Comparing The Book Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

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Harry Potter is a character of great mental fortitude, as depicted throughout the entirety of the book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”. Right off the bat we as readers become well versed on what kind of life this orphaned young boy lives and has already lived. He never met his mother nor father, and now lives with a family that both physically and mentally abuses him on a daily basis. His room is a closet placed right beneath the staircase of his “families” home, which is very degrading from an average person’s standpoint. Yet Harry seems to not be phased by all these problems he is faced with day in and day out. Harry’s situation though is one that unfortunately occurs with some orphan’s or oddly enough children living with their