Joanne Rowling, better known as JK Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter series, was born in Bristol in 1966. According to JK, she had two best friends in her neighborhood whose last name was Potter. He said, “I always liked their name” (Rowling). When he was nine, his family moved to Tutshill, Wales. It was around this time that his grandmother, Kathleen, "whose name I took when I needed an extra initial" died (Rowling). After leaving university she moved to London, then in 1990 she and her boyfriend moved to Manchester. According to JK, the idea for Harry Potter simply came to her while riding on a crowded train in London. In December 1990 his mother died at the age of forty-five from multiple sclerosis, which devastated his family and nine months later JK left for Portugal, where he taught English. In 1996 Bloomsbury Publishing offered to publish Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, known in America as the Philosopher's Stone. The Harry Potter series, despite being so popular, has faced excessive criticism and ostracism. According to 17-year-old Amanda Javaly, “Harry is a normal boy. He could be one of us and yet he exists in a different dimension” (MacDonald 6). The Harry Potter books have been controversial because some think they promote a dangerous point of view (MacDonald 10). It is also found as satanic in some churches, like this pastor who says, “We at the Jesus Non-Denominational Church refuse to allow Satan to take the minds of our children. We will do everything in us to stand and uphold a standard of righteousness and we will prevail,” said Pastor Tommy Turner regarding the Harry Potter series (MacDonald 10). JK Rowling argues that the world of H...... paper medium ......y devices of imagery and symbolism and have an exaggerated but still popular motif. Although the controversy surrounding them is immense, the amount of people he has captured in his magical world is even greater cite "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Theme of Good versus Evil." Berkeley Heights: Enslow, 2008 . PrintRowling, JK Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007. PrintRowling, JK Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2005. PrintRowling, JK Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Levine Books, 1997. PrintRowling, JKJK Rowling official site. Network. 28-3-11“Thoughts on the Pensieve”. The leaky cauldron. Net. 4-3-11