“Is it still Children´s Literature? A Comparison between Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”

Beschreibung
Essay aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Literatur, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: J. K. Rowling is one of the most famous authors in modern times. By inventing the character of Harry Potter, she created a completely new fantastic world, full of wizards, magical creatures, and wondrous elements. Alongside the fantastic sorcerer's apprentice saga, Rowling thematises in her seven books how the main character Harry Potter grows up from a childlike hero to a young adult. Moreover, Harry Potter experiences the essential levels of adolescence, thus uncertainty, disorientation, first love, and the creation of a balance between his duties and challenges of life.