Harry Potter universe

The Harry Potter books are some of the most popular fiction series ever written. J.K. Rowling created a story full of magic, excitement, danger, and pure, simple fun that has entertained millions of people around the world. The books have spawned toys, video games, movies, and every kind of merchandise that can be thought of for fans to enjoy. Fans always write to Rowling for information about her world and the many characters she created, but sometimes that has proved to be a problem for the…

One view is from Steve Jobs who is the man who invented Apple, Pixar, and NeXT. The other view is from J.K. Rowling who is the woman who wrote The Harry Potter series. Steve Jobs and J.K. Rowling share a similarity, and that similarity is realizing that they both failed in different ways. Yet, they succeeded by failing because once they failed they tried to improve on everything they did. "I was a very…

characters in your mind match faces and or voices the actors or actresses in the movie. But it can be disappointing when a part of the book is left out from the movie making it less enjoyable and be an underwhelming experience. For example Fans of the Harry Potter novel by J.K. Rowling prefer and recommend the books more than the movies because…

Akash Mullick Narrative Analysis Fall 2017 My narrative, “Always There For You,” is a realistic fiction story about a middle schooler named Ziggy. Ziggy moved from Kingston, Jamaica, to a small town in Nebraska in the middle of seventh grade. He found it hard to fit in at first, but luckily, two of his classmates, whose names were David and Henry, were friendly with him. Unfortunately, he also got to know Brett, who took great pleasure in harassing him. Tensions between…

Some examples are life altering decisions from the Twilight series, or disabilities in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, or even friendship and bravery from Harry Potter. There are also some things that people use for leverage to get a book banned such as religion, and to be more exact the sex scenes. Some people speculate as to why people try to get books banned is because some parents don’t want to say no to…

We all know that Harry Potter series is a masterpiece of literature. However, many critics attacked Harry Potter and tried to ban it from the public. As the response, Judy Blume, an author of 22 books, published an essay: “Is Harry Potter Evil” to defend Harry Potter series. According to “The Language of Persuasion” by Media Literacy Project, Blume’s essay qualifies as a “media message” that uses many “persuasive devices” (340) Thus, I will categorize Blume’s essay as a positive propaganda…

Throughout the past four decades, the Star Wars movie series by George Lucas has become one of the most popular fantasy series around the world. The movies depict the saga of Luke Skywalker, a young Jedi warrior who is talented, ambitious, and unyielding. However, he unexpectedly vanished after he defeated the villains; thus his sister Princess Leia led an expedition to both find Luke and protect the galaxy. Although Star Wars is a space opera, but similar to the movie Pan’s Labyrinth, it blends…

When I was six years old, I read Lior’s Magic Glasses by Shula Modan, a children’s story about a boy who sees two pairs of glasses at the store: a pink pair and a black pair. When he puts on the black pair, he sees the world negatively. Yet with the pink pair, the world is filled with joy. However, when the worker at the store tells the boy that “not everything is black or pink, there are a lot of colors in between”, the boy realizes that he can’t wear the pink glasses all the time and needs to…

of Harry Potter includes several different types of people. It ranges from young children to mature adults. It has easily spread all over the globe, and has blown up so much that people all around the world have integrated the world of Harry Potter in their lives. These people that are a “part” of the world of Harry Potter dress up like the characters from the movies. Whenever a new book came out, they would stand in front of the bookstores for long hours at a time, dressed as a Harry Potter…

Romeo + Juliet: a summary Imagine that you are to explain the main plot and other interesting details of the movie Romeo + Juliet to a person that you do not know very well. This means that we can be a bit informal in our language, but not our grammar and punctuation. The summary should be around 300 - 400 words, Ariel and 1.5 spacing The summary should include: Film title. Plot: what happens in the film? Does the plot make sense? Is it easy enough to follow? Is it believable?…