The
Harry Potter books are an immensely popular
spellbinder series of fantasy novels by J.K.Rowling. The series
pits good against evil, and love against death.Most of the narrative takes place in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, focusing on Harry Potter's struggle against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort. At the same time, the books explore the themes of friendship, ambition, choice, prejudice, courage, growing up, love, and the perplexities of death, set against the expansive backdrop of a magical world with its own complex history, diverse inhabitants, unique culture, and parallel society.According to books Wizard ability is inborn, rather than learned, although one must attend schools such as Hogwarts in order to master and control it. Since one is either born a wizard or not, most wizards are unfamiliar with the Muggle world, which appears odder to them than their world would to us.One of the most enduring themes throughout the series is that of love, portrayed as a powerful form of magic in and of itself. It is
Dumbledore's belief that it was this power that allowed Harry to resist Voldemort's temptations of power during their second encounter, prevented Voldemort from being able to possess him during their fifth encounter, and will eventually lead to Voldemort's downfallAnother important theme is choice when dumbledore says it is your choice which tells your true identity and when he tells Cornelius Fudge that what one grows up to be is far more important than what one is born.Also recurring throughout
Harry Potter are literary motifs, namely Rowling's frequent use of irony, satire, wordplay, and folklore.