J.K. Rowling is the author of the book. Originally from Yate, England, she was a single mother struggling to make it while living on welfare. She worked on the book, which the idea came while traveling by train from Manchester to London. The first book was published in 1999 and the last book was released …show more content…
Many teens are influenced by this series while also promoting more reading between children and teenager and many adults as well. The series also teaches values of family and friendship. As you read the books you see the friendship strength and the real meaning of family between Harry Potter and his two best friend Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger. The three children meet at beginning of story while traveling in the train that will take them to Hogwarts, and develop a strong friendship that throughout the book we can see it strengthens as the events occur throughout the story. The values that are thought in the series is also something very influential for the public. Courage, honesty, tolerance, friendship and love, are values that it can be seen throughout the story line and it influences readers to perhaps become a better person and apply these values in their own lives (Social Impact of the …show more content…
The first film adaption was released in 2001 with the first book in mind, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. The film and adaptation was such a success that seven more movies were filmed, the last one being released in 2011. All films were such a success that the latest book had to filmed in two parts. Both were as successful bringing many people to midnight showings and being top movie for weeks after being released. The movies gave fans the opportunity to vision what they had been imagining for so long while reading the books. Everything from characters, to places to the story line was perfectly adapted and created in such a way that gave the public another reason to love and become a fan of the world of Harry