Ministry of Defence

The last things you expect in a book about the search for a magical dead welsh king is for it to take a backseat to an in-depth character study. In the second installment of the Raven Cycle, Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater chronicles a gang of captivating teenagers and their search for Glendower, a supposedly long dead king that can grant a single favor. Though the quest is the background for the coming of age for our group of friends; Gansey, Blue, Adam,Noah, and most notably Ronan. A lot of…

“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling is about a boy named Harry Potter who lived with his aunt, uncle, and their son at 4 Privet Dr. More specifically, underneath the cupboard. At least that’s where he spent most of his time hiding from his cousin Dudley who loved to beat him up. But on his 11th birthday, Harry’s life changed forever after he received a visit from a giant man named Hagrid. He found out that his parents weren’t who his aunt and uncle had made them seem…

MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN Jake has grown up hearing tales from his grandfather Abe about battling literal monsters in World War 2 whilst living at Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, safe in Wales. One night, when Abe is murdered in the middle of the night by a creature, as Jake’s stories get out of control, his parents agree to take him across the world to discover that he wasn’t actually telling stories; he was uncovering a magical place his grandfather grew up in.…

Gryffindor vs Slytherin, a long time rivalry! Each house at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is represented by an element. Gryffindor by fire, Hufflepuff by earth, Ravenclaw by air, and Slytherin by water. Gryffindor and Slytherin get along as well as water and fire mix. Godric Gryffindor the founder of Gryffindor instructed the sorting hat to choose the characteristics he put the most value on when selecting students for his house. Gryffindor’s are known to have courage, be brave,…

Modern Day Technology is Creating a 1984-Type Society George Orwell’s novel 1984 tells the story of Winston Smith, a man living in the dystopian society of Oceania in the year 1984. Oceania is ruled over by Big Brother and the Inner Party, a political group that believes in Ingsoc, English Socialism, and creating a world free of unorthodoxy and individuality. This is done by inventing Newspeak, Oceania’s official language designed to limit individual thought, and organizations like the Thought…

Orwell’s primary goal in 1984 is to demonstrate the terrifying possibilities of totalitarianism. The reader experiences the nightmarish world that Orwell envisions through the eyes of the protagonist, Winston. His personal tendency to resist the stifling of his individuality, and his intellectual ability to reason about his resistance, enables the reader to observe and understand the harsh oppression that the Party, Big Brother, and the Thought Police institute. Whereas Julia is untroubled and…

J.K. Rowling uses language to develop an Overbearing tone in different parts in book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.” Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy, but he is far from ordinary. A giant named Hagrid appears, and gives Harry the all important news, he is a wizard. Now his journey in life gets more intense as he travels to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry to learn all about being a wizard. Here, he meets his best friends Ron and Hermione. Ron Weasley is not very brave…

In A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin creates a groundbreaking fantasy, in which Ged battles evil in a world where magic is as habitual as breathing. Duny, an arrogant Gontish boy uses magic taught to him by a village witch to defend his village against Kargish pillage, greatly injuring himself. A powerful wizard from Re Albi named Ogion heals the boy and presents Duny with his true name, Ged thereafter taking him as prentice where Ged first encounters powerful dark magic. Eventually Ged…

Voldemort is dastardly devious. A great example that exemplifies his deviousness is when Mikhail Lyubansky, a Ph.D. of Psychology at the University of Illinois, presents, “Into the long-standing culture of dislike, Voldemort, through his control of the Ministry of Magic, introduced a variety of new laws intended to isolate and marginalize half-bloods and their supporters and remove half-bloods from all positions of authority, including at Hogwarts,” (Lyubansky 6). Getting rid of half-bloods…

Ordinary World- Harry is a 11-year old orphan, Harry lives with Dursley's who treat their son Dudley like a king, while Harry is treated like a servant. Boon is a pesky thief raised by thieves, even ordinary world for him is adventurous and dangerous, he lives on the streets and often calls for trouble. Harry always lives his life in fear while Boon lives the life of a rebellious thief. Harry and Boon were always treated as unequally by the world, yet harry became fearful and boon learned to…