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Setting and Characterization Homework

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Based on the setting, what do you think the rest of the book is about? _________________________________________
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Directions: Read the summary of chapter 4 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. Then write down two things about
Hagrid for each of the 5 parts of characterization.
Chapter 4:
"A wizard, o' course, an' a thumpin' good'un, I'd say, once yeh've been trained
up a bit." Hagrid telling Harry that he is a wizard.
There is a loud boom on the door and Dudley, Harrys cousin, wakes up,
thinking it is a cannon.
Rubeus Hagrid enters the cabin.
Uncle Vernon comes through with a rifle and Aunt Petunia cowering behind
him. The door is blasted off its hinges and hits the floor. A giant enters and fixes
the door back into its frame. The giant asks for a cup of coffee then sits on the
couch next to Dudley, scaring him away to hide behind Aunt Petunia.
The giant turns his eyes to Harry, and greets him, saying he hasn't seen him
since he was a baby. He says Harry looks like his father but has his mother's
eyes. Uncle Vernon tells him to leave, but the giant merely grabs Vernons gun,
ties into a knot and throws it away. The giant presents Harry with a birthday
cake. Harry asks the giant who he is and he says he is Rubeus Hagrid, the Keeper
of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Hagrid is shocked that Harry knows nothing about Hogwarts. He gets angry at
the Dursleys for not telling him anything about his parents' world, his world.
Harry has no idea what was going on. Hagrid gives Harry his letter from
Hogwarts. It told him that he had been accepted into Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Hagrid took out parchment and a quill and wrote a letter to Hogwarts
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, explaining he had given Harry the letter. Uncle
Vernon threatened that Harry wouldn't be going, but Hagrid said he would like
to see Vernon try to stop him. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia reveal that they
knew Harry was a Wizard. Aunt Petunia told Harry that her sister, Harry's
mother, was a witch. Hagrid is outraged that they had lied that much. He sat
down and told Harry that a Dark Wizard named Lord Voldemort killed Harry's
parents and tried to kill Harry too. But the spell he used backfired, and he
disappeared. That was how Harry got his scar. Hagrid told him that he brought
Harry from the house and brought him here. Uncle Vernon said it was a load of
rubbish, and tried to persuade Harry that whatever happened to his parents
they deserved anyway, but Hagrid pulled an umbrella and threatened Uncle
Vernon.
Harry doubted that he was a wizard but then believed that he was. Uncle
Vernon makes the mistake of mocking Dumbledore and Hagrid swished the
umbrella, in Dudley's direction, and Dudley sprouts a curly pig's tail. Hagrid
asked Harry not to mention it at Hogwarts because Hagrid wasn't allowed to
do magic.
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Thoughts and Feelings
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Reactions of Others
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