The film industry has continued to evolve in many facets from genre to effects to even the very narrative that inspires films today. While not an entirely new occurrence‚ films today are more and more inspired by existing material ranging from text‚ video games‚ or even previous adaptations‚ leading to the phrase “reboot”. This new form of narrative has become immensely popular due to the wide reaching media that now accompanies these films releases‚ creating hype and leading to the cinema becoming
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by her aunt in an English suburb in Surrey. At the age of eleven he is told he is a wizard and that he has survived an attempted murder by the evil sorcerer Lord Voldermort. From this time‚ Harry is going To the Witchcraft and Wizardry School of Hogwarts‚ a medieval castle hidden from the non magical world‚ supposedly located in a mountainous and secluded region in Scotland. There‚ Harry and his friends will get through different adventures and will try to defeat Lord Voldemort. English author
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Disclaimer: I don’t own Labyrinth Chapter One: Drunken Wishes "G-guys‚ tanks for tofight‚" Sarah slurred as she stumbled along hanging onto to her friends for support. "Well‚ it’s not every day a pretty girl like you turns 21‚" Dale joked‚ making sure to keep Sarah from falling‚ "plus we had to make sure you had a proper taste of alcohol." Dale smiled and tighten his muscular arm around Sarah’s waist. They sure did show her the meaning of good alcohol‚ she hadn’t been this hammered in while... ever
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A Global Journal Report --- Small World: One-Toy-Fits-All: How Industry Learned to Love the Global Kid By Lisa Bannon in Los Angeles and Carlta Vitzthum in Madrid. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York‚ N.Y.: Apr 29‚ 2003. pg. A.1 Abstract (Summary) For example‚ Mattel’s Rapunzel Barbie‚ whose ankle-length blonde locks cascade down her pink ball gown‚ was released on the same day last fall in 59 countries including the U.S. -- the company’s biggest product launch ever. Since then
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Synthesis Paper Focus Question: What role do the Harry Potter books play in children’s education? In my freshman year in high school‚ Mr. Mehta‚ the Head of the English department‚ made some changes to our school’s English curriculum. One of these changes included introducing the fifth book of the Harry Potter series‚ Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix‚ to our reading list. Mr. Mehta’s simple action attracted more attention than ever before! While students lauded his decision‚ most parents
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Hello‚ my name is Aoife O’Neill and welcome to my Grade Six portfolio. The theme is based on a twentieth century literary figure‚ and for this‚ I have chosen J.K Rowling. This‚ for me‚ was an obvious choice. As I grew up‚ and still at my age‚ the excitement and anticipation for a book a J.K Rowling’s is unbelievable. In 2007‚ at the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows‚ I remember waking up early; to get in line‚ just to buy this new book. Numerous copies were bought among my family‚ because
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Adversity- Something to Appreciate or Despise? BANG! A gun is fired from down the hall‚ and one can hear the panicked screams of children and adults alike. There is a shooter in the school. You only have a minute at most before the shooter makes his way down to your classroom. It’s too late for a lockdown. Children are crying and you can’t calm them down. You feel like wailing and crawling under your desk like the child in the corner is doing‚ but you can’t. You’re the adult in this situation and
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holding back. Whatever Ron’s game‚ she was getting sick of it. But‚ since students always served detention alone with the professor‚ it was one less worry for her Occlumency lessons; another strange quirk of Magical Academia‚ as true at Beauxbatons as Hogwarts. “I’m ready‚” a voice interrupted her thoughts. “All right‚ but remember what I said about protecting your mind.” Harry nodded‚ and she prepared herself for the spell. “Legilimens!”
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It has been said that in literature a forest is a place where you can both lose and find yourself. Explore the use of the forest theme in fantasy literature and discuss its relationship to the forest of folk and fairy tales. * Word count: 2700 words excluding quotes The forests of legends‚ myths‚ fantasy and fairy tales have become laden with cultural and psychological symbolism: The ancient trees in dark‚ uncharted places symbolise the refuge of magic and mystery beyond man’s dominion. They
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Film Critique for “The Golden Compass” Andrea Sparks ENG 225 Instructor Moore May 28‚ 2012 Film Critique for “The Golden Compass” The Motion Picture of “The Golden Compass” is based on Philip Pullman’s novel “Northern Lights” (The first part in his novel trilogy “His Dark Materials”) and was rated pg-13 (indicating that the material within the film could be unsuitable for children under the age of thirteen (Murray‚ 2012))
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