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  Harry Potter (character)
Harry James Potter (born 31 July 1980) is a fictional character and the protagonist of J.
Harry is famous in the wizarding world for his encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort, one of the most powerful wizard s of all time and the primary antagonist villain in the series, when he was just a year old.
Harry has had to struggle with his cruel and insensitive guardians, the Dursleys, for most of his life, and later he endures the wizarding world turning against him (In ''Order of the Phoenix'') as they believe him to be an attention-seeking liar and a fraud; he is isolated in school and taunted by other students.
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 Harry Potter and Character Education
Harry's life in the Muggle world of the Dursleys was a grossly exaggerated caricature of the real and imagined tribulations of ordinary childhood.
Harry is a sympathic character for us because we recognize in him the hauntings of our own childhood, the sense that we are underappreciated, misunderstood, oppressed by rules and arbitrary authority, victims of bullying.
Character excellence “is a state of character concerned with choice,” as Aristotle observed.
www.bu.edu /education/caec/files/potter.htm   (325 words)

  
  Harry Potter (character) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harry is famous in the wizarding world for his encounter with Lord Voldemort, one of the most powerful wizards of all time and the primary antagonist in the series, when he was just one year old.
Harry proves his mettle at the climax of the book by rescuing Ginny, killing the Basilisk with the sword of Godric Gryffindor, and defeating Riddle by stabbing the diary with one of the Basilisk's poisonous fangs, destroying both the diary and Riddle's soul fragment.
Harry was generally kind with Ginny and her crush on him before that, never laughing at her, never teasing her, never mocking her and never toying with her affections, but for a long time he simply didn't feel the same way towards her that she felt towards him.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Potter_(character)   (8166 words)

  
 Harry Potter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harry's mysterious defeat of Voldemort that Halloween night was met with a mix of awe and joy by the magical community, resulting in Harry being dubbed "The Boy Who Lived".
One of Harry Potter's biggest supporters and most steadfast friends, he is also the Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts, as well as gamekeeper and professor of Care of Magical Creatures.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, he is hit by a curse cast by his evil cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange, causing him to fall behind the veil in the Department of Mysteries to an apparent death.
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 Character Symbols in Harry Potter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Harry Potter uses the same symbols and personification as all the old stories given to humanity by the Masters of Compassion.
Harry Potter is the new immortal soul born to the seeker who is willing to give up all that is earthly and finite, including his mortal self.
Harry is the Seed of the Lily and the Stag.
www.harrypotterforseekers.com /symbols/characters.php?PHPSESSID=2ea1cd6747157143dfc7b410dc96ccbb   (3330 words)

  
 Dementor - Harry Potter Wiki - a Wikia wiki
Harry Potter first encountered Dementors during the school year of 1993-1994, when they were sent to guard Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry against Sirius Black, who had recently escaped Azkaban Prison.
Harry, whenever he got near one, was forced to relive his worst memory: hearing the last moments of his parents before they were murdered by Lord Voldemort.
Harry's fifth encounter was in an alley near his home on Privet Drive, when he and his cousin Dudley Dursley were ambushed by two Dementors (sent secretly and illegally by Dolores Umbridge).
harrypotter.wikia.com /wiki/Dementors   (1138 words)

  
 WTMS Harry Potter Character Bios
Divorced, living on public assistance in a tiny Edinburgh flat with her infant daughter, Rowling wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone at a table in a café during her daughter's naps — and it was Harry Potter that rescued her.
He and Harry Potter share a special friendship, as it was Hagrid who rescued Harry first from the wreckage of Godric's Hollow, and second from the Dursley's when he whisked Harry away to Hogwarts.
Hagrid became a teacher Harry's third year, and was given the opportunity to share his love of monstrous beasts with students, who don't seem to share his enthusiasm.
www.hsv.k12.al.us /schools/middle/wtms/student/natalie/hphome.htm   (557 words)

