DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
1. If Harry is so famous in the
wizarding world (people actually bow to him in the streets) why is he
forced to live with the evil Dursleys for ten years?
2. Gryffindor looks for loyalty,
chivalry and courage. Hufflepuff values friendship, hark work and
patience. Ravenclaw picks students with knowledge, intelligence and wit.
Slytherin has wizards that are resourceful, cunning and ambitious. Which
house would you like to be Sorted into?
3. The Forbidden Forest is off-limits
to Hogwarts students but later, it is the place where Harry serves his
first detention. Do you think there's been a change in the opinion of
Hogwarts officials regarding Harry's ability to handle danger? If so,
how did this change come about?
4. How would you spend an afternoon on
Diagon Alley? Meeting the goblins at Gringotts? Studying spells at
Flourish and Blotts? Testing brooms at Quality Quidditch Supplies?
5. There are some humorous character
names at Hogwarts. The three-headed dog is named Fluffy, the Professor
of Herbology is Professor Sprout. Can you think of any other examples?
6. While choosing his wand at
Ollivanders, Harry finds out that the wand right for him shares a
special connection to the wand stold to Voldemort. What do you think
this connection symbolizes?
7. The story is told through Harry's
view, except for the first chapter which is told through Mr. Dursley's
point of view. Why does the author choose to tell us the story with
Dursley's thoughts and reactions instead of a third-person story? What
does it add to the story?
8. The Mirror of Erised shows the most
desperate desire of our hearts. Professor Dumbledore told Harry that if
he stood in front of the mirror, he would see himself holding a pair of
thick, woolen socks. What would you see?
9. Although he knows he is disobeying
an order from a teacher, Harry takes flight on a broomstick during an
afternoon class. However, instead of being punished, he is named
Gryffindor's Seeker on the Quidditch team. Name other instances when
Harry broke the rules but was not punished.
10. Who did you expect Harry to
encounter once through the trapdoor? Were you surprised? Recall clues to
this identity. |
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