303. The 'Harry Potter' series.

At first, I did not like the Harry Potter series.  The cover of the book made me think, ‘Who will read all this?!’  But thanks to my mother, this series have become my all – time favorite series.

I often go to a library called Eloor Lending Library and borrow books from there.  One day, my mother told me to have a change and switch over from the kids’ section and start reading books written for teenagers.  Then she gave me the first book of the series ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’.  On seeing the book, I refused and went back to the kids’ section.  But something urged me to start reading the ‘Harry Potter’ book.  So, I borrowed the book and came home. 

The first few pages were a little boring.  But afterwards,  right from when Harry Potter receives his admission letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it became very interesting.  After reading the first book, I was very eager to read the rest of the books. 

The author, J.K.Rowling, has an extremely brilliant mind, which enables her to take the readers to another world, the magical world.  Harry Potter, an orphan, was a great wizard.  He himself did not know this fact until he was 11 – years – old.  There are eight books in this series.  The villain of the series is Voldemort.  He is neither human nor ghost.  He was the one who killed Harry’s parents.  In all the books, except the third book ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ and the eighth book ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’, Harry fights Voldemort and in the seventh book, kills Voldemort and wins The Battle Of Hogwarts.  The third book is about Harry finding his godfather, Sirius Black, who was the best friend of his father, James Potter.  The eighth book features the next generation of Harry Potter.  The first book to the seventh book feature Harry’s adventures in his seven years at Hogwarts.  The series inspired me a lot.  It gave me self – confidence to do anything without the help of others, even though Harry is an orphan, he decided to avenge the murder of his parents.  So he fought Voldemort alone until the end. 

The movies are not as convincing as the books, but still they are really good.  Harry Potter has many friends at Hogwarts, but his best friends were Ron and Hermione.  They help him till the end.

I love the series, although I don’t like some characters in it.  I am deeply attached with the Harry Potter series.  I appreciate J.K.Rowling for authoring such excellent books and I also encourage her to write more and more great books like these.