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…
It was his second day being in this outlandish place, he already fought with Charlie, befriended spiders, and built up a cosy yet unfinished base camp. In addition to that, he discovered a new way to live via his body and his mind - it has been quite an absurd time for him. In order to prevent what happened previously, he initiated picking up an array of resources around him such as flint, rocks, and twigs. He paused to study the flint and twigs, his drive incurred him to craft a pickaxe, and soon after he has a fine looking pickaxe.…
Authors can summon powerful feelings out of readers with their books. That is why an author can easily advance their causes, beliefs, and ideology with their works. Literature, books especially, can really have a potent effect on readers.…
Slippery slope is an informal fallacy of weak induction. It draws a conclusion from events of an exaggerated and improbable chain reaction. The following DIRECTV commercial shows a clear example of a fallacy of slippery slope: “When you wait forever for the cable guy, you get bored. When you get bored, you start staring out windows. When you start staring out windows, you see things you shouldn’t see. When you see things you shouldn’t see, you need to vanish. When you need to vanish, you fake your own death. When you fake your own death, you dye your eyebrows and when you dye your eyebrows, you attend your own funeral as a guy named Phil Shifley.”…
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets start off with Harry spending the summer with his horrible but only remaining family, the Dursleys. The Dursleys are not a very good family. On Harry’s birthday the Dursleys throw a dinner party that isn’t even for Harry. Harry is visited by a house-elf named Dobby. Dobby warns Harry not to return to Hogwarts because something bad is going to happen. Hogwarts is the magical school for wizards that Harry is attending. Harry doesn’t listen to the warning and Dobby starts to wreak havoc in the kitchen. The Dursleys end up angry and imprison Harry in his room for the rest of the summer. Harry's friend Ron Weasley takes Harry away in a flying car, and they go to the Weasley home where Harry ends up staying…
“Jeremiah's message was a mixture of judgment on the sinful nation of Judah; and hope, after judgment and exile, of a new covenant relationship. Comparing the parallels between Judah and the spiritually low tide of our nation today, what message and teaching could be drawn from Jeremiah's portrayal of God as the Divine Potter? In a world fractured by religious, social, political, and culture tensions, how might we Christ Followers relate Paul's concept of "When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son..." (Galatians 4:4 ESV) to an upside down 21st century world?”…
Book banning is a current issue in the United States. Many books have been removed from libraries due to “inappropriate content”. Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger has been banned due to profanity, sexual references, and racism.…
If I was told that books or any printed materials were banned I would feel very upset, because books are a fun way for me to pass time, and I find a very nice and easy form of entertainment. Book are a way for me to escape reality for a while, they take me to another time and place, and it makes me think and imagine many things. Books sometimes provide inspiration and knowledge, and they make learning fun. The idea of being punished for doing something I enjoy is upsetting, I couldn't imagine living in a world where I wouldn't be able to read my favorite books, and if I did try to read it I would be punished. Although, I am curious as to why books or any printed material of the sort became banned, and if the justification is good enough, I…
Harry Potter has been a phenomenon for many years now. J.K. Rowling is a very passionate writer and very descriptive. Harry Potter in her stories is like a symbol of J.K. Rowling herself. She shows a lot of emotion in all her writing. J.K Rowling has been through a lot of situations in her lifetime, she has transformed them into the character Harry Potter. In the book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” Harry is a symbol of J.K. Rowling in her childhood life.…
Harry Potter films are based on a series of books and this film is the last in the series of eight written by Joanne Rowling, who writes under the pen names J.K. Rowling. An epic saga of childhood temptation, danger, and adventure, the Harry Potter series has been seventeen years in the making. This film's unique selling point is that well-known story coming to an end. It is so well known that the title on the poster itself makes people want to go and see it, the audience recognition is so strong that it is clearly established more than any other film. The image established the action, adventure genre of the film as the setting is adventurous being in an unknown forest and all the characters are running giving the action; reflecting main…
As far as I'm concerned, the Harry Potter series are quite suitable for children to read. As we all know, this set of books is written about a boy who is a wizard, and he fights with the devil for the justice, during the process it also show us how to treat our real friends and our family.…
First of all, detail is very important in novels. The films lack accuracy to the book proving that the novel is superior. In the film, there are characters missing including Peeves, the poltergeist and Charlie Weasley, the second eldest Weasley child. Dobby also appears only in two of the films whereas he appears in the book from Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets until the end. There are also many missing scenes including the opening for Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone which starts off very differently than the book. I know they have to keep the movie going because it’s already very long but it seems too rushed. The characters also don’t fit their descriptions. For example, Harry Potter is supposed to have green eyes but in the…
There’s a lot of action and chair tipping excitement in Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince. Harry starts out in the book stuck in his room when Dumbledore comes to take him to meet a friend. Soon Harry is on the train back to Hogwarts with all his friends unaware what will meet him there. Harry starts Potion class to find a strange book that someone know as The Half Blood Prince, whom been writing tips in his potion book as well as spells. Then Harry starts to learn, while in lessons with Dumbledore, the past of Lord Voldemort to find that he has been using Horcruxes to keep his soul safe so he is immortal. Dumbledore finds a Horcrux that leads them into a cave with traps and monsters you can’t even imagine. They might have bit off more than they can chew.…
The most important component in writing a novel is the creation of characters who are harmonious and who are believable on at least some level. But, regardless of how much influence fantasy has in a text, all characters must inevitably have at least some grounding in reality. I suspect that would be more difficult to include the same amount of reality in writing a fantasy novel, since the author of such a work must first decide how much the fantasy aspect of his or her novel should affect its characters. As near as I can tell, the method of characterization in the fantasy genre can take two directions. On the one hand, the main characters of a novel can express some characteristics which have been de-familiarized from what one would normally expect in a more conventional novel (i.e. a novel not of the fantasy genre). A prime example of this sort of character is one of another race, particularly when the race in question is different in some way from humans, such as the suppressed emotions of Star Trek’s Vulcans, or the exceptionally long lives of Elves. Main characters of this sort exist less as a study in reality, and are more commonly found within the epic fantasy genre. In the other method of characterization, main characters remain strictly mundane in their appearance and attitude and thus gear more towards a commentary on everyday society. Intertwined within the last of these two possibilities that Harry Potter, his friends, teachers, and foes exist in.…
In a world full of constantly advancing technology we often just trust that the information given to us by professionals is accurate. However, in this book, Gigerenzer reveals how this is not the case. This can often leave people in a vulnerable position. Fortunately, Gigerenzer provides a guide on how to prevent those types of misconstrued situations due to inaccurate information from ever taking place. He discusses a wide variety of topics such as contraceptives, abortions, gambling, cancers, stocks and finance throughout the book. He highlights the key similarity between these topics; uncertainty. Gigerenzer discusses how fear has a lot to do with how people deal with risk. He discusses how people with varied cultural backgrounds in…