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 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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Harry Brown Harry Brown opened my to a social issue that I never really thought about. In my opinion the movie reflected London as a town with 3 kinds of people‚ the non-violent‚ the police‚ and the criminals. It convinced me that what goes on in the movie is what goes in the real life‚ considering the London riots. It made me think‚ that ever though you’re only 1 person you can make a difference. I really enjoyed this movie a lot‚ not at one point in the movie did I think about anything else
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Harry Houdini claimed his whole life that he was born on April 6th‚ 1874 in Appleton Wisconsin. In reality he was born on March 24th 1874 in Budapest‚ Hungary. He most likely lied about his birthplace so he would be accepted in America. He was named Ehrich Weisz; his parents were Cecilia Steiner and Mayer Samuel Weisz. He had at least 6 siblings that made it to adult hood‚ but it is unclear how many total siblings he had. Ehrich’s father moved to America alone to try to get a living and place
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work one ordinary morning‚ he notices people dressed in brightly colored cloaks. Walking past a bakery later that day‚ he overhears people talking in an excited manner about his sister-in-law’s family‚ the Potters‚ and the Potters’ one-year-old son‚ Harry. Meanwhile‚ the news is full of unusual reports of shooting stars and owls flying during the day. That night‚ as the Dursleys are falling asleep‚ Albus Dumbledore‚ a wizard and the head of the Hogwarts wizardry academy‚ appears on their street. He
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PRINCE HARRY HIS PROBLEMS AND HIS ADDICTIONS Prince Harry and his brother were children when his mother died; maybe this is one of the reasons to feel without attention‚ because his father obviously to be in the royal does not have time to stay with them. In addition Harry has to live with the pressure to know he going to be like his father in the future “in charge of England”‚ nevertheless it is not the only problem he has‚ because all the people in the world is watching him and paying
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J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone How has J.K. Rowling taken the elements of the traditional school story and adapted them so as to create a work of popular modern appeal? The typical school story is “Tom Brown’s Schooldays” by Thomas Hughes‚ which was published in 1857. The novel is set in a real life boarding school‚ Rugby‚ and the headmaster is a real historical figure‚ Dr. Thomas Arnold‚ who is famous for introducing the concept of “muscular Christianity”. The hero
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in Dumfries‚ Virginia. I would like to nominate Harry Houdini for Person of the Year. Houdini could perform many captivating tricks; he was always outgoing towards his audience and never gave up on anything. I know what you’re thinking‚ “Why would I consider a child’s proposal?” Well‚ if you have the time to look at or glance at a “child’s” paper‚ you must have time to read my letter. As you see as you read on‚ I can make a very sharp point. Harry Houdini had many tricks ‘up his sleeve’ that very
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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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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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