
The Journal of Marketing reported that in 2002, the first four Potter books have sold some 70 million copies and been translated into 30 languages ("There's Something..." Because it has been such a phenomenal success, it behooves us to consider the world and characters J.K. Rowling offers children. [...]on Harry's eleventh birthday, Dursley hides his family in a tumbledown shack on a small rock island. [...]Harry does not perceive them as obstacles; for readers, they simply foreshadow trouble. [...]with Hagrid's knowledge and reassuring guidance, Harry has crossed the First Threshold into the Special World, a "zone" Campbell explains, "of magnified power" (77). The wizard mum, seeing Harry's confusion, advises, "Don't stop and don't be scared or you'll crash into it; that's very important. [...]Harry takes a leap of faith, landing himself right in front of the Hogwarts Express.