Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(Round 1)

    This week, I am writing about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling. It is about a boy who has a miserable life living with his aunt, uncle, and son. Then, one day he gets a letter and finds out he is a wizard, and has been invited to Hogwarts, a wizarding school. So far, I have read about 200 pages, but for this week, I will talk about the first 60 pages. I chose this book because it is a very popular series and I've heard a lot of good things about it from my friends and family. Also, I've watched the movies and they made me want to read the books. I will definitely continue to read this book and finish it.
    The main character in my book is Harry Potter(obviously). He lives with his aunt Petunia, uncle Vernon, and their son Dudley. This is because his parents were killed by the evil wizard Voldemort when he was just a baby. However, until Hagrid tells him this, he had been told that his parents in a car crash. He is small, skinny, and has a scar shaped like lightning on his forehead, which he got from Voldemort. Strange things seem to happen around Harry, like his hair growing back really fast and being found on the roof suddenly.
    So far, there is no real antagonist in the story. However, you could say that the Dursley family are the antagonists because they hate him and never give him anything. He only gets Dudley's old clothes and things, and he never gets gifts for his birthday, while Dudley gets 30. They don't like him because his parents were wizard and because strange things always happen around him. Dudley and his friends are always trying to beat him up.
    One significant setting in the story is the Dursley house. It is on 4 Privet Drive. This is where Harry has lived since after his parents died. Inside the house, Harry lives in the cupboard under the stairs, which is very tiny and barely fits him and his bed. Another significant setting is in a little shack on a rock out at sea. The inside is smelly, cold, and broken down. It has dirty windows and moldy, moth-eaten furniture. This is where Harry meets Hagrid, who tells Harry that he is a wizard.
    A conflict that Harry faces at the beginning of the book is getting lots of letters addressed to him that seem to be from no one. Uncle Vernon gets angrier and angrier and angrier at Harry because of these letters. Whoever sends these letters seems to know exactly where in the house Harry lives, driving Uncle Vernon crazy. He keeps telling Harry to move to different places in the house, but the letters keep coming and the number of letters keeps increasing. Finally, when Hagrid, the keeper of the keys at Hogwarts, a wizarding school, visits Harry on his birthday, he finds out that the letter is actually an invitation to Hogwarts for him.
    The parts of the book that I liked was when the letters kept coming to the Dursleys' house. It was funny how Uncle Vernon kept getting mad and making Harry move. It kept me entertained, wondering how many letters would come next. The whole time, I kept wondering what was in the letter and who it was coming from.