Harry Potter Essay

History of Wands Wands have a long and rich history throughout time. From the first wand of the Egyptian priests and rulers using ivory amulets to todays wand made from magical trees and other magical materials, there have been many creations and re-creations to arrive at the semi-sentient object, we call wands. In Canada, the First Nations people had their own spiritual magic. Once the European wizarding community arrived, they brought their history and their wands. In 1722, Decusroggan…

Banned Books The Story Untold: Cujo Final Copy Have you ever read a banned book? The thing is, most people don’t know if a book is banned or not. The book I strongly suggest for adults and most teenagers is Cujo. This book is filled with gore and adultery from top to bottom. Cujo has been banned in multiple city and state schools all over the United States. Like I said earlier Cujo was banned for adultery, gore and adult language. Cujo is definitely the kind of book I would think would get…

Banned books “The Pigman” There are so many banned books, almost every book you can think of is banned or challenged in one list. Most banned books are banned because of reasons that don’t even make sense. My book I read was The Pigman, By Paul Zindel and I really enjoyed this book. I do not agree that this book is banned but there isn’t too much you can do about it. People ban these books because they do not think that they are appropriate. The Pigman is told by two teenagers, John and…

The names Pyro, Pyro Drastica. I'm a hotheaded 15-year old who lives in the magical land of Mongolia and life is pretty normal for me. Except for the fact, my dad's a wizard saint. You see, in Mongolia, there are a variety of wizards and witches that house different powers, my father for one uses a magic called Fire Magic. He tries to tell me that he can see the inner fire within me and that I might also be a Fire wizard but I think that's complete bullshit. I mean, why would I be a wizard and…

Ever wanted to be magical? Be a hero? Well at Abookutopia everyone is divergent, a runner, a tribute, a wizard, or a demigod. Our rides, food, and staff are all magical. This is a place for fangirls and/or fanboys. The park is based off young adult books. You will never want to leave this place ever again. Find out who your godly parent is, or what faction you are in. Even muggles will have fun. Then again we are a one of a kind park and voted the best because we are unique in so many ways. Now…

“We are only strong as we are united, as weak we are divided.” said JK Rowling's Dumbledore from Harry Potter. A single person cannot be powerful, there needs to be many working together. There are many modern and historic leaders that have power, due to who follows them. Being together as a group is a very significant way to demonstrate power. Real power is found when people unite in a common cause. Standing for something together is very powerful. Zeynep Tufekci is an assistant professor at…

Novels and books also contain more negative connotations mental health that one might think. Exemplifying this would be the mainstream Harry Potter series, where in one book, Harry is cautioned to stay away from Sirius Black who is known as being “mad”. The newspaper warns the public that he is a danger to anyone opposing or confronting him whether “magic” or “muggle” (Sieff 253). Alongside novels are comic…

Abstract This dissertation explores the division of community into different societal classes in the Harry Potter series and will focus on the treatment of marginal groups in the story. Power and the upper classes of the community are portrayed in a very pessimistic way since their only concern is protecting their supremacy and eliminating those that they consider worthless of possessing magical power. This work will point out numerous examples of characters who drop out of the norm and how…

and she then got out of welfare, got over her divorce, and became the 13th richest woman in Britain (richer than the queen). J.K. Rowling had a lot of things that were difficult to get over in her life. She was trying to publish her first book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" but she got rejected many times (J.K. Rowling). When Rowling first came up with the…

Akash Mullick Narrative Analysis Fall 2017 My narrative, “Always There For You,” is a realistic fiction story about a middle schooler named Ziggy. Ziggy moved from Kingston, Jamaica, to a small town in Nebraska in the middle of seventh grade. He found it hard to fit in at first, but luckily, two of his classmates, whose names were David and Henry, were friendly with him. Unfortunately, he also got to know Brett, who took great pleasure in harassing him. Tensions between…