哈利波特英文介绍

哈利波特是英语Harry Potter音译成中文的一个英文男子名（全名Harry James Potter,译为哈利·詹姆·波特），Harry Potter是英国女作家J.K.罗琳的著名系列小说《哈利波特》系列中的主人公。 《哈利·波特》系列魔幻小说，英国女作家J.K.罗琳（Joanne Kathleen Rowling）著，其作品被翻译成近70种语言，在全世界200多个国家累计销量达3亿多册。 《哈利·波特》系列以霍格沃茨魔法学校为主要舞台，叙述了哈利与邪恶魔法势力作斗争的故事。该系列小说已被翻译成46种文字，销量数亿册，被评为最畅销的4部儿童小说之一，成为继米老鼠、史努比、加菲猫等卡通形象以来最成功的儿童偶像。 哈利·波特，一个戴着眼镜的男孩，骑着他的飞天扫帚，在世界各地掀起一股魔法旋风，全世界都为之疯狂。在他的世界里，奇迹、神话、魔法……什么都不会过分。现在，让我们也骑上飞天扫帚，和他一起飞吧！哈利、罗恩、赫敏、秋·张、金妮……一系列人物为这部小说增添了许多色彩…… 至2007年7月21日，《哈利·波特》系列已全部出版，共7册，分别为： 1、哈利·波特与魔法石（英：Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone，美：Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone），台译：哈利波特 — 神秘的魔法石 2、哈利·波特与密室（Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets），台译：哈利波特 — 消失的密室 3、哈利·波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒（Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban），台译：哈利波特 — 阿兹卡班的逃犯 4、哈利·波特与火焰杯（Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire），台译：哈利波特 — 火杯的考验 5、哈利·波特与凤凰社（Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix），台译：哈利波特 — 凤凰会的密令 6、哈利·波特与“混血王子” （Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince），台译：哈利波特 — 混血王子的背叛 7、哈利·波特与死亡圣器（Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows），台译：哈利波特 — 死神的圣物 【其他哈利·波特相关图书】 罗林亲自编写： 《神奇的魁地奇球》 《神奇生物在哪里》 （由人民文学出版社授权出版，目前初版已经售完，再版尚未出版，所以大陆市面上暂时没有出售，香港地区有出售，） 《彼豆诗翁故事》（罗琳手书） 哈迷编写： 《哈7大猜想》 《玩转哈利波特》 《哈迷手册》 《J.K.罗琳传》 《梦想之翼——我的哈利波特》 《我和哈利波特的真实故事》 《哈利波特的魔法世界》 《魔法师的同伴》 《神秘事物司》 《大魔法师咒语书》 《哈利波特与9又3/4月台》 《我为哈利狂》 《哈利波特完全宝典（麻瓜必读）》 《哈利波特——秘密档案》 《写给哈利波特的信》 《哈利波特——麻瓜魔法学院》 《魔法小公主艾玛》 《魔法小王子》 《哈利波特百科全书》(新星出版社) 《哈利波特与神秘事物司》 《哈利波特与巫师档案馆》 《解读哈利波特成长密码》 （如果您希望买到这些书又苦于所在城市书店没有出售，不妨到网上购买，建议您请到卓越、淘宝等此类知名大型网络商城，认准盗版，谨防受骗） 哈利波特明信片系列: 《哈利波特与魔法石--扫帚上的小巫师》 《哈利波特与魔法石--神奇魔法》 《哈利波特与魔法石--精彩场景》 哈利波特填色书系列: 《哈利波特与魔法石--神奇历险》 《哈利波特与魔法石--神奇魔法》 《哈利波特与魔法石--神奇动物》 哈利波特贴画书系列: 《皮皮鬼的恶作剧》 《里德尔的日记》 《密室里的蛇怪》 【电影】 1、哈利·波特与魔法石（Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone）——2001年11月4日 英国首映 2、哈利·波特与密室（Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets）——2002年11月3日 英国首映 3、哈利·波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒（Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban）——2004年5月31日 英国首映 4、哈利·波特与火焰杯（Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire）——2005年11月6日 英国伦敦首映 5、哈利·波特与凤凰社（Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix）——2007年6月28日 日本东京首映 6、哈利·波特与“混血王子”（Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince）——2008年11月20日 上映 7、哈利·波特与死亡圣器（Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ）——2010年11月19日 上映

Harry Potter is the name of a popular series of fantasy novels by British writer J. K. Rowling. Six of seven planned books have been published to date, not including the two school books, Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. These two are supposed to be two of the school books in the seven original books. The books depict a world of witches and wizards, the main character being a young wizard named Harry Potter. The first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States), was released in 1997. The first four books have been made into films, and the fifth movie has begun filming (February 2006), with an expected release in 2007.

