Homi K. Bhabha

Bertie County is one of the largest counties in North Carolina, covering 741 square miles. The population is very small. Bertie originated in 1722 when the state legislature decided to divide the county from Chowan, a river. Bertie County inherited its name from James and Henry Bertie who has purchased the land. Bertie is located southwest of Elizabeth City, one of the poorest counties in North Carolina. The county includes eight townships, Lewiston, Kelford, Aulander, Powellsville, Roxobel, and…

The subject of this report is Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by J. K. Rowling. It is a story of a young boy named Harry Potter who find out he is a wizard. The story starts with Harry living with his aunt and uncle as his parents were killed when he was baby by a evil and powerful dark wizard named Voldemort. As Harry gets older strange things happen that he can not explain. When Harry is close to turning eleven he receives a letter from a wizarding school but his uncle destroys it before…

no one can decide whether it is from the devil or just a fictional series. Can the children to young adult books be encouraging the use of witchcraft? Or do they provide enjoyment for people who like to read? Many websites can be found saying that J. K. Rowling confirmed she wrote it to convert children to witchcraft, it is not so. There are also websites that say that vaccines cause autism, and we know that’s not true. Rowling states on her website: “I was traveling back to London on my own on…

Moby Dick Name of the Writer Name of the Institute Date of Submission The Quarter-Deck and The chase-Third Day Introduction: Moby-Dick is full of symbolism and describes the character of Captain Ahab in two chapters The Quarter Deck and The Chase-Third Day. Moby Dick is a Great novel written by Herman Melville in 1851. It is a story of a quest among a White Whale named as Moby Dick who destroyed the Captain Ahab’s ship in a voyage and also split his leg from the Knee. MobyDick is…

Serpent Search By J.K. Rowling is anything but normal when it comes to books. Serpent Search is a mystery story that has a wild adventure that three children must go on in order to find out what the chamber of secrets is and where it is located. The setting of the story takes place in Hogwarts a school for wizards and witches in the time of 1996. Harry Potter is the protagonist of the story, he is white with black hair round glasses and a scar on his forehead in the shape of a lightning bolt.…

When I was small, my mother would always read bedtime stories to me. One of the stories she would always read was Harry Potter. The author J.K Rowling describes a wizarding academy – the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - where many kinds of magical incantations and a variety of fantastic animals and plants reside. One time, I asked my mother, “Mom, can I become a witch when I am eleven years old?” This question seemed kind of ridiculous, but my mom just nodded and continued reading.…

Harry Potter is one of the many and most well known modern mythology today. It is a series of seven novels written by J.K. Rowling that follows the life of a young orphaned wizard named Harry, who finds out he is a wizard and starts to attend Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The series is a journey of him, along with his friends Ron and Hermione attempting to defeat Lord Voldemort, one of the most powerful and dark wizards of all time. This series is modern mythology because it has…

“A worldview is the particular bias in our presuppositions that influences how you look at the world and what we see or expect to see” (Drury). This is a quote from Keith Drury, who explains what a worldview is and how it is formed. I will be explaining my personal worldview as a Christian and how I began to see the world as I do now. I will then be explaining a different worldview from a very popular movie called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first movie in the Harry Potter series.…

As soon as my sneakers hit the grimy sidewalk outside the concert hall, I could tell something was amiss. There was no squealing of brakes from the mid-day traffic, or any jogger along the sidewalk. As I continued down the block, I did not hear the resonance of pubescent chatter from the playground down the street, nor the squabble of vendors. All around me was utter silence. Remember when your parents would proclaim, “Silence is golden.” ? Yet after lounging my cello onto my back and stumbling…

In Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dick distinguishes humans from androids by their ability to develop empathy through the social interactions between androids and humans, in which they highlight each other’s differences, thus Dick reveals that the lack of empathy within human society leads to the misunderstanding and segregation of societal classes. The characterization of androids and people within Rick’s society displays the potential effects of Dick's society if it…