Hogwarts

The Darkest Magic of All Win as a team, lose as a team; experience victory as a team, experience trauma as a team. While on any team, the ideas of family and companionship are encouraged to the fullest extent, and most of the time, are received and understood throughout the entire squad. That means in any group, the losses and traumatic incidences that are experienced are done so in a shared fashion. Some may even call it communal or shared trauma. Within Harry Potter and the Order of the…

not even consider the possibility that Professor Quirrell was the traitor and not Snape since Snape allowed himself to be prejudiced towards Harry. Furthermore, prejudice from Malfoy and his fellow Slytherin housemates leads to their loss of the Hogwarts House Cup, due to their underestimation of Harry and his friends. They believe that since Hermione is a muggle-born and Ron’s family is poor, even though he is a pure blood, that they are a disgrace…

Truth Essay- The Time I Performed In Orlando This is a story about my trip to Orlando in May of this year. Before I begin, I will provide you with some background regarding how I ended up going there. From an early age, I have been interested in drama. I loved going to see plays, where alternate realities would form and come to life onstage, whisking the audience into a different world. It exhilarated me, and I wanted to be a part of it. However, I was not able to get involved in the…

Rowling, published in 1997. The Sorcerer’s Stone first introduces the character of Harry Potter and explains how he is a wizard and his acceptance to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After going off to school Harry begins to learn of his parents past and the evil Lord Voldemort that terrorized the wizarding world. In the Sorcerer’s Stone Harry has to face challenges like battling a troll, facing…

Much of the Young Adult Literature written today, especially in the fantasy genre, involves death which is frequently used as a way to push the plot line further and motivate the protagonist, whether it’s the death of a loved one that they need to avenge or a villain they seek to kill. Often times, death is also used as a way to identify the villains in the story. It is something that is also used as a way to emotionally relate to its demographic. However, does a dangerous pattern emerge from…

Grimes 207). This instance occurs during Half-Blood Prince when Draco makes Crabbe and Goyle use the Polyjuice Potion to impersonate a young girl to keep guard over the Room of Requirement as Draco builds a way for the Death Eaters to enter into Hogwarts. So, because Draco’s intentions support the bad guys, Harry condemns Draco for his actions. Harry recognizes the difference between right and wrong through the character’s intentions and…

Social inequality deserves a plethora of attention and awareness due to its everlasting effects on America’s teens in modern day society. Writers are one of the most powerful advocates that use writing to use the various genres of literature as a proactive tool. The issue of inequity and persecution have been around since mankind has, yet it doesn’t have enough attention brought to it. These problems affect everyone at some point in their life, with some others being affected more than others,…

It’s hard to believe today that Walt Disney was once fired because he “lacked imagination and had no ideas,” or that the Beatles were cut from a record level because the company didn’t think that they had a future in show business. (Weismen) Still harder to believe is that J.K. Rowling’s world famous book ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ was rejected by no less than 12 publishers before it was finally published in 1997 at the insistence of Bloomsbury chairman, Nigel Newton’s daughter…

" Rebecca if you don 't make your reading goal, you 're going to fail." When I was around the fourth grade my love for reading was non existence; school had done that. Reading all those boring scientific reports and stories had gotten to me. I then thought reading was a chore. Then let 's add to the fact that there were those pointless reading goals we had to complete. No, thank you, it was required if you wanted to get a good grade and not get in trouble. My teacher at the time was Mrs. Vite.…

Merchandising Tie-ins: When the decision to merchandise the ‘Harry Potter’ brand, was made, J.K. Rowling as the brand guardian had a very tight leash on the decisions though Warner Bros was also a part of the proceedings. The merchandising rights were won by the Coca Cola company on the premise that some conditions of the author were met. In accordance with the agreement, the company had to make a charitable contribution to a group that encouraged literacy. Also unlike the regular merchandising…