哈利 波特 Harry Potter 罗恩 韦斯莱 Ron Weasley 赫敏 格兰杰 Hermione Granger 阿不思 邓不利多 Albus Dumbledore 吉德罗 洛哈特 Gibleroy Lockhart 米勒娃 麦格（Professor是教授） Professor Minerva Mcgonagall 西弗勒斯 斯内普 Professor Severus Snape 卢平 Professor Lupin 多比 Dobby 闪闪 Winky 伏地魔 Voldemort 汤姆 里德尔 Tom Riddle 鲁伯 海格 Rubeus Hagrid 奇洛 Professor Quirrel 斯普劳特 Professor Sprout 霍琦夫人 Madam Hooch 特里劳妮 Porfessor Trelawney 小天狼星布莱克 Sirius Black 小矮星彼得 Peter Pettigrew 弗立维 Professor Flitwick 卢修斯 马尔福 罗南 Ronan 贝恩 Bane 费伦泽 Firenze 卡多根爵士 Sir Cadogan 阿莫斯 迪戈里 Amos Diggory 回答人的补充 2009-05-25 20:39 塞德里克 迪戈里 Cedric Diggory 威克多尔 克鲁姆 Viktor Krum 费尔奇 Filch 芙蓉 德拉库尔 Fleur Delacour 疯眼汉穆迪 Mad-eye Moody 巴蒂 克劳奇 Mr Crouch 卢多 巴格曼 Ludo Bagman 康奈利 福吉 Cornelius Fudge 比尔 韦斯莱 Bill Weasley 查理 韦斯莱 Charlie Weasley 弗雷德 韦斯莱 Fred Weasley 乔治 韦斯莱 George Weasley 金妮 韦斯莱 Ginny Weasley 珀西 韦斯莱 Percy Weasley 亚瑟 韦斯莱 Aurthor Weasley 莫丽 韦斯莱 Molly Weasley 弗农 德斯礼 Vernon Dursley 佩妮 德斯礼 Petunia Dursley 达力 德斯礼 Dudley Dursley 秋 张 Cho Chang 拉文德 布朗 Lavender Brown

The Harry Potter series tell us the stries about a boy called Harry Potter and his friends.Harry becomes a strong sorcerer by overcoming lots of trouble and fighting with his enemy:the voldemort.during this process,he builds deep friendship with his friens.it's a story full of love and encouragement.

