The title of the book introduces one of the main characters‚ Digory‚ who is the nephew of Mr. Andrew Ketterly‚ a minor magician. The story begins in London during the summer of 1900 where two children‚ Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer who live in a row of connected houses‚ meet while playing in their gardens and decide to travel through the passages in the attic to get into a vacant house and explore it. In place of discovering an abandoned house‚ the children find themselves to have appeared into
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“Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men‚ and so with these men spread the butter on thick‚ if you want to get something out of them‚ otherwise you’ll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse.” Piertro Aretino In the movie Wizard of oz this can be shown in the case where the “Wizard” tells them to go retrieve the Broom of which belonged to the Witch of the west in the thought that they would never come back. Not only is deceit shown here but it is shown in many other cases which
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Speaking of J.K Rowling’s The Prisoner of Azkaban‚ Harry Potter recalls and finds his identity by interacting with other characters throughout each chapter. For example‚ in Chapter 1‚ there are many backbones that claim Harry’s persona. “The Dursleys had completely ignored his last two birthdays‚ and he had no reason to suppose they would remember this one.” (pg.6; ch.1) This shows that the Dursleys don’t even care if Harry is a Muggle or a Wizard. To decipher by the means of chapter 1‚ “Harry remembered
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One factor that Roald Dahl uses that contributes to his exclusive writing style is suspense. This element is used a lot in the story‚ “Poison‚” but one of the biggest scenes it shows up in is when Dr. Ganderbai injects the serum into Harry. “He held it up to the light‚ squinting at the calibrations‚ squirting out some of the yellow fluid. I stood still beside him‚ watching. Harry was watching too and sweating all over his face so it shone like it was smeared thick with face cream melting on his
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I’m sure you’ve in heard million stories where "An orphaned boy is raised in the care of a powerless uncle‚ but watched over by an old wizard. When the boy reaches a certain age‚ the old wizard tells the boy about his true heritage and helps him develop his powers until he is able to avenge his death." This is the basis behind many popular books‚ including King Arthur‚ Star Wars‚ Eragon‚ and numerous other novels and movies. And so it is that Harry Potter‚ the hero of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
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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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Aníbal González 27 Feb 2015 HARRY POTTER and the Prisoner of Azkaban Case Study Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third part of the seven-book fantasy novel series written by JK Rowling. The first one‚ Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone‚ was published on 1997‚ and soon became famous all abroad the world. The chosen topic for this case study is the characters‚ in the sense of what they represent and their importance in the saga. JK Rowling tries -and manages- to represent some
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Today on the bookpost‚ a review of Harry Potter‚ written by J.K. Rowling. Now‚ don’t you worry‚ this isn’t a fangirl screaming that the world can screw itself‚ because Harry Potter is like the best book in the world. I will try to be unbiased. On a book review. Ha! So‚ Harry Potter is one of those books. You know what I’m talking about. It’s the “I haven’t read Harry Potter” and the response from the world is something of an angst filled teenager‚ hissing at sunlight. It is considered the HOLY BOOK
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Harry Potter The title of the book: The title of the book is "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone". The author of the book: The author of the book is J.K. Rowling. The hero of the story + explanation: The hero of the story is Harry Potter‚ without any doubt. He is the hero because‚ first of all‚ the whole book is about his life. The book follows Harry Potter’s most important turn of his life: After he lived for 10 long‚ long years with relatives who didn’t treat him well‚ he
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“Harry and Ron jumped to their feet. They were half hoping for a reason to fight Malfoy.” I started reading this excerpt by J.K. Rowling and I thought just how brave Harry really was for standing up to a bully. Harry Potter is the main character from the Harry Potter series and the Harry Potter Sorcerer’s Stone book‚ a fantasy by J.K. Rowling. Throughout the book‚ Harry is set to join the Gryffindor house against the rivals‚ Slytherin. Harry has to find out who is trying to steal the Sorcerer’s Stone
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