I read my first Harry Potter book when I was 7 years old. The first two movies had been released at that point and everyone was encouraging me to read the books that had inspired them. At the school book fair‚ my dad bought me Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – I wanted to start with that one because that was the movie I liked best. By the end of the third grade‚ I had finished the first five books and I was a bona fide Potterhead. Children are very impressionable; Alfons Heck once described
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Harry Potter is a well-known fantasy-fiction series written by J.K Rowling. It revolves around the protagonist‚ Harry Potter‚ the boy who lived. Harry has many physical and physiological wounds he obtains throughout his life‚ the most explicit being his scar given to him by Voldemort. A physiological wound he has is losing his parents‚ making him an orphan at a very young age‚ and his only memory of them is his mom screaming to Voldemort to stay away from Harry. Losing Sirius also leaves a mark on
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In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ the protagonist‚ Harry‚ is today’s modern hero. The film of Harry Potter is the common tale of good vs. evil‚ with the good and evil in the story being completely obvious. Voldemort‚ Harry’s adversary‚ intends to kill Harry because‚ as their prophecy‚ another element of mythology‚ foretold‚ "neither can live while the other survives." However‚ when good meets evil (Harry meets Voldemort) in the novel‚ good prevails both times; which is a very
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Introduction Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban and Warriors: The Sun Trail have rather a unique sense of fantasy‚ both revolving around a world outside the one we know. One is about a secret wizarding world and the other is about a clan of cats. They both incorporate fantasy talk about the trails of discovering a new environment. In Harry Potter‚ the wizarding world is brought to life‚ but in Warriors‚ a untold story finally gets told. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is about Harry going
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Christine Conley Period 4 October 15‚ 2010 Step 1: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling Step 2: The principle of function is to write an entertaining narrative to provoke the reader’s imagination. Step 3: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Character‚ setting‚ plot‚ quality Step 4: Character – The author includes details about the main character‚ exclusive to the reader. She provides such thorough detail about the reader’s thoughts that the reader can visualize the entire story
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Essay Draft- Discuss how the novel Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J.K. Rowling teaches us important moral and social lessons. Novels aren’t just a source of entertainment‚ they also contain important social and moral lessons. This can be seen in the novel Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J.K Rowling through the journey of Harry Potter and his friends in their first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. During this time they have to work together to defeat Voldemort
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Whether you know it or not‚ media is constantly influencing your choices‚ beliefs and actions. Anything you read‚ watch or listen to is a great influence on your life. One book that truly influenced almost an entire generation would have to be Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. This is because this book and series was not only read by millions of children but it was also translated into a movie saga that has made billions of dollars. This series sparked massive social media
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the text you have studied and other related texts of your choosing establishes the nature of the interests that are brought into conflict? Powerplay involves a conflict of interests‚ which brings the wielder of power has control and influence‚ yet places them in a vulnerable position from people desiring it thus resulting in a conflict to obtain power. This can be seen in the following texts: the play Antony and Cleopatra’‚ the film Star Wars - A New Hope’ and the novel "Harry Potter and the
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protagonist in Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets is‚ obviously Harry Potter. Harry is no ordinary boy; he is a wizard living in the real world full of muggles‚ or people who have no magical abilities whatsoever. Only a small‚ single family knew of his magic skills‚ the Durselys. The Durselys were the only relatives Harry had left in the world and housed Harry during his summer break from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hate isn’t a strong enough word for how Harry felt about living with
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main protagonist is Jean Louise Finch‚ also known as Scout. Scout’s father‚ Atticus Finch‚ is a lawyer and in the novel‚ he defends a black man accused of raping a white woman. The novel focuses on the racial issues that form around this case. Another‚ much different‚ literary work that also deals with similar issues of inequality is the Harry Potter series. The Harry Potter series‚ written by J.K Rowling‚ focuses on the inequalities in a fictional world of wizards. Similar to To Kill a Mockingbird
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