J.K. Rowling may be the most famous woman writer in England, even all over the world, just because of her Harry Potter. On one train trip from Manchester to London when she was 24 years old, Rowling noticed a boy wizard1 wearing glasses smiling at her all the time. This gave her the idea of Harry Potter. Although she did not have any pen or paper at that time, she began to imagine in her mind stories of Harry Potter，a ten-year-old boy, thin and small, with black hair and bright blue eyes, a pair of round glasses and a scar like a lightning on his forehead2. Harry Potter soon became world-famous. When she began to write her first book of Harry Potter——Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone3, Rowling used to go to a cafe4 not far from her house because her own house was small and cold. There, she wrote the stories of Harry Potter on small pieces of paper. Soon, her hard work led to success5. As soon as her fair tale came out, it immediately attracted attention from all over the world and was well received6. And Rowling has received two awards7 because of the book. Then Rowling wrote her second book Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets8 in 1998 and her third book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban9 in 1999. And both these books caused a further stir10 in the world. In July 2000, her fourth book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire11 was published and this caused another rise in the Harry-Potter Fever12 all over the world. According to the latest report, Rowling’s first book of Harry Potter became the bestseller in England in 2001. Over 35 million copies in 46 languages have been sold. And the film based on the books of Harry Potter has also worked the biggest box-office magic13. In June 2003, Rowling’s fifth book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix14 was published and was also a great success. In all, Rowling’s books of Harry Potter have been translated into more than 60 languages and more than two hundred million copies have been sold in more than 200 countries.哈利·波特，一个戴着眼镜的小男孩，骑着他的飞天扫帚，在世界各地掀起一股魔法旋风，全世界都为之疯狂。在他的世界里，奇迹、神话、魔法……什么都不会过分。现在，让我们也骑上飞天扫帚，和他一起飞吧！哈利，罗恩，赫敏，秋·张．金妮，马尔福....一系列人物为这部小说增添了许多色彩..... 自从乔安妮·凯瑟琳·罗琳（1966-）24岁那年在火车上看到窗外一个戴着眼镜的小男巫朝她微笑并挥手时，罗琳便萌生了进行魔幻题材写作的想法。她在七年后，把这个想法变成了现实。于是，《哈利·波特与魔法石》（1997）诞生了，并让全世界的人为之喝彩。 罗琳又先后创作了《哈利·波特与密室》 （1998）、 《哈利·波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒》 （1999）、 《哈利·波特与火焰杯》 （2000）、 《哈利·波特与凤凰社》 （2003）和 《哈利·波特与"混血王子"》 （2005）据可靠消息报道，此系列的大结局将在2007年7月7日发行…… 这些作品的陆续问世，不断地刷新着世界小说发行史的记录。哈利·波特这个人物顿时叱咤文学江湖，让数不清的读者为之倾倒，这不能不说是文学史上的一个奇迹。 