Rosetta Stone

In the dungeons began the first day of potion class. The dungeons were chilly and silent, would have been scary without pickled animals hanging in glass jars all around the walls. Like Professor Flitwick Professor Snape began the class with attendance and stopped at Harry's name mocking Harry as a "new-celebrity." Draco Malfoy and his friends Crabbe and Goyle giggled. He finished the roll call and faced up at the class. His eyes were jet black like Hagrid's, but he wasn't like Hagrid. They were…

life. What Makes This A Theory? J.K. Rowling doesn’t leave any stones unturned. However, she didn’t answer the question about how Horcruxes are made. Apparently, she won’t because the process is too horrid to be spoken about. Anyway, we know that Harry wasn’t intended to be a Horcrux. He became a Horcrux when Voldemort’s killing curse rebounded. The reason this is a theory is because of a single line of dialogue the Philosopher’s Stone film. “Yes. That ain't no ordinary cut on your forehead.…

with his family members, it created this sense of abandonment which pushed Harry to run away from home. This can be supported by the failure to achieve positively valued goals. As Harry didn’t feel like a part of his family, it created this sense of unjust and emotional backlash that caused Harry to remove himself completely from his home. After a year, Harry returned home to be arrested and sent to “Chehalis State Training School for boys due to stealing stamps in an open safe at a post office…

“Draco,” Hermione said, “If we are going to move in together, I refuse to have an house-elf. Unless we are paying them, it is not happening.” Draco sighed and rubbed his temples. How many times would they have this conversation? How many times would he have to explain to her that it was far too difficult to find a house elf that wants money? “Hermione, we’ve gone over this. You’re being too emotional.” “So? There is no problem with me being emotional when I know that another living creature,…

When I was small, my mother would always read bedtime stories to me. One of the stories she would always read was Harry Potter. The author J.K Rowling describes a wizarding academy – the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - where many kinds of magical incantations and a variety of fantastic animals and plants reside. One time, I asked my mother, “Mom, can I become a witch when I am eleven years old?” This question seemed kind of ridiculous, but my mom just nodded and continued reading.…

“ New students, Hope to see you in Hufflepuff”. I know He definitely would be seeing me in Hufflepuff. The attributes of Hufflepuff are being kind,loyal,hard working,and patient and I express many of those attributes. The Hufflepuff colors are yellow and black two colors that fit perfectly together and the animal is the cutest badger ever. In the books and movies Hufflepuff was not touched on very much but I have several reasons why I would be in it. One way I will make it into Hufflepuff is…

In the young adult novel, Harry Potter, people often see Snape as a misunderstood hero, a guy who had a terrible life but somehow prevailed, but he’s bad person. He’s obsessive, a bully, and just a terrible guy. A lot of Harry Potter fans see Snape’s and Lily’s love as a sad, lost love. Although he might’ve had actual feelings for her, he handled them horribly. Snape mixed up his feelings and mistook obsession for love. He often acted like she was entitled to him, instead of the perfect one for…

Harry Potter is one of the many and most well known modern mythology today. It is a series of seven novels written by J.K. Rowling that follows the life of a young orphaned wizard named Harry, who finds out he is a wizard and starts to attend Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The series is a journey of him, along with his friends Ron and Hermione attempting to defeat Lord Voldemort, one of the most powerful and dark wizards of all time. This series is modern mythology because it has…

I woke up the next morning hearing a tapping. I slowly got up, careful not to wake Harry, and I turned around when I heard Harry talk in his sleep. “Elizabeth? Tell Aunt Petunia I’m getting up.” He mumbled before sitting up and fully waking up. “I don’t think Aunt Petunia is even up.” I say with a small laugh while opening the window to let the owl in. The owl swooped in with a newspaper clutched in it’s beak. The owl dropped the newspaper on Hagrid then attacked Hagrid’s coat that laid on…

As a Slytherin, I have often found myself underwhelmed or disappointed with the representation of my house throughout the novels. Merlin is long gone, don’t get me started on the Great Snape Debate, Slughorn is spineless, and Malfoy has always been the character I hated to love. Upon rereading the series, I had a startling epiphany – perhaps I had been looking for the representation I so desperately sought in all the wrong places. There is one character who continuously embodies ambition,…