Rosetta Stone

In the book “Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone” there are many important events. Harry Potter is the main character of the book series. Harry encounters many important people and goes on many adventures. The most important event in the book is when Harry is told by Hagrid that Harry is a wizard, without this event many other events would not happen and would have changed the entire book series. There are many scenes in this book that show that Harry being told he was a wizard is an…

The Borrowers by Mary Norton is a classic novel that does not get dated with time. “Marcus Crouch comments that, ‘of all the winners of the Carnegie Medal [awarded annually by the British Library Association to the best children's novel of the preceding year], it is the one book of unquestioned, timeless genius’” (Stott). The Borrowers was published in 1952 has continued to be read throughout the following years. This book is still in print and is still being read even sixty years after it was…

No other book had influenced adults and children equally as much as Harry Potter series did in the last two decades. A boy with a scar on his forehead, with his faith as distressful as possible. A school located in Scottish Highlands which happens to be the best school of witchraft and wizardry in the world. Harry Potter is the impeccable protagonist of the society we live in. According to the outstanding writer John Granger, the use of alchemical symbolism in conjuction with a ring…

Rowling, J. K. (1999). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. New York: Scholastic. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is about three friends named Harry, Ron, and Hermione who all go to the wizarding school of Hogwarts. During the first few weeks of the school year, Harry hears a weird voice that nobody can hear. Throughout the following weeks, the voice becomes more savage and killer like saying things like ”Rip ….tear …..kill ….time ..to..kill.” Vicious attacks begin happening to…

“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” is the first movie in the Harry Potter series stemming from the popular J.K. Rowling books. In this first Harry Potter movie, Harry discovers that he is in fact, a wizard, and goes off to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he faces many daunting tasks as he uncovers the truth of his dark and dangerous past. The research done on this particular movie examines Potter as the hero, traces his hero’s journey through the Call to Adventure,…

We already brought you some interesting facts about Pretty Little Liars. But in case you haven't had enough, here are a few more! Number Eight: The Book Characters Look Completely Different On Television In some cases when books become movies or television shows there is some carry over when it comes to how the characters look. With Pretty Little Liars, that didn't happen. In the book world, Aria has black hair and blue eyes, Spencer has dirty blonde hair and green eyes, Hanna has auburn hair…

Waking up in a strange upwardly-moving metal box, with no memory of who he is or how he got there, Thomas emerges into the blinding light of his new home, the Glade – a giant clearing flanked by four impossibly high concrete walls. He is met by a gang of hostile boys who all speak a strange kind of slang he’s never heard before. Quickly labelled the ‘Greenbean’, Thomas finds his introduction to life in the Glade abrupt and confusing, and no one seems to want to tell him what’s going on or why…

no memory of how he got there, or anything that had happened before that. The crate brings him to halt, where dozens of other teenage boys wait for his arrival. Once he is outside, he learns that he, and everyone else, is trapped within four large stone walls, enclosing them in a large area of land filled with the bare necessities for survival. The boys call it the “Glade”, and they call themselves the “Gladers”. Later, it is revealed that beyond the Glade lies a maze, which changes its patterns…

He had a huge impact in this world, by entertaining many kids with his awesome books he has written throughout his career. As by now, we all probably know about the R. L. Stine. You probably know him by his serious of books called Goosebumps. Being one of the most famous writers of the 20th century, especially when it comes to horror fiction. So today, let’s take a look at R. L. Stine: first, we’re going to look at his early life and his occupations; secondly, by recognizing his accomplishment…

The dungeon floor begins to shake as you hear a menacing roar from beyond the large metal doors. What could this possibly be? You and your party draw their weapons and ready your spells as a colossal Minotaur tears through the doors like tissue paper and locks onto you. It begins to charge, what do you do? When I was twelve years old I spent the night at my best friend’s house, as I often did on weekends, and was introduced to a game known as “Dungeons and Dragons” by my friend’s older brother.…