Gryffindor

This speech was дана by Cheryl Klein, a senior editor at Arthur A. Levine Книги (an imprint of Scholastic Inc.), and continuity editor for the American editions of Harry Potter (books 5, 6, and 7 I believe.) She made this speech and gave it at the Terminus 2008 Harry Potter conference in Chicago, Illinois. The speech is about Harry Potter and why we Любовь it, using these four elements: character, voice, theme, and plot. Enjoy!

•    My name is Cheryl Klein
•    I’m a senior editor at Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
•    And...

"Pheonix, I heard that a muggle called Joan Rowling wrote a book about me." сказал(-а) Harry Potter one day.
"Harry, I know and I've read it. It seems that even though I'm just as famous as you, she doesn't mention me in the book. Oh yes, niether did she mention Lily." replied a girl sitting Далее to Harry. She had long dark brown hair and misty blue eyes, she was so beautiful. Actually, she's not just a girl, she is Phoenix White, Harry Potter's cousin.
Harry smiled and replied, "Lily, I think she is much еще famous than the two of us. She is just so Храбрая сердцем and loyal, it was such a comfort to know...

601: i will not try to make a пересекать, крест breed between Hippogriffs and Gryphons
602: transfiguration is not for making super-ultra-hybrid betwen beavers and platapus's, beaverpus's and otter,beaverpus's with normal beaver, extra beavery beavterpus's with normal platapus's, extra beaverpusy beavterpus withregular otters just to create the ultimate aquatic mammal. (?)
603: just becuase moody can through wood doesnt mean i should ask him what boggart looks like
604:I am sure the mer-people have their hands full with the giant squid, so jumpinginto the lake and shouting "accio champ!" would be mean
605:-likewise...

501. Bungee jumping off the astronomy tower is against the rules, even if it isn't written anywhere
.502. Using Любовь potion number nine on people are illigal. Therefore I should not make Harry/Draco fall in Любовь with Pansy Parkinson. Again
503. Snape does not take Пение requests, therefore I should stop asking him to sing "Tearing Up My Heart"
504. -or any other songs
505. this Список being used as a checklist is inappropriate, therefore i shouldn't do so
506. I will not refer to Voldemort as "Voldie-Poo"
507. I will not enchant Draco so that he looks Emo/Goth to everyone around him except himself...

301. I am not authorized to negotiate a peace treaty with Voldemort.
302. The house elves are not there to do my homework.
303. Neither are the ghosts.
304. I am not a magical creature.
305. I am not the reincarnation of Merlin.
306. I am not Voldemort's illegitimate Любовь child.
307. Professor Snape did not kill my father and does not deserve to die.
308. Seamus Finnegan does not have a pot of Золото under his bed.
309. -Or under his robe.
310. I will not follow potion instructions in reverse order 'to see what happens'.
311. Grindewald is not my role model.
312. -Neither is Voldemort.
313. I will not cast...

    Until now, I was looking вперед to being sorted. But then Professor McGonagall told me I was to be sorted with the first graders, или first years. Whatever Ты call it. I didn't want every one in the school to view me as the girl who stood in line with the 11 год olds.
    Things turned out to go better than I expected. Before she bagan the ceramony, Professor McGonagall turned the the four houses and gave a speech....about me.
    "Before I call any first years up to be sorted, I would like to announce that we have a transfer...

*Quick heads-up* I found this on another spot, and I loved it so much, I thought I should put it on this spot. It originally had about 130, I added 20 еще and changed some a bit. Enjoy!

1. A decent plot. 
2. The Hog's Head
3. Character death. 
4. Quidditch. 
5. Real villains
6. A journalist Ты Любовь to hate.
7. A character who's loyalties remain unknown.
8. Hogwarts. 
9. Magic. 
10. A wand. 
11. An all-ages audience. 
12. Друзья that stick with Ты until the very end.
13. Вампиры that don't sparkle. 
14. The trio we could not live without.
15. Pranksters.
16. The Three Broomsticks.
17. The *very...