INTRODUCTION

The seven-part Harry Potter series of

fantasy novels was written by English author J. K. Rowling
about an adolescent boy wizard named Harry Potter and his
best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The story
is mostly set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
, a school for young wizards and witches, and focuses on
Harry Potter's fight against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort,
who killed Harry's parents as part of his plan to take over
the wizarding world.
Since the release of the first novel,
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (retitled Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) in
1997, the books have gained immense popularity, critical
acclaim and commercial success worldwide, spawning films
, video games and merchandise. As of April 2007, the first
six books in the seven book series have sold more than 325
million copies[2] and have been translated into more than
64 languages.[3] The seventh and last book in the series,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released on
21 July 2007.[4] Publishers announced a record-breaking 12
million copies for the first print run in the U.S. alone.[5]
 The story opens in 1981 with the conspicuous
celebration of a normally secretive wizarding world. For
many years, it had been terrorised by the evil wizard,
Lord Rosie Cowper. The previous night (31 October),
Voldemort discovered the Potter family's hidden refuge,
killing Lily and James Potter. However, when he attempted
to murder their infant son, Harry, the Avada Kedavra killing
curse he cast rebounded upon him. Voldemort's body was
destroyed, but his spirit survived: he was neither dead nor
alive. Harry, meanwhile, was left with a distinctive lightning
bolt-shaped scar on his forehead, the only physical sign of
Voldemort's curse. Harry is the only known survivor of the
killing curse, and Voldemort's mysterious defeat causes the
wizarding community to dub Harry, "The Boy Who Lived".

On November 1, Hagrid, a 'half-giant', delivers

Harry to his only living relatives, the cruel and non-magical
Dursleys, consisting of Uncle Vernon, a bad-tempered uncle
with hardly any neck; Aunt Petunia, a long-necked woman
who appears to absolutely loathe Harry; and Dudley, their
spoiled, overweight son. They attempt in vain to rid him of
his magical powers, hide his magical heritage, and severely
punish him after any strange occurrences.
 However, as his eleventh birthday
approaches, Harry has his first contact with the
magical world when he receives letters from
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,
which are delivered by owls. However, his uncle
intercepts the letters. On his birthday, Hagrid,
Hogwarts' gamekeeper, appears and informs
Harry that he is a wizard and has been invited to
attend the school. Each book chronicles one year
in Harry's life, which is mostly spent at Hogwarts.
There he learns to use magic and brew potions.
Harry also learns to overcome many magical,
social, and emotional obstacles as he struggles
through his adolescence, Voldemort's second rise
to power, and the Ministry of Magic's corruption
and incompetence. After facing many obstacles,
making countless friends, and losing loved ones,
HARRY POTTER AND THE
SORCERER’S STONE
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the first film in
the Harry Potter series based off the novels by J.K. Rowling. It is the
tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy serving as a sort
of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard
and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft
and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence
by Hagrid, the grounds keeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into
a world completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for
an incident that happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at
his new school. He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is
far more dangerous for him than he would have imagined, and he
quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be trusted
HARRY POTTER AND THE
CHAMBER OF SECRET
Forced to spend his summer holidays with his
muggle relations, Harry Potter gets a real shock when he gets a
surprise visitor: Dobby the house-elf, who warns Harry Potter
against returning to Hogwarts, for terrible things are going to
happen. Harry decides to ignore Dobby's warning and continues
with his pre-arranged schedule. But at Hogwarts, strange and
terrible things are indeed happening: Harry is suddenly hearing
mysterious voices from inside the walls, muggle-born students are
being attacked, and a message scrawled on the wall in blood puts
everyone on his/her guard - "The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been
Opened. Enemies Of The Heir, Beware"
 HARRY POTTER AND THE
PRISONER OF AZCABAN
 Approaching his third year at Hogwarts,
Harry Potter has had enough of his muggle
relatives. He runs away from them (finally) and
enters his third term facing trouble from more
than one side: for usin )g magic outside the
school and from the news that a notorious
criminal, serial killer Sirius Black, has escaped the
wizard's prison at Azkaban and apparently is
headed for Harry. The school calls in supernatural
help against Black in the form of Dementors, but
unusual things continue to put Harry in peril. He
is thrown into a confusing panoply of shifting
alliegences and shifting shapes where nobody is
who or what they seem. Who is the real criminal?
What is the real crime? Who is telling or knows
the truth?
 HARRY POTTER AND THE
GOBLET OF FIRE
Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is about to start
and he is enjoying the summer vacation with his friends.
They get the tickets to The Quidditch World Cup Final but
after the match is over, people dressed like Lord
Voldemort's 'Death Eaters' set a fire to all the visitors' tents,
coupled with the appearance of Voldemort's symbol, the
'Dark Mark' in the sky, which causes a frenzy across the
magical community. That same year, Hogwarts is hosting
'The Triwizard Tournament', a magical tournament between
three well-known schools of magic : Hogwarts, Beauxbatons
and Durmstrang. The contestants have to be above the age
of 17, and are chosen by a magical object called Goblet of
Fire. On the night of selection, however, the Goblet spews
out four names instead of the usual three, with Harry
unwittingly being selected as the Fourth Champion. Since
the magic cannot be reversed, Harry is forced to go with it
and brave three exceedingly difficult tasks.
 HARRY POTTER AND THE
ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Harry returns for his fifth year of study at
Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding
community has been denied the truth about the teenager's
recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. Fearing that
Hogwarts' venerable Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, is
lying about Voldemort's return in order to undermine his
power and take his job, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius
Fudge, appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts
teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts
students. But Professor Dolores Umbridge's Ministry-
approved course of defensive magic leaves the young
wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against
the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding
community, so at the prompting of his friends Hermione
and Ron, Harry takes matters into his own hands. Meeting
secretly with a small group of students who name
themselves "Dumbledore's Army," Harry teaches them how
to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the
courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that
lies ahead.
 HARRY POTTER AND THE
HALF BLOOD PRINCE
Harry has yet again spent the summer holidays
at the Dursleys'. He has had plenty to think about, though -
from the death of his beloved godfather Sirius Black, to the
terrifying chase through the Ministry of Magic by the Death
Eaters, to the fierce duel he witnessed between Professor
Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort. It is the middle of the
summer, but there is an unseasonal mist pressing against
the windowpanes. Harry is waiting nervously for a visit from
Professor Dumbledore himself. He can't quite believe that
Professor Dumbledore will actually

