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Sep 1, 2019 · TO BE BORN MALE IS AN INCURABLE DISEASE. Italian Strega prize winning writer Edoardo Albinati deeply explores male identity in his book The Catholic School.
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- Harry Potter
- Ronald Weasley
- Hermione Granger
- Professor Dumbledore
- Lord Voldemort
- Rubeus Hagrid
- Draco Malfoy
- Professor McGonagall
- Professor Snape
- Professor Quirrell
Harry Potter, also dubbed as ‘The Boy who Lived’ is the protagonist of this book. He is a bespectacled boy with untidy hair and a lanky build. He has a scar shaped like lightning on his forehead. He loses his parents at a very early age when the dark wizard Lord Voldemortattacks them at their house. Harry attends Hogwarts school to learn magic and ...
Ronald Weasleyis Harry Potter’s best friend. They meet on their way to Hogwarts and instantly hit it off. Tall and gangling, Ron has bright red hair like all his other siblings. Ron is brought up in a wizarding household and therefore knows a lot about the magical world when Harry first meets him. Ron is very fond of eating and is also an expert in...
Hermione Granger is a classmate of Harry and Ron. She is described as a girl with bushy hair and front teeth pointing slightly outward than usual. She is initially very keen to prove herself as a knowledgeable person. She was brought up by muggle parents. She becomes friends with Harry and Ron after the incident in the girls’ lavatory, where they e...
Professor Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts and probably the most accomplished living wizard of his time. He is described as a tall and lean man with waist-length hair and a beard. He is the only wizard whom Lord Voldemortfears. Dumbledore is the one who ensures Harry’s safety after his parents’ death. After Harry comes to Hogwarts, Du...
Lord Voldemort is a dark wizard who killed Harry’s parents. He also tried to kill Harry when the latter was a one-year-old boy but failed miserably. He is never addressed by name, as the entire wizarding world fears him deeply, even after his disappearance. Except for Dumbledore, and eventually Harry, everyone refers to him as ‘You Know Who’. Durin...
Rubeus Hagrid is the gamekeeper and Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. He appears to be about twelve feet tall when Harry meets him. He is the first person that Harry properly meets from the wizarding world in the book. Hagrid ‘rescues’ Harry from the Dursleys and helps Harry with all his school supplies and other equipment. Hagrid is fascinat...
Draco Malfoy is a blond-haired boy in the same year as Harry, whom Harry first meets at Madam Malkin’s shop. Draco is very proud and dismissive of anything he doesn’t consider important. Harry refuses to shake hands with him when Draco extends an invitation for friendship. Draco is in Slytherin’s house and constantly bullies students from Gryffindo...
Minerva McGonagall is a teacher and Deputy Headmistress at Hogwarts. She is the teacher in charge of Gryffindor’s house. She teaches Transfiguration. She is also a licensed animagusand can transform herself into a tabby cat at will. She is first seen in the book as a cat observing Uncle Vernon and his family in Privet Drive before Dumbledore entrus...
Severus Snape is a teacher at Hogwarts. He teaches Potions. He has greasy hair and almost always wears a cloak with a cape. He is described as looking like an ‘overgrown bat.’ Harry first sees him at the school feast, and Harry’s scar immediately begins to hurt. Harry has a hunch that Snape is a sinister person and is up to something. He also gets ...
Professor Quirinus Quirrell is a teacher at Hogwarts. He teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts. Harry first meets him at the Leaky Cauldron. Professor Quirrell is described as a very nervous and constantly stuttering wizard who had some bad experiences with vampires during his trip to Albania. He wears a turban that smells funny, and many students ...
Aug 13, 2020 · ALBINATI: In reality, the mistake is not to want to attenuate one’s own errs and vices, but to claim a license of sincerity, noble in itself, for having confessed them. From the committed sin we thus pass to the sin of pride, for having had the courage to confess. In short, it doesn’t work.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by the British author J. K. Rowling. It is the first novel in the Harry Potter series and was Rowling's debut novel.
- J. K. Rowling, Klaus Fritz
- 1997
In Hogwarts, Harry becomes close friends with Ron and Hermione, who are all put in Gryffindor House. He also talks to Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts who seems to like Harry. They work together to figure out who is trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone.
The series follows the life of a boy named Harry Potter. In the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US) , Harry lives in a cupboard under the stairs in the house of the Dursleys, his aunt, uncle and cousin, who all treat him poorly.
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