Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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    Harry Potter is about a young boy named Harry Potter who lives with his horrible aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, and cousin Dudley in Privet Drive. After He finds out he’s a wizard, everything goes beserk. He arrives at Hogwarts and meets his two best friends, Ronald Bilius Weasley, and Hermione Jean Granger. Their friendships are challenging through all the battles with death eaters and Lord Voldemort, but they manage to keep their friendship with the help of their headmaster Albus Dumbledore. They…

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    The last things you expect in a book about the search for a magical dead welsh king is for it to take a backseat to an in-depth character study. In the second installment of the Raven Cycle, Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater chronicles a gang of captivating teenagers and their search for Glendower, a supposedly long dead king that can grant a single favor. Though the quest is the background for the coming of age for our group of friends; Gansey, Blue, Adam,Noah, and most notably Ronan. A lot of…

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    In the book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, they finally kill Voldemort and defeat all the Death-Eaters. Earlier however, the Death-Eaters Are winning the battle, they take over the ministry, and start saying that muggle-born’s are dangerous, and should not be allowed to use magic. Professor Snape has been appointed headmaster of Hogwarts, even though he has already killed Dumbledore. Most of the kids that are not supposed to be at Hogwarts are not; they either fled the country, or made…

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    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in the best selling series, Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling who started writing Harry Potter when her train was delayed going to the King Cross Station in London and lives in Edinburgh, UK. The novel takes place in Harry Potter’s fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the time where the wizard society cannot distinguish the difference between the truth and the lies. The story is told from first person perspective,…

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    “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling is about a boy named Harry Potter who lived with his aunt, uncle, and their son at 4 Privet Dr. More specifically, underneath the cupboard. At least that’s where he spent most of his time hiding from his cousin Dudley who loved to beat him up. But on his 11th birthday, Harry’s life changed forever after he received a visit from a giant man named Hagrid. He found out that his parents weren’t who his aunt and uncle had made them seem…

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    J.K. Rowling uses language to develop an Overbearing tone in different parts in book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.” Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy, but he is far from ordinary. A giant named Hagrid appears, and gives Harry the all important news, he is a wizard. Now his journey in life gets more intense as he travels to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry to learn all about being a wizard. Here, he meets his best friends Ron and Hermione. Ron Weasley is not very brave…

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    In A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin creates a groundbreaking fantasy, in which Ged battles evil in a world where magic is as habitual as breathing. Duny, an arrogant Gontish boy uses magic taught to him by a village witch to defend his village against Kargish pillage, greatly injuring himself. A powerful wizard from Re Albi named Ogion heals the boy and presents Duny with his true name, Ged thereafter taking him as prentice where Ged first encounters powerful dark magic. Eventually Ged…

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    Maze Runner Book Vs Movie

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    "Maze Runner" was mazing! The Hunger games perpetuates to glaze, as the novel 'Maze runner' written by James Dashner achieves prosperity being the best-selling book in 2009.The novel attracted both teen and adult readers due to the Young Adult Dystopian Science Fiction (YADSF) approach. Due to the success of the novel, the film rights were purchased by Fox in January 2011. Maze runner was directed by Wes ball in 2013, with Wes directing his first film. The film adaptation is relatively…

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    Harry Potter and Christianity Harry Potter is such a controversial subject for Christians. It seems no one can decide whether it is from the devil or just a fictional series. Can the children to young adult books be encouraging the use of witchcraft? Or do they provide enjoyment for people who like to read? Many websites can be found saying that J. K. Rowling confirmed she wrote it to convert children to witchcraft, it is not so. There are also websites that say that vaccines cause autism, and…

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    only him who can kill Harry and needs someone else’s wand to do this. During this meeting Voldemort begins playing with his “guest,” Charity Burbage, a professor who used to work at Hogwarts who studies Muggles, or people born into families that are non-magical and are not able to perform magic. This is where he says “It is Ms. Burbage’s belief that Muggles are not so different from us, she would given her way have us mate with them. To her the mixture of magical and Muggle blood is not an…

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