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    In the worldwide phenomenon that is the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling slips in an analysis of the muggle world. Rowling makes a strong commentary about the importance of educational support. Most wizards learn in different ways: through positive reinforcement, from reading books or they simply have raw talent. This is very similar to the real world and how students learn in classrooms all across America and in England. While Rowling is most likely making comments on the condition of the…

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    Every teacher has their own unique teaching style. The film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix presents three separate examples of teachers. There is Professor Umbridge’s approach of reading and copying from the books, Professor Snape’s learn fast or die trying technique, and Harry Potter’s method of hands on real world experience. Each of the teachers generate different results in terms of student capabilities and confidence. Although there are many teaching styles, those similar to…

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    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the first novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, tells a story about the importance of combating evil despite the consequences. For this reason, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone serves as a book of great importance and has greatly affected me. During their pursuit of protecting the sorcerer's stone from professor Quirrell, and the evil wizard Voldemort, Harry and his friends face physical and mental challenges, as well as risk the chance of…

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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is an outstanding movie! There was tons of action, the magical creatures looked very realistic, and the movie had amazing actors! In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry, Ron and Hermione quest to find the heir of Slytherin. For the heir has opened the chamber and muggle borns of Hogwarts are being found petrified, forcing them to close the school. In the end, Harry is able to get into the chamber and defeat the basilisk, who was responsible…

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    Since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and The Odyssey have been released, they have been popular within the literature community and has been notable in the “Hero’s Journey” trope. Both Homer and Rowling have showed how a person can change mentally and physically after undergoing steps that take heroes different pathways as they progress throughout novels, which makes that hero unique in some way. Some pathways within the two pieces of literature have showed some similarities, but some…

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    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in J.K. Rowling’s 10 novel series. The book follows Harry Potter as he goes through another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Spectacles, including a wand fight with Voldemort, an exhibition of flying broomsticks, and many more incidents occupy most of the novel, but behind these events there is a deeper meaning. In the novel, Rowling presents some similar themes and similar issues, specifically issues regarding childhood…

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    .Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince is the sixth book in J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter series. It is a pivotal point in the seven book series. It was all fun and games up until this point, but with the ever growing power of Lord Voldemort, fear is sinking into the heart of all witches and wizards. Harry tried to warn them years ago of the dark master’s return to power but nobody seemed to want accept the fact that the most powerful dark wizard in existence is back. Now it is up to Harry Potter,…

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    She moved to London where she switched jobs often. She began writing the Harry Potter series when she received the idea of the plot during a delayed train ride. Rowling moved to Portugal and taught English as a foreign language. She married Jorge Arantes in October 1992 and gave birth to their daughter, Jessica, in 1993. Rowling and Arantes divorced in 1995, and Rowling moved back to the UK. She completed writing Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone and it was published…

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    Journey” movie would be, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” because Harry starts his new life once he steps into a new world. At the beginning of the film, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, Harry is living an ordinary life in the “muggle”, or ordinary, world. His whole life…

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    Friendship Since J.K Rowling wrote the world of Harry Potter children all over the world have been fascinated with this imaginary world. The world of Harry Potter is filled with lots of magic, spells, wizardry, and magical wands, the world is a fantasy. The series is for children and kids of all ages, and they have taken this world and embraced it. Rowling created a magical world but in creating this world she also created learning aspects that some find as fundamentals for children to learn.…

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