wizards. It happened when Harry was only a baby. He goes to Hogwarts‚ a wizard school. The story is about how Harry combined into the wizard world and in Hogwarts. Another reason why Harry Potter is the hero of the story is that with his two friends‚ Ron and Hermione‚ he stopped Voldemort from getting his power back‚ a thing that could be very destructive. Briefly the lesson of the story: This story is not a fable‚ and doesn’t have a clear lesson but you can learn from the story a few
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Born on The 4th of July is a film based on the true story of Ron Kovic‚ a young‚ naïve man who went to Vietnam in the noble efforts of serving his country - once there‚ he was shot in the chest and was forever paralyzed. He returned to a United States which didn’t believe in the war‚ and didn’t believe in him. He soon grows embittered with life‚ losing his chances to be a man‚ condemned to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He eventually joins the anti-war movement‚ gets thrown out of the Republican
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While writing the bestseller Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone J.K. Rowling was struggling on welfare in a coffee shop. Like Rowling‚ the heros in her novel are social outcasts. Harry is an orphan; Ron comes from poverty; and Hermione comes from a non-wizard family. Harry grows up in the non-magical world‚ raised by non-magical folk. He is maltreated because he is different‚ and to an extent an uninvited part of the family. The real world exhibits prejudice due to race‚ religion‚ gender and
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Harry Potter surrounded himself with trustworthy people who would do the right thing. He was so well-known and powerful that he could have been friends with Draco Malfoy or anyone with more prestige than a Weasley or a mudblood‚ but he still chose Ron and Hermione. This shows a great deal about his character. Harry Potter has a quality that is hard to teach‚ humility. He grew up as an outsider who everyone thought was worthless. He thought that he was different and uncared for until he came to
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How far are the story lines in the film you have studied typically British? Narrative: Stephen Taylor invites his girlfriend‚ a nursery teacher (Jenny)‚ to spend the weekend in Eden Lake‚ an idyllic and remote place in the woods. However‚ what Steve really wants to do while they are away is propose to Jenny. While camping at the lake shore‚ they are disturbed by a gang of youths. The next day‚ the couple realizes that they have been robbed and are stranded in the woods without their car. While
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Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July an adaptation of the memoir by Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic. Tom Cruise ‚ in a role that was a brave departure for him in 1989‚ plays Kovic in his adult years. Kovic grows up as a child of the American dream in 1950s Long Island. He’s a God-fearing‚ baseball-hitting‚ patriotic man who lives in an environment full of parades and malt shops. As a high school senior‚ young Ron doesn’t think twice about signing up for the Marines‚ believing that he’s doing the right
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Executive Summary: Eden McCallum needs a plan of action to take it through the recession. There are several issues at play for the firm‚ all of which must be thoroughly examined. We have identified Eden McCallum’s business model‚ organizational structure‚ and work culture as its core challenges in the face of the recession‚ and we will attempt to understand why these issues have taken their current shapes. We will then evaluate potential action plans‚ weighing each against its effect on the financial
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Jackeline Elizabeth Chang Chang 1 Ms. Carr EMS30 24TH‚ March‚ 2010 The Little Mermaid The Little Mermaid is a film made in November‚ 17th‚ 1989. It was written by John Musker and Ron Clements. This is the story of a mermaid named Ariel‚ youngest daughter of King Triton‚ who is dissatisfied with life in the sea. She longs to be with the humans above the surface. She dreams of going on land. She is often caught in arguments with her father over those "barbaric
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Witchcraft and Wizardry. * Harry soon learns that his parents were wizards and were killed by an evil wizard named Voldemort‚ a truth that was hidden from him all these years. He embarks for his new life as a student‚ gathering two good friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger along the way. They soon learn that something very valuable‚ called the sorcerers stone‚ is hidden somewhere deep inside the school and Voldemort is very anxious to lay his hands on it. Together they must use Hermione’s
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The Theme of Love in “Martin Eden“ Many writers have written a lot of pieces about love. But what is love? Many of them thought that it is a fairy tale which can last forever. But love is much more. Love takes hard work‚ patience and understanding but it can also be painful and sad. That is the reality of love. In “Martin Eden“‚ a novel written by Jack London‚ love is a major theme amongst two main characters Martin and Ruth. At first Martin thought that their love is a fairy tale love
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