Harry Potter Essay

J.D. Salinger’s main theme in Catcher in the Rye is the struggle of growing up and the “phoniness” of the adult world. Holden Caulfield, the narrator of the novel, is struggling with the fact that he is growing up. Holden shows he is struggling in the scene when he and his little sister, Phoebe, go to the zoo. At the zoo Phoebe goes on the carousel, but he says, “Maybe next time” when she asks him to go with her, and he watches from a bench. As he is sitting watching Phoebe go around he thinks…

On screen- sweet Cameron Diaz is type cast as the sweet , funny babe in most of her films, she is always know for her comedic roles, and girl-next door charisma. She was once a model before she had the privilege to become an actress. In 1994, Diaz won her first film role in the blockbuster action-comedy The Mask, starring the comedic Jim Carrey. With no previous acting experience, she had originally auditioned for a supporting character in the film. And ever since her appearance in film most…

The theme of Pixar children's film Monsters university directed by Dan Scanlon is that there is more than one way to get to a destination.For example in the begging James P. Sullivan approaches school with a “I am already too good for this attitude””Pssh, you don’t need to study scaring, you just do it(Scanlon x:xx)”.Sully starts on this route until he gets kicked out of the scare program and has to work hard and apply himself.Sully even after failing and getting kicked out of MU he still…

Philia and I are seventeen and we’re adventurers of the Misaki family that no longer exist due to an unfortunate accident eight years ago. Since we were always alone, we would spend our time searching for treasures and having fun until the day the king ordered that all homeless children in his nation to train and become a soldier. The life of a soldier was difficult and exhausting, but the adventures and artifacts we found made us powerful and acknowledgeable. After a few years of adventuring,…

Roland Barthes once said, “literature is the question minus the answer.” Over the years many have analyzed his observation and contemplated its validity. It has been found that in fact, many works over the years that Barthes’s statement holds true. One such novel is “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James. This book is known for its ambiguity and has ignited countless debates over the years over the recurring theme that has everyone questioning their own rationale; reality is dependent on…

Oblivion by Anthony Horowitz is an impressionable book with a story so immersed with suspense and action it rivals any Michael Bay film. Written by the same author of the Alex Rider series, Oblivion is the final book of The Gatekeepers series. The gatekeepers are five teenagers, Matt, Pedro, Jamie, Scott, and Scarlett, who learn that they have powers that they must use to defeat the Old Ones, beings that want to destroy the world. Every installment of the series tells the individual…

FANDOM Over the years since television came to the world shows came out after months and years, but over that years some shows got more attention than some others and that started the fandom on mainly shows that ”intrigued them” and that had started the fandom. Now I wonder how were they created and why they were, not just because they just like the show or movie. How were fandoms created and why do people hate them. From what I learned at first, Fandom is a word used to refer to a group…

Banned books Why is my book banned? Have you ever read "many banned books" it tells you so much.. Of why books are banned for and why they are banned. Do you know there is millions and millions of books that are banned in this world. One reason why I am writing you this is to explain banned books week. The second reason is to tell you something about my book. My book is called the freedom writers I have understood both parts of views of it. Third reason is to explain why freedom writers is…

Hello from England, Professor! My name is Jaylinne Kêr Medina. I'm a daughter of Nyx and a vessel for Artemis, so naturally, I'm in Ravenclaw! Right off the bat, I think I should tell you that I have ADD, mild/moderate dyslexia (hence a few grammatical and spelling errors), and social anxiety, which is half the reason I go to Hogwarts online. I tried actually going for a few weeks but I ended up destroying a book from the Restricted Section by doodling in the margins and nearly had a panic…

The face of Nicholas Easter was slightly hidden by a display rack filled with slim cordless phones, and he was looking not directly at the hidden camera but somewhere off to the left, perhaps at a customer, or perhaps at a counter where a group of kids hovered over the latest electronic games from Asia. Though taken from a distance of forty yards by a man dodging rather heavy mall foot traffic, the photo was clear and revealed a nice face, clean-shaven with strong features and boyish good looks.…