The majority of the books plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan. Character descriptions harry potter teaching resources. Which characters in the harry potter movies deviate the. This page like many of the pages on this website is under construction whilst all the different aspects of the books are linked together. Ron is tall, redhaired, and from a respected but poor family. Rowlings seven books focus on the magical and often perilous adventures of this young bespectacled boy who is the son of james. If you dont know who harry potter is, you might just be a muggle. Teach kids with an engaging blended english program. Harry potter, fictional character, a boy wizard created by british author j. In harry potter olympe maxime is a towering woman who accompanies hagrid on his journey to see the giants. A multilevel english curriculum featuring cartoon animated videos, engaging games, interactive tests and a progress tracker. Harry potter and the philosophers stone dudley looked a lot like uncle vernon. It explains how he grows from a child, to a teenager, to a student, and a man. I saw the 1st 5 movies, and then began reading the books.
Rowlings pottermore imprint is felt strongly here, peppering the list with terms like hogwarts and harry potter. Creative writing unit several lessons and activities. The daughter of two dentists, she is an overachiever who shows considerable academic progress when compared to her friends and classmates, and she is described by rowling as a. Rowling, the author of the harry potter series, excels at writing. Harry and ginny potters middle child, the only one of the three potter children to be sorted into slytherin house. Instead of killing harry the curse backfired and destroyed voldemorts body and all his power. But we lost a lot of rons lines who were given to her.
Hermione granger is ron and harrys closest companion. She was made a perfect person with absolutely no flaws in. The character vault is a fascinating book that details the characters from the films. In the harry potter films, we loved seeing the different interpretations of how we imagined the characters on the page. Teaching descriptive scenes from harry potter and the. The boys i will make stories for can be boys from the harry potter era, the marauders era, the next generation, or whatever youd. How the harry potter characters looked in the books vs. Others, like mundungus fletcher, manage to be interesting and complicated even though they only pop in and out of the story occasionally. Harry and ginny potter s middle child, the only one of the three potter children to be sorted into slytherin house. Harry potter character simple english wikipedia, the.
Rowling could paint a picture of a character just by focusing on one or two key physical characteristics by doing this, she planted images in our heads that would last for years. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which. Some, like severus snape, are complex and mysterious. Harry potter book character descriptions versus how they looked in. Character profile for harry potter from harry potter and. Character profile for hermione granger from harry potter. In the books, hermione always had one obvious, identifying feature. Ron is one of harry s two best friends at hogwarts. Every book on your english syllabus summed up in a quote from the office. If dumbledore is the epitome of goodness in harry potter, then we all know who the model of evil. Allows children to discuss and then write their own character descriptions. Harry potter became a horcrux when the love from his mother protected him from lord voldemorts curse. More character descriptions examples from harry potter. Here are some of the most striking adaptations and how they were described.
This essay describes how harry grows throughout all seven books. Under a tuft of jetblack hair over his forehead they could see a curiously shaped cut, like a bolt of lightning. The son of james and lily potter and nephew of vernon and petunia dursley. Worksheet is differentiated for lower ability group to make it easier for them. Thus, he attends hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry to practice magic under the guidance of the kindly headmaster albus dumbledore and other school professors along. Heres a more updated version, starting from bertha jorkins. Chapter 3 chapter 4 chapters 56 chapters 78 chapter 9 chapter 10. Throughout chapter 6 the romance of the steam engine. Harry james potter is the titular protagonist of j. He attends hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry to learn magic. He had a large pink face, not much neck, small, watery blue eyes, and thick blonde hair that lay smoothy on his.
From harrys famous green eyes being changed to blue to narcissa malfoys unique twotone do, heres how the harry potter characters transformed from page to screen, and why they were reimagined for the films. The wizarding world is filled with memorable characters. How shes described in the books she had a bossy sort of voice, lots of bushy brown hair and rather. Harry potter book character descriptions versus how they. Unfortunately, episode 8 gave us less imaginative characters in almost every way. The majority of the books plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan harry, who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. Contains a powerpoint looking at character descriptions with the focus of harry potter characters.
How many characters are there in the harry potter books. Their stories span the decades, the whole saga and beyond. Everyone is included harry, ron, hermoine, snape, dumbledore, voldemort, etc. The books cover seven years in the life of the orphan who, on his 11th birthday, learns he is a wizard and the son of magical parents lily and james potter. It describes his growth through friendships, trust, strength, and so much more. He is the best friend of scorpius malfoy, and a rebellious soul. I already have some ideas, but please request in the comments if youd like a story. A great nod to an english invention that changed the world. For example, the incantation accio firebolt would cause the required broomstick. The main characters get 45 pages each, while minor characters usually get a single 2page spread. If the characters of harry potter looked like they did.
