hero in other stories besides The Odyssey. In the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ an orphan boy‚ being cared for by his grumpy and cruel aunt and uncle‚ learns he is a wizard on his eleventh birthday. He faces many adventures when at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry‚ including a loose troll‚ a dangerous forest‚ and many obstacles trying to receive the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ along with his new friends Ron and Hermione. The scruffy half-giant Rubeus Hagrid teaches Harry all about the
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Lord of the Rings: Two Towers / Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban Comparison In the two novels‚ Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers‚ written by author and Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban‚ written by author‚ there is a distinct relationship that is created through the idea that there are the chosen individuals are the only ones that can save the world. The first novel‚ Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a novel generally focusing on uniting ¡§Middle Earth¡¨‚ a term used to describe the
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Joanna Hua Ms Royse Ap English 12-13-12 Gothic Essay Over the centuries‚ the American fascination for the grotesque and mysterious elements of Gothic literature never died off since its beginnings with Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto in 1764. The novel was a success; its creative usage of a remote and obscure setting‚ the supernatural and medieval motifs were found so attractive that its imitations began rapidly publishing across America. Very soon‚ the Gothic genre was an established
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checked the Information Board to see what platform Train 664 would leave from. It said Platform 7. Of course‚ Mark‚ wasn’t wearing his glasses. And I’ve got cataracts. So who knows what it really said? It could have told us that Train 664 was the Hogwarts Express‚ now boarding from Platform 9 ¾. Or that Train 664 was the Peace Train and Cat Stevens would be our conductor. The world can be an uncertain place when viewed with middle-aged eyes. At Platform 7‚ we asked the Amtrak employee checking
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Dudley always treated him as a slave rather than family; Harry never understood why. Everything changed when Harry learned that he was a wizard and that his parents died trying to protect him from He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named. Harry got accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry‚ where he met Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Soon he found out how dangerous and mysterious the wizarding world was and that not everyone should be trusted. The book‚ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ was
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In the vicinity‚ Hogwarts and the Black Pearl‚ emanating magic and mystery‚ stood adjacent to a fully functional roller coaster. High on a shelf above rested an entire fleet of spacecrafts‚ poised as if ready to launch into the heavens at any moment. I was particularly fond
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books you see the friendship strength and the real meaning of family between Harry Potter and his two best friend Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger. The three children meet at beginning of story while traveling in the train that will take them to Hogwarts‚ and develop a strong friendship that throughout the book we can see it strengthens as the events occur throughout the story. The values that are thought in the series is also something very influential for the public. Courage‚ honesty‚ tolerance
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HannahRae Stevens 5 Oct. 2011 “If you Can’t Say Something Nice‚ Don’t Say Nothing At All” In any given day‚ we are exposed to hundreds of opinions from various sources. An admiring comment about your shoes‚ a disgusted cry during a Presidential address‚ a whispered diss about the girl across the room at a social event. Opinions are a part of everyday life‚ and we often never even give much thought to whether they are a necessary and beneficial asset to society. If we were indeed to ponder
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teenager-ish need to ignore the constant warnings and to continue reading. Like the shirtless jogging horseman who ignored the warning to evacuate Washington‚ D.C. during Hurricane Sandy and Harry Potter ignoring Dobby’s warning not to return to Hogwarts‚ the reader ignores Reed’s warning to stop reading. However‚ like the great Lamarck and his theory of evolution‚ I was proven wrong. As it turns out‚ the poem is a piece of political satire trying to express the vain
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