Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Author: J.K. Rowling Genre: Fiction Date Started/Date Finished: 9/21/12 - 9/27/12 No. of Pages: 309 pgs. I found the book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” fascinating. It’s about the classic struggle between good and evil. Harry Potter was challenged
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achieve their dreams or to discover who they truly are‚ and that is called life. Harry Potter was an epic quest as it focused on achieving goals and seeking knowledge. The quest that Harry Potter took may be more breath-taking‚ but it was still for the same purpose. The series of Harry Potter was a very popular book and movie series written by J.K. Rowling. They both started out with an 11 year old wizard named Harry Potter‚ who didn’t even know he was a wizard because of his cruel foster parents called
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FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING PAPER by JOHN HARTUNG The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is a movie that few can possibly hate. Not only is it an entertaining film‚ but it is also a compelling story. For Catholics‚ however‚ it is very compelling. The use of the characters‚ symbols‚ story-line‚ and more embody similarities between the movie and our Catholic faith. The ring taken upon by Frodo represents the cross. Just as the cross represents self-sacrifice for all the sin and suffering
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Harry Potter’s Magic Countless different things have influenced my everyday life and made me the person that I am today. Although many aspects of life have been of great influence on me‚ the one thing I would say that has affected my life the most would be the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. These extraordinary series have been my favorite books to read since seventh grade. I could just not stop reading once I had started reading those big books. They are extremely addictive‚ and also amazingly
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Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone: Myth or Not? Mythology is all around us. Myths can be found in the books‚ magazines‚ billboards‚ advertisements and probably even in that movie everyone’s talking about and you are dying to watch. Myths shaped the world we live in today and affect all sorts of media in ways we can’t imagine. If you’re wondering how a bunch of stories ancient civilizations made up to make sense of the world could be connected to anything in the modern world‚ you’re probably
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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
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Powerplay Essay Powerplay involves a conflict of interests’. How do the text you have studied and other related texts of your choosing establishes the nature of the interests that are brought into conflict? Powerplay involves a conflict of interests‚ which brings the wielder of power has control and influence‚ yet places them in a vulnerable position from people desiring it thus resulting in a conflict to obtain power. This can be seen in the following texts: the play Antony and Cleopatra’
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Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of a wizard‚ Harry Potter‚ and his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger‚ all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry’s quest to overcome the Dark wizard Lord Voldemort‚ whose aims are to become immortal‚ conquer the wizarding world‚ subjugate non-magical people‚ and destroy all those who stand in his way
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she showed himself. Everything Harry does is in the limelight‚ and his status intensifies it. Luckily‚ he has his invisibility cloak‚ which acts as a counter to being a celebrity. The invisibility cloak plays a peculiar role in Harry’s celebrity status. The invisibility cloak is what allows Harry to do what he needs to‚ which increases his celebrity status. The invisibility cloak also acts as an opposite to the idea of celebrity‚ making
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In Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ Jack and Ralph are two of the older boys‚ and they quickly become the two established leaders of the island--one by election and one by force. Both of them are English schoolboys who know how to follow rules and be civilized; however‚ only one of them will maintain that position throughout the novel. Though Jack has proven experience at being a leader‚ Ralph is the one the boys choose to be their leader‚ despite his lack of demonstrable leadership skills
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