawcetts. The Burrow was used as the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters, due to the compromised Fidelius Charm placed on 12 Grimmauld Place, in "Harry Potter and

title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)

text: the company the rights to the first four "Harry Potter" books for a reported £1 million (US$1,982,900). A demand Rowling made was that the principal cast be kept strictly British, nonetheless allowing for the inclusion of Irish actors such as Richard Harris as Dumbledore, and for casting of French and Eastern European actors in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" where characters from the book are specified as such. Rowling was hesitant to sell the rights because she "didn't want to give them control over the rest of the story" by selling the rights to the characters, which would

title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

text: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the "Harry Potter" series. The book was released on 21 July 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". It was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, in the United States by Scholastic, and in Canada by Raincoast Books. The novel chronicles the events directly following "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (2005) and the final confrontation between

title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

text: Due to its worldwide fame, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" has been translated into many languages. The first translation to be released was the Ukrainian translation, on 25 September 2007 (as "Гаррі Поттер і смертельні реліквії" – "Harry Potter i smertel'ni relikviji"). The Swedish title of the book was revealed by Rowling as "Harry Potter and the Relics of Death" ("Harry Potter och Dödsrelikerna"), following a pre-release question from the Swedish publisher about the difficulty of translating the two words ""Deathly Hallows"" without having read the book. This is also the title used for the French translation ("Harry Potter

title: The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter

text: The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter: A Treasury of Myths, Legends, and Fascinating Facts is a guide to the fictional "Harry Potter" universe, written by David Colbert. It explores the references to history, legends, and literature in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" novels. Colbert conceived the idea for "The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter" while quizzing his nephew and nieces about the mythological references in the novels. He later wrote the book while teaching a seminar on self-publishing to graduate students at the University of North Carolina. The book was published in March 2001, without

title: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

text: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a chain of themed areas at Universal Parks & Resorts based on the "Harry Potter" media franchise, adapting elements from the Warner Bros.' film series and original novels by the creative mind of J. K. Rowling. The areas were designed by Universal Creative from an exclusive license with Warner Bros. Entertainment, a WarnerMedia company. A "Harry Potter"-themed attraction at either a Disney or Universal park was rumored in 2003. However, the rights to the "Harry Potter" franchise had been acquired by Warner Bros., who denied all rumors.

title: Harry Potter in amusement parks

text: Harry Potter in amusement parks This article details the appearance of Harry Potter theming in amusement parks. In the late 1990s, Universal Parks and Resorts began discussing the possibility of purchasing the license for Harry Potter to create and theme amusement park rides. As Time Warner owns the license, a small walkthrough attraction was constructed at Warner Bros. Movie World called the Harry Potter Movie Magic Experience in 2001. This attraction was removed two years later. In 2010, Universal's Islands of Adventure park opened The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Similar attractions are destined for Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal

title: Harry Potter: The Exhibition

text: Harry Potter: The Exhibition Harry Potter: The Exhibition is a traveling exhibition of props, costumes, and other artefacts from the creation of the Harry Potter film series. The exhibition originally opened in April 2009 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Since its initial opening, the exhibition has been shown around the world and continues to tour. Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (the studio which produced the film series), created the exhibition in partnership with Exhibitgroup/Giltspur (which later merged with GES Exposition Services). The exhibition features props, costumes, and

title: Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey

text: Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey is a motion-based dark ride located in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter themed areas of Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida, Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California, and Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, Japan. The ride takes guests through scenes and environments in and around Hogwarts Castle from the Harry Potter series of books and films. Mark Woodbury, president of Universal Creative, described the ride as an in-depth look at the world of Harry Potter, which utilizes never-before-seen technology which transforms "the theme park experience as

title: Harry Potter

text: world began holding events to coincide with the midnight release of the books, beginning with the 2000 publication of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". The events, commonly featuring mock sorting, games, face painting, and other live entertainment have achieved popularity with Potter fans and have been highly successful in attracting fans and selling books with nearly nine million of the 10.8 million initial print copies of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" sold in the first 24 hours. The final book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" became the fastest selling book in history, moving

text: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. The first novel in the "Harry Potter" series and Rowling's debut novel, it follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry makes close friends and a few enemies during his first year at the school, and with the help of his friends, Harry faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed

title: Fictional universe of Harry Potter

text: mirror in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", with a note explaining to Harry that Sirius and James Potter used to use the mirrors to talk to each other when they were put in separate detentions. In "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", Harry uses a shard of his broken mirror to call for help from the Malfoy's cellar, and later finds out that Aberforth Dumbledore had been watching over Harry using Sirius' mirror, which he obtained from Mundungus Fletcher. Flying paper aeroplanes, (referred to as "interdepartmental memos") are used within the Ministry of Magic. In "Harry Potter

title: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

text: Wizard Wheezes, Borgin and Burkes, Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment and Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour. At the Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka, Japan, "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" opened on July 15, 2014. It includes the village of Hogsmeade, "Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey" ride, and "Flight of the Hippogriff" roller coaster. Two features in the Japanese park not found in Orlando or Hollywood are Hogwarts' Black Lake and live owls. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Universal Studios Hollywood on April 7, 2016. The flagship attraction is the

title: Lego Harry Potter

text: Potter board game that was made available in August. In 2013, The LEGO Group officially discontinued Lego Harry Potter sets. However, a Lego Dimensions add-on pack featuring Harry Potter and Voldemort was scheduled to be released on 27 September 2016. In 2018 it was announced that more sets based on the Harry Potter Universe would be released, starting with a set based on the Great Hall. The first film (titled "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the United States) saw the largest number of sets, with fourteen being made in total. Initially, only eleven were produced, however three more

