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J.K. Rowling uses language to develop an Overbearing tone in different parts in book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.” Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy, but he is far from ordinary. A giant named Hagrid appears, and gives Harry the all important news, he is a wizard. Now his journey in life gets more intense as he travels to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry to learn all about being a wizard. Here, he meets his best friends Ron and Hermione. Ron Weasley is not very brave…

Rude vs. Atrocious Imagine sitting at your dinner table, calmly munching on your food. Abruptly, the suitors from Homer’s Odyssey, and Voldemort from “Harry Potter” appear out of nowhere, so of course you scream as the suitors eat the food off of your plate and Voldemort starts casting the killing curse. Which one do you scream at though? Is it the suitors in which you shreek? Or Voldemort? Regardless of which villain it is, they are both villains which means that they are both heartless…

Harry and all of his friends become members of the Griffindor house. Of course Draco Malfoy became a member of the Slytherin house and he swaggered forward when his name was called. Harry saw a terrible ghost as the Slytherin table that had a gaunt face and blood-stained robes. Harry’s professors were Professor Filtwick, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, a black haired man with sallow skin, Professor Quirrell and Dumbledore. Harry received a new broomstick, a Nimbus Two…

H is for Heroic: Harry sticks by his morals and has a strong sense of what is right and what is wrong. When he firmly believes that an injustice has occurred, he will do anything necessary to set things in order. After he discovered that Sirius Black, the man who he once thought to have killed his parents, was actually innocent and was going to have his soul sucked out of him by the dementors at any moment, Harry was dead-set on saving Black’s life, no matter what the risks. "’Get on— there 's…

understood throughout the entire squad. That means in any group, the losses and traumatic incidences that are experienced are done so in a shared fashion. Some may even call it communal or shared trauma. Within Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling introduces her readers to a dark magic of her own called trauma on the characters of two parallel groups of wizards who are fighting for the greater good, and later on, their lives. Although it seems trauma is experienced by all…

It is hard to pin-point what truly makes a television series great. Is it an original concept, gripping storyline or complex characters? American fantasy horror series Supernatural (2005 - present) combines all of these key elements to create a completely unique television experience. The show is currently in its eleventh season (2015/2016), making it the longest running sci-fi series in the history of American television, surpassing Smallville, which had 218 episodes. You can try to compare it…

In J.K. Rowling's story, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry and his cousin Dudley are attacked by dementors. While on their way home, Harry and Dudley had gotten into an argument. Dudley had been teasing Harry about his nightmares and it had gotten to the point where Harry pulled his wand out and aimed it at Dudley. Two dementors had shown up and attacked both of them, but Harry defeated them by casting his Patronus. Dementors are known to guard the wizard prison Azkaban. The…

Bareback Scandal The play Equus was written by Peter Shaffer in 1973, and opened the same year. Since then it has been adapted for film, and has been revived for the stage. In 2007 it was reset with a famous British cast. It is interesting to compare the critical response of the original production and the revival. There aren’t very many reviews left of the original because it was 30 years ago, and they did not have as much media coverage back then. For the revival, however, there are a lot of…

Did you know that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets combined made over two billion worldwide at the box office? The purpose of my speech today is to tell you about these two movies. Since I have read the books, did extensive research, and watched both of these movies many times, I consider myself a credible source. Right now, I want to tell you about the Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets plot, main…

Introduction Background The ‘Harry Potter’ series is arguably one of the most popular book series in history, described by Hoover (2007) as will “having long life because (…) the original readers will share it with their children, a family favourite for a very long time”. Although the series concluded in 2007, Pottermore, the fan-based website which spills small details that Rowling still discusses, received over one billion page views within two weeks of release. (via news.microsoft.com). One…