Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

1. I think not having parents can hard on a person, harry who didnt know anything about his parents because his aunt and uncle did not tell him about them and then he learned about them when he went to hogwarts.

2. I agree that having a mother love can be a powerful charm it saved harry's life.

1. Actually, family doesn't even have to be biological. If you lived with people who weren't in your immediate family and you had a stable, loving, and happy relationship they should be considered family.
2. In the literal sense, yes!

1. Not having parents isn't even vaguely the same as not having a family. There are children in other books who were raised by people they had no biological connection to, and they view these people as being more their family than the people who brought them into the world. Family is the people who love you and support you; a family is something you build yourself, whether the connections come from birth or not.

2. That one kinda bugged me. I mean . . . the idea that Harry is the only one to ever survive the killing curse because of his mother's love. This means that no other mother in the wizarding world has ever tried to protect her child as Lily did. Why is Lily supposed to be a better mother than any other Voldemort attacked?

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?
No I don't think so. I believe you can still have a family even if you don't have parents because I believe family is from the heart, not blood entirely.

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
I agree, a mother is a tough job and a mother's love is very strong. I believe JKR was amazing to have a symbol of a mother that cared about her child so much she died for him. I believe that is powerful.

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?
i think that not having parents is loosing a big part of your family but as long as you have people that love you care about you and are important to you, you will always have a family(;

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
i totally agree!! but i also think love from anyone is also one of the most powerful charms in the world!(;

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?

At first, Harry was lonely and unloved but when he went to Hogwarts, did he actually feel the pain of being an orphan? He sure did. But if you think about it, the pain, still there, is lessened, because he forms a new family. Hermione, Hagrid, Hedwig, Dumbledore, the Weasleys, the whole entire order really, became his family. Even though, that gaping hole in his heart was always there, that you know, he had no parents, he still had a family. :3

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
I agree with Molly on this.
But then again, no one else in the order really had children, except for the Longbottoms, who were tortured by Bellatrix, and he was in the safety of his grandmother.

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family? Yes, You don't feel as though your family is complete without them.

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
I agree, you will always need mothers love. <3

I love this book! I'm at the part where it's the Quidditch match and Snape is going to referee it. They're going into the forest with Hagrid to help the unicorn.

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?
No, it's not. Even if you don't have parents you still have siblings, cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents etc. Plus, you could be adopted, a family is a group of people who can be related, care about eachother etc.

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
I do agree with Daize and Molly on this one. A mother's love is powerful, but again, was Harry's mother the only mother who loved their child?

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?
No it isn't but unfortunately (until Harry goes to Hogwarts) he has neither. A family isn't just someone who is related to you, it's someone who truly loves you and demonstrates it. When Harry goes to Hogwarts he gets a whole family of people who like him for who he is.

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?

I do agree, you can see the difference in people who have had a mother's love and those who haven't.

muffinatormanic wrote:1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?
No I don't think so. I believe you can still have a family even if you don't have parents because I believe family is from the heart, not blood entirely.

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
I agree, a mother is a tough job and a mother's love is very strong. I believe JKR was amazing to have a symbol of a mother that cared about her child so much she died for him. I believe that is powerful.

So maybe the prophecies are true?

I think it was a metaphor, now when I think of it.

And I just finished the book! It was awesome, I'm now onto the Chamber of Secrets

Bear wrote:I think it was a metaphor, now when I think of it.

And I just finished the book! It was awesome, I'm now onto the Chamber of Secrets

Yay! So glad you got into the books - they are great!

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?

No, not at all.
However, in Harry's case, he didn't have a family. But that's not because he didn't have parents; the Dursleys were meant to take that place, and failed. Harry's lack of family is because of that failure, not because his parents died.
Though, Harry does find a family in Hogwarts. People he cares about.

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
Yes.
Care in infancy determines how we turn out as adults, imo. Shapes the world, so to speak.

Yay, I actually really love them. After reading one book, I want to watch the movie after to really "compare", then read the next book than the movie for that book etc.

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?

Definitely not. I think that so long as you are surrounded by people you love and that love you, they can be considered family, even if they are not your parents or aren't related to you. Family can be defined as people that are always there for you, and care for you, which doesn't necessarily have to be one's parents.

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?

