Catching Fire

My name is Ayla (eye-la), I come from a country with no name. Shrouded in mystery and surrounded by fog, lay seven grand kingdoms and beings that can only be found in my world’s fairytales. Magic and beasts fill the land and monsters fill the sea, protecting this small country and closing us off from the rest of the world. Everyone here has magic flowing through their veins, the more power someone has depends on ancestry. What powers do I have? Well, magic allows me to learn what I see and hear,…

Fire! Now you may be wondering, what do you mean “Fire!” Fire! As in the Triangle Factory Fire. All these dangers, all these unfortunate girls. Couldn’t they have survived? Welcome to my essay on The Triangle Factory Fire. First of all, what caused this terrible disaster? Many different factors played into this. Was it just a spontaneous fire? It is said in Flesh and Blood so Cheap that the fire was most likely caused by a still lit cigarette thrown into a waste basket. They also say “We…

In the story Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, I hope that Harry finally receives his letter to Hogwarts. Harry’s uncle and aunt, who has been caring for him since his parent’s passing, have refused Harry this letter. However, his uncle and aunt cannot hide his letter for much longer because every day Harry receives more letters from Hogwarts. I believe that going to Hogwarts will greatly improve Harry’s life; currently, he lives in Dudley’s second bedroom and before that he lived in the…

The story Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling, has both explicit and implicit themes present in the story. Some explicitly expressed themes are good and evil, with the clash of different groups within the story, mostly between Slytherin House and Gryffindor, because the way the author describes the characters on each side, as well as the ever-present theme of the young and innocent against the old generation which is evil and destructive. There is also implicitly theme of…

Shirtwaist Factory sparked a fire that killed over a hundred innocent people trapped inside. The private industry of the American factory would never be the same.”-PBS.org Many men and women who worked in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory were immigrants who came to America seeking the “American Dream”. They wanted to make a life for themselves and their families, but many of them were unable to do so because of the horrible working conditions of the factory. This fire could have been prevented…

Harry Potter is an orphan who spent the majority of his childhood living in the company of the Dursley’s – his non-wizard aunt, uncle and cousin who treated Harry with emotional maltreatment and neglect. His extended family relegated Harry to the status of a second-rate member of the household, leaving him to sleep in the “cupboard under the stairs” and clothing him in Dudley’s over-sized leftovers. Harry suffered the loss of his parents at an early age and spent his childhood years trying to…

Dumbledore also buys into Wizard superiority in his teen years, and in the process neglects Arianna and Aberforth. His plans with Grindelwald all call for wizards to rise up and rule the Muggles; similar to what Voldemort later believes. Dumbledore also leaves Harry in a verbally and physically abusive, neglectful home where the Dursleys force Harry to sleep in “the cupboard under the stairs” (Sorcerer’s 19). Dumbledore also does things like reviving an ancient deadly tournament and letting…

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the first novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, tells a story about the importance of combating evil despite the consequences. For this reason, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone serves as a book of great importance and has greatly affected me. During their pursuit of protecting the sorcerer's stone from professor Quirrell, and the evil wizard Voldemort, Harry and his friends face physical and mental challenges, as well as risk the chance of…

Joshua Robinson Triangle Shirtwaist Fire In the Early 1900’s many immigrants came to American looking to for a better future. Many of the families coming to America had very little possessions, and especially money when they made their trip. Many of the family members upon arriving had to find a job to help support their families. One of the places teenage girls found a job was on the eighth and ninth floors of the Asch building in downtown New York; the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. Many of the…

In the book, “Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone”, Rowling uses topics that relate to other pieces of literary work, specifically it connects to the poem, ”Escape to Freedom” in both of them the topic of freedom and restrictions are covered. In the book Rowling refers to how Harry is trapped in his Aunt and Uncle's house and he is not allowed to do normal things because he is different. The author states, “The room held no sign that the other boy lived in the house[...] had a dream about a…