Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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    Fahrenheit 451 Week 4

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    and assist Draco in his mission given by Lord Voldemort. Dumbledore takes Harry to the home of Horace Slughorn, former Potions teacher at Hogwarts, and persuades him to return to teach. Harry is taken to the Burrow, where Hermione has already arrived. The next morning they get their O.W.L. results, and school supplies lists. Later, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger follow Draco to Dark Arts supplier Borgin and Burkes. Harry is instantly suspicious of Draco, whom he believes to be a Death Eater.…

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    Harry Potter, the boy who lived the attack of Voldemort. He has been fighting the Dark Lord since he was 12 years old. He defeated Voldemort in the form of Professor Quirrell, a Tom Riddle flashback, the Dark Lord’s followers, and the pale man without a nose. Without Harry Potter, the world will be overtaken by Voldemort, this is used as an opportunity to use appeal to fear. Having lost close people to Voldemort is something that happened to many people, therefore, this is used as an opportunity…

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    While reading Harry Potter and The Sources Stone made realize how important it is to know who you and who the people are that you can trust. The first book of this wonderful series starts off with an English baby named Harry Potter whose parents died from a mysterious death while he was still in his crib years. As a tragic result of his parents death Harry had to go live with his strict aunt, fat uncle, and spoiled son. Harry hated it there. He wished that he had real friends that treated him…

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    In the book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, The main character, Harry, changes throughout the story due to the fact that he is a wizard. In the beginning, Harry Potter was a mistreated nephew of the Dursleys who had taken him in because of his parents death due to a “car accident”. Harry Potter was always seemed to feel unloved and mistreated. “Harry Potter lived in a cupboard under the stairs” (Pg.7). This evidence from the story alone proves that Harry was not a true…

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    to complain about things: people at work, Harry, the council, Harry, the bank, and Harry were just a few of his favorite subjects. This morning, it was motorcycles. ". . . roaring along like maniacs, the young hoodlums," he said, as a motorcycle overtook them. "I had a dream about a motorcycle," said Harry, remembering suddenly. "It was flying." Uncle Vernon nearly crashed into the car in front. He turned right around in his seat and yelled at Harry, his face like a gigantic beet with a…

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    In Harry Potter Deathly Hallows, Harry and Hermione and Ron do everything they can to stop Lord Voldemort , but come across difficulties of their own besides Voldemort. They face internal conflict with themselves as long as external conflict with other creatures people. In part 1 of the story , Harry , Hermione , and Ron are finding all the horcruxes to destroy Lord Voldemort. Little does Harry know he is the last horcrux. So Harry , Hermione and Ron go on their journey to find all…

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    The Sorcerer's Stone

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    Harry and all of his friends become members of the Griffindor house. Of course Draco Malfoy became a member of the Slytherin house and he swaggered forward when his name was called. Harry saw a terrible ghost as the Slytherin table that had a gaunt face and blood-stained robes. Harry’s professors were Professor Filtwick, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, a black haired man with sallow skin, Professor Quirrell and Dumbledore. Harry received a new broomstick, a Nimbus Two…

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    Characters like Anastasia Steele and Bella Swan, however, are problematic because they are female characters who are defined by, and submissive to the male characters of their respective books. While Hermione Granger is not the sole center of the Harry Potter series, she is central to them. Hermione is never portrayed as a static entity as many Disney princesses are, but rather, a complex character who emulates a positive, feminist role model that many teenage girls can look up to. Young girls…

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    you read the title of this paper, you probably thought of a specific character from a specific novel, that character being Severus Snape. Now Professor Snape has a very passionate fan base. Just utter the word “always” and you will hear someone Harry Potter fans squeal and begin raving about Snape. But why? Is it because of his tragic past? Is it because he was bullied and readers relate to him? Would they love him if he were a real person? I want you to…

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    The Prince's Tale Analysis

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    Alexandre Desplat is from the final installment of the Harry Potter movies, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and actually is a mix between two songs, “Severus and Lily’s Theme” and “Dumbledore’s Farewell.” After Severus Snape is murdered by Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter rushes to his side and gathers Snape’s memories in a vial so that he may view them later (it was Snape’s dying wish that Potter take his memories and view them). When Potter is finally able to watch Snape’s memories,…

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