Most of what’s important in this chapter makes it into the film, although Norbert the dragon spends more time with Hagrid before he’s found out. Quirrell, however, must have been braver than […]

This chapter is depicted pretty well in the films, with just details from the books missing that expand the story and characters. There’s not a lot missing that’s a big loss, but […]

Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. The lake froze solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs […]

This chapter is about Harry’s first Quidditch match, and also gives the reader much more detail about the sport, as well as the school happenings. It was really lucky that Harry now […]

As I reread this, I’m seeing more and more how much this book focuses on just the kids being kids at school and less on the mystery of The Sorcerer’s Stone. In […]

The good thing about re-reading the Harry Potter books for the first time in years is that I’m seeing how much more depth there was to the Hogwarts experience, and how much […]

The main thing here is more depth to the Hogwarts experience, both for Harry personally and in general for the reader. The movies don’t show a lot of the students just being […]

This chapter is designed to give the reader their first impressions of Hogwarts. The film production did a terrific job with the sets – I saw them live when I took the […]

The biggest difference here is that contrary to the film, Harry stays with the Dursleys for an additional month before it’s time to go to Hogwarts. They are equally afraid and angry […]

This chapter adds more depth to the Wizarding World. It introduces the reader to the concept of money in the Wizarding World. It also introduces the Ministry of Magic as the governing […]