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    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 and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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    characteristics that may stretch the truth. One of the most unique ways for an author to stretch the truth of reality is the use of magical realism. Mustanir Ahmad defines magical realism in the article‚ “Magical Realism‚ Social Protest and Anti-Colonial Sentiments in iOne Hundred Years of Solitudei: An Instance of Historiographic Metafiction.” It states‚ “Highlighting that magical realism enables a writer to challenge the authenticity of the so-called objective reality and at the same time attempts to “write

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    happen at all. There is a strong sense of defense mechanism in the fantasy novel‚ "Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone" by J.K. Rowling (also known as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" in United State of America). Another term is ’talking cure’ where the reality is reveals and the problems are being solved. Everything comes to the light and there is cease of the Defense Mechanism. The analysis Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is a famous fantasy novel by the author J.K. Rowling

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    opposite. One’s view in Alfonso Cuaron’s adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban can be different in many ways.The audience can judge one’s film quicker than actually analyzing the director’s true purpose on why they did the changes they did. In this essay‚ the audience will learn why Mr. Cuaron made the changes he made. As well as‚ the similarities and differences on J.K. Rowling’s and Mr. Cuaron’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and how their main messages overall

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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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    Frege’s Puzzle about Identity (Lycan‚ 2000: 14): Consider the following sentence: S3: “The writer of the Harry Potter series is J.K.Rowling.” According to R.T‚ meaning is equal to reference. Therefore words that have the same referent must have the same meaning. Meaning that S3 is a trivial necessary truth (Lycan‚ 2000: 14)‚ like (*) “The writer of the Harry Potter series is the writer of the Harry Potter series. But S3 is neither trivial (true in virtue of concepts) nor is it necessary (couldn’t be otherwise)

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    literature later remodeled and revised to develop new versions of tales previously told. From the dystopian novel The Hunger Games‚ to the mythological tale Percy Jackson‚ authors have derived their own work from literary works preceding their own. In Harry Potter‚ many of the characters and their roles are influenced by those seen in the Hobbit including: Gandalf as fatherly figure‚ Bilbo as an underdog‚ and Gollum as a mere obstacle for the protagonist who is internally destroyed by power. In the Hobbit

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    power. I think when we place so much emphasis on the title of “Leader” that we tend to lose sight of the people being led. As such‚ those who seek power solely for the sake of having power are truly unfit to have it. This is especially evident in Harry Potter in the case of Cornelius Fudge‚ but this idea is also pervasive in our everyday lives. Fudge was probably the most incompetent Minister for Magic that we know of. Paradoxically‚ every attempt he made to appear in control only made him seem more

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    Day 2 It was his second day being in this outlandish place‚ he already fought with Charlie‚ befriended spiders‚ and built up a cosy yet unfinished base camp. In addition to that‚ he discovered a new way to live via his body and his mind - it has been quite an absurd time for him. In order to prevent what happened previously‚ he initiated picking up an array of resources around him such as flint‚ rocks‚ and twigs. He paused to study the flint and twigs‚ his drive incurred him to craft a pickaxe‚

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    inhabit his body weren’t in Slytherin. “Perhaps in Slytherin you’ll make your real friends‚ those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends” (Sorting Hat‚ Philosopher’s Stone). To those who have no idea what I’m talking about‚ in the Harry Potter series‚ there are four houses in Hogwarts. When young witches and wizards attend the school in their first year‚ they’re sorted into one of the houses based on who they are as a person. Those houses are Slytherin‚ Hufflepuff‚ Ravenclaw‚ and Gryffindor(k)

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