Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

down their noses at anyone who says they were sorted into the Slytherin House. It’s a common misconception that those who are sorted into Slytherin have an overall dark nature about them. The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the Harry Potter series has four school “houses” that students are sorted into; each house has its own history and the students in that house usually have very specific personality traits. The Slytherin house is notoriously hated by outsiders for many reasons…

orbiting around her work and redefined an entire genre of books. In addition to transforming the names Harry, Hermione, and Ron into household names, she also brought to life one of the twenty-first century 's most iconic and memorable antagonists: Lord Voldemort, or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Striking fear into children 's hearts, he represents the polar opposite to Harry 's goodness. While Harry 's motivations are founded in love and friendships, Voldemort 's are founded in hatred and pure…

In this essay will evaluate the seemingly archetypal narrative that exist within the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling. As of July 2013 The Harry Potter series had sold an approximate amount of 450 million copies, reiterating the notion that the series is one of the best- selling series in all of history. Just as professor Mcgonagall said in the first novel. “every child in our world will know his name!”. To this day, 17 years since the release of the first book, many social scientist have…

and move with the times as they are upsated, the latest paradigm is still not perfect and in order for something to be labelled paradigm, it never will be. Paradigms are not solid and neither are the media effects claims that draw upon them. The Harry Potter article, while it does primarily fit into the Powerful effects, it does draw upon all four paradigms taking a position where all four paradigms are relevant to varying extents. However as with paradimgs, readings of both media texts and…

Reading can be the portal for new and enlightening experiences. Due to an abundance of material at our fingertips, how do we make a wise choice? Does grouping by age make the library a more user friendly place? An age group stands to be defined as a number of people that happen to be the same age. The notion of an age group assists librarians around the world by lending them a hand in identifying books or movies that are appropriate for a certain age group. Common Sense Media is a website…

At first glance, the two toy construction sets, LEGO and Mega Bloks may appear to be simiar; but to those of us who love to build with these sets, they have many more differences than similarities. Some people think LEGO is better than Mega Bloks. Some people would choose Mega Bloks over LEGO. Other people don’t know (or care), but in my opinion, LEGO is better than Mega Bloks in every way LEGO pieces and Mega Bloks pieces might look the same, but they are different in many ways. LEGO, who’s…

themselves in the fantastical wizarding world bound by her seven novels. Rowling rewards her versed readers; while the Harry Potter novels are ones easily (and presumably most often) enjoyed by their younger devotees, they craft an allegorical puzzle for an informed audience. Rowling makes brilliant use of the classical tradition to provide the consumers of both canons, classical and Potter-centric, with a repertoire of themes, motifs, and language reminiscent of those in antiquity, allowing…

In the worldwide phenomenon that is the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling slips in an analysis of the muggle world. Rowling makes a strong commentary about the importance of educational support. Most wizards learn in different ways: through positive reinforcement, from reading books or they simply have raw talent. This is very similar to the real world and how students learn in classrooms all across America and in England. While Rowling is most likely making comments on the condition of the…

John Quincy Adams once said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” I believe there are two type of leaders- those who stand on a pedestal and ask that the world listens and those who lead by example, a humble example that does not boast and does not expect to be followed, but an example that is followed anyway because of its sincerity. My world was shaped by humble leaders. My world was shaped by the fifth-grade spelling teacher…

books weren 't picture books. She always read books which had a higher reading level than I possessed. In 3rd grade my teacher noticed I had trouble with reading comprehension, so she gave me the first Harry Potter book with a read along tape. Into the second book “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, I no longer needed to listen to the tapes to understand what I was reading. When…