罗琳这个富有想象力的魔法妈妈带给了无数人欢笑与泪水，也带给了全世界的FANS一个美丽的梦。 这部作品改编成的电影也火遍了全世界。哈利的饰演者丹尼尔·雷德克里夫成为英国最富有的少年，艾玛·沃特森不知有了多少的FANS。随着《哈利.波特》的不断翻新，电影主角也一个个长大，与此同时FANS们也追随者偶像们的脚步慢慢变得成熟，当然《哈利.波特》的奇迹也在慢慢走向终结。 在我们企盼着《哈利·波特》的最后一本的同时，相信作者J.K.罗琳一定能给我们一个令人满意的结局吧。愿哈利波特这个英雄能在人们心里永远存在！ 哈利·波特是英国女作家JK·罗琳笔下的传奇少年。《哈利·波特系列历险小说》凭着出奇的想象、层 层迭出的悬念和利于儿童阅读的语言，几乎是一夜之间征服了世界各地的少年读者。到目前为止，前三册已经被译成了35种文字，销售至少在3500万册以上。 10月6日，是“哈利·波特”中文版系列图书在全国统一上市的日子，9点钟开门的书店却在8点钟的时候吸引了一大批国外媒体的记者，他们聚集于此的目的就是报道“哈利·波特”中文简体字版首发式。 一、 充满波折的版权引进 1999年10月，忙于重建少儿编辑室的人民文学出版社得知，哈利·波特这本书已在欧美畅销书排行榜首位占居数月之久。人文社在了解了“哈利·波特”三部图书（当时只有三部）的主要内容后，正式向英国布鲁姆斯伯里（Bloomsbury）书局发出了第一封信，表达了他们购买“哈利·波特”中文版权的意向。 同年2月，书局传真回复：“哈利·波特”版权代理人是克里斯托弗·利特尔（Christopherlittle），希望人文社与他本人联系，并在传真上附上了克氏的E－mail地址和传真号码。在这几个月时间里，人文社又进一步了解了“哈利·波特”的具体内容，更加确定了人文社购买版权的决心。今年4月，代理人回话：有意了解人文社的历史、人员状况、出书情况特别是外国文学的出版情况。社里立即将“出版社介绍”（英文、10余页）和出版书目（英文、20余页）寄出。 6月，英方传来有意合作的消息，希望出版社与他们电话联系。在电话中英方又询问了人文社的一些情况并感满意，于是双方进入了版权引进的实质性商讨阶段。其间英方还为人文社传真来了一份世界各国购买“哈利·波特”版权的详细资料和其出版以来所获的各种奖项。在版税、预付金、译文等合作细节双方达成一致后，7月底，人文社收到了J．K．罗琳通过代理人寄来的版权合同。 其实在“哈利·波特”版权引进的实质性商讨阶段，人文社还与台湾皇冠出版社就大陆译本与台湾译本中的人名、地名不一致的问题进行过交涉。原因是皇冠出版社打算购买“哈利·波特”电影的全球华语地区发行权，但如果两地的图书版本不一，势必会加大将来电影的推广发行成本。人文社的解释是台湾仅出版了该系列的第一部，并且第二部出版时间（2001年1月）比人文社答应的一并推出前三部的时间（2000年10月）晚三个月，台湾完全来得及解决这种问题。皇冠出版社也同意中文简体字版按大陆通行的现代汉语进行翻译。 二、 防止盗版 正当《哈利·波特》的翻译引进工作正有条不紊地进行的时候，人文社突然接到举报，在北京、云南等地发现《哈利·波特》盗版本。人文社迅速派人前去调查，发现证据确凿，并取回了盗版本的样本和盗版销售商开出的发票。人文社立即将这一情况上报新闻出版署，同时召开新闻发布会，对盗版书的特征公布于众，并强调即将推出的正版本的相关特征。 人文社的畅销书历来不少，人文社往往成为被盗版的“重灾区”。这次人文社花费不少经费和精力引进的“哈利·波特”如果再次沦为被盗版的“重灾户”，人文社肯定损失惨重，因此社里在签订合同之初，已经充分作好了反盗版的准备。如在开本上放弃国内常规的32开本，改用国际流行的小16开本；在印刷上采用各种最新工艺，如在封面印刷上除了采用200克铜版外，还实行烫金起凸、专利压纹的办法，内封采用含银光的专业防伪纸，内文采用专门彩胶纸。所有这些使得正版的《哈利·波特》格外与众不同。 正是由于正版本与盗版本反差如此之大，加之人文社的国家级身份、“哈利·波特”的国际影响力、中国正面临加入WTO的关键时刻，版权保护的分量自然不轻，种种因素叠加，使得“哈利·波特”的反盗版行为成为国际上检验中国知识产权保护的一块试金石。 最新情况反馈，“哈利·波特”出版发行以来运转良好，首印20万套（60万册）销售已所剩无几。 三、哈利波特7的结局! 最早披露这一内容的是哈利波特系列英文版出版社的一名编辑,他曾经在第五集推出前披露过关于小天狼星和邓不利多壮烈的消息.当然了,在当时他的消息并没有多少人相信,不过随着他的部分披露逐渐成为事实时,这些人也不得不重新翻阅他的所谓内部资料了. 以下是他对于第七集的部分内容披露.消息毕竟是有点古老,但是大体上应该是不会错的. 1.哈利波特第七集将成为系列中最厚的一本.当然,如果JK还会推出第八集的话,那么这个纪录将被很快刷新 2.邓不利多将会以另一种方式出现. 但不一定是复活了.下一集里邓不利多会给剧情带来很大推动. 3.霍格沃茨将会被无限期停课,直到解决了伏地魔为止. 4.但是三个主角的剧情依然会发生在霍格沃茨里,因为邓不利多留下的调查日记认为,霍格沃茨里留着另伏地魔恐惧的力量,伏地魔很想得到它,而三个主角则必须先于伏地魔找到它. 5.在下一集里JK将带领小主角们为读者正式揭开霍格沃茨的历史和他的神秘力量.以及《霍格沃茨·一段校史》这本书背后隐藏的秘密. 6.金妮将正式向哈利表白,表示"无论发生什么,她都将永远和哈利站在一起"(看来金妮和哈利是JK大人早就预谋好的) 7.凤凰社成员们和伏地魔的爪牙们展开殊死搏斗,为哈利争取时间. 8.邓不利多的计划是让哈利直接面对伏地魔,理由是凤凰社无法组织起能对抗伏地魔军团的力量. 9.最后的较量将在哈利出生时的家里展开,双方好像是使用了时光倒流的力量.并且要去阻止什么. 10.小说将揭开三个最另人目瞪口呆的秘密--为什么伏地魔一定要干掉哈利和为什么伏地魔没能干掉哈利以及为什么哈利有击败伏地魔的力量. 11,四位主角中(你没看错,有一个是金妮)的三位都将因受重伤或牵制时间而不能陪哈利走到最后,但万幸的是大家都不会丢命. 12,罗恩向赫敏表白了,但是当时的场面太乱,事后罗恩又矢口否认曾经表白过. 13.纳威和马尔福都将起到扭转乾坤的作用. 14.斯内普会没命.

