Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

1. I think not having parents can hard on a person, harry who didnt know anything about his parents because his aunt and uncle did not tell him about them and then he learned about them when he went to hogwarts.

2. I agree that having a mother love can be a powerful charm it saved harry's life.

1. Actually, family doesn't even have to be biological. If you lived with people who weren't in your immediate family and you had a stable, loving, and happy relationship they should be considered family.
2. In the literal sense, yes!

1. Not having parents isn't even vaguely the same as not having a family. There are children in other books who were raised by people they had no biological connection to, and they view these people as being more their family than the people who brought them into the world. Family is the people who love you and support you; a family is something you build yourself, whether the connections come from birth or not.

2. That one kinda bugged me. I mean . . . the idea that Harry is the only one to ever survive the killing curse because of his mother's love. This means that no other mother in the wizarding world has ever tried to protect her child as Lily did. Why is Lily supposed to be a better mother than any other Voldemort attacked?

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?
No I don't think so. I believe you can still have a family even if you don't have parents because I believe family is from the heart, not blood entirely.

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
I agree, a mother is a tough job and a mother's love is very strong. I believe JKR was amazing to have a symbol of a mother that cared about her child so much she died for him. I believe that is powerful.

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?
i think that not having parents is loosing a big part of your family but as long as you have people that love you care about you and are important to you, you will always have a family(;

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
i totally agree!! but i also think love from anyone is also one of the most powerful charms in the world!(;

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?

At first, Harry was lonely and unloved but when he went to Hogwarts, did he actually feel the pain of being an orphan? He sure did. But if you think about it, the pain, still there, is lessened, because he forms a new family. Hermione, Hagrid, Hedwig, Dumbledore, the Weasleys, the whole entire order really, became his family. Even though, that gaping hole in his heart was always there, that you know, he had no parents, he still had a family. :3

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
I agree with Molly on this.
But then again, no one else in the order really had children, except for the Longbottoms, who were tortured by Bellatrix, and he was in the safety of his grandmother.

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family? Yes, You don't feel as though your family is complete without them.

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
I agree, you will always need mothers love. <3

I love this book! I'm at the part where it's the Quidditch match and Snape is going to referee it. They're going into the forest with Hagrid to help the unicorn.

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?
No, it's not. Even if you don't have parents you still have siblings, cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents etc. Plus, you could be adopted, a family is a group of people who can be related, care about eachother etc.

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
I do agree with Daize and Molly on this one. A mother's love is powerful, but again, was Harry's mother the only mother who loved their child?

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?
No it isn't but unfortunately (until Harry goes to Hogwarts) he has neither. A family isn't just someone who is related to you, it's someone who truly loves you and demonstrates it. When Harry goes to Hogwarts he gets a whole family of people who like him for who he is.

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?

I do agree, you can see the difference in people who have had a mother's love and those who haven't.

muffinatormanic wrote:1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?
No I don't think so. I believe you can still have a family even if you don't have parents because I believe family is from the heart, not blood entirely.

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
I agree, a mother is a tough job and a mother's love is very strong. I believe JKR was amazing to have a symbol of a mother that cared about her child so much she died for him. I believe that is powerful.

So maybe the prophecies are true?

I think it was a metaphor, now when I think of it.

And I just finished the book! It was awesome, I'm now onto the Chamber of Secrets

Bear wrote:I think it was a metaphor, now when I think of it.

And I just finished the book! It was awesome, I'm now onto the Chamber of Secrets

Yay! So glad you got into the books - they are great!

1. Is not having parents the same as not having a family?

No, not at all.
However, in Harry's case, he didn't have a family. But that's not because he didn't have parents; the Dursleys were meant to take that place, and failed. Harry's lack of family is because of that failure, not because his parents died.
Though, Harry does find a family in Hogwarts. People he cares about.

2. The book says that a mother's love is one of the most powerful charms in the world. Do you agree or disagree?
Yes.
Care in infancy determines how we turn out as adults, imo. Shapes the world, so to speak.