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    In the book, “Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone” the author uses conflict as the main literary element of the story, in the current event of a school shooting in Oregon it also connects to conflict. In the book, Rowling uses different characters and emotions to create a conflict between them. In this book Voldemort is after the stone and if he got it he would control the world of wizards and make an Elixir of life. As stated by the author, “If Snape gets hold of the Stone, Voldemort's coming…

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    Film Analysis In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter fulfills Joseph Campbell’s trail of the Hero’s Journey. All heroes have a journey they must undertake. Campbell illustrated that all stories and myths have similar layouts and stores structures. This journey is called “The Road of Trials”. Harry Potter follows Campbell's theories, primarily the Initiation: the Road of Trials. When the hero, Harry, has arrived in the new world, the wizarding world, he goes through a number of…

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    this traditional path on their journey of adventure. This proves to be no different for the renowned Harry Potter in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Letter after letter, the people of Hogwarts were desperately trying to get Harry to go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. However, Vernon and Petunia Dursley, Harry’s Uncle and Aunt kept hiding these letters from Harry, so he had no idea what the world of magic was or the fact that Hogwarts eagerly wanted him to…

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    In Harry Potter, a seven book series written by J.K. Rowling, Harry and all of the people around him face challenges stemming from Lord Voldemort. Dumbledore is correct when saying that it is “a great and remarkable thing” that Harry can still love because the multitude of battles he endures makes it difficult for him to feel anything but anger and sadness (Rowling 508-509). Throughout each novel, there is a significant challenge that Harry and those close to him have to overcome. While these…

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    Interestingly his aunt, uncle, and cousin never seem to learn from experiences with Harry and fail to treat him humanely. Despite Harry’s abuse, he remains polite to his family as they are the only family he has left. The only time he acts out occurs when one of them disrespectfully comments about his parents – which sadly is a common occurrence. Unfortunately Harry’s emotional abuse is not exclusive to his aunt and uncle’s home. He also is mistreated by his classmates and sometimes professors…

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    In the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter is revealed to a new world learning the truths about who is he is, and the world around him. He makes trusted friends and enemies, and in the end gives his life for the betterment of the world. It starts with young boy, unaware of His magical Powers or his history is brought into the hidden world of Magic and Wizards. For most his life was tucked away behind his almost cruel Aunt and Uncle, unaware of what he is and especially who he is. Hagrid, a large…

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    Spoiler Alert...Obliviate! On September, 1997, the magic was born. J.K Rowling had just published the book ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’. It was an instant success as children, teens, adults, and the elderly loved the magical world of Hogwarts and following Harry Potter on his adventure. Then on November 16th, 2001, the magic was literally brought to life as it came out as a movie. There were so many mixed emotions from people. Some loved seeing it come to life and some wished it…

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    In fifth grade, I decided to make it my goal to read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Yes, I realize this isn’t the first book and when reading series we should start at the beginning, but I was in fifth grade, my idea of a series was a bunch of short stories put in different books with no connection to the past short stories or the future short stories other than the characters. Anyway, I chose the Harry Potter book because both of my older sisters knew all the movies that had…

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    book show. I will be discussing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling. I enjoy reading because; "When you sell a book, you don't just sell ink and paper, you sell a whole new life." This quote is true for me because books a a very large part of my life. I started reading for pleasure at a very young age. People complain when they don't get to join a character in their journey, but we did, and the journey will start again when you reread. When Harry reaches 17, the hunt begins…

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    In "Ban Harry Potter," the author uses hypostatization, faulty analogy, and false use of authority in an attempt to prove their point that Harry Potter books in school will inevitably cause children to "grow into suicidal nuts." First, Hypostatization is found in the second paragraph where it says, "History has shown that encouraging... drug addiction." This is hypostatization because the abstract concept of Harry Potter leading to drug addiction is not backed up with any evidence, but is…

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