Blarney Stone

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…

“A Very Potter Musical” was written and performed in 2009 by StarKid Productions in the University of Michigan campus. At first glance the musical seems like it would be rather interesting purely because it is every Harry Potter dorks dream come true. However, upon further look into the musical people begin to realize that the music isn’t really that great. For a person who does not have a musical background the play is rather enjoyable but when one turns a musical ear to it they want to run the…

principles in order to allow for multiple books to be made. Each novel follows these plot points but in an open ended way, leaving room to revisit certain aspects and themes as the story progresses. Below are the plotted points from the Philosophers Stone. The Road of Trials Harry and his new found friends are presented with many challenges and tests that force him to use both his intellect and wizarding skills. These trials such as the troll in the girls bathroom (129), the trapdoor guarded…

accepted “The Hero’s Journey” theory is devised and arranged into stages by Joseph Campbell in 1947; Further, it was interpreted and adapted by Christopher Vogler, which can be illustrated through “Lord of The Rings” and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”. This is simple but powerful theory which eclipses these films and continues to captivate the audiences. Overtime, for both these films we see how the hero’s characters develop. They become more selfless and understand the outside world in…

Analyiss of the Harry Potter and the philosophers stone The storyline of the book Book starts by telling about Harrys muggle(non-wizard) family for quite a while. In my opinion there was too much of it and most of it was totally irrelevant. Then some weird things start happening, shooting stars all over Britian and owls flying by daylight just to name a few. Finally our main character, Harry Potter comes onto the stage. Two legendary wizards and one goofy half-giant called Hagrid leave Harry to…

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light”-Albus Dumbledore. The Harry Potter series, in the opinions of millions, is one of the best book series ever written. There are many characters, alike and different, but we are going to focus on two of the most important of those characters today, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, from the Harry Potter series, by JK Rowling, who are not portrayed as friends, or similar people, or alike, but are…

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Synopsis J.K. Rowling (2014) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the story of an eleven-year-old boy learns that he is a wizard and is inviting to study at Hogwarts, where is hiding the mystical stone and there is someone planning to steal it. After Lord Voldemort, the wicked wizard defeats and disappears, Harry Potter lives with the Dursley family for 10 years. He grows up in the cupboard under the stairs and eats leftover food from the Dursleys.…

The book “Thirteen Reasons Why” by Jay Asher is a young adult fiction book that is one of Jay Asher’s famous books, because it is the #1 New York Times and International Bestseller. It is amazing. This book has lots of suspense and excitement that will have you wondering what will happen next every second throughout the book. Not only the author of “Thirteen Reasons Why”, buy also the books “What Light” and the partnership work novel “Piper” with Jessica Freeburg. The narrator Clay Jensen,…

The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, is about a eleven year old boy named Will. Will is part of large family and lives a close to normal life until the day of his eleventh birthday. On Will’s eleventh birthday,he is told that he has powers and needs to use his power and the help of the rest of the light to defeat the dark. Throughout the book, Susan Cooper developes many themes for the Will, and the reader to understand. One of the themes in The Dark is Rising is that unity is power. Another…

The 2016 film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has just hit the box office, in fact, it was released three days ago. This film is loosely based off of J.K. Rowling's book of the same title, and was written by Rowling herself. While the film's story line is not directly related to the story line of its predecessors, the popular Harry Potter films, it is a part of the Harry Potter franchise—and many Harry Potter fans have been gleefully awaiting the day that the magic would return to the…