Started a Fire

In Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Albus, a wizard, saves the world form a new evil. At the beginning of the novel, after a touching conversation with his dad Harry, Albus Potter boards the Hogwarts Express for his first year at school. There, he meets Scorpius Malfoy, Draco’s son. The two quickly become friends, and are later Sorted into Slytherin house together. Three years pass, and on Albus’ fourteenth birthday, Harry gives him his old blanket as a gift, along with a love…

According to an article published in the New York Times titled “Building Collapse in Bangladesh Leaves Scores Dead”, a building containing thousands of garment workers collapsed after factory owners forced their employees to work despite knowledge of the buildings failing structural integrity. Based on their works, “On Liberty”, and “The Communist Manifesto” both John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx would assert that the factory owners did not properly account for the safety of the workers for in the…

In J.K. Rowling's story, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry and his cousin Dudley are attacked by dementors. While on their way home, Harry and Dudley had gotten into an argument. Dudley had been teasing Harry about his nightmares and it had gotten to the point where Harry pulled his wand out and aimed it at Dudley. Two dementors had shown up and attacked both of them, but Harry defeated them by casting his Patronus. Dementors are known to guard the wizard prison Azkaban. The…

In the article, “Harry Potter and the Measures of Personality: Extraverted Gryffindors, Agreeable Hufflepuffs, Clever Ravenclaws, and Manipulative Slytherins,” the subject is about humans that tend to identify themselves with groups of people in fiction writing due to their personalities. This article is informative because it was written by psychologists to inform the readers about their research and experiment. The experiment is about people who have taken J,K. Rowling’s Pottermore test and…

It seems like everyone loves Harry Potter. Everyone has read the books, watched the movies, and take quizzes online to see what house they would be in if they went to Hogwarts. Kids want to be like Harry Potter. The books were good and so were the movies, but I think the Michael Vey series by Richard Paul Evans is a better character to try to imitate. Michael Vey is fourteen years old and the Elgen Corporation performed an experiment on babies when he was born. A lot of babies died, but the…

As you guys might have been able to tell, I love Harry Potter. Harry Potter is one of the best series ever and the author, J. K. Rowling, is the first author to ever become a billionaire off their series of books. It truly is a magical book that follows three friends, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger, on their adventures. It is a great book to start as a third grader and read throughout grade and middle school. There are many deaths through out the series with most of them…

Throughout the series of Harry Potter it is easy to acknowledge that each character is layered, each has their limitations and motivations. Amongst the many, Sirius Black genuinely exemplifies each of the key virtues; prudence, temperance, fortitude and justice. Though he did not have the most upstanding reputation, in the end he was honored once light had shed on his reasoning. From his background, to fall, to redemption, ultimately to being killed by his deranged cousin Bellatrix, Sirius had a…

In the novel Harry Potter, written by J.K. Rowling, Harry goes through a lot of changes. He goes from being bullied to standing up for himself and others. Harry is a scrawny black haired boy who lives on number 4 Privet Drive with the Dursleys, his cousins. In the beginning of the “fictional” novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter is a lonely boy who was constantly being bullied by his older cousin Dudley “He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Scotch tape…

In 1997, JK Rowling published the first installment of the Harry Potter books, a series which would come to define a generation. From apparition to house elves, every detail about this wizarding world enthralls a reader, completely transporting them into the story, to live the excellent plot alongside beautifully written characters. Due to the success of the book series, Harry Potter’s world has been under examination across multiple academic fields, from literary experts to scientific…

happen to the owner? The Triangle Factory fire was a devastating situation: 145 people out of 500 died. It was a hard situation for many parents. Many parents also wanted a revenge on the owners. As I read some articles and stories about this fire to know what would happen to the owner. So I did a little research and this is what I found out! The owner's names are Max Harris and Isaac Blank. They went to court because many believe they arranged the fire to happen. Their court date was December…