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    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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    Hello. My name is Ellen DuBois‚ author of I Never Held You‚ a book about miscarriage‚ healing and recovery‚ Host of MiscarriageHelp.com‚ and contributing author to several books including Conquering Panic and Anxiety Disorders- Success Stories‚ Strategies and Other Good News. I’ve also suffered from panic and/or anxiety attacks for over twenty-years. When did they begin? How did these ’attacks’ enter my life and why? Who would want them? Certainly not me and I’ll bet you don’t want them in your

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    “Isn’t it funny”‚ said Robert‚ “how these white folks look down on colored people‚ an’then mix up with them?” – Robert Johnson‚ Iola Leroy p 27 The author: Activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was the only child of free African American parents. During Reconstruction she was an activist for civil rights‚ women’s rights‚ and educational opportunities for all .Harper published many collections of poetry and several novels‚ among which Iola Leroy (1892) is one. Iola Leroy was Harper’s most famous

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    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince‚ directed by David Yates‚ and based on the book by J. K. Rowling‚ expresses the amount of important and influential lighting throughout her movie and is also focused on the new amount of dangers within the castle of Hogwarts. As this young boy is preparing for a new battle to begin there are other differing dangers throughout the castle. Tragedy threatens the lives of people throughout Hogwarts and shows this by the amount of darkness and the unknown within

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    The five aspects of the quest are: someone to go on the quest‚ a place to go‚ a stated reason to go there‚ challenges along the way‚ and the actual reason to go. In J.K. Rowling’s book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ a boy named Harry goes on a quest. He goes to Hogwarts’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry‚ and his reasoning is to learn how to be a wizard. His actual reason for going to Hogwarts turns out to be that he has to keep the Dark Lord Voldemort from rising again as he is the only

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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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    Witches‚ wizards‚ spells‚ and magic are all apart of a normal day at Hogwarts‚ a school for young witches and wizards to be able to put their talents with magic into their everyday lives. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling‚ Harry Potter‚ the main character‚ and his friends‚ Ron and Hermione‚ are determined to find out who or what keeps Petrifying students (a spell that is used to make someone like a statue‚ unable to move). Although there were many themes showing through

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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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    The Westing Games In the book The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin‚ Sam Westing is murdered. Out of all the heirs Grace Wexler stands out. Grace is always where the bombs go off. Grace also loves money this gives her a motive to kill Sam Westing. This makes Grace the most likely suspect. Admittedly it might seem like Grace Wexler is sweet and carefree in life. However she once said to Angela that she would do anything for her with that she could possibly want to help her daughter with wealth

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    Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity: Approaches to Treatment The prevalence of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is considerably high in school age children. Three to five percent of students are diagnosed with ADHD. These students also account for fifty percent of the students that receive special education services. The number of adults that are being diagnosed with ADHD is also climbing. Currently‚ referrals of adults for ADHD are also increasing at a rapid pace; until the 1990s and

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