Jk Rowling Research Paper
JK Rowling and the Harry Potter series
Little was known to me about J.K. Rowling, except that she was the author of the
critically acclaimed book and movie series “Harry Potter”. After watching the video of her
commencement speech that was given at Harvard University, I became motivated to do some
research on the author’s life. Rowling grew up in a household with her father who was an
engineer for Rolls Royce, her mother, and younger sister Dianne. After completing secondary
school, she went on to college to study modern languages. While attending Exeter University,
Rowling spent a year in Paris to learn French before finally graduating and moving on to work at
Amnesty International, an organization that campaigns …show more content…
While taking a train from Manchester
back to London, Rowling came up with the idea for Harry Potter. That same night she began
writing “The Philosopher’s Stone”, now known as “The Sorcerer’s Stone”. Later on that year,
Rowling would be devastated by a series of unfortunate events. At the age of 45, her mother
passed away after battling with multiple sclerosis for ten years, and she would soon find out that
father had been having an affair and planned to wed his mistress.
Months later, she moved to Portugal to teach English at a language institution and
eventually married a Portuguese man. Although the marriage did not work out, she had been
given the best thing in her life, her daughter Jessica. Now as a recently divorced, single mom,
she went back to England to live with her sister Dianne. Rowling wanted to begin teaching
again, but knew that if she did, finishing her book would be near impossible. Without a job, she
had to survive on welfare while caring for her daughter and working to complete her book. After
sending out copies of the manuscript, she finally received word that “Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s
Stone” would finally be
Little was known to me about J.K. Rowling, except that she was the author of the
critically acclaimed book and movie series “Harry Potter”. After watching the video of her
commencement speech that was given at Harvard University, I became motivated to do some
research on the author’s life. Rowling grew up in a household with her father who was an
engineer for Rolls Royce, her mother, and younger sister Dianne. After completing secondary
school, she went on to college to study modern languages. While attending Exeter University,
Rowling spent a year in Paris to learn French before finally graduating and moving on to work at
Amnesty International, an organization that campaigns …show more content…
While taking a train from Manchester
back to London, Rowling came up with the idea for Harry Potter. That same night she began
writing “The Philosopher’s Stone”, now known as “The Sorcerer’s Stone”. Later on that year,
Rowling would be devastated by a series of unfortunate events. At the age of 45, her mother
passed away after battling with multiple sclerosis for ten years, and she would soon find out that
father had been having an affair and planned to wed his mistress.
Months later, she moved to Portugal to teach English at a language institution and
eventually married a Portuguese man. Although the marriage did not work out, she had been
given the best thing in her life, her daughter Jessica. Now as a recently divorced, single mom,
she went back to England to live with her sister Dianne. Rowling wanted to begin teaching
again, but knew that if she did, finishing her book would be near impossible. Without a job, she
had to survive on welfare while caring for her daughter and working to complete her book. After
sending out copies of the manuscript, she finally received word that “Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s
Stone” would finally be