Order of the Phoenix

Rude vs. Atrocious Imagine sitting at your dinner table, calmly munching on your food. Abruptly, the suitors from Homer’s Odyssey, and Voldemort from “Harry Potter” appear out of nowhere, so of course you scream as the suitors eat the food off of your plate and Voldemort starts casting the killing curse. Which one do you scream at though? Is it the suitors in which you shreek? Or Voldemort? Regardless of which villain it is, they are both villains which means that they are both heartless…

Bareback Scandal The play Equus was written by Peter Shaffer in 1973, and opened the same year. Since then it has been adapted for film, and has been revived for the stage. In 2007 it was reset with a famous British cast. It is interesting to compare the critical response of the original production and the revival. There aren’t very many reviews left of the original because it was 30 years ago, and they did not have as much media coverage back then. For the revival, however, there are a lot of…

Did you know that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets combined made over two billion worldwide at the box office? The purpose of my speech today is to tell you about these two movies. Since I have read the books, did extensive research, and watched both of these movies many times, I consider myself a credible source. Right now, I want to tell you about the Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets plot, main…

Introduction Background The ‘Harry Potter’ series is arguably one of the most popular book series in history, described by Hoover (2007) as will “having long life because (…) the original readers will share it with their children, a family favourite for a very long time”. Although the series concluded in 2007, Pottermore, the fan-based website which spills small details that Rowling still discusses, received over one billion page views within two weeks of release. (via news.microsoft.com). One…

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.…

Throughout the Harry Potter series, storylines and plots changed throughout the books, but one thing remained consistent- the personalities of the characters. A reader could always rely on Harry to save the day, Ron to be his sidekick, Mrs. Weasley to be motherly, and Draco Malfoy to be a bully. This is because the characters each had their own archetype, or pattern of behavior throughout the series. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling specifically demonstrated these archetypes.…

Harry Potter is a movie series filled with fantasy scripted from a series of seven novels written by J.K Rowling. It talks about how little Harry Potter survived a deadly attack on his family by the darkest wizard in the “world” and how he is supposed to destroy the killer of his parents. (Columbus, 2001-2011). Structuralists believe that the world is governed by rules and codes and so in giving meaning to a text such as this, these structural codes or rules must not be broken. However, there is…

According to the bible, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is the main religious leader for Harry Potter. He was the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, thus, known as Professor Dumbledore. He was a half-blood which is a muggle (human) as well as a wizard. Besides, Professor Dumbledore was also described as an epitome of goodness. Harry Potter plays a huge role in this religion. Harry is known as the greatest disciple of the witch and wizardly world. He was a half…

Harry’s wand contains a feather from a phoenix (Dumbledore’s phoenix, Fawkes). That same phoenix gave ONE other feather. That feather was made into a wand of yew, 13 ½ inches. That wand was sold around 50 years ago to a boy named Tom Riddle. Tom left school after his 7th year and sank deep into the Dark Arts, emerging as Lord Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard of all time. He set out to kill Harry after hearing a prophecy about him being defeated by Harry. Lily Potter (Harry’s mother) gave…

Harry and all of his friends become members of the Griffindor house. Of course Draco Malfoy became a member of the Slytherin house and he swaggered forward when his name was called. Harry saw a terrible ghost as the Slytherin table that had a gaunt face and blood-stained robes. Harry’s professors were Professor Filtwick, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, a black haired man with sallow skin, Professor Quirrell and Dumbledore. Harry received a new broomstick, a Nimbus Two…