Harry Potter Banquet Hall Essay
On the night of Halloween in JK Rowling’s novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and his friend, Ron Weasley enjoy a meal in the Hogwart’s dining hall. During this scene, the author describes the banquet hall through describing the foods being served at each table and the decorations in the hall, such as floating pumpkin heads, replacing the usual floating candles. To apply Foster’s ideas presented in Chapter Two of his novel, How to Read Literature Like a Professor to Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the scene depicted in Rowling’s novel was described in such a way that the reader feels as if they are a part of the characters as they enjoy a celebratory meal. Within this joyful communion, unity is depicted