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Biography.........................................2 Facts About JKR................................3 Representative works......................4 Summary..........................................5 Economical Context........................6 Social Context.................................7 Entertainment................................8
Biography Joanne Rowling is better known as J.K Rowling is the British author of the Harry Potter story, she was born on July 31th 1965, in Gloucestershire, UK. She studied at Exeter University (1983-1986). His publisher Bloomsbury wanted her to put her initials in his books since he deduced that the female name was not going to attract so much attention from young people, so he concluded that using the name of his paternal grandmother "Kathleen". In February 2004, Forbes magazine said that Rowling's fortune amounted to 576 million, making her the first millionaire to write books. The writer achieved the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord in 2003. Rowling has written The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Quidditch Through the Ages, Harry Potter: And The Cursed Child, which complement the Harry Potter series. In the beginning, many copies were made by hand and all the money generated was donated to charity, later Rowling decided to disclose it to dedicate all the money collected from all the copies sold to charity, this design was carried out with the Baroness of England. Rowling wrote two adult novels which she tried not to publish (before the idea for Harry Potter came upon a train trip). Rowling at the end of the train trip she already had her characters for the reasoning of the play. Getting her book published was a great success as the sales of the books made her a multimillionaire. All proceeds from these books are donated to the Comic Relief organization.
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Facts Facts about about J.K J.K Rowling Rowling
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After so many attempts and rejections, the British writer J.K. Rowling managed to publish her first book on June 26, 1997, which seemed to have no great aspirations, but which soon became a worldwide success. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was the beginning of a spectacular literary series, in which the story of a young wizard was told with his friends facing evil forces. The book, which was first released in the UK and soon reached all countries translated into all languages, became one of the best-selling novels in history and its version on the big screen was also a boom at the box office. Regarding the 23 years of life of this work, we highlight 10 curious facts of this book: 1.- This is the first novel written by the British J.K. Rowling. It was the beginning of a saga of seven books with the stories of the young wizard. 2.- The author's real name is Joanne Rowling and she used the “K” in her pseudonym in honor of her paternal grandmother Kathleen. She also uses the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. 3.- Before being published, the book was rejected by several publishers. Only the independent publisher Bloomsbury decided to publish it. Following its success in the United Kingdom, the book was published in the United States the following year. Only in 2000 did a Spanish edition come out. 4.- While the UK edition was called "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and had 223 pages, in the US it had another name: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (" Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ”), with 309 pages. 5.- In 2007, a first edition signed by Rowling was auctioned in London for 27,876 pounds. 6.- In August 1999, it reached the top of The New York Times best-selling fiction list and stayed in the top spots until 2000. 7.- The book received criticism from various religious groups and was banned in some countries due to accusations of promoting witchcraft. 8.- Joseph Ratzinger, before becoming Benedict XVI, opined that the book had "subtle seductions, which act unnoticed and thus profoundly distort Christianity in the soul before it can develop adequately." 9.- In 1999, Rowling sold the film rights to the first four Harry Potter books to Warner Bros. for £ 1 million. The first film was released in 2001. 10.- “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone” is the third best-selling nonreligious book in history, with more than 120 million copies worldwide, behind “Don Quixote de la Mancha”, by Miguel de Cervantes, and "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens.
THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE WORKS
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SUMMARY ABOUT THE BOOK
The story starts with the ten-yearold Harry Potter, who is an orphan that lives in the fictional London suburb of Privet Drive, with the Dursleys. He lives with his uncaring Aunt Petunia, loathsome Uncle Vernon, and spoiled cousin Dudley. The Dursleys barely tolerate Harry, and Dudley bullies him. One day, Harry is astonished to receive a letter addressed to him in the cupboard under the stairs . Before he can open the letter; however, Uncle Vernon takes it. Lots of letters for Harry subsequently arrive each day, in increasing numbers, but Uncle Vernon tears them all up, and finally, in an attempt to escape the missives, the Dursleys go to a miserable shack on a small island. On Harry’s 11th birthday, a giant named Hagrid arrives and reveals that Harry is a wizard and that he has been accepted at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He also sheds light on Harry’s past, informing the boy that his parents, a wizard and a witch, were killed by the evil wizard Voldemort and that Harry acquired the lightning-bolt scar on his forehead during the fatal confrontation.
