Beatrix Potter

The infamous character of Professor Snape is one of great complexity and depth. It is his cold and ruthless demeanor that has readers origionally seething with hatred for his warped personality. His mistreatment of the main hero, Harry, further irks the readers until it is revealed later in the series as to what the underlying motives and agenda was. In the series Snape is an exceptionally skillful wizard with a dark past who is the potions master at Hogwarts school. For the majority of the…

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,…

Catcher in the Rye’s Holden Caulfield, Harry Potter’s Severus Snape, and Neuromancer’s Henry Case all share something in common—they are antiheroes. Merriam-Webster’s definition of an antihero is, “a protagonist or notable figure who is conspicuously lacking in heroic qualities” (Merriam-Webster). While that is the ‘dictionary definition,’ many authors have taken liberties in describing which “heroic qualities” are missing, and which traits are used instead (Merriam-Webster). Through a…

inheritance in which there is “all of the knowledge and experiences we share as a species”, and so the archetype was born (Cherry). Simply put, an archetype is a recurring symbol in literature. J. K. Rowling’s use of universal archetypes in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone not only provides an enjoyable reading experience, but gives depth to the characters within. The Hero is easily the most common archetype, and very similar to The Chosen One.…

In the novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling uses characterization to show the amount of loyalty that several of the characters have towards Harry Potter, and to prove that sometimes friends, even those thought to be enemies, can sometimes be more loyal than one’s own blood. J.K. Rowling shows the loyalty that Harry Potter’s friends have towards him through characters like Albus Dumbledore, Ron Weasley, and Dobby. Rowling also shows that even those who are understood to be…

I believe that the symbolism of the fence in “Araby” stands for the division that the boy faces in the aspect of reality vs. illusion. In Araby, the boy cannot obtain the affection of Mangan’s sister, therefore, the fence can symbolize this idea that “what the boy dreams” of versus “what is actually occurring” cannot and will not happen due to the unobtainable status and obstacles that are in his way. In other words, the fence seemingly symbolizes the unobtainable status and his disillusion with…

Once there was a place called Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia had many people who were all happy. But those people were all dumb and didn’t take care of themselves. They didn’t take care of themselves because they never became adults. The children of Mesopotamia grew old, but never got the mind of an adult. So Mesopotamia was a dangerous place because of this problem. The kind of Mesopotamia, Logan, had the mind of an adult given to him by a god named Kitty Cat. Logan didn’t like his people and decided…

In the book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, they finally kill Voldemort and defeat all the Death-Eaters. Earlier however, the Death-Eaters Are winning the battle, they take over the ministry, and start saying that muggle-born’s are dangerous, and should not be allowed to use magic. Professor Snape has been appointed headmaster of Hogwarts, even though he has already killed Dumbledore. Most of the kids that are not supposed to be at Hogwarts are not; they either fled the country, or made…

"Maze Runner" was mazing! The Hunger games perpetuates to glaze, as the novel 'Maze runner' written by James Dashner achieves prosperity being the best-selling book in 2009.The novel attracted both teen and adult readers due to the Young Adult Dystopian Science Fiction (YADSF) approach. Due to the success of the novel, the film rights were purchased by Fox in January 2011. Maze runner was directed by Wes ball in 2013, with Wes directing his first film. The film adaptation is relatively…

Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief By Rick Riordan The novel starts with a 12-year-old boy named Percy Jackson, a boarding student who suffered from dyslexia and ADHD at Yancy academy, which is a private school for troubled kids. He narrates about his life and how he transferred from school to school due to the bad things that happened in each school he attended, but not until this field trip at a museum, he discovered things he never knew existed. Percy Jackson and the Lighting thief is a…