seven book series created by J. K. Rowling‚ full of magical battles‚ mythical creatures and the mighty battle of good versus evil. Throughout Harry’s seven years at Hogwarts‚ he has had to deal with a great number of challenges‚ especially with Voldemort. Harry and his friends face their most difficult challenge in their last year at Hogwarts by embarking on the quest that former head master Dumbledore left: they are to destroy all of the Horcruxes. A Horcrux is a powerful object in which a Dark Wizard
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Filch is the caretaker of Hogwarts who enjoys catching and punishing students for breaking curfew or school rules. The Hogwarts caretaker is derived from Argus Panoptes who is known as Hera’s servant that watched and guarded Io from Zeus. He is represented as a great watchman with 100 eyes‚ which makes him all seeing because he
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Anderson uses imagery and allusion in‚ "A few minutes later‚ the forest opened up and the main campus came into view: old stone buildings‚ impossibly green lawns‚ and expensively dressed students. It looked like a supersized‚ Americanized version of Hogwarts‚ without the robes‚" (204) in The Impossible Knife of
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Rowling’s Harry Potter series‚ Hermione Jean Granger. One reason I admire her is because she’s got prodigious intellect and cleverness. She also inspires me because she is always so kind to everybody. Hermione was nearly twelve when she first attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She is a Muggle-born‚ who come from non-magical families. However‚ she became an overachiever who excels academically. She is the first student to master any spell or charm introduced in classes and even from more
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Giants are creatures so dangerous they were kicked out of England by Aurors and now only remain hidden in the Mountains. Because of these mixed origins Hagrid worries his job at Hogwarts will be in jeopardy just as Lupin’s position as Dark Arts teacher was when his werewolf secret was disclosed. Like the stereotypes of the goblin class as seen in interactions with Griphook in the book whether true or false‚ allows wizards to think
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Narratives of Adolescence Explored Through the Harry Potter Saga Part I: The process of one’s individual growth is demonstrated through various types of actions‚ the most common one being – decision making. Whilst the Harry Potter saga is often seen as mystically farfetched and fantasy-like‚ careful thought has been put in the character analysis followed by the complexity of personal relations. Ergo‚ when I had decided to examine the movies‚ two movies in particular came to mind – Harry Potter
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The first time Dilys saw her wandering through the Forest‚ she sensed something blue. The girl’s aura was a deep hue of midnight blue—the colour of gloom. Dilys couldn’t quite understand how a little girl—somewhere between her childhood and adulthood‚ it seemed—could have been so melancholic‚ and she found that she wanted to help this girl‚ for her smile to become genuine‚ for her colour to lighten. The girl wore a small‚ dreamy smile on her face; Dilys‚ however‚ could see through it. On the inside
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the wizarding world of Muggle (non-magical) heritage and to conquer both worlds‚ Muggle and wizarding‚ to achieve pure-blood dominance. Through his mother’s family‚ he is the last descendant of wizard Salazar Slytherin‚ one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is the leader of the Death Eaters‚ a group of evil wizards and witches dedicated to ridding the Wizarding World of Muggles and establishing Voldemort as its supreme
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somewhat different order. The call to adventure is one of the first steps in The Hero’s Journey and for Harry Potter this begins when the Triwizard Cup‚ a competition among other schools that practice witchcraft and wizardry‚ is being held at Hogwarts. Challengers must be 17 years of age to compete and barriers are put in place to prevent underage participants. Despite these measures Harry is named as a reluctant participant and must compete in the Triwizard Cup. Harry’s call to adventure comes
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distinctively detached‚ high-fantasy environment. Ostensibly‚ the normative confines of the magical realm of Harry Potter transcend those of the non-magical “Muggle” world: Harry’s conversations with the seemingly sentient Headmaster portraits that adorn Hogwarts’ walls‚ for example‚ would likely be deemed an abnormal experience of a visual-auditory hallucination based upon the cultural and experiential norms of the Muggle‚ Western psychiatrist. Yet‚ the “othering” and stigmatization
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