  
 Harry Potter - Harry Potter Wiki - a Wikia wiki
Harry is famous in the wizarding world for being the only person in recorded history to survive the terrifying Avada Kedavra curse, in addition to inadvertantly defeating the powerful dark wizard Lord Voldemort when he was only a year old.
Harry Potter is said to be a spitting image of his father, having jet fl untidy hair, along with brilliant green eyes that are very similar to his mother's.
Harry James Potter was born on July 31, 1980 to James and Lily Potter.
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 Harry Potter (character)
Harry Potter is famous in the wizarding world for surviving a murderous attack by Lord Voldemort, one of the most powerful and feared wizards ever known and the primary villain in the series.
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (or Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone in America), eleven-year-old Harry learns he is a wizard when Rubeus Hagrid, the gamekeeper at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and aide to Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, hand-delivers his invitation to attend the school.
Harry is a Parselmouth: Harry is able to communicate with snakes, an art both associated with Dark wizards and inherited by descendants of Salazar Slytherin.
www.languageisavirus.com /jk_rowling/Potter,_Harry.php   (6568 words)

  
 Harry Potter: fraud. - By Chris Suellentrop - Slate Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
The one thing Harry excels at is the sport of Quidditch, and his pampered-jock status allows him to slide in his studies, as long as he brings the school glory on the playing field.
Harry Potter is a fraud, and the cult that has risen around him is based on a lie.
Potter's claim to fame, his central accomplishment in life, is surviving a curse placed on him as an infant by the evil wizard Voldemort.
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 J.K. Rowling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Divorced, living on public assistance in a tiny Edinburgh flat with her infant daughter, Rowling wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone at a table in a café during her daughter's naps - and it was Harry Potter that rescued her.
Harry Potter won The British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, and the Smarties Prize, and rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic.
A: She is still too young for me to read the Harry Potter books to her, but I am really looking forward to a time when I can share them with her.
www.kidsreads.com /harrypotter/jkrowling.html   (2102 words)

  
 Harry Potter Character Listing : Harry Potter - Children's Books
In the Harry Potter series, the main character is Harry Potter, of course.
Harry Potter was born on July 31, 1980 to the wizard couple, James and Lily Potter.
Harry survives the attack, with a lightning bolt scar on his forehead.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art10789.asp   (287 words)

  
 SparkNotes: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Character List
Harry Potter - The protagonist of the story, who is gradually transformed from timid weakling to powerful hero by the end.
Marked on the forehead with a lightning-shaped scar, Harry is marked also by the confrontation between good and bad magic that caused that scar: the standoff between the evil Voldemort and his parents who died to save their son.
He lacks Harry’s gusto and charisma, but his loyalty and help are useful to Harry throughout their adventures.
www.sparknotes.com /lit/harrypotter/characters.html   (1124 words)

  
 Introduction to Harry Potter
You see, Harry Potter is not just a regular, common name, but the name of an amazing person, full of bravery, courage, fear, love, confusion, knowledge, and understanding.
Harry is this kind of person you know will prevail, yet there are points where you forget that and bite your nails in suspense, wondering if he will survive and if help will come for him and if he will win.
A kind, hard, brave, fearful, humorous, smart character we can all relate to in some way or another and, of course, respect, Harry Potter is a symbol of our times and an illustration of the good side in all of us.
www.harrypotterrealm.com /mn_intro.html   (700 words)

  
 Harry Potter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Their admittedly bad character and opposition to witchcraft (which they see as “weird”) are combined, so that one is left with the impression that opposition to witchcraft and the occult is silly, narrow-minded, cruel and the result of stupidity and ignorance (pp.
Although Harry’s friend, Hermione, later repeats a critical remark about astrology (which she heard from a professor and which she says to comfort Harry) as an “imprecise branch of magic” (260), it is still considered an occult art and Hermione is not saying astrology is to be avoided.
Harry does use the mirror as a form of divination to locate the stone and he seems to know the occult principle of gazing into the mirror because he tries to stop Quirell from “giving his whole attention” to it (290).
www.midwestoutreach.org /journals/potter.htm   (6017 words)

  
 A `Harry Potter' Character Study / Who's who in Rowling series
Harry is an unexceptional student, and is at a disadvantage, having been raised by Muggles.
A classmate of Harry's father, he went over to the dark side and is responsible for the death of Harry's parents and the lightning-bolt scar emblazoned on Harry's forehead when he was a baby.
Harry suffered in their household until he left for Hogwarts, and suffers again each summer when he must return to the Dursleys'.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/07/02/PK23643.DTL&   (1071 words)

