The Sorcerer's Stone Comparison

According to Why Harry Potter Rocked, J.K Rowling is called the “Queen of Characterization” by many people (Wood). J.K. Rowling is the author of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone published in 1998. Three years later in 2001, the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone directed by Chris Columbus hit the theater and was based on the novel. The movie starred Daniel Radcliff, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint depicting the characters of Harry, Hermione and Ron. When comparing any novel to the movie there are always changes made for various reasons. However, the differences between the movie and the novel of Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s Stone that involved the central aspects of the characters Malfoy, Hermione, and Ron did not get lost.
More specifically this scene showed this link between the characters of Malfoy and Dudley in a different light. In the movie, Malfoy states that “Some wizarding families are better than others Potter, and you don’t want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there.” (Columbus, 2001). This demonstrated how Malfoy wanted to be friends with Harry instead of Ron. On top of the dialogue, Malfoy carried himself in a similar way to how Dudley carried himself when he got his way, especially on his birthday, demonstrated in earlier scenes in the film. This visual representation of how both of these characters acted could have been the reason why the movie could exclude the scene in Diagon Alley without losing important characteristics of
The scene on the train where Ron and Harry first met, Ron’s rat acted as if he had already passed his prime. This visual indicated that Ron was probably not the first to have the rat. Also from context clues, the audience could draw a conclusions that since it was known that Ron had older siblings that the rat might have been passed down to him. Also, because of the scene with Ron in front of the Mirror of Erised let the audience know that Ron set himself to a high standard to prove himself worthy. For example, Ron states that “I’m head boy, holding the Quiditch cup, and bloody hell I’m Quiditch Captain too. “ (Columbus, 2001). More significantly, the audience could come to the conclusion that Ron felt overshadowed by his brothers.
Therefore, the differences between the novel and the movie were not catastrophic to the plot and end result of the first novel. Also, the character development in the movie had the central aspects to those of the novel, and was usually displayed through visuals instead of dialogue. However, the impact of small differences between the novel and in the movie might play a larger role in later movies and later