J. K. Rowling

Jim Carey had to write a ten million dollar check to himself, and wait seven years , after trying to land a big role that he actually got paid that exact sum to play in “Dumb and dumber”. The same fate awaited British author, J.K .Rowling, who is one of the most famous writers of the last decade. Even though she has seen her book (Harry Potter) rejected by many great publishing companies, she never stopped trying. It’s after a small publishing company accepted her work that she ended…

harder and pursue her interest which led her to become tremendously successful. Sir James Dyson had a little over 5,000 failed prototypes, but he unrelentingly kept trying until he succeeded which contributed to his achievement of his ambition. J.K. Rowling was denied by 12 publishing companies, but this only pushed her to keep sending her manuscript out. Had it not been for her perseverance caused by her hunger to prosper, she would have not been known for her famous works we know today.…

Serpent Search By J.K. Rowling is anything but normal when it comes to books. Serpent Search is a mystery story that has a wild adventure that three children must go on in order to find out what the chamber of secrets is and where it is located. The setting of the story takes place in Hogwarts a school for wizards and witches in the time of 1996. Harry Potter is the protagonist of the story, he is white with black hair round glasses and a scar on his forehead in the shape of a lightning bolt.…

When I was small, my mother would always read bedtime stories to me. One of the stories she would always read was Harry Potter. The author J.K Rowling describes a wizarding academy – the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - where many kinds of magical incantations and a variety of fantastic animals and plants reside. One time, I asked my mother, “Mom, can I become a witch when I am eleven years old?” This question seemed kind of ridiculous, but my mom just nodded and continued reading.…

Harry Potter is one of the many and most well known modern mythology today. It is a series of seven novels written by J.K. Rowling that follows the life of a young orphaned wizard named Harry, who finds out he is a wizard and starts to attend Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The series is a journey of him, along with his friends Ron and Hermione attempting to defeat Lord Voldemort, one of the most powerful and dark wizards of all time. This series is modern mythology because it has…

town’s sewer system. J.K. Rowling and Stephen King have redefined what it means to be a brilliant storyteller. Although both are bestselling authors, Rowling and King have many differences. One difference between Rowling and King is their backgrounds. J.K. Rowling is known as the mastermind behind one of the biggest book series of all time. Before her writing career, Rowling struggled as a single-mother trying to support herself and her daughter on welfare. (Joanne Rowling) She rose to…

J.K.Rowling began writing the Harry Potter in a coffee shop in England after her mother died. The Harry Potter books first follow the 11 year old muggle orphan living with his Aunt and Uncle who treated him poorly, to the 18 year old wizard who is trying to defeat the most powerful dark wizard, Voldemort. Following him and his friends, Ron and Hermione. Recovering the sorcerer's stone, finding the chamber, helping the prisoner of Azkaban, win the triwizard tournament, get help from the…

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to have magical powers? To be able to say a word and lift objects or turn out lights without using your hands? Well Harry Potter from J.K Rowling Harry Potter series as well as Gandalf the Grey from The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien are both magically talented as shown as they are famous for their wizardry and that they both do extremely hard feats of magic. My first reason is that both are famous for their wizardry. Gandalf the gray is known all throughout…

“A worldview is the particular bias in our presuppositions that influences how you look at the world and what we see or expect to see” (Drury). This is a quote from Keith Drury, who explains what a worldview is and how it is formed. I will be explaining my personal worldview as a Christian and how I began to see the world as I do now. I will then be explaining a different worldview from a very popular movie called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first movie in the Harry Potter series.…

As soon as my sneakers hit the grimy sidewalk outside the concert hall, I could tell something was amiss. There was no squealing of brakes from the mid-day traffic, or any jogger along the sidewalk. As I continued down the block, I did not hear the resonance of pubescent chatter from the playground down the street, nor the squabble of vendors. All around me was utter silence. Remember when your parents would proclaim, “Silence is golden.” ? Yet after lounging my cello onto my back and stumbling…