Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

this traditional path on their journey of adventure. This proves to be no different for the renowned Harry Potter in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Letter after letter, the people of Hogwarts were desperately trying to get Harry to go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. However, Vernon and Petunia Dursley, Harry’s Uncle and Aunt kept hiding these letters from Harry, so he had no idea what the world of magic was or the fact that Hogwarts eagerly wanted him to…

“Ain’t I a Woman?” by Sojourner Truth used rhetorical strategies very effectively. Truth used rhetorical strategies effectively because her tone, text structure, figurative language, and the rhetorical devices she used let the audience know what she was feeling and why she was fighting for was she was fighting for. Truth used many rhetorical strategies in her speech but pathos, logos, ethos, allusion, juxtaposition, and pinpointing really made her argument valid and strong. Sojourner Truth’s…

He's coming back home one day from the grocery store when he hears a meow and when he looks down there's a tiny fluffy white kitten looking at him from between the bushes. He snorts and thinks that Harry would love that innuendo as he kneels down on the floor. The kitten takes a few steps back but keeps looking at him. "Are you hungry?" He asks with a baby voice. "I only have bread and milk with me now, I'm not sure I should give this to you." Meow. "Right." He looks around and sees no…

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…

In the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the setting takes place in a magical world in London, England where the main characters attend a school named Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the film numerous characters and moments embody the theories Malory Nye point out in his book Religion: The Basics. Essentially, rituals and beliefs are prevalent in this film and the use of the theories can analyze such things. Examining Harry Potter using Arnold Van Gennep’s rites of…

Friendship Since J.K Rowling wrote the world of Harry Potter children all over the world have been fascinated with this imaginary world. The world of Harry Potter is filled with lots of magic, spells, wizardry, and magical wands, the world is a fantasy. The series is for children and kids of all ages, and they have taken this world and embraced it. Rowling created a magical world but in creating this world she also created learning aspects that some find as fundamentals for children to learn.…

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 strengths: Harry…

includes the key element of respect and mutual improvement. In the well known Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, she unveils two spellbinding relationships between the main characters: Hermione Granger with Ron Weasley and Harry Potter with Ginny Weasley. Their bond is present from the first book to the last. Though J. K. Rowling has expressed regrets in forming this “relationship … [between] Ron and Hermione” and Harry with Ginny (Ahmed CNN), their union should be kept because of their…

slow nourishing bond that will only grow with time. The times that I have spent with literature will be cherished as I look on much more to come. The foundation for my interest in reading is personal thanks to J.K. Rowling for her series of Harry Potter books. I was engulfed into the world of imagination and it helped prosper my yearning for reading. With every word that she wrote, I was transported into a world of magic. I was engulfed in the story line and felt as…

over the world, the Harry Potter series have been condemned as religious and therefore some have been denied the pleasure of reading these best-selling novels. J. K. Rowling writes these novels not as a Christian trying to persuade people of the religious beliefs. These novels are of pure fiction and should not be condemned on alleged views of Satanism or Witchcraft. But like every good novel, there are lessons to be learned and themes that are present. The first two Harry Potter novels take us…