Half Dome

Carl Jung is deemed as one of the greatest contributors to the world of psychology. The man who founded analytical psychology made great advancements in the collective unconscious, the complex, and most importantly, archetypes. Jung believed that in the unconscious mind is a form of psychological inheritance in which there is “all of the knowledge and experiences we share as a species”, and so the archetype was born (Cherry). Simply put, an archetype is a recurring symbol in literature. J. K.…

conflict, they always talk their way through it. […] When characters such as Draco Malfoy act in accordance with lower levels of moral reasoning, Harry and his friends always condemn those actions” (Whited, Grimes 207). This instance occurs during Half-Blood Prince when Draco makes Crabbe and Goyle use the Polyjuice Potion to impersonate a young girl to keep guard over the Room of Requirement as Draco builds a way for the Death Eaters to enter into Hogwarts. So, because Draco’s intentions…

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone , a book that almost every child worldwide has sitting on their bookshelf and Star Wars: new hope a movie that has captured the eyes of millions , has multitudes of differences yet the similarities are striking. Most stories follow the same mythic pattern. Every movie seems to have a hero and every book seems to have a villain. According to the archetype notes these are archetypes (the hero, the villain, the mentor ), a hero starts in the everyday world,…

Once there was a place called Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia had many people who were all happy. But those people were all dumb and didn’t take care of themselves. They didn’t take care of themselves because they never became adults. The children of Mesopotamia grew old, but never got the mind of an adult. So Mesopotamia was a dangerous place because of this problem. The kind of Mesopotamia, Logan, had the mind of an adult given to him by a god named Kitty Cat. Logan didn’t like his people and decided…

"My brain is the key that sets my mind free." This quote is one of the many famous statements made by Harry Houdini, a master mind in the art of illusion. Harry was one of the biggest entertainers of his generation, amazing his audiences with his hand cuff tricks. He set high standards for Magicians at the time. Harry took magic to whole new level. Over time, he evolved from doing simple illusions to death defying acts which left audiences all over America quaking in their seats. Harry Houdini…

The rivalry in the wizarding world, resembles the competition in our world. We often see this in the text, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone written by J.K Rowling in 1995. Throughout book, there is many examples of rivalry. One of the examples is when, Harry uses his word when competing against Malfoy. In the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone, Harry portrays rivalry against Malfoy in the novel through his words, and actions. The theme of rivalry, is shown through between Harry…

Nicholas Sparks is a well-known romance author whose novels almost never disappoint, considering all of his books have been New York Times best sellers. One of the books, The Notebook, was turned into a movie. Even though The Notebook isn’t the only movie inspired by his best-selling novels, I think it was the most popular and hands down the best movie. Sparks wrote The Notebook in only a short period of six months. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams are the two main characters in the movie.…

Harry Houdini is a very famous magician. Harry Houdini has risen to fame over the years by amazing people with his magic tricks. Houdini is a good honest man that has taken the world by storm due to his magic tricks. Houdini is a great escape artist with many tricks up his sleeve . In the following paragraphs I will be answering the questions and supporting my claim with text evidence about Harry Houdini. I believe Houdini is such a popular entertainer because he amazed people with his…

What’s the difference between a muggle and a wizard parent: Going into Hogwarts with a wizard parent being raised into wizardry, but think about how a wizard feels when they have “muggle” parents? A muggle is a person who lacks any sort of magical ability and was not born into the magical world (Muggle). In Harry Potter Hermione comes from of family of muggles, but she continues on her way to Hogwarts, also, another wizard, Ron, comes from a family of wizards who think that wizard is the way of…

harry but as soon as the series begins his character becomes more layered but Rowling does not reveal snape's true character untill the last book of the series i.e. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. in the sixth novel i.e. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , he teaches…