title: Harry Potter

text: magic. I so understand why Voldemort wants to conquer death. We're all frightened of it." Rowling stated that ""Harry Potter" books have always, in fact, dealt explicitly with religious themes and questions" and that she did not reveal its Christian parallels in the beginning because doing so would have "give[n] too much away to fans who might then see the parallels." In the final book of the series "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", Rowling makes the book's Christian imagery more explicit, quoting both and when Harry visits his parents' graves. Hermione Granger teaches Harry Potter that the meaning of

title: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

text: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, often abbreviated HPMOR, is a Harry Potter fan fiction by Eliezer Yudkowsky. It adapts the story of Harry Potter by attempting to explain wizardry through the scientific method. It was published as a serial from 28 February 2010 through to 14 March 2015. It consists of 122 chapters and 661,619 words. Yudkowsky wrote the story to promote the rationality skills he advocated on his site LessWrong. Yudkowsky chose Harry Potter because "I'd been reading a lot of Harry Potter fan fiction at the time the plot

title: Magical creatures in Harry Potter

text: Granger's pet cat. Crookshanks was purchased by Hermione in a shop called Magical Menagerie in the third Harry Potter book; Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban. Crookshanks resembles a Persian Cat, and Rowling has described him as half-Kneazle, an intelligent cat-like creature sensitive to dishonesty, explaining his identification of the rat 'Scabbers' as Peter Pettigrew, and of Sirius Black in his dog form. Crookshanks is seen in Prisoner of Azkaban talking to Padfoot in the school grounds. Crookshanks was portrayed by a cat called Crackerjack. Dobby is a "house-elf" in the Harry Potter series. He was once owned by

text: comic's heroine cries that 'she got into "The Craft" (i.e. Wicca) "Through the Harry Potter books! We wanted his powers … so we called for spirit guides. Then they came into us." In reality, spirit guides are unrelated to the Witchcraft in the "Harry Potter" books and are not sought by Wiccans. They are a New Age phenomenon.' Regardless, statements such as those in "Witchcraft Repackaged" that the books depict actual occultist practices of any kind have been roundly criticised. Christian writer Stephen D. Greydanus writes that the magic of the "Harry Potter" novels is not the ritualistic, invocative magic

text: society in which adolescents are precociously adult, and adults are permanently adolescent", "Harry Potter" has "reclaimed the kingdom of childhood, proving that you don’t have to betray to enchant". The decision to release the final volume of the "Harry Potter" series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", in Israel at 2 AM on a Saturday morning briefly angered many of Israel's rabbis, since it fell during the Jewish Sabbath, a time when business dealings are forbidden. The books' inclusion in public and school libraries has been frequently challenged for their focus on magic, particularly in the United States, where it

title: Harry Potter (character)

text: was their favourite "Harry Potter" character, calling him a "sympathetic figure" and saying in response to his fights against Voldemort that "everybody loves an underdog story of good vs. evil". Despite being the main character, Watchmojo.com ranked him #2 on their "Top 10 Harry Potter Characters" list in 2014 (Severus Snape was ranked #1 on the list). According to halloweenonline.com, "Harry Potter" sets were the fifth-best selling Halloween costume of 2005. In addition, wizard rock bands like Harry and the Potters and others regularly dress up in the style of Harry Potter, sporting painted forehead scars, black wigs, and round

title: Harry Potter in translation

text: pass off as the translation of the real book by Rowling. There have been several such books, the most famous of which is probably "Harry Potter and Bao Zoulong" which was written and published in China in 2002, before the release of the fifth book in Rowling's series, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". Other fake Harry Potter books written in Chinese include "Harry Potter and the Porcelain Doll" (哈利・波特与瓷娃娃 or Hālì Bōtè yǔ Cíwáwa), "Harry Potter and the Golden Turtle", and "Harry Potter and the Crystal Vase". In August 2007, "The New York Times" noted that the

title: Harry Potter (character)

text: after Voldemort's defeat, Harry joins the "reshuffled" Auror Department under Kingsley Shacklebolt's mentoring, and ends up eventually rising to become Head of said department in 2007. Rowling said that his old rival Draco has a grudging gratitude towards Harry for saving his life in the final battle, but the two are not friends. In the eight "Harry Potter" films screened from 2001 to 2011, Harry Potter has been portrayed by British actor Daniel Radcliffe. Radcliffe was asked to audition for the role of Harry in 2000 by producer David Heyman, while in attendance at a play titled "Stones in His

title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

text: who note that the film "contains moderate threat, injury detail and language", becoming the only "Harry Potter" film to receive a warning for "injury detail". At midnight 15 July, "Part 2" screened in 3,800 cinemas. In the United States, it played in 4,375 cinemas, 3,100 3D cinemas and 274 IMAX cinemas, the widest release for an IMAX, 3D and a "Harry Potter" film. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" was released on 11 November 2011 in the United States in four formats: a one-disc standard DVD, a two-disc standard DVD special edition, a one-disc standard Blu-ray, and

title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)

text: Some scenes do not look quite right — the scale of the characters against the width of the Hogwarts Express clearly do not tally. But these minor disappointments are quickly outweighed by stunning visuals in the later levels. While older teenagers may snub this Harry Potter outing, there's still good mileage in the bespectacled chappie for younger players." Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is an action-adventure video game based on J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", the third novel in the "Harry Potter" series and