A Portkey to Self-Discovery When I picked up the first Harry Potter book‚ I never imagined that the series would have such a profound influence in my life. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling has been an aid to me as I’ve grown up. These novels have themes of bravery‚ integrity‚ choices‚ love‚ and friendship. Because of the series‚ I feel that I have discovered my true self and the way that I see myself in the world. Albus Dumbledore once said‚ “It is our choices that show us who we truly
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The Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies and is currently translated into almost every language on the face of the earth. Millions have faithfully followed the story about this magical world and have fallen in love with the many enchanting characters‚ but most do not know the prominence of classical Greek mythological allusions found in the beloved Harry Potter characters. J.K Rowling‚ author of the Harry Potter series‚ does a fantastic job with cleverly connecting most of her
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The Harry Potter books are an extremely popular series of fantasy novels by British writer J. K. Rowling. The books depict a world of witches and wizards‚ the protagonist being the eponymous young wizard Harry Potter. Since the release of the first novel‚ Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States) in 1997‚ the books have gained immense popularity and commercial success worldwide‚ spawning films‚ video games‚ and a wealth of other
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The Story of Harry Potter Even if you have lived at the North Pole since 1997‚ you will probably have heard of JK Rowling and her Harry Potter series of books. Harry Potter himself is arguably the world’s most loved cultural icon from the past 10 years. To put Pottermania in perspective‚ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince‚ the sixth book‚ sold more copies in the first 24 hours of its release in July 2005 than The Da Vinci Code sold in the entire year of 2004. Consider The Da Vinci Code’s
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There are a number of central themes in Harry Potter that make it a tremendously powerful allegory to the current environment. The fact that it was created unwittingly by the tremendously liberal Rowling only furthers the beauty of the work. Just as Fake News is an example of using the power of their own words against the bastion of liberalism‚ so too can the works of Harry Potter draw powerful parallels to our cause. Here are a number of similarities between this clear work of fiction and the actual
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house‚ down to the position of the cupboard under the stairs and the precise location of each room. As I had never described my old home to the set designer‚ director or producer‚ this was yet another of the unsettling experiences that filming the Potter books has brought me. For no very good reason‚ I have never been fond of the number four‚ which has always struck me as a rather hard and unforgiving number‚ which is why I slapped it on the Dursleys’ front door. Measurements Just as British witches
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Book report Harry Potter In this book report I will talk about a book that is very popular: Harry Potter. There are four books‚ the author is supposed to write two more books. Today‚ I will talk about the first book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s stone. Harry Potter is a boy of 11 years old. His parents were killed when he was a baby and he was confided to his uncle and is family: The Dursley. He lived there for approximately 10 years‚ his bedroom was under the stairs. It looked more
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Harry Potter | Harry Potter: Complete 8-Film Collection on Blu-ray (2011) | Produced by | David Heyman | Based on | Harry Potter series byJ. K. Rowling | Starring | Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson (See below) | Studio | Heyday Films | Distributed by | Warner Bros. | Release date(s) | 2001–2011 | Country | United Kingdom United States | Language | English | Budget | Total (8 films): $1‚155‚000‚000 | Box office | Total (8 films): $7‚706‚147‚978 | The Harry Potter film
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The Magic of Harry Potter “Mr. and Mrs. Dursley‚ of number four‚ Privet Drive were proud to say that they were perfectly normal‚ thank you very much.” This sentence introduced me‚ as well as countless others to the magical‚ fictional world of Harry Potter. Reading and watching Harry Potter is not only an escape from reality and stress outlet‚ but an entertaining alternative to mischievous activities. The series also teaches life lessons and morals that stick with you long after reading the last
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Amalia Rodrigues Film Survey Prompt 1 Harry Potter & the Commodity Fetishism There are few things in this world that manage to seep into every crevice our lives as humans; the air we breathe‚ the people we interact with‚ and in our contemporary culture‚ the buying and selling of commodities. The masses have adopted a “give the people what they want” attitude that results in the commodification of everything thinkable. “Even as a negation of that social purposiveness which is spreading
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