Harry Potter

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.