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    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone is a very good book‚ but also‚ it is an awesome movie. Both the movie and book told how Harry became a wizard‚ and he took down you-know-who‚ or Lord Voldemort two times. The book and movies had some differences‚ but they both had the same idea. They both showed the themes of bravery and truth‚ while showing it in different ways. The book and movie had quite a few differences. First off‚ in the beginning of the book‚ it

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    would rather watch a movie than read a book: It doesn’t take as much time and you get to the point a lot quicker. In the case of the Harry Potter books and the Harry Potter movies‚ the books definitely win the award for being better. Reading a book gives you so much more detail on the story or subject‚ and you can let your mind and imagination wander. The Harry Potter books have no problem keeping me entertained for hours at a time along with millions of others. Don’t get me wrong‚ I’m not saying the

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    Following Harry Potter on an incredible journey‚ full of thrill‚ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows‚ part 2‚ is full excitement. This movie has been a phenomena since the very first movie‚ Harry Potter and the Sorcer’s Stone‚ launched on November‚ 2001. After ten hers we come together to put an end to the story of “the boy who lived” in the last battle against the forces of evil. The cast‚ cinematography‚ and mystery in this film made on of the finest films ever created. Each feature in this movie

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    Harry Potter is the most miserable‚ lonely boy you can imagine. He’s shunned by his relatives‚ the Dursley’s‚ that have raised him since he was an infant. He’s forced to live in the cupboard under the stairs‚ forced to wear his cousin Dudley’s hand-me-down clothes‚ and forced to go to his neighbour’s house when the rest of the family is doing something fun. Yes‚ he’s just about as miserable as you can get. Harry’s world gets turned upside down on his 11th birthday‚ however. A giant‚ Hagrid‚ informs

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    In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s StoneHarry Potter is the hero of the story. I believe that this movie follows Joseph Campbell’s model about the pattern of a hero’s journey. Campbell wrote that there were three stages in every hero’s mythological voyage. For the following five paragraphs‚ I compared the first stage‚ Departure‚ with the beginning of the movie. The hero is called to adventure when Hagrid brings Harry to Dumbledore. This makes sense to me since when Dumbledore places Harry on

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    character. Decisions explain one’s motivation and determination to act on those decisions which by definition means character. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ by J.K. Rowling‚ characters as Neville‚ Hermione‚ Professor Quirrell and Harry Potter defend the idea that people’s choices define their character. At the beginning of the story it is seen how badly Harry Potter is treated by the Dursley. He is forced to sleep in the cupboard under the stairs‚ they would talked to him like he was some

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    Michelle Flemig Com155 Mary Oswald Compare and Contrast Essay Twilight versus Harry Potter Witches and wizards‚ werewolves and vampires; they’re all over the place in today’s pop culture; Team Edward versus Team Jacob or Gryffindor House versus Slytherin House. Good versus evil. Which one is more age appropriate? Which one teaches the most valuable lessons? A popular theme in many works written for children and teenagers is the creation of an unusual world. Often in these works‚ a

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    In the “Your a Wizard Harry “ scene from the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s StoneHarry clearly make it an open pane that he wants change in his life. He does this because he is really lonely. One can see this because at the beginning of the scene‚ Harry is in his room on his birthday with a picture of a cake and he says “Make a wish Harry.” Because he is alone on his birthday‚ anyone can see he is lonely and therefore probably wants a change in environment. This also shows it is an open

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    a major theme in the Harry Potter series‚ mainly The Deathly Hallows. More characters die in this novel and there is more mention of death than in any other Harry Potter book. Through Rowling’s process of portraying murders‚ we come to the realization of the theme of death in her series of novels. Evidence through multiple accounts of encounters with the actual face of death put Harry Potter in a position of taking a stand against the common villain. Rowling shows how Harry learns to deal with the

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    started with Harry‚ and then all these characters and situations came flooding into my head.” In December of that year‚ Rowling ’s mother died‚ after ten years struggling with illness. Rowling was writing Harry Potter at the moment her mother died. She had never told her mother about Harry Potter. Rowling said that the death heavily affected her writing. She introduced much more details about Harry ’s loss in the first book‚ because she knew about how it felt. Harry Potter: Harry Potter is a series

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