Jan, 2017 one of the biggest differences between the harry potter books and movies is that the books have way, way more information. List of harry potter cast members harry potter wiki fandom. This is a list of characters in the harry potter books. He wears glasses his whole life, and has a scar on his forehead in the shape of the lightning bolt. Their stories span the decades, the whole saga and beyond. Feb 18, 2020 the professor of muggle studies and a great believer in the equality of wizards and muggles, charity burbage was killed by voldemort, in a scene that was sad in the book and terrifying in the movie.
Like most of the greatest heroes in the world, harry is both ordinary and extraordinary. Harry potter, who wants to find his way in the wizarding world, and. In the interest of time, many characters and plot points were left out of the films, many of which. A list of all the characters in harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Minor relatives of major characters dark wizards relatives. We all know and love em, and now its time to get mistyeyed remembering them.
At the beginning of the book, harry is an unimpressive figure. A huge part of this book is about dealing with fear. The son of james and lily potter and nephew of vernon and petunia dursley. Albus dumbledore, who protects, counsels, and prepares harry. Aug 04, 2016 in harry potter and the cursed child there were some amusing parts, but i didnt find it as clever or funny as the original series i think i only really cracked a major smile once. The dursleys are actually the first characters we meet in the harry potter series, for better or worse. Harrys parents, lily and james potter, were murdered when harry was 1 year old by an evil wizard named voldemort. Please continue to improve it and thanks for the great work so far.
A weak boy with glasses and brown messy hair, harry has lived with his mean aunt and uncle dursley in england since his parents were killed at age one. When i first learned of thesterals as a reader in the fifth harry potter book, i thought this seemed like a major plot hole. Harry potter timeline how to watch the entire series. Muggles guide to harry potter is a featured book on wikibooks because it contains substantial content, it is wellformatted, and the wikibooks community has decided to feature it on the main page or in other places. She grew up attending hogwarts and returned to the school as an adult to teach transfiguration, under headmaster albus dumbledore, who. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone in the movies. Great guffaws for gryffindor kindle edition by boone, brian, brack, amanda. Harry james potter, the titular character and worldrenowned name in both his fictional world and the real one. Best harry potter characters top ten list thetoptens. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone characters litcharts. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix sparknotes. The future of the characters in the harry potter books didnt end with the epilogue, set nineteen years after book seven. Everyones favourite amateur photographer was a little in awe of harry.
In harry potter and the goblet of fire, bagman plays a major role in both organizing and announcing the quidditch world cup and the triwizard tournament. Unfortunately, this same attack killed harrys parents, james and lily potter, who were members of an antivoldemort league called the order of the phoenix. Who are the most important characters in harry potter. Major spoilers for all of the harry potter books and movies ahead. Harry potter, hermione granger, ron weasley, hagrid, albus dumbledore, voldemort, draco malfoy, neville. Some, like severus snape, are complex and mysterious. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. Lord voldemort, who wants to kill harry, get rid of muggleborns. Rowling brought us the world of harry potter and endowed it with an impressive number of secrets. Notes on characters from harry potter and the sorcerers. The harry potter books were never known for being short, but harry potter and the goblet of fire was the first of the massive books fans began to expect for the second half of the fantasy series.
Alas, when the potter movies got the movie treatment, adhering to the novels 100% would have been impossible so, some minor or, in some cases, major changes were made. Harry potter, hermione granger, ron weasley, hagrid, albus dumbledore, voldemort, draco malfoy, neville longbottom, professor mcgonagall, professor snape, professor quirrell, vernon dursley, petunia dursley, dudley dursley. Mar 28, 2019 imelda staunton does a great job playing this character, but it should be noted that as nasty as umbridge is in the film, in the book, shes even worse causing many a harry potter reader to. Here are a few you might not have thought about in a while 1. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban characters shmoop. Well, this little list of oftenforgotten characters should give you about the same feeling.
Harry potter and the cursed child study guide contains a biography of j. Below are a list of changes made to the stories of the harry potter books when they were adapted into feature films. Students raise their wands after albus dumbledore s death in 1997 this is a list of deaths in the harry potter series organised by source. But in 2004, rowling answered this question in an interview at.
