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The widely 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…

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 book, “Gulp; Adventure on the Alimentary Canal” is a non-fiction book written by the author Mary Roach in 2013. The author Mary Roach was born on March 20,1959 and was raised in Etna New Hampshire when after growing she succeeded in school and got a Bachelors of Arts from Wesleyan University in 1981 which is located in middletown Connecticut. Roach specialized in popular science and majored in psychology which has helped her with all her five published books being, Stiff: The Curious Lives…

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…

carnivals. Like the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, that gives the story of Demeter and her daughter Kore, and is an origin myth for some of the practices of the Eleusinian mysteries. It also explains the existence of corn. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry saves Cedric's body from desecration by lord Voldimort, unlike inthe Homer’s Iliad, king Patroclus of Troy salvage…

“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.…

According to a recent study, Harry Potter is the most popular watched movies series in the world. We all know that the Harry Potter movies are based on the books. So what does it mean? Is the plot and characters in the movies are exactly same as those in book? While some people get angry if a movie differs from the book that inspired it, others support a filmmaker’s right to make changes. The movie, Smoke Signals (1998), directed by Chris Eyre, is based on Sherman Alexie’s story, “This Is How…