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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literature later remodeled and revised to develop new versions of tales previously told. From the dystopian novel The Hunger Games‚ to the mythological tale Percy Jackson‚ authors have derived their own work from literary works preceding their own. In Harry Potter‚ many of the characters and their roles are influenced by those seen in the Hobbit including: Gandalf as fatherly figure‚ Bilbo as an underdog‚ and Gollum as a mere obstacle for the protagonist who is internally destroyed by power. In the Hobbit
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Witches‚ wizards‚ spells‚ and magic are all apart of a normal day at Hogwarts‚ a school for young witches and wizards to be able to put their talents with magic into their everyday lives. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling‚ Harry Potter‚ the main character‚ and his friends‚ Ron and Hermione‚ are determined to find out who or what keeps Petrifying students (a spell that is used to make someone like a statue‚ unable to move). Although there were many themes showing through
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as many as 1 million other Americans identify as witches‚ and the numbers are growing. I am here to discuss my point of view as to why Harry Potter should be banned from school libraries. Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by author J. K. Rowling‚ in which the main is an orphaned teen wizard who lives with an abusive family. Claim The Harry Potter series presents dangerous ideas that can be detrimental to young readers‚ and should be removed from school libraries. Evidence 1 According
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The five aspects of the quest are: someone to go on the quest‚ a place to go‚ a stated reason to go there‚ challenges along the way‚ and the actual reason to go. In J.K. Rowling’s book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ a boy named Harry goes on a quest. He goes to Hogwarts’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry‚ and his reasoning is to learn how to be a wizard. His actual reason for going to Hogwarts turns out to be that he has to keep the Dark Lord Voldemort from rising again as he is the only
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The series‚ “Harry Potter”‚ penned by British author J.K. Rowling‚ offers more than just a quick read for young and old readers alike‚ it now has become part of American culture. Created in 1997‚ with new releases in the seven book series every couple years‚ its intrigue with American culture has lasted 14 years. It has reached across many media types‚ making it available to large groups of people in different genres. Though this series has been touched by controversy‚ bringing up issues of religion
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince‚ directed by David Yates‚ and based on the book by J. K. Rowling‚ expresses the amount of important and influential lighting throughout her movie and is also focused on the new amount of dangers within the castle of Hogwarts. As this young boy is preparing for a new battle to begin there are other differing dangers throughout the castle. Tragedy threatens the lives of people throughout Hogwarts and shows this by the amount of darkness and the unknown within
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inhabit his body weren’t in Slytherin. “Perhaps in Slytherin you’ll make your real friends‚ those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends” (Sorting Hat‚ Philosopher’s Stone). To those who have no idea what I’m talking about‚ in the Harry Potter series‚ there are four houses in Hogwarts. When young witches and wizards attend the school in their first year‚ they’re sorted into one of the houses based on who they are as a person. Those houses are Slytherin‚ Hufflepuff‚ Ravenclaw‚ and Gryffindor(k)
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Children’s Literature – November 30th‚ 2011 Harry Potter (continued) Criticism ▪ Thematic o Too dark‚ complex‚ adult ▪ Book 1 opens with a double murder ▪ Harry’s link with Voldemort o Censorship ▪ Parallels between banning and not saying Voldemort’s name ▪ How Harry Potter fits in children’s literature o Literary qualities ▪ Textual jokes - Page 15‚ Rowling didn’t know how popular her novels would become - Diagon Alley‚ funny‚ puny names
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