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Harry`s parents were wizards and did not die in a car crash.

Harry finally learns the truth about his past which the Dursleys tried to hide from him for so long. Harry`s miserable life changes completely when he gets an invitation from Hogwarts, the famous school for witchcraft and wizardry, shortly before his 11th birthday. The orphan lives in a cupboard under the stairs and wears the old clothes of his spoilt cousin Dudley. “Harry Potter and the Philosopher`s Stone” US-title: ”Harry Potter and the Sorcerer`s Stone”Īfter the mysterious death of his parents Harry Potter lives with his hard-hearted relatives the Dursleys. 25 Maybe this the first Term paper about “Harry Potter and the Philosopher`s Stone” and its success. So I had the chance to analize many aspects of the success by myself, for example the meaning of the characters or the psychological aspects. That is also a reason why you cannot find much material. In addition the Harry Potter books are brand new literature. 1 Many information from the Internet are also very superficial and useless.

Now it is forbidden to publish secondary literature of the book series. By the way I want to say that the search for secondary literature was a little difficult because the film and merchandising rights were owned by the TIME WARNER company who took out a patent for the word 20 “Harry Potter”. The following pages I describe the different aspects of the success. The topic of my Term paper is to find out why this novel is so successful. The adventures of Harry Potter are loved by millions of children and grown-ups. The first book “Harry Potter and the Philosopher`s Stone” was published in 1997.The second volume was “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, than followed “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban” and the most current book is “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, but this Term paper is focused on the first book. In times of technical progress, computer games and watching television it is amazing what career Harry Potter has done in recent years. This phenomenon is called “Harry Potter” and causes a kind of cultural revolution. Teachers, parents and experts are wondering, how a boy with magical tendencies can fascinate a whole generation? “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” Why is this Novel so successful? 1.