Quidditch

In the movie, The Internship, two men, Billy McMahon and Nick Campell, lose their job due to the workplace becoming a technology driven field and they are left to find a new way of making ends meet, they decide to take an internship at, Google, to help kick start their new lives. While at Google the two men are paired with a group on young adults who are fighting for a position at Google as well, through working with this group the two men come to realize just how much has changed since their…

USC offers tons of extracurriculars for it’s students to participate in with clubs and social organizations like ROTC and College Quidditch (“University of Southern California”). There is also a really great football team at USC which allows for more fun outside of class. For more academic fun, USC has a motion capture lab which really interests me for both the cinema and game development…

Many people have opinions on gender roles, especially for females. When reading or watching the Harry Potter series, you can pick up on hints of both traditional and modern roles. Many people argue that Rowling created a world where female readers may learn that they are inferior to males (Whitton). While they may have a point in some situations, such as the troll incident in the lavatory in the first book, the female characters also stand their own ground. A great example of this is Molly…

Interestingly his aunt, uncle, and cousin never seem to learn from experiences with Harry and fail to treat him humanely. Despite Harry’s abuse, he remains polite to his family as they are the only family he has left. The only time he acts out occurs when one of them disrespectfully comments about his parents – which sadly is a common occurrence. Unfortunately Harry’s emotional abuse is not exclusive to his aunt and uncle’s home. He also is mistreated by his classmates and sometimes professors…

Accio: The Best Harry Potter Characters Harry Potter has created a magical platform where it connects with so many people with the series, in wonderful ways. The characters have an essential part in the story, making us fall in love with their personality. They have evolved, from eleven year olds to strong, grown wizards. Some amaze us and others make us laugh, with the funniest things possible. The quotes that we follow on to be the inspirational, and we follow their footsteps with their…

J. K. Rowling changed the world. The Harry Potter series is still the top selling book series in the world. It has created a whole new lifestyle for some people. The famous sport from her work was made into a real sport, Quidditch, and is a sport beloved by millions, and from that we can see it has impacted millions. She has gotten people very close to me out of anorexia and depression. They have asked to remain anonymous. Along with the idea of changing the world, I have…

science to perpetuate magic, rather than dispute it. It was easy to connect to the writing, as I have been reading about many of the concepts discussed for the past ten years. I knew all there was to know about the sorting hat, the hippogriff, and quidditch… or at least I thought I did. I ended up learning that the sorting hat could in fact comprise of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs), which converts magnetic fields into a change in voltage over time, which simplifies the…

Carl Jung is deemed as one of the greatest contributors to the world of psychology. The man who founded analytical psychology made great advancements in the collective unconscious, the complex, and most importantly, archetypes. Jung believed that in the unconscious mind is a form of psychological inheritance in which 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.…

Harry Potter has brilliant green eyes and inky black hair. He has to stay with his horrid aunt and uncle (the Dursleys) until school starts. He is a wizard and he attends Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. He loves it there. He can really be himself, plus his friends were amazing. The night of Harry’s twelfth birthday he was forced to stay in his room until his uncle's dinner party was over, but something unexpected happened. A house elf appears in his room. The house elf’s name is…

Anything that is able to fly is considered not human. • Flight is freedom. • When a flight is interrupted, it usually means something negative. EX: Flight can be found in the Harry Potter series through the popular game of Quidditch. When Harry was first introduced to Quidditch, and the concept of flying, he felt completely free. Aside from freedom, his happiness and thriving spirit shone throughout the game. Chapter 16 • Writers use different metaphors to differentiate between male and female…