Beatrix Potter

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…

Cat Johnson is a New York Times and USA Today best selling author of contemporary romance novels. Johnson has sold about one million copies of her various stories in either print or digital format since 2006. She has written many novels and short stories, her series include: Studs in Spurs, Oklahoma Nights, Midnight Cowboys, Hot SEALs, Red, Hot, & Blue, The Trilogy Collection, Olympus; which features four novellas, Texas Two Step, Maverick Ranch, USMC Military Romance. The Studs in Spurs is a…

Four goals. Four simple goals help George Orwell create such intriguing writing. Orwell makes sures he uses egotism, aesthetics, historical impulse, and political purpose in each and every one of his writings in order to get his message across to others. Due to his persistence throughout his writings, 1984, a dystopian novel set in Oceania, meets the same four concepts. Over the course of several years, dystopian novels have become popular among young adult literature. Writing way before…

Traits Even though the series falls under the genre of fantasy, its popularity may be due to J.K. Rowling’s ability to create such realistic and relatable characters in spite of their fantastical surroundings. The characters throughout the Harry Potter series are very engaging because they are able to remind us of ourselves or someone we know. We have all had a teacher or boss who reminds of Dolores Umbridge; or how about a friend who could be a bit of a know-it-all like Hermione Granger; or…

In the novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Hermione Granger is a muggle born witch who is constantly mocked by other students for her know-it-all persona. She acts like it does not bother her when it really makes her feel embarrassed, but her strongest most important character trait is her intelligence. Hermione is confident in herself because she knows that she is an amazing witch with many different talents, including spell casting and potion brewing, this confidence leads others…

Harry Potter Hero’s Journey In her book series, “Harry Potter” J.K. Rowling took Harry on a hero’s journey. A hero’s journey includes the call to adventure, the refusal of the call, the road to trials, and master of two worlds. The story begins with Harry’s uncle going about his every day routine. He sees a cat that seems to be reading the street sign, it then stares at him as he drives by. As the day goes on, things just get weirder. He sees strangely dressed people, and he thinks he hears them…

Chick lit, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, refers to “literature by, for, or about women” (OED). In the past decades, chick lit has been called a “commercial tsunami” as chick lit books earned over $71 million in 2002 (Ferriss and Young). The popularity of chick lit is not only limited to print. Moviemakers have also been taking the advantage to produce movie adaptations of the novels. With the prevalence of chick lit products, many people believe that chick lit books, centering and…

Over the past couple of weeks I have been enjoying The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I picked this novel because when I first heard about it, it instantly was caught to my attention. Not only was it a bestseller but also a film produced. All the talk and gossip had me intrigued for awhile. I am so glad this class gave me the opportunity and motivation to read it. The culture of this novel is about Adolf Hitler and the disturbing hatred he had toward Jewish people. My Aunt is Jewish and so are a…

The realistic fiction novel I read for this book talk assignment was Wonder by R.J Palacio. The realistic setting of this novel is Beecher Prep Middle School of North River Heights, located at the tip of Manhattan. In the story, ten year old August Pullman must face going to school for the very first time after being homeschooled and having twenty seven surgeries on his face. August has tiny ears, his eyes are too low, and his smile is a straight line across his face. When he enters Beecher…

Although Margaret Mitchell wrote only one novel, she turned into an overall marvel coming to a great many perusers around the globe with her memorable novel Gone with the Wind. For this American Civil War-period novel, she won the National Book grant for Most Distinguished Novel in 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. Gone with the wind set a business record of 50,000 duplicates in one day , one million in the initial six months and two million in the first year. The film, Gone with the Wind,…