Harry Potter

            Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
             All five of the Harry Potter books by J. Rowling, are fantasy novels filled with witches wizards and mythical creatures. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2003) is about Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Over the summer holiday his friends Ron and Hermione have been very inspecific in their letters and Harry is dying to get back and find out why they were being so secretive. Harry is unaware that what he may find out could possibly change his world forever. .
             I think J K Rowling started writing these books because she was bored with the world as it was and thought that Harry's world might be a bit more interesting. Fundamentally Harry Potter is a traditional good versus evil story. Harry is the one who, according to prophecy, can defeat the Dark Lord (Voldemort) an evil wizard who uses his powers to murder hundreds of innocent people. Before Harry Potter there were very few books about children who were wizards, this is why it was so successful with young readers: they could relate to someone their age rather than perhaps Lord of Rings, which is an adult book. .
             The theme of the school is especially effective as teenagers can relate to the idea of exams and lots of homework. It also makes you think you would much rather be at a school like Hogwarts than a normal high school. Rowling makes even school sound fun! The theme of bullying is also important to the plot. Harry is bullied by his cousin: a lot of children are bullied by their older brothers or sisters so they might understand how Harry would feel. The overall theme of magic is probably my favourite one because it sounds so much more interesting than ordinary life. J K Rowling obviously put a lot of thought into the mythical creatures, names of spells and the characters themselves, as they are all described in detail equally well so that you can imagine what they would look like in your head.