Rosetta Stone

In her texts Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince J. K. Rowling explores the journey of her main protagonist’s growth. Throughout both texts Rowling uses a variety of techniques to show how Harry grows from a naïve young boy to a confident young man. The use of third person narration, setting and character development throughout each novel enables readers to see how Harry develops from an inexperienced young wizard to a wizened young man. In the…

The characteristic of dehumanization in both Travis Prinzi’s “Dehumanization: Defining Evil in Harry Potter,” and the Harry Potter series written by J.K Rowling offers various similarities between the definition of the word evil, and the context for which the word can be used in respectively. With the philosophical text that Prinzi offers in his thesis regarding the validity of dually the denotation, and the connotation of the word evil, and how it is used to describe several characters in the…

Animals have a significant part in human’s daily lives. Everyday people overlook the importance the animals have in the lives around the people they care about. This happens in reality and in stories, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is no different. Many characters have interactions with the animals around them; these relationships are not always positive or negative. They can range from friendship, companionship, enemies to antagonistic relationships. The reason I decide to read this…

man, the friendly beast, the evil figure, the damsel in distress, and many more. One movie that would qualify as a “Hero’s Journey” movie would be, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” because Harry starts his new life once he steps into a new world. At the beginning of the film, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, Harry is living an ordinary life in the “muggle”, or ordinary, world. His whole life…

classmates and disguised by his professor. When Harry is caught out of bed with Hermione and Neville, Professor McGonagall remarked, “‘Now get back to bed, all of you. [I have] never been more ashamed of Gryffindor students’” (Rowling, Philosopher’s Stone 178). This is a very low moment for Harry in the text. While he broke the rule for to help Hagrid, he lost some of his purity. Students that were not in Slytherin started to think he was not as wonderful as his past made him out to be.…

big Quidditch game is coming nearby, but harry is nervous about Snape 's evil plans. Harry then see 's Mr. Snape is heading somewhere and follows him. Snape talking in the forest with Professor Quirrell and heard him mentioning about the Philosopher Stone. Harry and his friends try to figure out what Snape is been trying to do but can 't think of a plan in action. Hermione, Harry, and Neville are told to go to the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid for their detention because of the dragon story…

I ran through the dark forest covered mountains. The cold, shilling air zipped through my long, pitch-black hair. The bats flew by me squealing with joy as they tried to race me. All was silent except for the brushing of the leaves and the flapping of wings. I soon heard howling and saw the wolves running in the shadows, joining on the race. My red eyes pierced through the coating of the night and gave me access to the world very few have seen. That many have feared. The night. I flew out of the…

Did you know that there are three main styles of learning; kinaesthetic (practicing), auditory (listening) and visual (reading)? According to a study by the University of Illinois, 50 percent of students learn best by the kinaesthetic style (Tyne). Books are a great way to get a better understanding of the different ways in which students learn in different educational systems. My Freshman Year by Rebekah Nathan is a non-fiction book that Nathan, an anthropology professor, wrote about her study…

Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief By Rick Riordan The novel starts with a 12-year-old boy named Percy Jackson, a boarding student who suffered from dyslexia and ADHD at Yancy academy, which is a private school for troubled kids. He narrates about his life and how he transferred from school to school due to the bad things that happened in each school he attended, but not until this field trip at a museum, he discovered things he never knew existed. Percy Jackson and the Lighting thief is a…

Wallace 1 Julia Wallace Professor Ann-Marie Boylan English 3B 25 November 2014 The Once and Future King Project: Part I Book I - The Sword in the Stone: Merlyn Throughout Book I, I am Wart’s tutor. I am magician who lives backward in time, therefore I already know what is going to happen. As Wart’s tutor, I turn him into several different animals: a fish, a merlin, a ant, a owl, a goose, and a badger. I turn him into these specific animals to teach him lessons. When I turn Wart into a fish, I…