I. Basic Information Author: J.K. Rowling Published by: Scholastics Inc. Copyright: © 1997 by J.K. Rowling No. of Pages; 309 II. Author’s Background J.K. Rowling was a struggling single mother when she wrote the beginnings of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone on scraps of paper at a local café. But her efforts soon paid off‚ as she received an unprecedented award from the Scottish Arts Council enabling her to finish the book. Since then‚ the debut novel has become an international
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"You’re a wizard‚ Harry!" Harry Potter is a far from average boy. When Harry Potter was only a baby‚ an evil wizard‚ Voldemort‚ murdered his parents. Voldemort then tried to murder young Harry. Instead of killing Harry‚ he just made Voldemort weaker. It was a mystery of how Harry Potter got out alive with just a scar. Due to Harry’s parents death‚ he had to live with the closest thing he could call family: Uncle Vernon‚ Aunt Petunia‚ and Cousin Dudley. Aunt Petunia is his mom’s jealous
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They came into a room. Voldemort sat in the chair at the fire‚ surrounded by Death Eaters. Voldemort needed a new wand because his was broken at his last fight with Harry Potter. He took Malfoy’s. Voldemort asked the two men‚ and Snape Jeegers if they had news. Snape said that the Order of the Phoenix intends to move Harry Potter from his current place of safety on Saturday next‚ at nightfall. Then out of nowhere came a muffled cry. Gradually there was a dark figure visible. Voldemort asked Snape
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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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Harry Potter Throughout the book‚ J.K. Rowling was making a point about bravery. She portrays bravery as facing your fears and proving that you are more that people say you are. Bravery is not the only thing Harry represents; he also represents unselfishness and leadership. Unselfishness and leadership are both represented by his actions and what he says. Even though he represents many strong traits‚ they all still add up to make Harry Potter a humble person in the books. From the very first
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Zakaria Mahamed Mrs. Rogers World Literature 27 October 2012 Archetypes in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Archetypes have been here as about as long as the stories about gods and heroes. Archetypes are themes that have been used for several thousand generations. They are what shape modern film and literature today. Many movies and literature today are based on archetypes. While watching the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ I noticed that it has the archetypes of the unhealable
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different things to different people‚ and literature is full of characters that could be considered heroic. In Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling the perfect person who exhibits heroism is Harry Potter. He destroys the Horcruxes with the help of his friends‚ he turns himself over in order to defeat Voldemort‚ then comes back and kills him. In order to kill Voldemort Harry must destroy all the Horcruxes with some help from his friends. A Horcrux is an object that contains a piece
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Harry Potter was famous in the wizarding world due the fact that he defeated a dark lord‚ Voldemort. He embraced the fact that he is famous but did not brag about it. “Am I?” said Harry‚ feeling dazed. (Rowling 106) Although he felt “dazed”‚ he did not go around bragging or use the fact as a privilege to get something he wants. Harry Potter was new to the wizarding world because the Dursley kept it as a secret. He was not familiar with all the things that he is going to approach‚ but his daring
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TO INFORM INTRODUCTION “What actually the Harry Potter about” “In dreams‚we enter a world that is entirely our own” –Albus Dumbledore- Most of the people know about the stories about the boy who lived under the stairs and went to special school called “Hogwards”.My storyline theory is about the series of Harry Potter is actually about the mental illness and the “Hogwards” is the mental institution. I had watched all the series of Harry Potter movie .The series is wildly successful‚ one of
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