Agree most definitely. I know that just thinking about my mom personally, and how much she loves me, makes me feel protected in some way.(:

1. He might still be friends with Ron, since before the Sorting Hat ceremony he did talk to Ron, but he didn't become friends with Hermione until a little further into the book. Well, Snape might like him a little bit more since he's the head of Slytherin, he wouldn't really talk to Ron and Hermione as much, as their friendship wouldn't grow as it did. He might have became friends with Malfoy, or some other people in Slytherin.

2. I think Ron, Hermione, and Harry are friends with Neville, but when Hermione put that spell thing on him, I think it was for the best so they wouldn't get caught. But for the most part, yeah, they are.

3. Hm... well maybe Hermione for me. I'm still thinking why, just because. Well, she's loyal to her friends and reliable.

1.If Harry were put in Slytherin, things would be very different. He wouldn't really have any friends, because he was unlike them. Sure, he had many qualities of that would make him a Slytherin, but he was kind, and caring. Unlike the other Slytherins, he was a nicer. I don't think he would have anyone to be his friend. I don't think Snape would like him more either. He was, Jame's son after all, and he probably wouldn't be as excited to go back to school.

2.If not friends, definitely close strangers. Harry did try and get Neville's rembemball back, and Neville always cared for them. That's why he stopped them. And Hermione only did that for the best. And, in the end, when Dumbledore awards points to Gryffindor, he says "It takes courage to stand up to friends" (or something like that, I don't remember) and he uses the word "friends." That's what they are, friends(:

3.Definitely Hermione. Even though they had a rough start in the beginning, she was there throughout. She also worked so hard to help them find Nicholas Flamel. She's a smart witch, and even though sometimes a know it all, a nice friend to have. Also, she solved most of the problems with her cleverness. I like her attitude, and her brains.

1. At the sorting hat ceremony, Harry kept up a silent chant of "Not Slytherin". How would things have changed if he were put into that house?
A: He wouldn't have gotton to be good friends with Hermione or Ron and many other people.

2. Do you think Ron, Harry and Hermione are friends with Neville?
Well, yes at times they can be a little doubtful about that but they come through.

3. Which character would you most like to be friends with in this book and why? Fred and George because they are goffy ad fun to hang aroun ;D

1. At the sorting hat ceremony, Harry kept up a silent chant of "Not Slytherin". How would things have changed if he were put into that house?

Hmm, I hadn't thought of that...by that time he had already become friends with Ron so i think they would have continued to be friends. He already disliked Draco so he wouldn't be friends with him. Snape would've had like a tantrum, Harry in his house?! lol I think it might have been the same except with more difficulties in all the tasks he has had to do.

2. Do you think Ron, Harry and Hermione are friends with Neville?

Yes, they aren't necessarily best friends but just like Harry and Ron had to become best friends with Hermione after defeating the troll they became friends with Neville.

3. Which character would you most like to be friends with in this book and why?

Hermione, I am most like her and I feel we would get along. When working on projects I am really bossy because I feel like people aren't doing their work. With her, I would know we would be getting the job done and I think we would work perfectly.

1. Given Ron's strongly anti-Slytherin bias, I can't see them remaining friends. He became closer to Hermione after defending her from the troll in the bathroom, but he'd be less likely to try to help out a girl from another house -- meaning that it's possible that she'd be injured before the teachers arrived to help her. Harry, meanwhile, might be more accepting of his parseltongue when in a house that's less inclined to think the ability evil.

2. Not really. They're not on bad terms with him, precisely, and they knew to trust him when things got scary, but he was more of an ally than a true friend.

3. Luna. She's calmly accepting of everyone and everything, and maintains a strong belief in the weird and wonderful creatures of the world -- I have an interest in cryptozoology, so I think we'd have some interesting conversations.

I think the discussion is only about the first book Molly, not all of them together.

The best part of the book was probably when he meets Hagrid, and they go to Diagon Alley. It's so magical, and fun, Harry really gets a taste of the wizarding world.

MollyFlyer wrote:1. Given Ron's strongly anti-Slytherin bias, I can't see them remaining friends. He became closer to Hermione after defending her from the troll in the bathroom, but he'd be less likely to try to help out a girl from another house -- meaning that it's possible that she'd be injured before the teachers arrived to help her. Harry, meanwhile, might be more accepting of his parseltongue when in a house that's less inclined to think the ability evil.

Not only that, but it'd be less likely he'd know that Hermione was crying in the bathroom, I think.