Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

will soon realize this is not a typical office nor an average professor. He pushes his round-rimmed glasses up the bridge of his nose as he sits behind his desk in room 302 of Colbourn Hall grading a student-written essay. A copy of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” sits to the right of him, while the 25th Anniversary edition of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” rests to the left. “He joined UCF in 2001 and has accomplished more during his time here than anyone I know,” said Dr. Barry…

Harry Potter is the series’ hero and main protagonist, and he goes through the stages of the hero’s journey archetype. Harry lives in a normal world, and he goes to school just like any other kid that he knows. This is the foundation for the first step of the hero’s journey, the ordinary world. In the ordinary world, a character or hero generally sticks out from a crowd, because he or she differs in some way from those around him or her. Harry is unique, because he displays…

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, The Magician’s Nephew and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis and the first two Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling have a multitude of complex characters for and against the quest’s in their texts. Northrop Frye’s “The Mythos of Summer: Romance.” outlines how he believes what a character’s traits are based on their position on the quest. Frye claims that, “Characters tend to be either for or against the quest. If they assist it they are idealized…

of J.K Rowling. I. Introduction: Chances are you already know who J.K. Rowling is. Even if you don’t know of her, you probably know of her work. J.K Rowling is the very successful author of the Harry Potter series. But she wasn’t always so successful. II. Body: A. Rowling lived in poverty before Harry Potter 1. Rowling’s mother died in 1990, which inspired J.K.’s writing the most 2. She had a child with her Portuguese husband while living in Portugal 3. She later divorced her husband, was now…

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…

of the millions of people that have become entranced by the Harry Potter book series, then this question is not so perplexing. If you are not, there 's no need to get stressed out; being called a Muggle isn 't an insult, unless you 're a student of Hogwart 's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Does all of this sound confusing? Well then, step into the magical world of Harry Potter and it will become clear. The adventures of Harry Potter have become world renowned, while renewing children 's…

are teaching us all valuable lessons and educating us about how we can avoid making the same mistakes as we did in the past. J.K Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, did just this by modeling her character, the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, after Adolf Hitler, perhaps one of the world’s most malevolent dictators. Throughout the Harry Potter series, we can see many parallels between the respective rises to power of Lord Voldemort and Adolf Hitler in post World War I Germany. These…

ignite an emotional response from the audience. Therefore, the purpose of this analysis is to locate and decipher the diegetic and non-diegetic sounds evident in the opening scene from Harry Potter and the…

In Motoko Rich’s 2007 article, “Potter Has Limited Effect on Reading Habits,” he stands in opposition to the mass excitement over the power of the Harry Potter series. He states the belief of the series “inspiring a generation of kids to read for pleasure in a world dominated by instant messaging and music downloads” is not as accurate as the populace has come to believe. While many children have gone on to read other series after completing the Harry Potter series, the majority do not. Gioia…

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…