I read the book Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone by: JK Rowling. In this book there are many very interesting characters. Even though there were so many colorful characters I found that the 2 most intriguing characters were Draco Malfoy and Albus Dumbledore. Even though these two characters aren’t the main characters but they caught my attention better than the main character ever did. Draco is a first year Slytherin student at Hogwarts. Harry first meets the Draco in Diagon Alley and dislikes
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I. Introduction Ever wondered about the effect Harry Potter has had on society? Harry Potter is one of the most successful book and film series known. “The enormous scale of the sale of Harry Potter is undoubtedly due to the changed nature and scale of propaganda in the ongoing age of globalization. One might have noticed this in India recently where the newspapers and TV channels seldom care for Indian writers and their work.” Harry Potter has impacted society through the literature‚ the films‚
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Novel review of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring This review will discuss my response to a literary work which is entitled The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring that is written by Professor JRR Tolkien. This novel is the first volume of the lord of the ring trilogy. It consists of 10 chapters and was first published in 1954. This novel is about a young hobbit‚ Frodo Baggins‚ and his eight journey companions to Mordor in order to destroy a ring. This novel will be reviewed
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Night He opened the window as quietly as he could. He knew the house was full of sleeping people‚ but wanted the adrenaline rush this was causing him. He walked to the bedroom and saw what he was looking for: jewelry. He had at last found the diamond ring he had longed for. Slowly walking back to the window somebody stirred in the next room. Rodger thought this was the end but jumped out of the window and ran back to headquarters. Rodger having a mysterious feel to him causes a dramatic story. The character
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Frodo’s quest of the One Ring. Two well-known literary works of the twentieth century‚ Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia‚ captivate the imaginations of children and adults alike long after their authors have passed them on. Tales of magic‚ both good and evil‚ power and battles‚ elves and dwarves‚ make these stories popular. For over fifty years‚ C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia captured the hearts of millions children around the world. J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings has sold over 100 million
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Angier is the author of the essay I chose from The McGraw – Hill Reader. She graduated in 1978 from Barnard College‚ and then went on to work as a magazine staff writer for Discover and Time. In 1990 Angier became a writer for The New York Times. A year later she won a Pulitzer Prize for her work as a Times science correspondent. She also received the Lewis Thomas Award and was one of seven journalists to receive four stars in the Forbes Media Guide. In this essay‚ “Why Men Don’t Last: Self –
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Adolescence Explored Through the Harry Potter Saga Part I: The process of one’s individual growth is demonstrated through various types of actions‚ the most common one being – decision making. Whilst the Harry Potter saga is often seen as mystically farfetched and fantasy-like‚ careful thought has been put in the character analysis followed by the complexity of personal relations. Ergo‚ when I had decided to examine the movies‚ two movies in particular came to mind – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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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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The Harry Potter films have had a lasting popularity for many speculated reasons. How could a series be successful in a world so different from it’s own? The varying appeal is due to childlike components on the surface‚ paired with underlying‚ more complex themes. The adventure of the story reels viewers in‚ but their are other elements at hand. The series seems to empathize and strike interest with people of older age. There is an interrelationship between the subliminal world and what appears behind
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In 1996‚ director Peter Jackson embarked upon a seven year odyssey and one of the most demanding projects in movie history‚ bringing the hugely popular series of compelling novels ’The Lord of the Rings’ written in the 1950’s by JRR Tolkien‚ to the big screen. After years of careful and precise production planning‚ Jackson had before him the dual task of not only tempting a movie audience and creating a financially viable movie‚ but he also had to appeal to the colossal cult following of JRR Tolkien’s
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