Instructor Advanced Composition ENG 300 January 6‚ 2014 Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone Book vs. Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone Movie Comparison and Contrast In 1997 under an author unknown the titles book Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone was published by Bloomsbury‚ a publisher in the United Kingdon‚ the Author J.K. Rowling. In 1998 The title of the book was changed to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for the purpose of releasing the book to the United States‚ the
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In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ Harry Potter is the hero of the story. I believe that this movie follows Joseph Campbell’s model about the pattern of a hero’s journey. Campbell wrote that there were three stages in every hero’s mythological voyage. For the following five paragraphs‚ I compared the first stage‚ Departure‚ with the beginning of the movie. The hero is called to adventure when Hagrid brings Harry to Dumbledore. This makes sense to me since when Dumbledore places Harry on
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Book Report I. Introduction Book Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone No. Of Pages: 309pages Publisher: Scholastic Author: J.K. Rowling Overview: -Harry Potter is an 11 year old boy who has lived with the Dursley family ever since his parents died in a car crash. For some reason the family has always mistreated him. On his 11th birthday a giant man named Rubeus Hagrid hands him a letter telling him that he has been accepted as a student at the
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character. Decisions explain one’s motivation and determination to act on those decisions which by definition means character. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ by J.K. Rowling‚ characters as Neville‚ Hermione‚ Professor Quirrell and Harry Potter defend the idea that people’s choices define their character. At the beginning of the story it is seen how badly Harry Potter is treated by the Dursley. He is forced to sleep in the cupboard under the stairs‚ they would talked to him like he was some
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arry Potter Harry Potter is the twelve-year-old protagonist and hero. He is famous within the wizard community for having warded off a curse from Voldemort‚ the most powerful dark wizard. Although this event occurred when Harry was only an infant‚ Harry managed to reverse the curse and take away Voldemort’s power. Hary was left with a small lightening-shaped scar as a remnant of the encounter. Because Harry lived through a curse that no other wizard could survive‚ he is celebrated internationally
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone is a very good book‚ but also‚ it is an awesome movie. Both the movie and book told how Harry became a wizard‚ and he took down you-know-who‚ or Lord Voldemort two times. The book and movies had some differences‚ but they both had the same idea. They both showed the themes of bravery and truth‚ while showing it in different ways. The book and movie had quite a few differences. First off‚ in the beginning of the book‚ it
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The first Harry Potter book was released way back in 1997. It was written by J. K. Rowling and it lead to the series becoming a cult classic. The series is most known for having a ton of characters‚ lots of mythical creatures and a deep plot. One of the biggest mythical creatures in the story is the Boggart. The Boggart is a non-being that is able to shape shift into the persons biggest fear. Since it shifts into the persons biggest fear it is very tough to defeat. The ideal situation is to have
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Harry Potter 7 review Tell me‚ how many of you in here have seen the two latest Harry Potter Movies? Now‚ how many have actually read it? Ohh boy‚ you’ve missed the best book-serie of our generation. And as you might know‚ even if you havent read it yourselves – the books are superior to the movies. 1. And If you havent been sleeping under a rock youve during the last 15 years youve mustve heard about the Harry Potter-phenomenon. Still‚ I must assume that you dont know who this four-eyed wizard
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In the “Your a Wizard Harry “ scene from the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ Harry clearly make it an open pane that he wants change in his life. He does this because he is really lonely. One can see this because at the beginning of the scene‚ Harry is in his room on his birthday with a picture of a cake and he says “Make a wish Harry.” Because he is alone on his birthday‚ anyone can see he is lonely and therefore probably wants a change in environment. This also shows it is an open
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In the Harry Potter series‚ by J.K. Rowling‚ there is a connection in the wands’ of Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter. This connection causes Harry and Lord Voldemort to have a hard time defeating one another because both of the wands have a feather of the same phoenix. Lord Voldemort wanted to kill Harry so he could have another horcrux to store his soul in. The reason the wands react strangely when fighting against one another is because when they do‚ the wands display all of the spells which the
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