I've never
been a person who reads a lot of books. But a series of book that I really
stuck to and read several times is the books about Harry Potter and his world.
It has been published seven books about Harry Potter and also eight movies
based on the books. The author is J. K. Rowling.
Brief
Summary of the books :
Harry
Potter is no ordinary boy, he has just learned that he is a wizard and is going
to study at Hogwarts. A school for witches and wizards. What Harry does not
know is that he is the boy who survived. Harry survived Lord Voldemort's
attempt to kill him. Every book takes place as one school year at Hogwarts. We
follow Harry and his friends Hermione and Ron in their amazing adventures.
I have
chosen to read the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's
Stone . I'll try to find some differences between the book and the movie. I
personally think both the book the movie is very good. It will be interesting
to see what I can find.
Having both
read the book and watched the movie, I came up with this:
The
beginning of the book is very long and informative. We find out how Harry's
life was before he started at Hogwarts. The film shows this very short and I
think they have removed many charming things that happen in the book. For
example, when Uncle Veron drive to work and see a cat reading a map.
In the
movie, I get the impression that Harry quickly becomes good friends with
Hermione. But in the book it feels like Hermione and Harry becomes close
friends about the middle of the book after the incident with the troll.
In the
book, Neville has a much bigger role. He is mentioned very often in the book and
has a bigger part of the story. Which is sad because I think that Neville is a
really fun and delightful character.
The sport
Quidditch is described in much more detail in the book comparing to the in the
movie. In the book you will learn how to play the game and all of the rules. In
the movie, it feels like we are just thrown into a match and get to watch some
action-packed scenes. There are also more matches in the book than in the
movie.
There are a
number of details in the movie and book that is different but really does not
play a major part of the story. For example, how Hagrid loses his dragon,
Norbert. In the film, Hagrid just say that he had to give away Norbert. But in
the book, Hagrid gets help from Harry and Ron by sending Norbert to Ron's
brother.
Conclusion.
The book is more informative than the film and therefore the better.
