Harry Potter has been orphaned and lives in the house of his abominable uncles and the insufferable cousin Dudley. Harry feels very sad and alone, until one fine day he receives a letter that will change his life forever. In it they inform him that he has been accepted as a student at Hogwarts School of Magic. From that moment on, Harry's luck takes a spectacular turn. In this very special school you will learn charms, fabulous tricks and defense tactics against evil arts. He will become the school champion of Quidditch, a kind of air football played on broomsticks, and he will make a handful of good friends... but also some fearsome enemies. But, above all, he will learn the secrets that will allow him to fulfill his destiny. Well, although it may not seem like it at first glance, Harry is not an ordinary boy: he is a true wizard!
We start the book with the Dursley family, some time after the wizarding community was able to defeat the Dark Lord, they show us how proud they are to be an ordinary family, with a few resources, Vernon Dursley the director of a small company called Grunnigs the which made drills, his physical description is somewhat comical, a mature man, big and fat with a mustache adorning his face, on the other hand we have Mrs. Dursley whose name is Petunia, who is the complete opposite of her husband, thin, tall, blonde and apparently a somewhat longer neck than usual, making a hilarious contrast between the two, finally their little son appears, whom they decided to call Dudley, a little obese and rude, but for the previous pair there was no better boy than he
The family of three had a little secret and they were terrified that it would come to light, The Potters, Petunia's sister married a man whom she considered completely useless, both had years without seeing or knowing any news of the another, Petunia's repudiation of her sister was so great that she pretended she didn't have one. The Dursleys were afraid that at any moment their sister's family would show up at their house, because they knew that the Potters had a son too and they didn't want to. that his little one would get together with a boy like that.
One Tuesday, Mr. Dursley goes to work and along the way some events occur that upset him and put him on alert, first he sees a cat looking at a map, when he looks again he sees that the cat has nothing, shortly after he hears a conversation of a small group of people, where he hears that he names the surname which he is terrified of, The Potters, during the rest of the day that little event tortured him during his working day, when he got home he was a little more upset when he heard the news on television, owls flown during the day and thousands of shooting stars, all at the same time added to the short conversation I heard earlier.
Later that night, the family went to sleep with a restless Mr. Dursley, outside their house they did not imagine that an event was taking place that changes their lives forever, the cat that was sitting outside their house was waiting for something or someone , just at midnight, a tall, thin and very old man arrived, with very long hair and a beard, adding that he was dressed in a long tunic and high-heeled boots and buckles, without a doubt he would draw attention to where he was, met with the cat, which turned out to be a professor, McGonagall, Dumbledore informs the professor that the Potters may have died and Hagrid has been sent in search of the couple's baby.
Hagrid arrives with the little baby and confirms the death of the Potters, leaving only their son, Harry, they decide to leave him in front of the Dursley's door despite the protests of Professor McGonagall since she thinks that family is not suitable. for the care of a magician.
Ten years later they show us Harry's current life, during all those years he has suffered abuse and ridicule from his current family, where they only feed him what they consider necessary and he dresses only in his cousin's old and used clothes. and the house full of photos of Dudley, there was no indication that Harry lived there, we see that he is in charge of many household tasks, such as cleaning the dishes, the house, cooking and taking care of his cousin adding that he does not even have a room decent since the place where he sleeps is the cupboard of the house.
On an outing to the zoo to celebrate Dudley's birthday, they decided to take Harry since they didn't want to leave him alone in the house or in the car. This is where he perceives a bit of his magic skills, since surprisingly he manages to strike up a conversation with a snake and makes the protective glass that encloses her disappear so that she can escape.
Shortly after Harry receives a letter, he gets very excited about it, but that emotion does not last long since his uncle Vernon snatches it from him and prevents him from reading it, from here the events begin that alert both adults, the letters addressed to Harry, they did not stop arriving and the owls waited patiently in the house and around it, upset Mr. Dudley decides that they are going to go to a small cabin in the middle of a rock which was located in the sea, since he thought that no more letters or owls would arrive there.
Exactly at midnight on that day Harry turns eleven, the family gets a big scare when they see that the door of the small cabin is flung open and a man who is too tall and big enters, who delivers a letter to Harry. , his letter of Admission to Hogwarts, school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the great man introduces himself, Hagrid, he meets Harry again years later and gives him a small chocolate cake as a birthday present, he explains in a way superficial and somewhat quick about his origin and the tragic way in which his parents died, revealing that he is a wizard, Harry surprised and shocked with the news, he feels sad knowing that his aunt hid something as big as that from him, he leaves with Hagrid heading to his new school.
Before going to Hogwarts, Hagrid informs him that they must go to buy the necessary materials for school, in Diagon Alley, before going to the alley they go to a small tavern where there is a group of wizards and some Hogwarts teachers, all They get angry when they see him and run to greet him, since in the magical world he is quite a celebrity, for surviving the Dark Lord's attack, both quickly go to their previous course.
Harry surprised by all the new things he sees is fascinated to see this Harry thinks that he does not have how to afford the necessary products to pay for what he will need and informs him that he does not have any money, Hagrid informs him that his parents left him a small fortune and they go to the bank here Harry has his first contact with creatures he has never seen, goblins, which are in charge of the bank, he identifies with one of the goblins in charge and from here they go inside the bank to withdraw the funds, the interior is like a mine and they have passages that go to the corresponding vaults, when they arrive at Harry's vault he realizes that in fact yes, he is the new owner of a small fortune, after that they go to vault 713 Hagrid picks up the only package found there and asks Harry not to comment on it since it's special Hogwarts business.
Shortly after that day, the date to go to Hogwarts arrives, the small inconvenience is that the platform he must embroider is 9 3⁄4 and he cannot find it, scared because he is going to miss the train Harry asks a family who they look like magicians, the mother helps him and informs him that he only has to go through the wall, shortly after boarding here he meets Ron, the third son of the Weasleys and Hermaionie Granger who will become his friends and companions in adventures .
The plot has a very good progress, there are somewhat slow parts in which you think it's just filler, but no, the writer links those events with others to create an exciting situation, the development of the characters is very good and complete, One of my favorite things about the plot is how the relationship between Hermaionie, Harry and Ron is initially somewhat hateful but even in that situation they show concern and solidarity for the redhead, after so many risky and secret situations the three become inseparable.
Personally, I saw the movies first, years ago and a few times a year I do a marathon of all the movies, I just started with the book saga and I was missing a lot of things, don't get me wrong, the movies are a very good product and without a doubt they capture the general essence of Harry Potter, but there are details or scenes that are unique in the book, I recommend you read it.
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