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One main reason how the famous Harry Potter series positively influences the current generation is that the book series promotes reading among younger children. The sole fact that Harry Potter has become the best-selling book series in history with over 450 million copies sold proves that it has grabbed people’s attention. A research done by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups has proved that the Harry Potter series has had a huge impact in terms of reading habits in the UK. According to…

contributed to the manifest destiny the country would come to know later on. Another national leader also had contributions to the idea as well. Thomas Jefferson’s words in the Declaration of Independence was his contribution to manifest destiny. Albert K. Weinberg’s Manifest Destiny gives insight into exactly how Jefferson did this. Weinberg writes of a New York Evening Post writer who makes the connection. In short, the writer says that the United States belongs to…

It is important to note that Rowling lets Harry make mistakes and succumb to the temptation of using the Unforgivable Curses. The key to this honest understanding of how and why Harry makes his decisions comes from Rowling’s ability to create believable situations where Harry makes the believable choice, as Lana A. Whited and M. Katherine Grimes describe in “What Would Harry Do? J.K. Rowling and Lawrence Kohlberg’s Theories of Moral Development”: “Although Harry’s dilemmas involve creatures and…

James Knox Polk: Architect of Manifest Destiny James Knox Polk, a man often labeled by his weaknesses, emerged as the first “dark horse” candidate, but proved himself to be the complete opposite (Pinheiro par. 2). Polk was a rare president who not only stated his goals, but clearly achieved them for the interests of the bipeds. Although statements of “Who is Polk?” began to inundate the country, Polk successfully achieved his dreams of taking office, and in fact, became the nation's most…

The most fascinating thing about the word “courage” is the diversely different meaning it gives to different people. Courage has been interpreted through the years on many different avenues. Anyone who has ever dreamed, or strived to be something, could not achieve the end result without courage. Everyone is where they are in this world, because they had the courage to do so. The oxford english dictionary defines courage as “confidence, boldness” (OED.com), while Merriam webster's dictionary…

J.K. Rowling is a world renowned writer with a great sense of Aristotelian appeals. She is the writer of the Harry Potter series and a graduate of the University of Exeter. In June of 2008, she was asked to write the commencement speech at Harvard University. She titled the speech, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination.” As the title explains, she decides to speak about the benefits of failure and her personal failures. As she talks about failure, she tells the…

“American blood on American soil”, said President Polk when he appeared before congress and this was the start of the Mexican-American war according to the US history books. There are many different stories on why the war started but in the United States the story states that the Mexicans are the people to blame and hence the name: the Mexican-American War. Before this war had begun Americans forget that there was natives who first lived the lands they took over. This means that those people…

In my opinion, James K. Polk does not deserve a high ranking for his presidency. According to Lindgren, James K. Polk averaged well above 4.0 on a 5.0 point scale. This study resulted from a survey of 78 scholars who ranked James K. Polk as the 10th best president (Lindgren 3). James K. Polk was elected as the eleventh President of the United States in 1844. According to the video, he was known as the dark horse of the election. James K. Polk was a Democrat and was from Tennessee. Even…

J.K. Rowling is a famous author that wrote many award winning book series. One of these series is the famous Harry Potter series. Also J.K. Rowling is a single jobless mother with a daughter when she was writing Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Shields 40). Her life, divided into three parts, consists of before and during university, after university, and during Harry Potter. The first part of J.K. Rowling’s life is before and during university. In a hospital, near the city of…

Why Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Was Banned Books are banned for numerous reasons, some are of plausible causes and others not so much. The book I have chosen is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. I think that she is an amazing author and the Harry Potter series is full of adventure and a world to escape into but, obviously, others think differently. As with all opinions, not everyone will share yours. That seems to be the case as the first Harry Potter book was…