你没说哪部 那我就写整体的啦《Harry Potter》tells us a story about Harry Potter, a boy whose parents had been killed by a devil man named Voldemort. Harry and his best friend Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger have experienced a series of adventures. Finally, they successfully kill Voldemort. It's really a fantastic magic movie which talks about love, friendship and loyalty between Harry and those people around him. The three leading actors in the movie have done a great job to express Harry's bravery, Hermione's wisedom and Ron's faith in friends.写的仓促。。希望帮到你

英文简介：The author of the Harry Potter series is J.K. Rowling, born on July 31, 1965 in Gwentshire, England. He graduated from the University of Exeter in England and is a British writer.

Rowling loved to read and write stories from an early age. She had rich imagination and wrote Harry Potter stories. On December 12, 2017, J. K. Rowling was awarded the "Lord of Honor" by the British Royal Family, which is the highest rank of British medals and titles.

对应中文简介：哈利波特系列的作者是J.K.罗琳，于1965年7月31日出生于英国格温特郡，毕业于英国埃克塞特大学，是英国作家。

罗琳从小就喜欢阅读和写故事，她具有丰富的想象力，写出了哈利波特系列故事。2017年12月12日，J·K·罗琳被英国皇室授予“荣誉勋爵”，这是英国的勋章和爵位的最高等级。

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《星期日泰晤士报》编辑尼科丽特·琼斯：“哈利·波特”系列已是经典。它很好地利用了儿童文学传统，也使其本身很有深度。儿童图书是否经典的一个标志，在于其是否能对成年人有吸引力。《哈利·波特》系列小说显然具备这个特点。同所有的最佳儿童读物一样，“哈利·波特”为那些不失童心的成年人提供了无尽乐趣。最重要的一点是，《哈利·波特》让读者在一个不道德的时代看到了德行的力量。

作家陈丹燕：《哈利·波特》是一部很有文学特质的小说，如果只看—本可能看不大出名堂，但要是读完了全本，就能看出有英国文学和英国历史的传统；而且结构庞大，不是“小开小合”的故事。只有具备了一定的文学素养和逻辑能力，才能够写出这样的作品。对《哈利·波特》持肯定意见的作家、评论家们认为我们不应一味地拒绝《哈利·波特》而应该思考它对中国作家和文学出版的启示。

2.争议

反对派批判《哈利·波特》，他们更多地关注作品的传播、对读者的影响等文本外的因素，本质上是对哈利·波特这样一种全球化消费现象的担忧，是对人们在商品化大潮中逐渐迷失自我的恐惧，是敏感的文化先锋们对一个时代的审美趋向做出的迅速反应。

在科技高度发达的后工业时代，无论是文学作品的传播速度还是覆盖面部是以往任何一个时代所不能及的，文学作品也走下了高雅的店堂，成为文化产业商品大军中的一员，加上后现代文化的多样性和自主性，经典的形成过程也变得相当复杂，对《哈利·波特》的争论反映了人们对文学商品化的抵制。

