Emma Stone

While he drove, Uncle Vernon complained to Aunt Petunia. He liked to complain about things: people at work, Harry, the council, Harry, the bank, and Harry were just a few of his favorite subjects. This morning, it was motorcycles. ". . . roaring along like maniacs, the young hoodlums," he said, as a motorcycle overtook them. "I had a dream about a motorcycle," said Harry, remembering suddenly. "It was flying." Uncle Vernon nearly crashed into the car in front. He turned right around in his…

In Harry Potter Deathly Hallows, Harry and Hermione and Ron do everything they can to stop Lord Voldemort , but come across difficulties of their own besides Voldemort. They face internal conflict with themselves as long as external conflict with other creatures people. In part 1 of the story , Harry , Hermione , and Ron are finding all the horcruxes to destroy Lord Voldemort. Little does Harry know he is the last horcrux. So Harry , Hermione and Ron go on their journey to find all…

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…

In the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the setting takes place in a magical world in London, England where the main characters attend a school named Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the film numerous characters and moments embody the theories Malory Nye point out in his book Religion: The Basics. Essentially, rituals and beliefs are prevalent in this film and the use of the theories can analyze such things. Examining Harry Potter using Arnold Van Gennep’s rites of…

Friendship Since J.K Rowling wrote the world of Harry Potter children all over the world have been fascinated with this imaginary world. The world of Harry Potter is filled with lots of magic, spells, wizardry, and magical wands, the world is a fantasy. The series is for children and kids of all ages, and they have taken this world and embraced it. Rowling created a magical world but in creating this world she also created learning aspects that some find as fundamentals for children to learn.…

nor the joy of companionship; it 's the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship”-Ralph Waldo Emerson. In the story Harry Potter and the Sorcerer 's Stone by Jk Rowling, many friendships are woven together to tell an amazing tale of intrigue and adventure. Three specific friendships define the novel and are developed through the characters: Harry Potter, an abandoned young orphan; Ron Weasley, an…

Love is defined as an intense feeling of deep affection. As Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen has shown us, love is only truly beautiful when it includes the key element of respect and mutual improvement. In the well known Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, she unveils two spellbinding relationships between the main characters: Hermione Granger with Ron Weasley and Harry Potter with Ginny Weasley. Their bond is present from the first book to the last. Though J. K. Rowling has expressed…

While writing is painful, agonizing, and time-consuming work it is all worth it once the words pull together to create a story. I had only realized the joys of writing in my senior year of high school. It was only after hundreds of intellectually stimulating conversations with books. Conversations that took me into lands of imagination; eventually sending me off to write stories and essays of my own that led me to appreciate literature as a whole. The love of literature is a slow nourishing bond…

himself. The sacrifice Aslan makes to save Edmunds life represents the sacrifice Jesus made to save humankind. Having a central figure like Aslan represent Christ makes a huge impact on the books religious standpoint. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, there is no obvious representation of Christ as Aslan was in his novel The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Though this may be not a complete dismissal of the novels being religious, it helps…

the series Harry Potter. The magical world of the Harry Potter series was written by J.K. Rowling. In fact, she comes up with the idea on a train in the summer of 1990. (Biographical interview). The first film was Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone. Basically, the plot of this movie is more focused in the early life of Harry Potter and how he lives his first year at the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Moreover, during his first year at school, he met other young wizards, who turned out…