Quidditch

Going to college for the first time can be a very daunting task. Choosing the wrong school can lead to some of the worst years of your life or some of the best. When deciding which school to peruse, it is important to consider whether a smaller university or a larger university is fit for the student. Both small and large universities have their pros and cons such as class sizes, social life, and their resources. Larger university typically have anywhere from 15,000 students to 70,000. At a…

Epic Heroes: Odysseus and Harry Potter The Odyssey by Homer tells the story of Odysseus, a young man who spends twenty years of his life from the people he loves. After a ten-year war, he and his companions fight to come home to Ithaca, but are continuously stalled by ferocious monsters and captivating goddesses. Odysseus serves as the model for an epic hero. An epic hero is a man who represents all ideal characteristics such as honor and strength in a nation of race. Though this idea comes…

In “Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone”, Professor McGonagall was surprised by the skills of broomstick of Harry. He was then recommended by Professor McGonagal to be the seeker of Gryffindor team to participate the game of Quidditch. “The boy’s a natural.”(Rowling 151)This is the first time for Harry to be appreciated. In the muggles world, he was presented as a weak character which bullied by his relatives. But now, he is the youngest seeker of Gryffindor team to join the game…

easily been Vincent Crabbe’s reincarnation and was so repulsive that Scorpius was almost offended that Travers placed higher on the list than him. It was probably a good thing for the entire school when Travers declined in order to concentrate on Quidditch, for which he played Seeker, only to be kicked off a few months later for fighting with the Captain. Of course, this left Scorpius as the only choice. And, as he was the last resort, he wasn’t allowed to say no. The uproar started as soon as…

The first stage in this phase is the road to trials. This stage is when a test or task is asked of the hero. Harry is asked to complete many new things such as, play on the Quidditch team, defeat the troll, and deal with the bullying from Malfoy. Harry proves himself to be a true hero because he successfully accomplishes these tasks. Next is atonement with the father. The hero confronts whatever holds ultimate power. This could…

The fantasy genre has a great appeal to readers. One of the primary reasons is that “[r]eaders…want something that gives … a sense of wonder, a glimpse at the impossible made real, sights … never otherwise see[n]” Cox says. J.K. Rowling effectively displays this, in her novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. With aspects of typical fantasy setting, the incorporation of mythical creatures and magic, Rowling has created a fantasy novel. The fantasy genre has general guidelines when it…

Newton Scamander was well accustomed by now to the endless taunting and ridicule he received from most of the other students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He'd figured out years ago that the best way to deal with hexes or a flying shoe was to put up a Shield Charm and watch the shoe bounce right back and hit the owner in the face. (The people who liked throwing their shoes had long since ended that habit.) Newt could deal with the people who skirted around him in the corridor…

to it the most is not the glory of winning, but the pure, quick-paced thrill he receives from soaring around on a broom while being caught up in the competitive spirit. “Apart from his friends, the thing that Harry missed most about Hogwarts was Quidditch, the most popular sport in the magical world — highly dangerous, very exciting, and played on broomsticks” (Rowling 12). Harry’s invigorating-motivated nature plays a huge part in his attraction to anything dangerous, and what better to satisfy…

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…

In the novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling uses characterization to show the amount of loyalty that several of the characters have towards Harry Potter, and to prove that sometimes friends, even those thought to be enemies, can sometimes be more loyal than one’s own blood. J.K. Rowling shows the loyalty that Harry Potter’s friends have towards him through characters like Albus Dumbledore, Ron Weasley, and Dobby. Rowling also shows that even those who are understood to be…