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1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian novel that illustrates the day to day lives of people who are being controlled and manipulated by a totalitarian government. In 1984, Winston Smith, the main character, fights against the oppression in Oceania. He opposes the inhumane rules and regulations placed by Big Brother, the dictator of Oceania. Big Brother plays a major role in the novel, although he is never seen; he uses fear and technology to be able control society and maintain in power. The…

“We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.” J.K Rowling stated in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This powerful and inspiring quote establishes on how all humans make mistakes and they are not always perfect. It illustrates that the decisions one makes will help decide what kind of future will they face. In addition, this excerpt typifies the key to any situation by showing when times get tough, people need to…

Everyone in Inman, Kansas said that the house on Maple Street was haunted. Nobody really knew that for sure though, until one day a boy named Noah decided that he wanted to be the first one to explore the house. That’s where it all began…. Of course, his friends, Sam and Thomas, told him it was a bad move. They made him promise not to do it. But of course on the way home from school he thought to himself: Who doesn't want to explore a haunted house? So he took a little detour down Maple Street.…

The Harry Potter series has been a cultural and critical phenomenon since the first book was released in 1997, catapulting the author J.K. Rowling into the spotlight. The series, consisting of seven books and eight movies based upon those books, has garnered millions of readers and viewers, along with its fair share of criticism. The books tell the story of a young wizard named Harry Potter in his time at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, an institution of magic. Due to the subject…

there are many teaching styles, those similar to Harry’s produce the best results and yet are not used as often as they should. The first teaching style presented in great detail in the film is that of Professor Umbridge. Umbridge works for the Ministry of Magic and is sent to Hogwarts School of…

In the world today, everybody knows who Jesus Christ is. Everyone knows the Bible. Of the four gospels, Gospel of John addresses Jesus’ Judean Ministry of truth and light. It differs from and complements the Synoptic Gospels by writing style, especially in John 6: 26-59. In this passage, Jesus addresses the crowd and proclaims a radical thought, originating from the Old Testament. Jesus states that He is the new manna from heaven above; instituting what Christians call the Eucharist. With the…

The Darkest Magic of All Win as a team, lose as a team; experience victory as a team, experience trauma as a team. While on any team, the ideas of family and companionship are encouraged to the fullest extent, and most of the time, are received and 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…

enrolled witches and wizards of Hogwarts have two non-magical parents a foul nickname for them is ‘Mudbloods’, while others are half-bloods: have been born to one magical parent. The magical community has been a different world since 1692 when the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy was put into place. Magic cannot simply be studied and learnt by all muggles; yet these two worlds have been constantly overlapping in history referring back to the 1600s when many wizards and witches lived…

took the doorway exams for Oxford University yet was not acknowledged and read for a BA in French and Classics at the University of Exeter. In the wake of being moved on from Exerter in 1986, she functioned as a bilingual secretary for Amnesty International in…

In the Gospels of Mark and Matthew the reader receives two distinct viewpoints of similar stories. Of course, the Gospel of Mark is much abbreviated compared to the Gospel of Matthew, being that Mark was written first and used as a source for Matthew; some of Mark’s writings are replicated in Matthew. In the Gospels of both Mark and Matthew the disciples are portrayed in two different lights. Matthew is kinder with his portrayals of the disciples than Mark. Within the text of both Gospels…