Harry potter and the philosophers stone characters. Jul 24, 2015 the future of the characters in the harry potter books didnt end with the epilogue, set nineteen years after book seven. They are all fictional characters that have appeared in one or more harry potterrelated book. The harry potter and the sorcerers stone characters covered include. This article covers a subject that is part of the real world, and thus should not be taken as a part of the harry potter universe. If hermione is the brains and harry is the soul, ron weasley is the heart of the harry potter. Rowlings harry potter novels revolutionized the world of literature throughout the 2000s, with characters and stories that defined a generation.
Harry potter and the sorcerers stone character analysis litcharts. Mar 28, 2018 alas, when the potter movies got the movie treatment, adhering to the novels 100% would have been impossible so, some minor or, in some cases, major changes were made. Wormtail we think that sirius sums up peter best, so well let him kick things off here. While the harry potter books and movies are both universally loved, theyre far from identical. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone major characters. Peeves, as depicted in concept art for the film adaptation of harry potter and the philosophers stone. The majority of the books plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan potter, who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. Has a lighting bolt scar on his forehead from a battle with. Neville is often portrayed as nervous, inept, or cowardly. Ron weasley remus lupin sirius black peter pettigrew a. Society for the promotion of elfish welfare and overall kindness towards house elves played a major role in the book, especially when it came to kreatures.
Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban is the third book in the harry potter series and often thought of as the best of the eight movies in the original wb franchise the movie gets a lot of credit for the artistic hand alfonso cuaron brought to directing, and the more laid back dress and style that the actors were allow. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the unofficial harry potter joke book. All 76 deaths in harry potter, ranked by sadness mtv. Rowling brought us the world of harry potter and endowed it with an. Daniel radcliffe who had only ever got the role as harry potter from his best friend tarren patel, not only a friend to him but also a role model. What major character in harry potter can you not stand.
The most popular harry potter book according to sales. In the years since the publication of harry potter and the deathly hallows, j. In the harry potter films, we loved seeing the different interpretations of how we imagined the characters on the page. Ron weasley and hermione granger are the other main characters besides harry. How do the harry potter and fantastic beasts movies stack up against each other. In harry potter and the sorcerers stone, the book that started it all understatement of the century, harry potter discovers his true identity in the wee hours of his eleventh birthday. They certainly have a lasting influence on the boy who lived, though one could argue that. In the film, house points play a major role only in the philosophers stone. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the uk version and 870 pages in the us version. The bluray edition of philosophers stone includes commentary from director chris columbus that reveals that the final scene of the film where harry, hermione and ron depart on the hogwarts express was the first scene shot. There are characters and entire plot lines in the books that there simply. Over the thousands of pages of harry potter books and hours of their. Jun 30, 2017 the dursleys are actually the first characters we meet in the harry potter series, for better or worse. Biggest plot holes in harry potter business insider.
One of the biggest differences between the harry potter books and movies is that the books have way, way more information. Over the course of the book, he loses his beloved pet toad, he falls read full character analysis lily potter. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. List of differences between the harry potter books and films. Harry potter and the cursed child characters gradesaver. Top 20 minor characters in the harry potter series. Bellatrixs husband doesnt appear in the movies, and instead, her relationship with lord voldemort is played up, implying that there might be. Obviously, theres millions of spoilers in here, so dont read. The majority of the books plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan. Harry is described as short and skinny, with striking green eyes and permanently unruly black hair. Rowlings beloved boy wizard would be 34 years of age today. What if the characters of harry potter looked like they did in the books. Rowling pits harry against tom riddle, lord voldemorts memory within a secret diary. At hogwarts harry becomes fast friends with classmates ron weasley and hermione granger and finds a rival in draco malfoy.
These two are of equal importance, as they share in the adventures, each contributing to the missi. Dec 14, 2017 what if the characters of harry potter looked like they did in the books. Hes an elevenyearold skinny kid, with unruly black hair and. The wizarding world is filled with memorable characters. Harry, hermione and ron during the deathly hallows epilogue. Ron is harry s first and best friend at hogwarts not counting hagrid. In harry potter and the cursed child there were some amusing parts, but i didnt find it as clever or funny as the original series i think i only really cracked a major smile once. Everyone is included harry, ron, hermoine, snape, dumbledore, voldemort, etc. Rowling revelations about the years between harry potter and cursed child by megan mccluskey may 1, 2017 10. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone characters shmoop.
