Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Discovering Who You Are
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Discovering Who You Are When most people think about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, they probably think about magic, Hogwarts, wands, spells, and a boy discovering that he is a wizard. But underneath all of that magic is something much more relatable: a boy discovering who he really is after spending his childhood being told who he was supposed to be. The Misfit in His Own Family Harry grows up with his aunt, uncle, and cousin, the Dursleys, but he is never really treated as part of their family. Instead, Harry is treated more like a servant. He sleeps in the cupboard under the stairs, wears Dudley’s hand-me-down clothes, and is constantly reminded that he is different and unwanted. Uncle Vernon especially wants everything about his family to appear normal. Anything strange or outside his idea of what is acceptable is something to fear, reject, or hide. So when letters begin arriving for Harry, Uncle Vernon goes...
