Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

texts Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince J. K. Rowling explores the journey of her main protagonist’s growth. Throughout both texts Rowling uses a variety of techniques to show how Harry grows from a naïve young boy to a confident young man. The use of third person narration, setting and character development throughout each novel enables readers to see how Harry develops from an inexperienced young wizard to a wizened young man. In the Harry…

Which book do you think is better Heroes of Olympus or Harry Potter? The Heroes of Olympus is a fantasy novel by Rick Riordan. It is a sequel to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The Heroes of Olympus is mostly centered on a prophecy introduced in the Last Olympian. The predicted seven demigods have to unite to defeat Gaea, the goddess of Earth; mother of Titans, giants, Cyclopes, and other monsters, who is pure evil. The demigods have to defeat her before she awakes. The main characters in…

The intra-organizational structure that our group decided to analyze is the network structure of characters in the Harry Potter series of books written by J.K Rowling. We narrowed down our boundary into Dumbledore’s Army (D.A), the organization that was founded by Hermione Granger and led by her together with Ron Weasley and Harry Potter as a teacher on their fifth year in Hogwarts. We are going to find out if the three founders were actually central in the organization and in what extent they…

possesses specific qualities that are essential for Harry’s journey to adulthood. One of Harry’s travelling companions is Ron Weasley. When Harry is first introduced him, he immediately feels more comfortable being himself. This may because Ron is in the similar situation as Harry’s on the train ride to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Hogwarts). Both Harry and Ron are first years in Hogwarts and they are both clearly nervous since they don’t know what to expect and, they also don’t…

The Magical Writer of the Wizarding World Harry Potter a great story for people through the decades that will never get old. That teaches important lessons to kids and adults on important topics in peoples lifes. By looking at Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone you can see that J.K Rowling includes the themes of friendship and loss due to the influential people she has encountered in her life. J.K Rowling was born on July 31, 1965 at Yate General Hospital in England. She was raised by her…

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…

I will then be explaining a different worldview from a very popular movie called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first movie in the Harry Potter series. Since this is the first film of the Harry Potter series, we learn why Harry is the way he is—which is due to his parents being wizards. He learns more about his parents and life as a wizard in a new school, which gets him in dangerous situations.…

I believe that the symbolism of the fence in “Araby” stands for the division that the boy faces in the aspect of reality vs. illusion. In Araby, the boy cannot obtain the affection of Mangan’s sister, therefore, the fence can symbolize this idea that “what the boy dreams” of versus “what is actually occurring” cannot and will not happen due to the unobtainable status and obstacles that are in his way. In other words, the fence seemingly symbolizes the unobtainable status and his disillusion with…

been a fan of Harry Potter. I was too scared to watch the movies, the gruesome images of dragons and snakes and especially Voldemort was much too scary for me as a child. The only movie I had watched before this course was “Deathly Hollows part 2” with my friends when it came out in theaters about 4 years ago. I never wanted to read the books because as I kid I hated reading, mainly because I’m a very slow reader and it would take me forever to finish a book the size of Harry Potter. I have…

Cayden Brinton Comp. 1 Edwards 30 October 2017 Mandela Effect Debuted in 1962, millions of people grew up reading the well-known children’s book series, The Berenstain Bears. Being sold in more than 23 languages, the well loved stories were the common childhood memory of millions. The book expanded to become a tv series. With its popularity, it would only be natural that the name would be remembered. However, many fans remembered it as The Berenstein Bear with an “e” (Does This Picture Look a…