Harry Potter

Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone The time era Harry Potter was in was in the late 1990’s in England, but it was never confirmed in the book. In the beginning the house Harry lives in is on Privet Drive in Surrey, England and the setting is soon transferred to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. “Logically it [Hogwarts] had to be set in a secluded place, and pretty soon I settled on Scotland …showed first 75 words of 994 total…

…showed last 75 words of 994 total…almost completely hidden by a long, shaggy mane of hair and a wild, tangled beard, but you could make out his eyes, glinting like black beetles under all the hair” (Rowling, 46). The other reason is the genre of book it is. People enjoy reading fantasy books. It is a way to escape reality and enter a world of magic and mystical adventures. This easy to read book does not confuse its readers, it dazzles them.