Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

has their own unique teaching style. The film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix presents three separate examples of teachers. There is Professor Umbridge’s approach of reading and copying from the books, Professor Snape’s learn fast or die trying technique, and Harry Potter’s method of hands on real world experience. Each of the teachers generate different results in terms of student capabilities and confidence. Although there are many teaching styles, those similar to Harry’s produce the best results and yet are not used as often as they should. The first teaching style presented in great detail in the film is that of Professor Umbridge. Umbridge works for the Ministry of Magic and is sent to Hogwarts School of…

most of the time, are received and understood throughout the entire squad. That means in any group, the losses and traumatic incidences that are experienced are done so in a shared fashion. Some may even call it communal or shared trauma. Within Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling introduces her readers to a dark magic of her own called trauma on the characters of two parallel groups of wizards who are fighting for the greater good, and later on, their lives. Although it…

The struggle between light and dark, good and evil, is not a new struggle. In fact, as some believe, it has been a struggle since the beginning of time when Satan tempted Eve into disobeying God. In the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the character Sirius Black says, “We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.” Dr. Jekyll and Courtney Davidson both went through this struggle. Both of them would agree…

In J.K. Rowling's story, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry and his cousin Dudley are attacked by dementors. While on their way home, Harry and Dudley had gotten into an argument. Dudley had been teasing Harry about his nightmares and it had gotten to the point where Harry pulled his wand out and aimed it at Dudley. Two dementors had shown up and attacked both of them, but Harry defeated them by casting his Patronus. Dementors are known to guard the wizard prison Azkaban. The…

In the novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling uses characterization to show the amount of loyalty that several of the characters have towards Harry Potter, and to prove that sometimes friends, even those thought to be enemies, can sometimes be more loyal than one’s own blood. J.K. Rowling shows the loyalty that Harry Potter’s friends have towards him through characters like Albus Dumbledore, Ron Weasley, and Dobby. Rowling also shows that even those who are understood to be…

friendship”-Ralph Waldo Emerson. In the story Harry Potter and the Sorcerer 's Stone by Jk Rowling, many friendships are woven together to tell an amazing tale of intrigue and adventure. Three specific friendships define the novel and are developed through the characters: Harry Potter, an abandoned young orphan; Ron Weasley, an adventure bound young man; and Hermione Granger, a studious and clever young woman. Throughout the friendship, each of the three portray their own individualized…

The kitten then climbs a tree in the next scene in order to reach the bowl of milk (moon). The author widens the kittens eyes to show a fear of height once she reaches the top of the tree. But then, the kitten notices that in the pond there was “another bowl of milk, and it was bigger” (). So, the kitten darts down the tree and jumps with “all her might,” but the kitten does not get any milk. The illustrator creates movement through the ripples of water and the water dripping down the kitten’s…

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…

Rude vs. Atrocious Imagine sitting at your dinner table, calmly munching on your food. Abruptly, the suitors from Homer’s Odyssey, and Voldemort from “Harry Potter” appear out of nowhere, so of course you scream as the suitors eat the food off of your plate and Voldemort starts casting the killing curse. Which one do you scream at though? Is it the suitors in which you shreek? Or Voldemort? Regardless of which villain it is, they are both villains which means that they are both heartless…

The infamous character of Professor Snape is one of great complexity and depth. It is his cold and ruthless demeanor that has readers origionally seething with hatred for his warped personality. His mistreatment of the main hero, Harry, further irks the readers until it is revealed later in the series as to what the underlying motives and agenda was. In the series Snape is an exceptionally skillful wizard with a dark past who is the potions master at Hogwarts school. For the majority of the…