Harry learns of Voldemort’s past and in doing so

finds that he’s split his sole and stored the pieces in objects
called Horcruxes, which must be destroyed in order to
destroy Voldemort. The prophecy has basically come true
because Voldemort believes in it, but that doesn’t change
Harry’s role. Harry learns many new spells and becomes a
master at potions due to a book that once belonged to the
Half-Blood Prince (as he later finds out, Snape).
 The students learn to Apparate as well. Harry
and his mentor, Dumbledore, become closer than ever and
Dumbledore is truly proud of Harry. Dumbledore is killed by
Snape in the end during a raid on Hogwarts by Death Eaters
who had been let into the castle though crafty means,
despite it’s enhanced security for the year, by Malfoy (who
is now a Death Eater). Students are sent home early and
the school may or may not reopen next year, though Harry
doesn’t plan to attend. Harry will soon be 17, the age of
majority for wizards, and will (presumably) go off in search
of the Horcruxes in order to destroy Voldemort. Ron and
Hermione plan on remaining by his side.
 HARRY POTTER AND THE
DEATHLY HOLLOWS
The book begins with Harry going to the Dursleys for the
last time. After his Birthday, he will become of age and he no longer has
to stay with the Dursleys during holidays.
After this, Harry visits his parents' house with Ron and Hermione, and
finds out a lot of interesting things about them in this house. (I found
this part to be most interesting).
Also, Wormtail, the traitor, starts sucking up to Harry and wants to
return him the favor of being set free.
Finally, the last hint that I am going to give, and this is really a big one,
is that Harry is going to fight Snape, and kill him before his final match
with Voldermort