I came across a report Racial Bias in Health Care and Health penned by Dr. David R. Williams and Dr. Ronald Wyatt which discusses racial and ethnic disparities from a health care perspective and why steps should be taken to address it. He shares his experience when confronted with implicit and explicit bias as a patient at a local hospital. Implicit bias is behavior that results from subtle implicit attitudes and implicit stereotypes that often happen unconsciously and without any overt intent.…
Harry found himself enjoying the company that Ron brought; although they had only met a few hours before, he felt completely at ease. He wondered whether the red head would prove to be his first actual friend. As Ron pulled out his wand, determined to turn Scabbers yellow, the door their compartment was pulled open and a girl their age peered in. She had wild, frizzy hair and brown eyes, and her expression was slightly disdainful. "Have you happened to see a toad?" She asked," A boy called…
In the story Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, I hope that Harry finally receives his letter to Hogwarts. Harry’s uncle and aunt, who has been caring for him since his parent’s passing, have refused Harry this letter. However, his uncle and aunt cannot hide his letter for much longer because every day Harry receives more letters from Hogwarts. I believe that going to Hogwarts will greatly improve Harry’s life; currently, he lives in Dudley’s second bedroom and before that he lived in the…
Harry Potter is an orphan who spent the majority of his childhood living in the company of the Dursley’s – his non-wizard aunt, uncle and cousin who treated Harry with emotional maltreatment and neglect. His extended family relegated Harry to the status of a second-rate member of the household, leaving him to sleep in the “cupboard under the stairs” and clothing him in Dudley’s over-sized leftovers. Harry suffered the loss of his parents at an early age and spent his childhood years trying to…
You are obviously extremely terrified and in shock. There are several actions that you can take to make things right with Harry. You can show Alan that he can trust you again, tell an adult and tell them why you did not tell anyone, and just be there for Harry in his time of need. Harry is probably having a lot of trust issues because he thought that you would be a good friend and stop it but you did not. To make it right you should come up with ways to show Alan that he can trust you. You made…
the home of Horace Slughorn, former Potions teacher at Hogwarts, and persuades him to return to teach. Harry is taken to the Burrow, where Hermione has already arrived. The next morning they get their O.W.L. results, and school supplies lists. Later, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger follow Draco to Dark Arts supplier Borgin and Burkes. Harry is instantly suspicious of Draco, whom he believes to be a Death Eater. The students return to school, where Dumbledore announces that Snape would be…
Potter Deathly Hallows, Harry and Hermione and Ron do everything they can to stop Lord Voldemort , but come across difficulties of their own besides Voldemort. They face internal conflict with themselves as long as external conflict with other creatures people. In part 1 of the story , Harry , Hermione , and Ron are finding all the horcruxes to destroy Lord Voldemort. Little does Harry know he is the last horcrux. So Harry , Hermione and Ron go on their journey to find all these…
Twenty-four-year-old Christopher McCandless was a strong adventurer who disappeared after graduating college to go on a backpacking trip which ended up in the Alaskan wilderness. Chris McCandless became Alex Supertramp because he wanted to explore the unexplored and discover a life without responsibility, possessions, people, money, lies, and abusive relationships. He severely wanted to prove that one’s life does not require road maps and plans but that one could be perfectly happy as a free man…
passage, separation. According to Gennep it is the stage where he is separated from the roles and obligations he had before (Nye 2008, 146). Harry leaves his miserable life with the Dursleys behind and is quick to form a relationship with other wizards, Ron and Hermione. The stage of liminality Harry experiences is the first school year in Hogwarts. “The liminal stage may entail an inversion of ‘normal’ life, marked by different forms of dress, a different place, and different kinds of behavior”…
abandoned young orphan; Ron Weasley, an adventure bound young man; and Hermione Granger, a studious and clever young woman. Throughout the friendship, each of the three portray their own individualized strengths: Harry…