Ministry of Magic

The “Hero’s Journey” is a popular theory among many films and stories. This theory includes a pattern of the main character, or the hero, living in an ordinary world and is called into a new, more exciting life. In their journey, they meet many characters that play archetypal roles. These roles include the hero, the side kick, the wise-old man, the friendly beast, the evil figure, the damsel in distress, and many more. One movie that would qualify as a “Hero’s Journey” movie would be, “Harry…

Wallace 1 Julia Wallace Professor Ann-Marie Boylan English 3B 25 November 2014 The Once and Future King Project: Part I Book I - The Sword in the Stone: Merlyn Throughout Book I, I am Wart’s tutor. I am magician who lives backward in time, therefore I already know what is going to happen. As Wart’s tutor, I turn him into several different animals: a fish, a merlin, a ant, a owl, a goose, and a badger. I turn him into these specific animals to teach him lessons. When I turn Wart into a fish, I…

SIRIUS BLACK: A VENGEFUL VICTIM OR A FATHER FIGURE? Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a best-selling children’s book which has been adapted into a film with the same title. The story gives a further look into Harry’s past. One of the key characters in it is Sirius Black, Harry’s godfather who was imprisoned for twelve years in Azkaban before he escaped. He was a close friend of the Potters, who went to a hideout because they were being hunted by Voldemort. He was thought to be their…

Albus Dumbledore is God God, Lucifer, and Jesus attending a boarding school in a Scotland castle sounds like the beginnings of a very odd joke. Yet it can be argued that this is essentially what went down in the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s stone. Religious symbolism is heavily entrenched in this young adult movie series, as it naturally should. References to religion is often essential in any narrative that depicts the struggle between darkness and light. This is because darkness and…

What Exactly are Mortgage Overlays? Lender Guidelines Revealed! Lender's Mortgage Overlays in a Nutshell A popular line from the old movie "The Wizard of Oz" involves the character Oz shouting "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" The little guy behind-the-scenes was attempting to shield his image as a strong, powerful leader. From this motion picture, scene created the expression "let's draw back the curtains," meaning, "let's see precisely what form of work happens when…

“The Tale of Three Brothers” was first introduced in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and last book in the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling. In the story arc, one of the main character, Hermione Granger, narrates the story from her copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. These tales were commonly read to children as bedtimes stories because they’re “told to amuse rather than instruct” (Rowling 409). “The Three of Three Brothers” relates how three brothers cheated Death…

The adventure, magic, and mystery filled me with agonizing suspense the whole book. I can connect with a lot of the characters especially Hermione. She prizes knowledge and enjoys reading just like me. I could also relate to Harry Potter with his calm and cool impression…

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling is a great fantasy book that focuses on a trio of kids that are brought into and brand new world full of magic and danger. Theirs Harry Potter the boy who lived from being cursed with death by a terrible wizard named Voldemort whose name struck fear in everyone to the point they never say his name, but due to the curse the wizard was vanquished as the spell ricocheted and hit him, this leads to his trademarked scar that everyone in the…

All great Wizards started as a student, as did Harry Potter. He started his journey clueless about the wizard world, but now he is known as a great wizard in fact a hero, but Harry Potter reached the point of becoming a hero by going through the 5 stages of a hero’s journey; departure, Initiation, the road of trials, the innermost cave, and finally the return and reintegration with society. Specifically, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone the hero, Harry Potter follows these essential…

Agent Six of Hearts: Six was created by ChaoSonic through the use of modified DNA, along with his ‘brothers’ Kyntak and Sevadon. During a fire which destroyed The Lab, Six managed to escape and was found by his soon to be boss King. When Six turned sixteen he began working for the Deck. In the novel Six is described as having black hair, white teeth, pale skin and blue eyes. In the novel we also find that he is 1 meter and 78 centimetres. Six usually wears a black coat and dog tags which he uses…