Technically albus could also be potter since there is a character in the epilogue in the 7th book named albus potter that is harrys son. Spent a few minutes trying to figure out how i misspelled rita ora only to realize that she was definitely not a harry potter character. The books cover seven years in the life of the lonely orphan who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. Based on the descriptions of the book and ignoring the. However, some characters dont match their descriptions from the books. The harry potter wiki reveals plot details about the series. Harry potter how hes described in the books harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair and brightgreen eyes. It includes fantastic beasts characters and cursed child characters too. They are all characters who have appeared in a harry potterrelated book by j. She is a popular student and chaser for the gryffindor quidditch team. Imelda staunton does a great job playing this character, but it should be noted that as nasty as umbridge is in the film, in the book, shes even worse causing many a harry potter reader to.
Test your knowledge on all of harry potter and the sorcerers stone. In addition to wearing halfmoon glasses and giving off an impression of great energy, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, dumbledore is described as tall, thin. But by then, emma watson was etched in my mind as hermione. Marked on the forehead with a lightningshaped scar, harry is marked also by the confrontation between good and bad magic that caused that scar.
Harry james potter is the title character and the main protagonist of j. When hagrid gives them everburning fire she is standing next to him. Rowling scholastic, 1998 he was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache. Harry soon learns that he is already famous in the world of wizards. Weirdest character descriptions from sorcerer s stone by ashley mccann published august 31, 2016 updated february, 2019 we like to reread harry potter on a regular basis here at mugglenet we even have a podcast, alohomora. The protagonist of the story, who is gradually transformed from timid weakling to powerful hero by the end. Files included 2 harry potter character descriptions. He is loyal to harry, and belligerent to their enemy, malfoy.
They are all characters who have appeared in a harry potterrelated book by. The resurrection of the king and queen takes place on the 8th floor, under the roof. Harry potter and the cursed child characters gradesaver. Hermione granger muggleborn gryffindor student in harrys year and one of his best friends. Albus severus potter second child of harry potter and ginny weasley. Harry s character represents good intentions, innocence, and the fantasies of childhood. Here is part 2 of maybe a few of my interpretation of some fav harry potter characters based on their book descriptions. The steam gushing up from the platform makes this scene so wonderful. Harry potters best friend and companion for most of the book. Chamber of secrets is also the book that reveals rons deepest held terrorspiders. Learn the definitions of all of the wizarding words in the harry potter books with this glossary of common words. The pupils receive a list of the main characters, with a few quotations from the book in which the character descriptions can be found.
Hermione is a muggleborn gryffindor student and the best friend of harry potter and ron weasley. Harry potter characters harry potter project happychild. In the course of this battle, voldemort accidentally gave part of his powers to baby harry as well as a piece of his soul. This is a list of characters in the harry potter series. Finished im doing harry potter character x reader stories. Harry potter wouldnt have been the same with a diesel engine waiting for them. Rowlings seven books focus on the magical and often perilous adventures of this. What is the name of the character of this actor in the harry potter movies. Harry potter book character descriptions versus how they looked in the films. Albus severus, potter, harry and ginnys second son. Welcome to the harry potter wiki, an encyclopedic resource and community gathering spot for all things related to j. Harry potter harry potter glossary harry potter books. Harry potter and the goblet of fire characters shmoop. Weirdest character descriptions from sorcerers stone.
Rowling brought us the world of harry potter and endowed it with an impressive number of secrets. Descriptions of dumbledore, hagrid and harry potter. Harry had gone through the triwizard tournament without madeye moodys help. Ron is the same age as harry and has also left hogwarts to accompany harry on. While reading the books, people had a certain imagery about the women of harry potter universe, but the movies ruined that image. The number 8 is a symbol for the gate of saturn, the gate to immortality. Rowling quizzes and tests you might have in school. Still, at the end of book 4 we are left wondering if our impressions of moody are at all. At the beginning of the book, harry is an unimpressive figure. Read, readers, kindle, author, series, kids, ages, learn, and illustrations are.
I n in the harry potter films, we loved seeing the different interpretations of how we imagined the characters on the page. Harry potter and the philosophers stone characters. The book profiles each character, and the text from jody revenson author of many. Lord voldemortthe dark wizard and nemesis of harry potter. Sample character descriptions from harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j.
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