The Real Magic of Harry Potter Summary

The Article Review of "The Real Magic of Harry Potter" According to Sarah Kate Stephenson in "The Real Magic of Harry Potter", she states that the books have provided the readers with positive thoughts of independence, cooperation with companies, creativity as well as the imagination that everyone should learn from, and the way J.K Rowling uses words in her books is a method she tries to encourage readers to learn more variety of skills. Stephenson points out that the series of Harry Potter is trying to teach children to be independent and protect themselves wherever they are, even if they are in school or at home. Those two places used to be considered the safest environment by almost everyone; however, they can now be full of dangers and perils sometimes. Stephenson believes that even though the schools might not be able to protect their students but "knowledge learned during lessions does have practical applications" (Stephenson 5). Thus, students should really learn how to face the coming difficulties or threats themselves. Another point that is mentioned by Stephenson is the contribution and coroparation of Harry, Ron and Hermione. Due to the different characteristics and talents they have, Harry, Ron and Heromine are able to bring something special and something that only they can bring to the group-Ron 's loyalty and the understanding of the magic world, Heromione 's deligence and seriousness and Harry 's bravery and generosity. Stephenson believes that it is their friendship and the distinct personalities of those three people that make them conquer all the difficulties at the end. Thirdly, Stephenson states that Harry Potter series can expand readers ' creativity and imagination. J.K Rowling describes each scene in detail and perfectly combine the imaginary world with the real world. Those vivid scenarios described by Rowling will make readers to think more imaginative. In another way, Stephenson also believes that "Rowling creates a school environment filled with challenging puzzles and unsolved secrets (Stephenson 4)" so it can make students want to go to school and study since there are always surprises. Lastly, Stephenson discovers that J.K. Rowling did not change the way she uses vocabularies even when she knows that there are lots of children reading her books. "Her stories challenge children to expand their vobabularies (Stephenson 5)" and maybe even better for them to check up the meaning and history of the words. By doing so, they not only are able to know more vocabularies, but they can also improve their reading skills and be better at observing things around. Overall, Stephenson concludes that Harry Potter series is something worth reading since it tells children to be independent and be able to protect themselves because they might not always have a partner beside, it tells children that how important cooperation between their members since that is they key to success, and it also allows readers to expand their creativity, imagination as well as their vocabularies.

Work Cited
Stephenson, Sarah Kate. "The Real Magic of Harry Potter." The Looking Glass: New
Perspectives on Children 's Literature 4.2 (2000): n. pag. Web. 1 Oct 2013.

Cited: Stephenson, Sarah Kate. "The Real Magic of Harry Potter." The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children 's Literature 4.2 (2000): n. pag. Web. 1 Oct 2013.