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    In J.K. Rowling's story, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry and his cousin Dudley are attacked by dementors. While on their way home, Harry and Dudley had gotten into an argument. Dudley had been teasing Harry about his nightmares and it had gotten to the point where Harry pulled his wand out and aimed it at Dudley. Two dementors had shown up and attacked both of them, but Harry defeated them by casting his Patronus. Dementors are known to guard the wizard prison Azkaban. The ministry controls them and they don't attack unless ordered to. The story says, "Had the Ministry of Magic lost control of the dementors, had they deserted Azkaban and joined Voldemort, as Dumbledore had predicted they would" (Rowling 36)? The dementor attack…

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    This example is the creation of Dumbledore’s Army. This alliance formed as a coalition against the policies of Professor Dolores Umbridge who had been sent by the Ministry of Magic to oversee the school. Students did not agree with her policy against teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts, so they decided to meet in secret. However, this turned into an underground movement to undermine her authority. Together, these students had very little in common other than their hatred of a single professor…

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    Muggles Vs Magic Essay

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    Muggles Vs Magic As the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry once announced, “You place too much importance, and you always have done, on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognise that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!” So why should anybody who is a member of the non-magical community, an ordinary human, be exempt from the chance to interact with those pure bloods (pupils with all magical heritages)? One quarter of the enrolled…

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    everyone accepts that there is no bad or good and define their actions by perhaps mistakes and forgiveness. The movie represented the magic world as separate world and the world in which humans lived depicted another world on its own. The setting of harry potter present a hypereal world. A world filled with magic, a world filled with so much fantasy, a world with so much goodness balancing evil in the society. A world, where students are being taught to control magic, events, time and other…

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    Percy Jackson: Harry Potter: Ideas: Mist Train Station Gods Council of Wizards Different Magic 1. Compare and contrast how authors use the same or different themes in a setting. Love Percy Jackson’s fatal flaw is love Family Versions of reality Mist Wizards authority Identity Compare and contrast how authors use the same or different themes in a setting. Rick Riordan’s book Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief and J.K Rowling’s book Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone both…

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    Every teacher has their own unique teaching style. The film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix presents three separate examples of teachers. There is Professor Umbridge’s approach of reading and copying from the books, Professor Snape’s learn fast or die trying technique, and Harry Potter’s method of hands on real world experience. Each of the teachers generate different results in terms of student capabilities and confidence. Although there are many teaching styles, those similar to…

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    He is a very wise man who believes in second chances and respecting other magical creatures that the Wizarding World might detest in general. Olympe Maxime: Headmistress of Beauxbatons, The French School of Magic. She is a giantess but is ashamed of it so she says she has big bones, which is practically impossible. Igor Karkaroff: Head of Durmstrang School of Magic but keeps the school's location a secret. He is an insecure person who gives Harry low points even if he succeeds to make his…

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    Voldemort Essay

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    suitors left, asked if he could try his hand. The suitors laughed, but were amazed to see him string the bow with ease and fire it all the way through the 12 axes,” (Davidson 1). Them laughing at the beggar’s suggestion displays how they think that because he is so low ranking socially, he is also not skilled. This is disrespectful because they were proved wrong when this beggar, a disguised Odysseus, succeeds at what they all have failed to do. Though the suitors are disrespectful, Voldemort is…

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    Introduction As one of the most influential magic literary works from the 20th century to the 21st century, the series of novels of Harry Potter have attracted the readers of the young generation globally with its powerful cultural charm. And the major theme in the works is the core value of Christian spirit, the basic Christian thoughts in Harry Potter is analyzed deeply in the essay, to summarize the ideological connotation of the religions thought in Harry Potter and The Philosopher 's Stone…

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    The Boy Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: Analysis The story of “The Boy Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was” fits a common structure in fairy tales – it is a coming-of-age story, a story that starts with a child that, by the end of the story, becomes an adult. It follows the tale of an ignorant younger brother, whose only skill he wants to learn is how to get “the creeps.” He goes through three trials filled with death and supernatural beings, which eventually earns him a bride and gold.…

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