https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1 Step into the world of Harry Potter and refresh your memory on theme. The information is taken from Shmoop.com. en-us 2017-11-28 04:12:19 UTC 2023-02-18 12:49:14 UTC hello@padlet.com kenzie_lund https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210738576 Theme is defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.]]> 2017-11-28 04:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210738576 kenzie_lund https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739120 Family is a very important theme throughout Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Harry misses the family he never knew – his parents – and hates the one he's stuck with – the Dursleys. Blood ties only go so far, and relationships don't necessarily mean that love is felt. Far from it, in fact. The Dursleys feed, clothe, and shelter Harry (barely), but they don't love him, and they certainly don't treat him as though he belongs. Instead, it's the people Harry meets at Hogwarts, both students and faculty, who care for and nurture him, and who slowly become his new, chosen family.]]> 2017-11-28 04:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739120 kenzie_lund https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739308 Harry went through a lot in the first book. How do these events go with the theme?]]> 2017-11-28 04:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739308 kenzie_lund https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739400 Making friends is arguably one of the best things about going to Hogwarts. Without friends, life can be pretty sad. Having someone to side with, to share with, and to study with – someone who has your back, and who needs you to cover his/hers – is huge. Yet for Harry Potter and some of the other characters who've been set apart by their magical abilities, making real friends is only possible at wizarding school. Wizard friends are lifesavers, literally: who else can you collaborate with to defeat three-headed dogs or evil overlords? By making friends, the characters get to work together, learn from each other, and accomplish more than they ever would have on their own.]]> 2017-11-28 04:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739400 kenzie_lund https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739419 Loyalty may be a Hufflepuff virtue, but everyone in Gryffindor is pretty good at it too. Face it, in this book nearly everyone's loyal – even the bad guys are loyal to their own side. Loyalty provides much of the motivation for plot points throughout Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: characters stand up for the ideas they believe in and each other. However, sometimes people – or creatures – have to behave in what seems like a disloyal manner for the greater good.]]> 2017-11-28 04:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739419 kenzie_lund https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739432 Courage is one of the hallmarks of Gryffindor house, and it's also a defining characteristic for our main characters. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and even Neville all reveal themselves as possessing outstanding bravery, and it's their courage that helps them get through the climactic ordeals at the book's end. As Dumbledore praises them at the year-end banquet, he honors their explicit and implicit courage. This shows that the Hogwarts faculty values virtues like courage and loyalty as much as they do more wacky branches of magical education. Being able to make feathers float is all very well and good, but when push comes to shove, what really matters is how you face your fears.]]> 2017-11-28 04:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739432 kenzie_lund https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739443 Good and evil come in all shapes and sizes and aren't necessarily restricted to magic or Muggle worlds, either. At first, we wonder who could be more evil than the cruel, unloving Dursleys and their bullying, slobby son. True, they get some competition from wizarding bullies, who like to intersperse insults with, you know, spells. But actually, there is someone: the half-alive, half-defeated, unicorn-killing, blood-drinking evilest wizard that ever evilled – Voldemort. Luckily, there are examples of goodness flooding Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, ranging from Harry's parents, whose love extends beyond the grave, to sweet awkward Neville, who sides with his friends no matter what.

]]> 2017-11-28 04:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739443 kenzie_lund https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739798 How do the characters go along with the theme?]]> 2017-11-28 04:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kenzie_lund/n2wwhi9v2zz1/wish/210739798