The non for profit organization known as the Harry Potter Alliance (HPA), is a group of human activists seeking social change through the power of fantasy. This organization in its entirety is primarily composed of Harry Potter fans, hence the name: Harry Potter Alliance. This group was founded by a comedian by the name of Andrew Slack in 2005; who brought forth the idea of using a fantasy such as Harry Potter as a way of encompassing change. The main focus of this organization is the annihilation of human rights violations. For example in 2010, the HPA initialized the campaign known as “Not In Harry’s Name” where they encouraged Harry Potter fans to sign a petition influencing Warner Bros. to source their cocoa for Harry Potter branded chocolate…
Narcissa Malfoy had been shocked to receive an invitation to spend the summer with Prince Loki's family. Even more so after what happened with her husband at Hogwarts. Though she was upset with what happened during that battle and the humiliation it brought her family Narcissa wasn't about to let a chance to be the acquaintance of Prince Loki and his family go to waste.…
In the novel series Harry Potter it is not the main character who has this development since he already has the trait. It is actually his rival at school- Draco Malfoy. In the beginning of the series Malfoy is portrayed as a bully and wants to be more popular than Harry. When Malfoy gets in trouble, he normally has to help someone as punishment. In the near end of the series, he starts to have doubts that he wants to act like a bully and doesn't want to do the evil stuff his father wants him to do.…
In J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the protagonist, Harry, is today's modern hero. The film of Harry Potter is the common tale of good vs. evil, with the good and evil in the story being completely obvious. Voldemort, Harry's adversary, intends to kill Harry because, as their prophecy, another element of mythology, foretold, "neither can live while the other survives." However, when good meets evil (Harry meets Voldemort) in the novel, good prevails both times; which is a very cliché concept.…
The two texts “Unlovable” and “Harry Potter” both show the need to belong. In Harry Potter the composer shows isolation and disconnectedness through contrasting the different group’s beliefs and challenges, this effects how well the groups connect and belong. Unlovable conveys not belonging through the characters mistreatment and place of authority.…
In the landmark case of Hendrick Hudson District Board of Education v. Rowley, I believe the Supreme Court’s decision to deny Amy the assistance of an interpreter was fair for several reasons. First of all, she was previously given the services of an interpreter and she did not use them. Instead of relying on the interpreter, Amy used lip reading and asked teachers to repeat instructions. Second, Amy was passing from grade to grade without the use an interpreter. Third, Amy was performing better than…
Hagrid takes Harry to Diagon Alley, where he retrieves some of his inheritance from Gringotts, the wizard bank, and purchases his books, wand, and robes from the Leaky Cauldron and Ollivanders. On the train to Hogwarts at platform Nine and Three Quarters, Harry meets his new friend Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Everyone is amazed to meet the famous Harry Potter. On the train Harry also meets Draco Malfoy, a boy with whom he develops a distrust and hatred. At Hogwarts, the children meet Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, and Quirrell, all professors and wizards. At the opening banquet, the Sorting Hat decides in which house the children live, sorting Hermione, Neville, Ron, and Harry into Gryffindor, and Draco Malfoy into Slytherin, the house run by Snape and known to have schooled Voltemort in years past.…
Food is the basic unit of life. There are many types of food, but not all are healthy. The argument of eating a healthier diet to get better health benefit is what the society is willing to get. Joseph pace is arguing and persuading people that the correct diet is vegetarian diet to have better health benefits, stronger agriculture and resource use that benefits the animal rights. Meanwhile Alan Herscovici is arguing how a diet which includes meat is healthier choice and brings light to the myth surrounding Meat is bad. Therefore, after analyzing the article Alan Herscovici has the stronger argument because meat will not be harmful to human unless taken excessively.…
There are two versions of The Hunger Games a book and a movie. These versions will be compared and contrasted.…
Harry Potter is also in the house of Gryffindor.”You might belong in Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart, their daring, nerve, and chivalry…” (Rowling 117) ‘Brave at heart’ and ‘daring’ are the qualities of Harry. These qualities are explained in later events like sneaking around at night consecutively to look at an unknown object, mirror of Erised. Later, he also went past a dangerous creature…
Harry and Sally were clearly two opposite people. Harry was a pretty blunt guy and acted impulsively on how he thought or felt. He was rather peculiar and he had his own theories about men and women. While on the other hand Sally was very conservative and viewed Harry's behavior as obnoxious.…
Controversial types of relationships in Harry Potter aren’t outright presented to the reader but with inferring and analysis it is revealed that there are plenty of taboo relationships. For this chapter I will be focusing on interspecies relationships and muggle-wizard relationships of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour, Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks and Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett and other various couples.…
Percy Jacksons Personality is he's funny he makes things funny most of the time and brave because he fought a Minotaur and he is also very confused about a lot of things. Percy Jackson fought a Minotaur all by him self. When he killed it the Minotaur vanished in dust. Percy can be funny sometime like when he said " hay! over here ground beef" I thought that was pretty funny. And Percy is also kinda confused about a lot of things he doesn't know what he's doing in the camp half blood or who his father is.…
Many reasons cause youngsters to be afraid of school. Personally, I was not afraid. My naïve mind had no idea what was awaiting me within the first couple of weeks of first grade, 6 years old and not a doubt in mind that I was in a safe place. Soon I would realize that I was wrong though. Statistically the National Education Association proves that about 160,000 children miss school every day because they are intimidated of being attacked. The media also works in both favors of discourage and encouraging such behaviors of bulling, such as in the very popular books and movies series of Harry Potter.…
Throughout the novel, Rowling emphasizes the importance of choice in determining an individual's character and direction in life. It is the choices that we make that establish what kind of person we will become. With that in mind, Harry's refusal to be placed in Slytherin House, despite his many similarities with Voldemort, is crucial in terms of his characterization. Harry could have remained passive during the Sorting and would have ultimately been sorted into Slytherin. Yet, by taking an active role in his Sorting and choosing to be placed in Gryffindor, Harry demonstrates his determination to choose his own direction in life and not adhere to anyone else's perception of his nature.At the beginning of the book, it seems as if there are clear distinctions between good and evil: Professor Dumbledore and Harry are wholly good, while Voldemort and his Death Eaters are wholly evil. Yet, over the course of the narrative, Rowling complicates the issue and creates a sort of moral ambiguity, particularly in the character of Professor Snape. From the start, Professor Snape is presented to be a malignant follower of Lord Voldemort, and Harry is only too ready to believe that his Potions teacher is completely evil. In actuality, though, it is the seemingly benevolent Professor Quirrell who is doing the bidding of Lord Voldemort. The concepts of good and evil are too complex to be expressed in black-and-white terms, and every character has some element of good and evil in their nature. The problem is, Rowling suggests, how a battle can be fought between good and evil when the lines between the two are so blurry.Rowling does not argue in favor of ignoring all rules and regulations. Many of the rules at Hogwarts are instituted in order to protect the students; for example, the rule that prohibits students from going to the forbidden third-floor corridor ensures that students are not attacked by the three-headed dog. At the same time, however, Rowling realizes that rules must…