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The Louisiana Purchase Let us take a trip back in history to look at the Louisiana Purchase. At the very beginning of the 17th century, France traveled the Mississippi River valley and thereby established scattered settlements in the region. By the middle of the 18th century, France was powerful and controlled a large portion of what is now known as the United States. The Louisiana Purchase which transpired in 1803 was basically a land deal between the United States and France with the US…

Three Times the Tasks Means Three Times the Trauma Trauma seems to be the name of the game when it comes to J.K. Rowling’s series on the life of young Harry Potter. He suffers greatly by having his parents killed, is forced to live with abusive extended family, and then is literally shoved into a world of magic in which he is forced to learn quite quickly that luck is never quite on his side. Ms. Rowling’s fourth chapter of Harry’s life, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, proves no…

John and I are sitting in our living room, as I’m trying to figure out how to interview someone I already know when a life alert commercial comes on the television. We start joking about it like we always would, but then John says, “Haha, I tried to get my dad one of those.” Johns relationship with his Dad is unlike any relationship I know or have. Despite him not living with him and not being able to see him all of the time like he ideally would. For an early part of his life John Polk Senior…

Steve Jobs and J.K. Rowling are two completely different people. They both give outstanding speeches towards college graduates during different times, but the speeches are on similar topics. The similarities throughout both the speeches is that they both talk about failure that they have experienced throughout their lives, and what they have done to move forward from failure. Another similarity that was used during both their speeches is that they both talked about imagination, and how…

Chapter 1- Introduction A book writer to be successful tries to limit his (based on a made-up idea) activity to the narrow edges/borders of an area or a limited circumference of his chosen place which, as a matter of fact, becomes his (based on a made-up idea) world. A novel is generally expected to be the presentation not only of men, their manners, mental activities and social matters including customs and traditions but also of the (related to where mountains, rivers, cities, etc., are…

Over the years, there have been many controversial books that have been banned or nearly banned. These books include Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, Phillip Pullman’s The Golden Compass, Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach, and many others, as stated in Britney Wilkins’ article, “50 Banned Books That Everyone Should Read.” However, in the last twenty years, three book series, particularly geared…

Prophecy Orbs In Relation To Characters and Events In Harry Potter and To Real-World Politics Harry Potter by J.K Rowling contains a variety of magical elements and devices. One of these devices are the prophecy orbs mainly featured in the fifth book of the series, Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix. These orbs have connections not only to the characters in the series, but also to the politics of the real world. The prophecy orbs are small balls of spun glass that contain a white,…

In his book, Sleuthing The Alamo, James E. Crisp goes beyond the mere description of the historical events that took place during the Texas Revolution. Crisp’s passion to uncover why certain events of the Texas Revolution were remembered in a specific way, propelled him to closely examine and critically analyze the motive behind a number of writers and historians. It was this determination that forced Crisp to take no for an answer and to “attempt to separate Texas myth from Texas history”.…

Ordinary World Harry Potter’s ordinary world is his home of number four Privet Drive with the Dursleys. When he crosses the threshold into the wizarding world, the contrasts between the two realms are drastic. “It’s a good idea for writers to make the Ordinary World as different as possible from the Special World, so audience and hero will experience a dramatic change when the threshold is finally crossed”, and it is (Vogler 87). Privet Drive was a dull and miserable existence for Harry. He…

In the 2001 movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, based off the novel by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter learns about the magic world while starting his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In doing so, he forms strong friendships with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, two fellow first-years, who together fight for their lives while trying to reach and protect the immortality gem, the Sorcerer’s Stone. Toward the end of the movie, the trio battles through various tests…