Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

In the book, “Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone” the author uses conflict as the main literary element of the story, in the current event of a school shooting in Oregon it also connects to conflict. In the book, Rowling uses different characters and emotions to create a conflict between them. In this book Voldemort is after the stone and if he got it he would control the world of wizards and make an Elixir of life. As stated by the author, “If Snape gets hold of the Stone, Voldemort's coming…

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 life. Even Harry comes from a wizard family, but was raised by his muggle aunt and uncle when his parents were killed by the evil power. Despite growing up in…

J.K. Rowling is a famous author that wrote many award winning book series. One of these series is the famous Harry Potter series. Also J.K. Rowling is a single jobless mother with a daughter when she was writing Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Shields 40). Her life, divided into three parts, consists of before and during university, after university, and during Harry Potter. The first part of J.K. Rowling’s life is before and during university. In a hospital, near the city of…

In the novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Hermione Granger is a muggle born witch who is constantly mocked by other students for her know-it-all persona. She acts like it does not bother her when it really makes her feel embarrassed, but her strongest most important character trait is her intelligence. Hermione is confident in herself because she knows that she is an amazing witch with many different talents, including spell casting and potion brewing, this confidence leads others…

“Ain’t I a Woman?” by Sojourner Truth used rhetorical strategies very effectively. Truth used rhetorical strategies effectively because her tone, text structure, figurative language, and the rhetorical devices she used let the audience know what she was feeling and why she was fighting for was she was fighting for. Truth used many rhetorical strategies in her speech but pathos, logos, ethos, allusion, juxtaposition, and pinpointing really made her argument valid and strong. Sojourner Truth’s…

spokesperson. What is less relatable is the amount of roles Daniel Radcliffe has performed that require nudity. When asked if performing naked on stage and film was a rebellion, Radcliffe declared, No, the first time I got naked was actually in Harry Potter. There’s that scene in number four, which I was weirdly young, and then after that, I’m sure there was at least some half naked stuff. Yeah, it’s been a theme of my entire career. And I could have never predicted that when I was ten.…

Did you know that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets combined made over two billion worldwide at the box office? The purpose of my speech today is to tell you about these two movies. Since I have read the books, did extensive research, and watched both of these movies many times, I consider myself a credible source. Right now, I want to tell you about the Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets plot, main…

Introduction Background The ‘Harry Potter’ series is arguably one of the most popular book series in history, described by Hoover (2007) as will “having long life because (…) the original readers will share it with their children, a family favourite for a very long time”. Although the series concluded in 2007, Pottermore, the fan-based website which spills small details that Rowling still discusses, received over one billion page views within two weeks of release. (via news.microsoft.com). One…

The major mythical aspect of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban not surprisingly violates the fundamental principles of science. This novel incorporates several ideas that do not have a scientific basis, for example the concept of “transfiguration”, the ability of humans to transform into animals. However, from the standpoint of evolutionary biology, Azkaban provides examples of evolution in practice, including gene expression and hybrid species. It also includes characters…

The Boy Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: Analysis The story of “The Boy Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was” fits a common structure in fairy tales – it is a coming-of-age story, a story that starts with a child that, by the end of the story, becomes an adult. It follows the tale of an ignorant younger brother, whose only skill he wants to learn is how to get “the creeps.” He goes through three trials filled with death and supernatural beings, which eventually earns him a bride and gold.…