Courage, by definition means, "The ability to do something that frightens one", without courage most of us would never really live. When being told stories of courage, an idealized form of the word pops into your head. You do not assume it to be an eleven-year-old boy finding out he is a wizard and proceeding to go to a magical boarding school but in the film that is what courage is. In the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, based on the book written by J.K Rowling, captures the emotion of courage by following a young boy as his life is changed and the challenges he must face to survive. Based on character actions, dialogue, camera angles, and musical score, the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone displays a theme of courage. …show more content…
On the night of his birthday, Harry learns the truth, that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Famous for being the wizard who saved the wizard world from the darkest wizard of all time, Harry has no trouble making friends at school. "That's why you're famous, Harry, that's why everybody knows your name. You're the boy who lived." (J.K Rowling) He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous than he would have ever imagined, and he quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be