and the Sorcerer’s Stone when I was eight years old. It immediately became one of my favorite books. Over the next several years‚ I read the rest of the series many times‚ and I watched the entire series of movies almost as many times. However‚ I’ve never grown tired of re-reading and re-watching the first book and movie. The book‚ titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone upon initial release in 1997‚ was re-titled later that same year as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for its US release
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The poem “How I Discovered Poetry” by Marilyn Nelson presents the theme of finding an interest or passion for something. Also another theme that can be wrapped around this poem is the power of words. The speaker is Nelson who is in the classroom while her teacher‚ Mrs. Purdy is reading from her desk. Mrs. Purdy becomes one of the main influence of her finding her passion for poetry. Mrs. Purdy seems to be a very genuine and loving teacher who cares about her students. This is shown when she brings
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The article Go figure : Math and the Common Core by Marilyn Burns described and gave examples of the problem solving strategies that students go through with common core standards. The article began with the author sitting at the dinner table with her grandchildren. Her grandson asked her how long ago she had written a particular book. She proceeded to ask him to tell her‚ and she then described the thinking process and strategies he used to come up with the answer. He decomposed numbers and then
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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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complicated and interesting man. The person who keeps things to himself. And not independent. Whereas Suzanne she has a dominant personality kind of mean and controlling. But she is smart and independent woman. Question 2 Olive does not like Dr. Sue at all. She felt she was a known it all. According to olive nobody’s knows everything. She thinks. "Christopher doesn’t need to be living with a woman who thinks she knows everything." She is also doesn’t like the wedding of her son with Suzanne who
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Eleven years ago‚ wizards rejoiced all over the world. They celebrated because He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was defeated. In other words‚ Voldemort (the evilest wizard around) killed Harry Potter’s parents‚ but for some strange reason‚ he couldn’t kill little baby Harry. Now Voldemort seems to have disappeared‚ and overnight‚ baby Harry has become a hero – "The Boy Who Lived." Having lost his family and home‚ Harry also has become an orphan. Professor Dumbledore (Headmaster of a magic school) find a
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Stone Eagle‚ Wisconsin – Six Years Later: These were tough times for Chief Marc Sarb. The twins were off to college‚ each going their separate way. Luke‚ took a year off and joined Amer i-Corps. He wanted to serve his country and‚ also‚ needed to get away from the academic grind. It was his hope that it would give him a better perspective on what career he wanted to pursue. He knew he was not cut out to work in an office and ’pledge allegiance’ to the corporate life. Taking a year off helped
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Because of how the settings’ affected the character Nya in A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park‚ the book displays the fight against one’s environment. To begin with‚ the dirty water which Nya and her village drank from every day made Nya’s little sister‚ Akeer‚ ill. When Nya and her family were at the health clinic‚ “‘Her sickness came from the water‚’ the nurse explained. ‘She should drink only good clean water. If the water is dirty‚ you should boil it for a count of two hundred before she drinks
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walls and ceilings of prehistoric caves of the Stone Age. Evidence indicates it began during the Aurignacian period (around 30‚000 BC) but reached a highpoint during the late Magdalenian period. The most spectacular examples of this rock art have been discovered in France and Spain‚ where archeologists have found some 350 caves containing Paleolithic artworks‚ but other decorated caves have been found in many parts of the world. Stone Age artists created a variety of figurative and
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Gabriella Montes Stone Butch Blues Leslie Feinberg has done an extraordinary deed in her writing of Stone Butch Blues. She has unlocked her soul to anyone who reads and showed us the fears of being different no matter how slight it may be. At first I was reading it because I was required to for this course‚ but I found myself unable to put the book down. This book is not only an important historical narrative for the gay community‚ it is a captivating novel yet the “plot” doesn’t follow a traditional
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