Harry Potter fandom

On July 31, 1965 one of the world’s greatest authors was born. Her name is J.K. Rowling. She is responsible for creating the world famous phenomenon of Harry Potter. Although she is a best selling author, her hard work and dedication started from a young age. Joanne’s parents played a major role in her love for the written word. Anne Volant and Pete Rowling met at the age of 18 in 1964 on a train going from King’s Cross Station to Arbroath, Scotland. They were both serving their country.…

My Life: I was the first child in my family. My parents, Ed and Tammy Viviano, had been married a little over a year when I was brought into the world. I was born at Wilson Hospital in Binghamton, NY. When I was brought home from the hospital I was taken to the small town of Afton N.Y, which I have called home for the past 23 years. From the day I was born I was a part of different systems that already existed in the world. Systems Theory: Systems theory is a way of assessing someone’s…

have to be not a book, but a series and that’s the Harry Potter series. I love the books that are written by J.K. Rowling, I find the books to be very fascinating to read because you are allowed to escape the aspect of reality and to be a part of the world of Hogwarts. Well other than the fact that it’s science-fiction, it also has real life places involved in the series as well. Just like the use of London, it’s used as the home of Harry Potter and one of his really good friends, Hermione…

because the books weren 't picture books. She always read books which had a higher reading level than I possessed. In 3rd grade my teacher noticed I had trouble with reading comprehension, so she gave me the first Harry Potter book with a read along tape. Into the second book “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, I no longer needed to listen to the tapes to understand what I was reading. When…

Also, my attention span when reading books can easily get interrupted. The first time I was interested in books was when I first started reading The Harry Potter Series. This was sometime in elementary school. The books were quite advanced for my age; however, my grandmother was my source of help. She became my educator throughout elementary whenever I needed help with literature work outside of school…

The world of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the world of C.S Lewis’ Narnia are both filled with an immense number of fantastic creatures. In case of Rowling, many of these creatures are mythical animals-- centaurs, hippogriffs, goblins and unicorns to name a few- while Lewis mainly chooses to add mythical abilities to every-day animals. His Narnia consists of talking beavers, lions, and of course a few mythical animals such as fauns. Both worlds involve interaction between the non-human animals…

When I fell in love with reading, I also fell in love with writing stories, such as novels, short stories, or plays. Everyone who reads this paper can probably relate to it in some way or another, but maybe some of you won’t. Even if you can’t relate to this in one way or another, maybe reading this paper will help you understand who I am a little bit better so this is how I fell in love with reading and writing. When I was about twelve years old, I decided I wanted to start writing. I made this…

of her 'Harry Potter ' stories. There is nothing relevant or new to what Rowling brings to the vast literacy table; her integrity is on the chopping board ready to be butchered, it happens every year it seems, like an annual event, yet all she says is 'British girls don 't cry '. Rowling systematically is a shrine to her works, as the juggernaut stops I wonder what else this serene lady could offer her adoring audience, perhaps a shrine to her 'Potty World '. Annual opening of 'Potter…

In her essay “ Because I’m a Girl, I Suppose!”: Gender Lines and Narrative Perspective in Harry Potter, Melanie J. Cordova references Eliza T. Dresang and Elizabeth E. Heilman who regard Hermione’s character as polar opposites, as brave and chivalrous and as bookish yet inconsistently competent, respectively. Cordova then suggests that she views…

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is a fictional children’s book that addressed socio-political aspects of war and over coming oppression through allusions to Christian spirituality and historical events. The conveys its messages by exploring the multiplicity of worlds. Lewis connects the fictional world of Narnia to England during World War II. In doing so, he allows the reader to connect to difficult themes on an emotional and spiritual level. In this paper, I shall discuss…