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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know him as the man who tried to kill Harry Potter after murdering his parents with an unforgivable spell. Throughout the first book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K Rowling‚ Harry and his best friends Ron and Hermione discover that somebody is trying to steal one of their professors most treasured items‚ the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ it produces a potion called the Elixir of Life. The Elixir of Life makes the life of the drinker extended. At first they believe it to be Professor Snape but after
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Stone Cold Stone Cold. ‘By golly’ it was a good book. A brilliant book by a brilliant author. Robert Swindwells tells the tale of a young boy living out on the street. With twists and turns and heart-stopping adventure‚ Swindwells shows once again his amazing talent to write. It’ll keep you on the edge of your seat definitely‚ but why? Why does it keep you reading? Well in this essay I’ll be analysing Swindwells’ novel a little more closely and giving you the answer. Stone Cold’s structure
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one Analysis of Stone Soup and The Gangster as Tragic Hero It is said that Americans are raised on certain values and all live and strive toward the American dream. Somewhere along the way‚ though‚ lines were strewn and those values and morals became extinct by nature. Now with misinterpreted ideals and ideas of logical fallacies as our only reference to the normal way of living‚ life is made to be more complicated and full of anxiety. In the short stories of “Stone Soup” by Barbara Kingsolver
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The Themes‚Motifs and Symbols of Harry potter and the Scorers Stone. Throughout the British novel Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone there are many themes ‚ motifs and symbols that show up as the novel progresses from chapter to chapter. Which was written by J.K Rowling in mid nineteen- ninety seven about a boy who discovers he is a wizard and somehow his fate is to defeat and evil wizard that he encountered when he was younger and that had killed his parents. Themes
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Abstract We can control power point show or media player through the swipe. Just swipe over the sensor to control it‚ the circuit has 2 sets of sensors for sensing the swipe. The sensors has an IR led with a photo diode. For media player show your hand over the sensor to play/pause the song. To stop the song show the hand over the sensor 1‚to play the next song just swipe the hand from right to left and to play previous song swipe the hand from right to left. The same swipe motion
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Religious behaviors developed to what they are today beginning in the pre-historic times of the Paleolithic‚ Mesolithic‚ and the Neolithic. There is evidence of these behaviors in the archaeological artifacts as well as mythological evidence. Religious behaviors evolved as humans evolved. Religious beliefs changed too. In the Paleolithic we learn that people were very spiritual; everything was treated as a spiritual act. They approached everything ritualistically and their behaviors were in response
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In President Obama’s speech‚ there was one phrase that was worth noting: Failure is a necessary devil. We face many difficulties in our lives‚ which we may find them discouraging‚ disheartening and dejecting. After all‚ success and failure are both inevitable that everyone experiences numerous ups and downs as time goes by. Failure is something that makes you disappointed‚ but at the same time it can gives you motivation for improvements. The point is that whether failure lifts you up or set you
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Link becomes homeless after a fight with his mother’s boyfriend Vince. Thinking he is no longer safe in Bradford‚ he goes to London. He soon finds a room‚ but a fortnight’s rent costs him two-thirds of his money. He looks for a job but no one will take him on as he has no experience and has only five GCSEs. Soon the landlord kicks him out and he is officially homeless. Now Link cannot get a job since he has no address and he cannot get an address since he has no job. Link is very afraid alone on
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John Shipley is a very interesting character in Margaret Laurence’s novel‚ The Stone Angel. The story is written from the point of view of Hagar Shipley‚ who is John’s mother. We see John as he is portrayed through his mother’s eyes. Hagar loved her son very much and it is possible her view of him is bias because of this. In this novel John Shipley is portrayed to us as being smart‚ cold and wild. John was described by his mother as being somewhat intelligent. "He could count up to a hundred with
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