The Hobo Life in the 1930’s Imagine a time where there were no jobs‚ and the ones that were available weren’t paying enough to help anyone survive. Kids roamed the streets and little cardboard shackle houses were where most of the population lived‚ it was dangerous and unclean. Then there were the people who would jump aboard a train to seek work in other towns‚ or just go to see the world. There were approximately 2 million men‚ 8‚000 women (Ganzel)‚ and 250‚000 teens (“Riding the Rails” Encyclopedia
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Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy. He lives with his Uncle Vernon‚ Aunt Petunia and cousin Dudley‚ who are mean to him and make him sleep in a cupboard under the stairs. (Dudley‚ however‚ has two bedrooms‚ one to sleep in and one for all his toys and games.) Then Harry starts receiving mysterious letters and his life is changed forever. He is whisked away by a beetle-eyed giant of a man and enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
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Harry Potter – Gender Representation – English Language There is a lot of gender representation in The Order of the Phoenix although this is not done purposely by the author‚ J.K. Rowling where there is a much larger group of main characters who are female. More often than not the male characters are depicted as more fun and easy going throughout the books especially in the first book when Hermione followed the rules to the letter‚ one of her most memorable lines being‚ “... before you get us
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Book Report I. Introduction Book Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone No. Of Pages: 309pages Publisher: Scholastic Author: J.K. Rowling Overview: -Harry Potter is an 11 year old boy who has lived with the Dursley family ever since his parents died in a car crash. For some reason the family has always mistreated him. On his 11th birthday a giant man named Rubeus Hagrid hands him a letter telling him that he has been accepted as a student at the
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In the Harry Potter series‚ by J.K. Rowling‚ there is a connection in the wands’ of Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter. This connection causes Harry and Lord Voldemort to have a hard time defeating one another because both of the wands have a feather of the same phoenix. Lord Voldemort wanted to kill Harry so he could have another horcrux to store his soul in. The reason the wands react strangely when fighting against one another is because when they do‚ the wands display all of the spells which the
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During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s‚ there were a lot of injustices in the United States. The Progressive Movement‚ which began in the late 1800’s attempted to bring about government reforms and correct injustices in America. One example of the problem in the U.S. was over population of the American cities. More and more people began to move cities from rural areas for jobs. As you can see in Document I‚ the cities were overcrowded and the infrastructure could not hold up with the influx of
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DeAngela Ellerbee Dr. Wooten Advanced Composition 12 February 2015 Who’s Against School Uniforms? The use of school uniforms is one of the greatest debates on the school board as we speak today. Enforcing school uniforms will have many negative results. Firstly‚ school uniforms interfere with children’s self-expression. Secondly‚ they create obstacles for dealing with low and high tolerance and acceptance towards people and people’s lifestyles and outlooks. Thirdly‚ school uniforms may be rather
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being a concept that many desire and seek for. This idea of unity and association is explored within “Romulus My Father” by Raimond Gaita‚ and “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling. Both texts give an in depth exploration of the journey of self discovery‚ alienation and belonging revealed through the authors clever use of language techniques. “Romulus‚ My Father” written by Raimond Gaita is a biographical memoir delineating the life of Raimond’s father Romulus. The text exemplifies
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In Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling‚ many forms of abuse are touched on throughout the novel. Although many of the novels throughout the series amplify abuses in different magnitudes‚ the fourth book in particular has many different kinds of abuse that are very apparent. Some are glossed over quickly‚ while others are much more intense. Analyzing instances of abuse and how it is dealt with gives the reader greater insight on the magical world. Three specific instances include house
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On first glance the two worlds presented to us in the Harry Potter books appear to be vastly different. However‚ it may be argued that upon closer inspection we can see that the worlds can be seen to be very similar and that where they differ is purely in relation to the presentation of the worlds. What I mean by this is that the wizarding world is very similar to the muggle world if we are to look at the structure of the societies of the two worlds. For example‚ both worlds have a government (State
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