Harry Potter universe

Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. As the story draws to a close, the ‘Golden Trio’ of Harry, Ron, and Hermione successfully complete their quest – namely to discover and protect the Philosopher’s Stone. In the same manner as The Hobbit, tangible rewards are distributed to our heroes at the completion…

J.D. Salinger’s main theme in Catcher in the Rye is the struggle of growing up and the “phoniness” of the adult world. Holden Caulfield, the narrator of the novel, is struggling with the fact that he is growing up. Holden shows he is struggling in the scene when he and his little sister, Phoebe, go to the zoo. At the zoo Phoebe goes on the carousel, but he says, “Maybe next time” when she asks him to go with her, and he watches from a bench. As he is sitting watching Phoebe go around he thinks…

As a part of human nature, progress to success is key. The most beneficial thing for all people is to understand that they have to fall in order to get back up again. Someone who agrees with this is Morihei Ueshiba. Morihei Ueshiba was an inspirational martial arts instructor, and the founder of Aikido. He once said, “Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something." This quote shows in order to reach success there has to be mistakes and progress. Learning from mistakes makes…

On screen- sweet Cameron Diaz is type cast as the sweet , funny babe in most of her films, she is always know for her comedic roles, and girl-next door charisma. She was once a model before she had the privilege to become an actress. In 1994, Diaz won her first film role in the blockbuster action-comedy The Mask, starring the comedic Jim Carrey. With no previous acting experience, she had originally auditioned for a supporting character in the film. And ever since her appearance in film most…

The theme of Pixar children's film Monsters university directed by Dan Scanlon is that there is more than one way to get to a destination.For example in the begging James P. Sullivan approaches school with a “I am already too good for this attitude””Pssh, you don’t need to study scaring, you just do it(Scanlon x:xx)”.Sully starts on this route until he gets kicked out of the scare program and has to work hard and apply himself.Sully even after failing and getting kicked out of MU he still…

Philia and I are seventeen and we’re adventurers of the Misaki family that no longer exist due to an unfortunate accident eight years ago. Since we were always alone, we would spend our time searching for treasures and having fun until the day the king ordered that all homeless children in his nation to train and become a soldier. The life of a soldier was difficult and exhausting, but the adventures and artifacts we found made us powerful and acknowledgeable. After a few years of adventuring,…

Roland Barthes once said, “literature is the question minus the answer.” Over the years many have analyzed his observation and contemplated its validity. It has been found that in fact, many works over the years that Barthes’s statement holds true. One such novel is “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James. This book is known for its ambiguity and has ignited countless debates over the years over the recurring theme that has everyone questioning their own rationale; reality is dependent on…

Oblivion by Anthony Horowitz is an impressionable book with a story so immersed with suspense and action it rivals any Michael Bay film. Written by the same author of the Alex Rider series, Oblivion is the final book of The Gatekeepers series. The gatekeepers are five teenagers, Matt, Pedro, Jamie, Scott, and Scarlett, who learn that they have powers that they must use to defeat the Old Ones, beings that want to destroy the world. Every installment of the series tells the individual…

Dear J.K.Rowling, I’ve finally read your entire award winning series, Harry Potter and I’m left with a few questions, particularly about the 4th book “The Goblet Of Fire.” It would be great if you answered as these questions will help give me a deeper understanding of the book. Firstly I’d like to ask why you chose to make Cedric die? As I and a lot of other people loved him as a character and I’m sure many people would agree with me. I know you wanted to show that Voldemort was back, at…

FANDOM Over the years since television came to the world shows came out after months and years, but over that years some shows got more attention than some others and that started the fandom on mainly shows that ”intrigued them” and that had started the fandom. Now I wonder how were they created and why they were, not just because they just like the show or movie. How were fandoms created and why do people hate them. From what I learned at first, Fandom is a word used to refer to a group…