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Percy Jackson the Lightning Thief is an overall fantastic book. Whether the book is being read for a school book report or just read for enjoyment, this book is a very solid and enjoyable choice. This book is comparable to the Harry Potter books for any Harry Potter lovers out there. It is very easy to recommend this book for anyone to read. Percy Jackson is just a regular kid. He goes to school and has friends. On an ordinary visit to the beach with his best friend, Percy is attacked by a…

Director David Yates' "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," an upcoming British-American fantasy drama film which is inspired by the book of the same name by J. K. Rowling, has been making a buzz around the internet because of a few terms that fans of the movie do like to conform. The film would make sense that the magic folk in the United States is hiding in New York - after all, it is a city with full of life. But it seems he is not the only hero of the Fantastic Beasts film and that…

Women throughout history have not been treated the same way as men however, this did not discourage them. One excellent example of women being extraordinary is Frances Perkins a young lady who grew up in a Republican household and whose parents made sure she understood the importance of hard work and her education. The interesting fact about Perkins life is that even though it was rare during her time period her parents expected her to go to college. Once in college, Mount Holyoke, she was…

Harry’s wand contains a feather from a phoenix (Dumbledore’s phoenix, Fawkes). That same phoenix gave ONE other feather. That feather was made into a wand of yew, 13 ½ inches. That wand was sold around 50 years ago to a boy named Tom Riddle. Tom left school after his 7th year and sank deep into the Dark Arts, emerging as Lord Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard of all time. He set out to kill Harry after hearing a prophecy about him being defeated by Harry. Lily Potter (Harry’s mother) gave…

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,…

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…

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…