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Upon arrival at the school, the students are sorted into one of four houses— Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin. Harry ends up in Gryffindor, and during his first year at Hogwarts he becomes close friends with two other members of the house, Ron Weasley, who comes from an old wizarding family, and Hermione Granger, whose parents are Muggles, people that aren't magical. Harry also finds that he has an enemy in Draco Malfoy . In addition, Harry’s prowess in flying on a broomstick makes him a star of Gryffindor’s Quidditch team. Hoping to get Harry and his friends into trouble, Draco tricks them into leaving their rooms one night, a violation of school rules. While trying to avoid being caught, they discover a threeheaded dog guarding a trapdoor. Harry gradually comes to the conclusion that Professor Snape, who teaches Potions, dislikes him intensely and is trying to get hold of whatever is behind the trapdoor. Harry receives his father’s cloak of invisibility as a Christmas gift, and, while exploring under the cloak’s cover, he finds the Mirror of Erised, in which he can see his parents. Later, headmaster Albus Dumbledore explains that the mirror shows the viewer’s deepest desire.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione deduce that the treasure under the trapdoor is the Philosopher’s Stone, which can transform metal into gold and can also confer immortality. They later discover that Voldemort has been killing unicorns in the Forbidden Forest and drinking their blood, he is doing this because it is another way to achieve immortality. The trio comes to believe that Snape is still in the tropes of the evil wizard. After learning that Hagrid revealed the secret way to fool the threeheaded to a suspicious stranger, whom they believe to be either Snape or Voldemort, they are certain that the Philosopher’s Stone is in danger. The three classmates use the cloak of invisibility on a mission to get the Stone themselves to keep it from Voldemort. After getting past the dog and defeating various protective spells, Harry reaches the room in which the Stone is hidden and is surprised to find the nervous Professor Quirrell there. Quirrell fails to figure out how to retrieve the Stone from the Mirror of Erised and forces Harry to try. When standing in front of the mirror, wishing only to protect the Stone and not use it for himself, Harry feels the Stone’s rumble in his pocket but refuses to tell Quirrell that he has it. Quirrell unwraps his turban, revealing Voldemort’s face on the back of his head. Voldemort explains that he has been sharing Quirrell’s body until he can get to the Stone and become fully alive again, and Voldemort and Harry fight for possession of the Stone, until Harry blacks out. He awakens in the infirmary and learns that Dumbledore saved him, the Stone is sent to be destroyed, but unfortunately Voldemort escaped.
CONTEXT OF OF THE THE STORY STORY CONTEXT
There are things wizards and Muggles share. They have a bank and a monetary system, just as it exists in the Muggle world. As for the currency, they have a trimetallic system: Gold Galleons, Silver Sickles, and Bronze Knuts. That is when the Gringotts goblins enter, who make the coins in a personalized way, each coin has a different code that corresponds to the number of the goblin that made it. The magician's money is mercantile money, coins are valuable because they are issued in metals with their value. The problem is that this system does not meet the three basic properties that money must have to function efficiently: easy to transport, divide and accumulate. As the coins are made with precious metals they weigh a lot, so they are not easy to transport and they are not easy to accumulate, in the chamber of the Potter or Lestrange, there are thousands and thousands of coins stacked and they are so valuable. that need to be guarded by a dragon.
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Wizards and witches spend their money on food, clothing, and educational materials. In both the muggle and wizard world, money exists, there is also a bank that issues it, Gringotts, located in Diagon Alley, and almost the first contact that Harry Potter has with the wizarding world, it is the only wizarding bank in Gran Brittany. Gringotts' banking monopoly is very strong and just as rigid. However, they do not make loans to people or those in need. The influence of the rich in decisionmaking is key in the management of politics and the magic economy, this influence and the corruption of officials means that the middle class does not benefit and, as they have nowhere to get money, they cannot either. progress by opening a business, which limits social mobility.
SOCIAL SOCIAL CONTEXT CONTEXT OF OF THE THE STORY STORY
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone he is based on a universe that is a magical world, however, much of the story takes place within the Hogwarts School of Magic. Harry had lived in a world without magic since he was a baby. One day this boy receives a letter in which he says that he has been accepted to study in a magic school, however, there was a problem that they were his uncles since they never allowed magic. They never told Harry the truth of his inheritance, that he was also a wizard like his parents were. Harry, after receiving this news, understood that it is not only to feel different towards the necessary strength that he needed to gain confidence, but that he should not feel unequal to the rest of his peers, it is also to know himself different and to claim it with acceptance. This difference is the case with magic.
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In that "other world" Harry is legendary, which when he was a baby he survived death in front of a dark sorcerer. As well, we may have to remember as a social context how Malfoy and his friends in almost the whole saga bullied the Golden Trio for different situations such as economical position, blood status and as well for Harry's parents.
ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT
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Ollivnders. The best place where you can get your own wand!
Harry Potter New York Store. If you are a fan of Harry Potter you've definitely dream about a store that has every item, from capes to the deathly hallows, well is no longer a dream, check the new store in New York of Harry Potter.
Weasley Wizard Wheezes.
Want to make the best pranks in the world? Well, here in Weasley Wizard Wheezes we have the best supplies for you!
Hogwarts. Explore Hogwarts and Hogsmeade at Universal Islands of Adventure.
Koldovstoretz School.
Flourish and Blotts The place where you can get your books for school, in the most accessible price! Come to Flourish and Blotts, we have the best of the best.
Looking for a school that teach you witchery here in mother Russia. Well you are lucky pal, welcome Koldvstoretz School, where you can learn, play and enjoy magical friends here in the cold.
Three Broomsticks. Come to the Three Broomsticks and enjoy of a delicious butterbeer, the best of the best! Located in Hogsmade.
The Leaky Cauldron. The best restaurant in the Wizard world!
Madam Malkin's Robes for all the occasions! We have the best hand-made robes, come to Madam Malkin's, located in Diagon Alley.
Gringotts. In Gringotts, your money will be in a safe, we are the best bank all around the world.
Hogwarts Express. Win an awesome weekend in the Hogwarts Express.
Quality Quidditch Supplies. Nimbus 2000 out NOW! The best broom, come and buy it at Quality Quidditch Supplies!
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