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The first book was aimed at adolescent children. Emphasis was placed upon magic, witches, wizards and strange creatures. Each of the six installments that followed placed more emphasis upon character development, unique personality traits, conflict, and emotional experience and less upon magic and fantastic creatures.
Those children that remained faithful to the series grew up with it. As they matured and developed, the story lines matured and developed along with them.

Myself been a part of the Potter Mania. Loved the way, how Harry grew up and matured with each edition. Loved the character development through out the journey. Vivid descriptions helped bring the whole story to life. I was hooked!

The Harry Potter movies were magnificent and many came to know Harry Potter through them. Most of them never cared to read the books!
However, though I liked the movies, I liked the books much more. The "magic" of the books was not there in the movies. Moreover, it is difficult to condense in a movie all the stuff contained in a whole book.

Harry Potter is, of course, the hero of the series, the boy destined to finish off Lord Voldemort, the villain of the series.
Hermione Granger is the main heroine of the series. Though she comes from a "non-magical" family, she is a “know-all” of all things magical! Her knowledge of magic helps Harry a great deal in his quest to vanquish Lord Voldemort.
Ginny Weasley can also be termed a heroine of the series. She plays a vital role in the second book, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". And, of course, she eventually marries Harry Potter.
Ron Weasley is Harry’s best friend and takes part in all his adventures, together with Hermione Granger.
Draco Malfoy is a “villain” of the series. He baits Harry continually throughout school and then, as an adult, he becomes one of the "dark lord's" supporters. However, at the very end he does appear to repent of his ways.


Hal Miller
I was one of those readers!