Philosopher's stone

Otherness is the separation by society through different lenses to stand out and be alienated. Many argue that Harry Potter as a series dwells deep in the topic of otherness; Harry is often seen as an “other” in many aspects: he is unsure as a wizard, becomes a hero, and is “The Chosen One.” In Marion Rana’s essay, “‘The less you lot have ter do with these foreigners, the happier yeh’ll be’: Cultural and National Otherness in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series”, Rena argues that despite the…

Comparison between Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling and Lost destiny calls by 23 Writers The main different between Harry potter and Lost is that Lost got sixteen heros instead in Harry potter there are only one hero, Oceanic 815 crashed on the mysterious island without the sixteen heros chose but in harry potter, harry chose to go to the magic school to escape his old abuse life. The similar aspects in both lost and harry potter is that both of them entered the unknown Harry entered the unknown…

Perks of being a Wallflower is a novel that was published in 1999 and adapted into a screenplay in 2012. Both the book and the movie have a huge cult following, including yours truly. I originally read this book in middle school and it honestly changed my life. It was the first book I connected with so strongly. When the movie was announced, I was thrilled. My best friend and I drove about an hour away to a specific theater to see the movie during its small release. Fortunately, the movie did…

there is “all of the knowledge and experiences we share as a species”, and so the archetype was born (Cherry). Simply put, an archetype is a recurring symbol in literature. J. K. Rowling’s use of universal archetypes in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone not only provides an enjoyable reading experience, but gives depth to the characters within. The Hero is easily the most common archetype, and very similar to The Chosen One.…

Tournament, and she helps Neville during Potions. She aids them in problem solving, fixing essays, and even helps to get them out of trouble (Sorcerer 's Stone 178). She supports them educationally and emotionally, especially when she tells Harry: “Books! And cleverness! There are more important things—bravery and friendship” (Sorcerer’s Stone 287). Neville, Harry, Hermione, and Ron all also support each other 's education within the community of Gryffindor…

It is important to note that Rowling lets Harry make mistakes and succumb to the temptation of using the Unforgivable Curses. The key to this honest understanding of how and why Harry makes his decisions comes from Rowling’s ability to create believable situations where Harry makes the believable choice, as Lana A. Whited and M. Katherine Grimes describe in “What Would Harry Do? J.K. Rowling and Lawrence Kohlberg’s Theories of Moral Development”: “Although Harry’s dilemmas involve creatures and…

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone , a book that almost every child worldwide has sitting on their bookshelf and Star Wars: new hope a movie that has captured the eyes of millions , has multitudes of differences yet the similarities are striking. Most stories follow the same mythic pattern. Every movie seems to have a hero and every book seems to have a villain. According to the archetype notes these are archetypes (the hero, the villain, the mentor ), a hero starts in the everyday world,…

Cat Johnson is a New York Times and USA Today best selling author of contemporary romance novels. Johnson has sold about one million copies of her various stories in either print or digital format since 2006. She has written many novels and short stories, her series include: Studs in Spurs, Oklahoma Nights, Midnight Cowboys, Hot SEALs, Red, Hot, & Blue, The Trilogy Collection, Olympus; which features four novellas, Texas Two Step, Maverick Ranch, USMC Military Romance. The Studs in Spurs is a…

Once there was a place called Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia had many people who were all happy. But those people were all dumb and didn’t take care of themselves. They didn’t take care of themselves because they never became adults. The children of Mesopotamia grew old, but never got the mind of an adult. So Mesopotamia was a dangerous place because of this problem. The kind of Mesopotamia, Logan, had the mind of an adult given to him by a god named Kitty Cat. Logan didn’t like his people and decided…

"My brain is the key that sets my mind free." This quote is one of the many famous statements made by Harry Houdini, a master mind in the art of illusion. Harry was one of the biggest entertainers of his generation, amazing his audiences with his hand cuff tricks. He set high standards for Magicians at the time. Harry took magic to whole new level. Over time, he evolved from doing simple illusions to death defying acts which left audiences all over America quaking in their seats. Harry Houdini…