mr. Dursley, a well-to-do Englishman, notices strange happenings on his way to work one day. That night, Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of a wizarding academy called Hogwarts, meets Professor McGonagall, who also teaches at Hogwarts, and a giant named Hagrid outside the Dursleys’ house. dumbledore tells mcgonagall that someone named voldemort has killed a mr. and mrs potter and unsuccessfully tried to kill his baby harry. dumbledore leaves harry with an explanatory note in a basket outside the dursley house.
Ten years later, the Dursley family is dominated by the Dursley’s son, Dudley, who torments and harasses Harry. Dudley is spoiled, while Harry is forced to sleep in a cupboard under the stairs. At the zoo on Dudley’s birthday, the glass in front of a boa constrictor exhibit disappears, scaring everyone. Harry is later punished for this incident.
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mysterious letters begin to arrive for harry. care mr. Dursley, who tries to get them away from Harry, but the letters keep coming from every crack in the house. Finally, he flees with his family to an isolated shack on an island on the eve of Harry’s eleventh birthday. At midnight, they hear a loud knock on the door and Hagrid enters. Hagrid hands Harry an admission letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry learns that the Dursleys have been trying to deny Harry’s magic all these years.
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The next day, Hagrid takes Harry to London to buy school supplies. They first go to the Wizard Bank, Gringotts, where Harry learns that his parents have left him a large amount of money. They shop at the wizarding shopping street known as Diagon Alley, where Harry gets his school uniform tailored. Harry buys books, ingredients for potions, and finally a magic wand, the companion wand of the evil Voldemort.
a month later, harry goes to the train station and catches his train to hogwarts on track nine and three quarters. On the train, Harry befriends other first-year students like Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, a Muggle girl chosen to attend Hogwarts. At school, first-years take turns putting on the “sorting hat” to find out which residential house they will live in. Harry fears that he will be assigned to the sinister house of Slytherin, but he, Ron and Hermione end up in the noble house of Gryffindor.
As the school year progresses, Harry discovers that he doesn’t like his Potions teacher, Snape. Hagrid assures Harry that Snape has no reason not to like him. During their first broomstick flying lesson, the students are told to stay on the ground while the teacher takes an injured boy named Neville to the hospital. Draco Malfoy, a Slytherin bully, snatches Neville’s prized toy and takes it flying to the top of a tree. Harry flies after him. Malfoy tosses the ball into the air and Harry speeds down, making a spectacular catch. Professor McGonagall witnesses this incident. Instead of punishing Harry, she recommends that he play Quidditch, a much-loved game that resembles football played on broomsticks, for Gryffindor. Later that day, Malfoy challenges Harry to a wizarding duel at midnight. Malfoy doesn’t show up at the designated spot and Harry nearly gets into trouble. As he tries to hide, he accidentally discovers a ferocious three-headed dog guarding a trapdoor in the third-floor forbidden corridor.
On Halloween, a troll is found in the building. All the students are escorted back to their dorms, but Harry and Ron sneak out to find Hermione, who is alone and unaware of the troll. Unknowingly, they lock the troll in the girls’ bathroom along with Hermione. together, they defeat the troll. Hermione tells a lie to prevent Harry and Ron from being punished. During Harry’s first Quidditch match, his broom goes out of control. Hermione notices Snape staring at Harry and mutters a curse. She concludes that he is hexing Harry’s broom and sets Snape’s clothes on fire. Harry regains control of the broomstick and makes a spectacular move to win the Quidditch match.
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For Christmas, Harry receives his father’s invisibility cloak and explores the school, unseen, late at night. he discovers the mirror of oesed, which unfolds the deepest desire of those who look into it. Harry looks at him and sees his parents alive with him. After Christmas, Harry, Ron and Hermione begin to unravel the mysterious connection between a robbery at Gringotts and the Three-Headed Watchdog. They learn that the dog is guarding the Philosopher’s Stone, which is capable of bringing eternal life and unlimited wealth to its owner and belongs to Nicolas Flamel, Dumbledore’s former partner.
A few weeks later, Hagrid wins a dragon egg in a game of poker. Because it is illegal to keep dragons, Harry, Ron, and Hermione contact Ron’s older brother, who is studying dragons. they make arrangements to get rid of the dragon but get trapped. Harry, Ron and Hermione are severely punished, and Gryffindor receives 150 points. Also, part of his punishment is to go to the enchanted forest with Hagrid to find out who has been killing unicorns recently. In the forest, Harry meets a hooded man drinking unicorn blood. The man tries to attack Harry, but Harry is rescued by a friendly centaur who tells him that his attacker was Voldemort. Harry also learns that it is Voldemort who has been trying to steal the Philosopher’s Stone.
Harry decides that he must find the stone before Voldemort does. he, ron and hermione sneak out that night to the forbidden corridor on the third floor. They pass the watchdog and perform many impressive feats as they get closer and closer to the stone. Harry finally comes face to face with Quirrell, who announces that Harry must die. Knowing that Harry wants to find the stone, Quirrell puts him in front of the mirror of choice and makes him say what he sees. Harry sees himself with the stone in his pocket, and at that very moment he actually feels it in his pocket. but he tells quirrell that he sees something else. A voice tells Quirrell that the boy is lying and asks to speak to Harry face-to-face. Quirrell removes his turban, revealing Voldemort’s face on the back of his neck. Voldemort, who inhabits Quirrell’s body, tells Quirrell to kill Harry, but Quirrell burns on contact with the boy. A struggle ensues and Harry passes out.
when harry regains consciousness, he is in the hospital with dumbledore. Dumbledore explains that he saved Harry from Quirrell just in time. he adds that he and flamel have decided to destroy the stone. Harry heads to the end-of-year banquet, where Slytherin celebrates their seventh consecutive victory in the House Championship Cup. Dumbledore gets up and awards many last minute points to Gryffindor for the exploits of Harry and his friends, winning the House Cup for Gryffindor. Harry returns to London to spend the summer with the Dursleys.
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