参考资料：百度百科-哈利·波特

Harry Potter is the name of a popular series of fantasy novels by British writer J. K. Rowling. Six of seven planned books have been published to date, not including the two school books, Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. These two are supposed to be two of the school books in the seven original books. The books depict a world of witches and wizards, the main character being a young wizard named Harry Potter. The first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States), was released in 1997. The first four books have been made into films, and the fifth movie has begun filming (February 2006), with an expected release in 2007. As of 2005, Rowling has written the last chapter of the seventh book. Rowling has also mentioned that the last word of the book would be "scar," which remains to be seen. However, she is unsure whether that will be in the final draft in the book, as she was asked about it in an interview conducted by fan sites Mugglenet and The Leaky Cauldron. The Harry Potter books have achieved a profile unparalleled by any other series of books, with worldwide sales exceeding 300 million copies. They have been praised for encouraging children and indeed even adults to read, while also drawing criticism from some quarters. The books are published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (original; distributed in the UK and other Commonwealth countries except Canada), Scholastic Press (US edition; distributed in the United States) and Raincoast Books (original; distributed in Canada). Publishing history The books have fans of all ages. J. K. Rowling says she did not have any particular age group in mind when she started to write the Harry Potter books; her publishers, however, initially targeted them at young readers aged 8 to 15. The books have more recently been released in two editions, one with the original "children's" cover artwork, and one with artwork more consciously aimed at adult readers. Additionally, as the series has developed, Rowling's writing has become more sophisticated and the content of the books has matured as the lead character, Harry Potter, has grown older. For instance, relationships are discussed as an issue for the teenage characters in later books. Accordingly, the reading age for the books, both in terms of content and style, is rising as the series goes on. Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.The first book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury, a fairly small independent publisher, in July 1997. Its initial success was based on some positive reviews and word of mouth. The first three books, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, all won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for the 9 to 11 age group. By the time the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was published in 2000 the series had become very high-profile, and the launch received much wider publicity in the general media than was usual for a new book. At around the same time Warner Brothers began work on the series of films based on the books. The involvement of a global media conglomerate led to more concerted efforts to maximise the value of the Harry Potter franchise. The first film, based on the first book, was released in 2001, and was accompanied by video games and other branded merchandise. The hype escalated with the publication of the next two books in the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, with midnight launch parties at hundreds of bookshops in the UK, simultaneous launch events around the English-speaking world, and intense media interest, leading to unprecedented first-day sales in the UK, US and elsewhere. The series is immensely popular around the world in its many translations. Such was the clamour to read the book around the world that the English-language edition of Order of the Phoenix became the first English-language book ever to top the bookseller list in France. Cover of the United States edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for release in the US.According to the author, the main character Harry Potter appeared in her head while she was on a train from Manchester to London in 1991. Her favourite place to write the first book was at an Edinburgh café table while drinking endless cups of coffee. Sales from the books as well as royalties from films and merchandise have made Rowling a billionaire and the 620th wealthiest person in the world [1]. Rowling is assumed to be richer than Queen Elizabeth II (see J.K. Rowling for an explanation). Each book chronicles approximately one year in Harry's life at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he learns to use magic and brew potions. Harry also learns to overcome many obstacles — magical, social and emotional — as he struggles through his adolescence. Rowling has announced that seven books are planned, each a little darker than its predecessor as Harry ages and his nemesis, Lord Voldemort, gains power. As of July 16 2005, six books have been published. The latest, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was published in its English-language version on 16 July 2005. Since the publication of book five, Rowling has revealed hints about the plot of future books on her personal website. Content and writing style The books are written in third person limited omniscient mode, with Harry as the central character. The books are generally written from Harry's point of view, with short exceptions in Philosopher's Stone, Goblet of Fire and Half-Blood Prince. The telling of the story through Harry Potter's perspective is perhaps one of the reasons that many readers feel so close with the character. Rowling's main strengths as a writer include her ability to drive elaborate and largely seamless plots over a very wide canvas, the convincing internal logic of her fantasy world. However, while there is much moral subtlety in many scenes in the books, the central clash between good and evil is drawn in largely black-and-white terms. Nevertheless, as the series develops, several characters have faced a choice between doing what is right or what is easy (a central theme), and moral "shades of grey" have been presented. This is especially relevant to characters such as Dolores Umbridge, some Ministry of Magic employees and Severus Snape. Rowling lets the ideas of racism, genocide, anti-establishment and prejudice find their way in; these are the trademark of Voldemort and his Death Eaters, but also occasionally shown in the relationship between wizards, the non-magical (or "Muggle") population, and magical creatures in the wizarding world who contain some prejudicial baggage, such as werewolves, house elves, giants and centaurs (branded 'half-breeds' by the more bigoted of the wizarding world). The books have been compared to many well-known works, including C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia and J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. They also fit into a British genre of novels about boarding school life (such as Thomas Hughes's Tom Brown's Schooldays), and sections involving the Dursleys, Harry's relatives, are reminiscent of the works of Roald Dahl. Echoes of Charles Dickens, particularly in the naming of characters, and Douglas Adams have been pointed out by other readers. At root, Harry's origin story is a mythical archetype known around the world: the destined hero sent away as a baby for safekeeping and raised by common folk until he is of an age where he can be told who he really is and what he must do (a motif most famously epitomised in the myth of Oedipus). Readers who are unfamiliar with traditional cultural myths will still recognise the theme; it is the basis for Star Wars and Superman, among others. Aspects of the Harry Potter series have even entered the real world, such as Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, which inspired an actual product of that name marketed by the Jelly Belly Company. The product, named "Bertie Bott's Beans", contains an assortment of twenty different kinds of jelly beans that have been developed to mimic flavours found in the assortment of similar name in the book series, including tooty-frooty, dirt, bubblegum, snot, grass, and the surprisingly realistic "vomit" flavour. Also, knitting patterns have been created for the Quidditch Sweater and Elf Socks.