The professor of muggle studies and a great believer in the equality of wizards and muggles, charity burbage was killed by voldemort, in a scene. Minor harry potter characters worth remembering wizarding world. A weak boy with glasses and brown messy hair, harry has lived with his mean aunt and uncle dursley in england since his. Others, like mundungus fletcher, manage to be interesting and complicated even though they only pop in and out of the story occasionally.
Rowlings harry potter novels knows that after remus lupin was bitten by a werewolf, so his best friends james potter, sirius black and peter pettigrew became animagi so they could help. Each students name was given, along with herhis gender, house, and blood status. List of differences between the harry potter books and. Rowling, jack thorne and john tiffany, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a. Imelda staunton does a great job playing this character, but it should be noted that as nasty as umbridge is in the film, in the book, shes even worse causing many a harry potter reader to. At over 600 pages its possible its length alone might have put some more casual readers and fans off though the midnight book launch parties would not have made anyone think so. He had a large pink face, not much neck, small, watery blue eyes, and thick blonde hair that lay smoothy on his. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone characters next.
How the harry potter characters looked in the books vs. Jun 23, 2017 15 major characters in the harry potter books who dont even appear in the movies this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. In the other films, almost all mention of house points are omitted except for one instance in prisoner of azkaban where snape takes 5 points from gryffindor. The main characters get 45 pages each, while minor characters usually get a single 2page spread. Harry potter book character descriptions versus how they looked in. Harry potter ronald weasley hermione granger albus dumbledore voldemort rubeus hagrid minerva mcgonagall severus snape professor quirrell. Harry potter is the famous eleven year old child of lily and james potter, who is the only known wizard to have survived any attack from the evil voldemort. In an increasingly digital age, every harry potter book release became a major event, dominating headlines around the world as both adults and children lined up to. Killed by peter pettigrew on lord voldemorts command.
Harry potter and the goblet of fire was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic. Though hagrid is a bit smaller than described, in my opinion actor robbie coltrane looks pretty darn. Gave a muggle child a pigs tail although dudley kind of deserved it hated and was some what prejudice towards slytherin kept a dragon as a pet for a short period of time got harry. Featuring hundreds of jokes and more than fifty fantastic illustrations, this joke book provides endless amounts of fun and clean humor for readers and fans of the. Characters harry potter harry potter became a household name in the wizarding world when he was just a baby, after successfully warding off an attack by the infamous lord voldemort.
Chamber of secrets is book 2 of the harry potter series, so weve already been introduced to. The jokes highlight some of the major characters, including harry, hermione, ron, hagrid, dumbledore, and voldemort, as well as many magical elements from the wizard world. Harry potter and the philosophers stone dudley looked a lot like uncle vernon. The character vault is a fascinating book that details the characters from the films. Rowling showed the camera an early notebook page listing some of the students in harry s year. Harry james potter is the titular protagonist of j. A lot of interactions with hogwarts students and ghosts were eliminated in the films, but this party would have been an interesting addition to the movies. They are all characters who have appeared in a harry potter related book by j. Still, im absolutely glad i read it it was totally delightful to be back in that world with those characters again, and no one has an imagination quite.
Rupert grint and emma watson, who have played ron weasley and hermione. Harry potter and the philosophers stone characters gradesaver. The main characters of harry potter harry potter trivia. His determination to befriend him may have been exuberant but his devotion knew no bounds. This is a list of characters in the harry potter series. Muggles guide to harry potter wikibooks, open books for an. So andromeda tonks isnt exactly an essential main character of the harry potter book series, however her omission in the films is a bit strange considering everything of course her daughter, auror nymphadora tonks, is one of the bigger supporting characters in the film series, and andromedas influence over her daughter is clearly important given the family that andromeda comes from. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets characters shmoop. Rowling has revealed a number of tidbits of information about the wizarding world. Generally harry gets some help from the powerful wizard and headmaster of hogwarts, albus dumbledore, but, in the end, harry must face voldemort on his own and figure out how to keep him at bay. During a 2001 tv special called harry potter and me, j. Here are 10 harry potter book to movie changes that upset potterheads and 10 that actually made sense. And to celebrate the occasion, weve come up with a list of.
Rowling, jack thorne and john tiffany, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and. The list of harry potter cast members is a list of actors who voiced or portrayed characters appearing in the harry potter film series based on the book series by j. If the characters of harry potter looked like they did. What happened to the main harry potter characters after.