  
 Harry Potter - Characters Quizzes and Trivia -- FunTrivia
I have described one of the characters from the books in each of the questions, you have to try and guess who I am talking about.
For the masses of Harry Potter's fans, this quiz tests your knowledge of the lesser known characters from all the books.
* This character's name either means a lion (look at his mane), a meadow dweller, a sort of shelter, a physician, or just a color gray (but he's so much darker than that)--- and that which descends, like a certain river.
www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/for_children/harry_potter/harry_potter_-_characters.html   (959 words)

  
 Harry Potter Portal Message Board -> Favorite Harry Potter Character?
Some might not consider him a "minor" character, but he is in only one of the books.
So, I hadn't known anything about any of the characters except there was one called harry potter and he knew how to fly a broomstick.
Potter would be like candy from a baby, But it looks like some of us have problems with that.
forums.harrypotterportal.com /index.php?showtopic=678   (1521 words)

  
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground.
Harry's room is in a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years.
For it is at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that Harry finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic in everything from classes to meals, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him if he can survive the encounter.
www.nancypolette.com /LitGuidesText/harrypottersorcerersstone.htm   (718 words)

  
 Your favorite Harry Potter character - Fantasy & Science Fiction - Helium
There are many interesting characters in the Harry Potter books, bu...
There are a lot of interesting characters in the Harry Potter serie...
Instead of being such a whiny little girl, Harry Potter should take his opportunity to learn from Snepe and gain knowledge that could be vital in his inevitable showdown with He-Who-Is-A-Little-Baby.
www.helium.com /tm/63250/master-potions-great-character   (257 words)

  
 Harry Potter - Character changes in Goblet of Fire - Beyond Hogwarts
In the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie, after Harry's success with the first task and his failure to find a date for the Yule Ball, there is a scene in the Gryffindor common room, which starts off with Ron in shock from just having asked Phlegm...
As Harry is lamenting that they still don't have dates, the Patil sisters walk by, and in unison they say, "Hi, Harry!" and Harry gets the idea to ask Parvati, and have Padma go with Ron.
However, now we have the first instance that I know of in a Harry Potter movie that establishes a fact that is in direct disagreement with facts in the books.
www.beyondhogwarts.com /harry-potter/articles/character-changes-in-goblet-of-fire.html   (715 words)

  
 Harry Potter - The Official Site
Viral components and downloadable content, including Harry Potter screensavers, buddy icons and wallpapers are included to allow the experience to continue on even when fans are away from the site.
Harry Potter, "the boy who lived," is in for a dangerous fourth year at Hogwarts when the Goblet of Fire selects him to compete as one of four champions in the Triwizard Tournament - despite the fact that he did not submit his name.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, in theaters November 2005!
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 Harry Potter Character Listing : Professor Severus Snape - Children's Books
Professor Severus Snape is Harry Potter's most hated teacher, and the one that actively harasses him the most.
When Harry instead manages to get into some of Snape's memories, he learns that Snape was an awkward, quiet kid himself, and that Harry's father and friends would tease him mercilessly, just for being him.
Harry feels very badly that his father was that arrogant, to simply harass a kid for being different.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art10793.asp   (332 words)

  
 Harry Potter Character Posters (Lesson Plan) - TeacherVision.com
Allow students to select their favorite character (or randomly assign characters to students) ensuring that the class chooses a variety of characters from the book(s).
Distribute the Character Traits handout and ask students to think about which traits apply to their characters.
Once students have found examples, tell them to record the exact quotations in the appropriate boxes on their paper along with the title of the book and the page number where each quote was found.
www.teachervision.fen.com /writing/lesson-plan/2670.html   (828 words)

  
 Harry Potter Characters and friends
Our goal is to have a character profile on each and every character.
If you find we're missing any characters, please post your update to in the chat chamber here.
Find any characters we missed, post your harry potter character name here.
www.harrypotter.ca /index-characters.php   (143 words)

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