Ministry of Jesus

In the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the setting takes place in a magical world in London, England where the main characters attend a school named Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the film numerous characters and moments embody the theories Malory Nye point out in his book Religion: The Basics. Essentially, rituals and beliefs are prevalent in this film and the use of the theories can analyze such things. Examining Harry Potter using Arnold Van Gennep’s rites of…

Hogwarts was Harry Potter’s Delusion: There is a theory that Harry Potter’s wonderful idealistic adventures in Hogwarts were a delusion he created for himself in reaction to the Verbal and Physical abuse. For starters, Harry's magic fantasies begin when, in real life, he's about to begin school at Stonewall High, being separated from his abusive cousin for the first time. It's a new school, a new environment, and therefore the perfect time to begin his delusions. First creation: Hagrid.…

The main character of the story. He is also referred as "The Boy Who Lived" because he was the only person to survive a killing curse, specifically cast by the most terrorising Dark Wizard of his time, Lord Voldemort. When someone secretly puts Harry's name up for The Triwizard Tournament, his abilities are tested by deadly tasks. He has a heroic instinct that makes him risk his chances of winning, by trying to save people who are his opponents in the competition! He believes in equality and he…

Harry Potter is about a young boy named Harry Potter who lives with his horrible aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, and cousin Dudley in Privet Drive. After He finds out he’s a wizard, everything goes beserk. He arrives at Hogwarts and meets his two best friends, Ronald Bilius Weasley, and Hermione Jean Granger. Their friendships are challenging through all the battles with death eaters and Lord Voldemort, but they manage to keep their friendship with the help of their headmaster Albus Dumbledore. They…

The Magic of Figurative Language The Harry Potter series of books, written by J.K. Rowling, dominates the best seller lists since it was published on June 26, 1997. The tale follows a young orphan who lives with a very mean aunt, uncle, and cousin, before finding out that he’s the most famous young wizard in the world. Swept from his dismal existence of teasing, chores, and bullying, he finds himself plunged into a fantasy world of friendship, magic, and adventure, at a boarding school for…

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…