Etta Priest 15 December 2009 Major Literary Figures Orphans in Rowling ’s Harry Potter Series An orphan is a child permanently bereaved of his or her parents through death. UNICEF reports that there are between one hundred and forty-three million and two hundred and ten million orphans worldwide and‚ furthermore‚ that five thousand seven-hundred and sixty minors become parentless daily. With the gargantuan quantity of bereft children‚ it is no surprise that literary protagonists are
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Platform 9 ¾ is a site definable within a diverse range of literary tourism models. It is a site of significance within the fiction and a site which has also become popular through the appeal of the series (Butler‚ 1986). The platform can be defined through its position in travel writing (Busby and Klug‚ 2001 ; Busby‚ 2004) which sees both mainstream travel guides and more niche titles investigate the site and its relevance towards children’s literature. Thus‚ when considered from a literary tourism
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Students attending Hogwarts are sorted into one of four magical houses on their first day of school. They are sorted based off of their personalities and preferences. This way of sorting means that all of the houses will be disparate and they will all have different types of people. The house system works really well in keeping all of the kids happy and feeling safe. Every house is full of different types of people who all share the same basic core values. Gryffindor is known for being the house
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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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Chapter 1 -- Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) List the five aspects of the QUEST and then apply them to something you have read (or viewed) in the form used on pages 3-5. In literary‚ the QUEST primarily has five main aspects. These aspects include (1) a quester‚ (2) a place to go‚ (3) a stated reason to go there‚ (4) challenges and trials en route‚ and (5) a real reason to go there. The QUEST in The Alchemist: 1) The quester: Santiago‚ a young shepherd‚ who is determined‚ curious
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is the Harry Potter series. Harry Potter is a young orphaned boy who learns on his 11th birthday that he is in fact a wizard. After finding out that he is a wizard he is whisked away into the world of magic and attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. On the way to Hogwarts he befriends Hermione‚ Ron and Neville. After being placed under the sorting hat he is put into the house of Gryffindor‚ joining Hermione‚ Ron and Neville as housemates. He soon learns that the evil dark lord Voldemort
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a real smile. “No Harry‚ I am a witch‚ you are a wizard.” He blushed‚ ducking his head. “Sorry‚ I … Wait were my parents?” “Yes‚ they both were. Which is why they went to Hogwarts.” She pulled out the letter from her purse. She watched Harry read and then re-read it. “Yes! I mean‚ yes‚ I accept. I want to go to Hogwarts.” He flipped over the paper and saw the supplies list. “But I don’t think the Dursleys will get these…” “Your parents left you plenty to spend on basic needs and school supplies
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late and found them both dead. When Creon’s wife got news of her son’s death she too killed herself. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is about Harry’s third year at Hogwarts. News is going around the Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban‚ looking for Harry. Harry is warned not to go looking for Sirius and that Hogwarts is not a safe place for him this year‚ Harry being Harry goes looking for Sirius Black late at night and ends up in trouble. The Play Antigone and the movie Harry Potter and
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Girls in young adult fantasy novels tend to fare rather poorly‚ especially in the light of Susan from the Chronicles of Narnia. When Aslan admits the Pevensies into paradise‚ Susan is barred because she has forgotten Narnia and is more interested in stockings and the real adult world‚ because she has dared to want to grow up. Jill Pole comments: “She’s interested in nothing nowadays except nylons and lipstick and invitationsâ€1. C.S. Lewis presents a conservative view of girls in the fantasy genre
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The second stage is a very broad stage as there are many different aspects to be taken into account in this stage. Firstly‚ the child starts to understand that rules are flexible in certain situations as long as everyone approves. When Harry is at Hogwarts school he makes friends with Hermione and Ron. Throughout the film they get up to mischief and into trouble Harry only does this because when questioning his friends if they believed it was ok they agreed even though it may have been against school
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