* * Harry Potter is an average 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 Hogwarts School of 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
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In Harry Potter‚ the Sorcerer’s Stone movie many characters severed as foils to each other. A foil is one character that serves as a contrast to another. First‚ I will talk about Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. Once Draco introduced himself to Harry‚ Harry knew they would not get along because Draco acted like an entitled wizard and is an uncaring spirit. As the movie progressed‚ Draco continued to develop as a foil he went to the house of Slytherin‚ bullied Harry’s friends‚ and serves as an enemy
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She is an Ivy-Leaguer‚ enrolling at Brown in 2009. She had to take time out to finish the last Harry Potter movie‚ and went to Oxford. But‚ she is planning to return to Brown. No big deal. Reese Witherspoon also played an academically gifted role in Legally Blonde‚ which seems to fit her quite nicely. In real life she attended Stanford‚ not Harvard
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– Advanced Language Arts Title of Book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Author: J.K. Rowling From whose Point of View is the novel written? (1st person narrator [from whose eyes and mind]‚ 3rd person omniscient‚ or 3rd person limited?) Explain why this point of view is effective‚ or not‚ for this novel. 3rd person limited- The usage of this point of view‚ allows the reader to grow accustomed to and get to know the main character Harry and the minor yet significant characters Ron
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Harry Potter is a series of seven novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books is the chronicle adventures of awizard‚ Harry Potter‚ and his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger‚ all of whom are students at Hogwarts School. The main story concerns Harry’s quest to overcome the Dark wizard Lord Voldemort‚ whose aims are to become immortal‚ conquer the wizarding world and destroy all those who stand in his way‚ especially Harry Potter. Since the release of the first novel Harry
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Harry Potter was famous in the wizarding world due the fact that he defeated a dark lord‚ Voldemort. He embraced the fact that he is famous but did not brag about it. “Am I?” said Harry‚ feeling dazed. (Rowling 106) Although he felt “dazed”‚ he did not go around bragging or use the fact as a privilege to get something he wants. Harry Potter was new to the wizarding world because the Dursley kept it as a secret. He was not familiar with all the things that he is going to approach‚ but his daring
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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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Several religious groups are against the Harry Potter series because of their beliefs; they are against the idea of magical creatures‚ witches and wizards. But in reality‚ this story goes beyond these‚ it teaches us a lot of values through the characters and their actions. Some of these values include: respect‚ courage‚ perseverance‚ friendship‚ loyalty‚ and something that Voldemort could never have‚ love. In first place‚ we have Hermione Granger‚ a really intelligent‚ brave‚ and strong girl. Throughout
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relationships in Harry Potter aren’t outright presented to the reader but with inferring and analysis it is revealed that there are plenty of taboo relationships. For this chapter I will be focusing on interspecies relationships and muggle-wizard relationships of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour‚ Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks and Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett and other various couples. Bill and Fleur - Interspecies Bill has become a poster child for interspecies relationships in Harry Potter. His relationship
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I. Basic Information Author: J.K. Rowling Published by: Scholastics Inc. Copyright: © 1997 by J.K. Rowling No. of Pages; 309 II. Author’s Background J.K. Rowling was a struggling single mother when she wrote the beginnings of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone on scraps of paper at a local café. But her efforts soon paid off‚ as she received an unprecedented award from the Scottish Arts Council enabling her to finish the book. Since then‚ the debut novel has become an international
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