Harry Potter

Jack Thorne, JK Rowling, and John Tiffany’s playwright Harry Potter and the Cursed Child follows up on the wizarding world and Harry Potter’s life. Throughout this intriguing story, Harry and Ginny’s youngest son, Albus Severus Potter, and his best friend, Scorpius Malfoy, attempt to rebel against Harry and his past. A conversation between Harry and Amos Diggory sparks an idea in the two boys that Cedric Diggory, a boy who was previously murdered by Voldemort, shouldn’t have been killed and…

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling creates a fictional magical world that is parallel to the non-magical world that in turn directly reflects social issues in real life. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2002), J.K. Rowling creates a fictional world of magic that reflects the events in history. Lord Voldemort for example is that of Adolf Hitler and his ideology in view of magic and wizardry. The similarity in a belief of a supreme race, the unmatchable leadership that they held, and…

Introduction Harry Potter, an arrangement of seven dream books composed by the British writer J. K. Rowling. The arrangement is named after the urgent character, Harry Potter. The story annals the undertakings and encounters of a young person nameed Harry Potter, who turns into one of the best wizards, and his companions Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, every one of whom are understudies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The principle story spins around Harry's journey to…

The final installment of the Harry Potter movies, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two, brought the end to the legacy, and it closed the book on many people’s childhoods. To prompt the movie, Warner Brothers- the producers of the movie- launched a series of posters with the slogan “IT ALL ENDS.” These advertisements had basic designs but had huge success on the public. An example of one of these posters is Daniel Radcliffe’s, the actor who plays Harry Potter, face looking forward. His…

One piece of popular culture that is heavily influenced by religion is the world-renowned Harry Potter series. Throughout all of the Harry Potter books and movies you can see an obvious Christian influence. Harry Potter is a lived theology, the characters reflect Jesus Christ and some Christian practices are represented, but still some people view the series as having negative values. First of all, Harry Potter is a lived theology. Miller-McLemore describes a lived theology as “the practice of…

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light”-Albus Dumbledore. The Harry Potter series, in the opinions of millions, is one of the best book series ever written. There are many characters, alike and different, but we are going to focus on two of the most important of those characters today, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, from the Harry Potter series, by JK Rowling, who are not portrayed as friends, or similar people, or alike, but are…

7 billion dollar revenue later, the Harry Potter series has become the most celebrated fiction novels and films of a generation. The story of the boy who lived was originally told by J.K Rowling then adapted to film in 2001. With millions of fans across the globe it is almost impossible to find someone who has not heard or seen the tale. This remarkable story is told in seven parts and begins with the Sorcerers Stone. Almost as recognizable as the Harry Potter stories is Joseph Campbell 's…

Back to Hogwarts”: Fans and Redemption of Antagonists in Harry Potter’s Fanfiction Harry Potter is a literary series that has swept the world with its unique magic filled universe, and as such its fans refuse to let the world created by J.K Rowling be something found only in the pages of the original books, or in our TV screen, so they have take it upon themselves to expand or reshape Harry Potter in many interesting ways. The Harry Potter universe has become a fanfiction phenomenon, its fans…

appeal to readers. One of the primary reasons is that “[r]eaders…want something that gives … a sense of wonder, a glimpse at the impossible made real, sights … never otherwise see[n]” Cox says. J.K. Rowling effectively displays this, in her novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. With aspects of typical fantasy setting, the incorporation of mythical creatures and magic, Rowling has created a fantasy novel. The fantasy genre has general guidelines when it comes to creating a story for…

In 1997, nobody knew that the new book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s (Philosopher’s) Stone by J.K. Rowling would change society forever. The first edition was rejected by twelve publishers until Bloomsbury Publishing paid her £1,500, equivalent to $2,247.93 in the United States. Now Rowling herself has a net worth of one-billion dollars and the Harry Potter brand is said to be worth about fifteen-billion dollars (“J.K. Rowling Net Worth”)! The topics that Rowling wrote about caused her…