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In Harry Potter, a seven book series written by J.K. Rowling, Harry and all of the people around him face challenges stemming from Lord Voldemort. Dumbledore is correct when saying that it is “a great and remarkable thing” that Harry can still love because the multitude of battles he endures makes it difficult for him to feel anything but anger and sadness (Rowling 508-509). Throughout each novel, there is a significant challenge that Harry and those close to him have to overcome. While these…

the series Harry Potter. The magical world of the Harry Potter series was written by J.K. Rowling. In fact, she comes up with the idea on a train in the summer of 1990. (Biographical interview). The first film was Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone. Basically, the plot of this movie is more focused in the early life of Harry Potter and how he lives his first year at the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Moreover, during his first year at school, he met other young wizards, who turned out…

knights were very important to the middle ages. Knights had to train, protect Barons and their lords, and go into battle when needed. However knights could go to rousing fairs and could compete in the jousting tournaments. This essay is based on true facts from the middle ages. Read on to learn about how European knights in the middle ages made a huge impact in the middle ages. The first step to becoming a knight was to serve as a page. Usaully at the age of seven, the young boy left…

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 book that I read for my distopan lighture is The Maze Runner Written by James Dashner. The story of the book is that Thomas is sent to live in a maze called Glade that changes everyday with other boys his age . They try to find a way out of the maze, but if they stay to long out in the maze, then the walls will close and the grevers will come out. The the grevers are a very dangerist moster that only comes out a night, ways one ton, hase spikes, and has a stinger that can sting the boys, and…

worldview is and how it is formed. I will be explaining my personal worldview as a Christian and how I began to see the world as I do now. I will then be explaining a different worldview from a very popular movie called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first movie in the Harry Potter series. Since this is the first film of the Harry Potter series, we learn why Harry is the way he is—which is due to his parents being wizards. He learns more about his parents and life as a wizard in 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…

development of a hero, from an innocent and naïve child to a brave and responsible being. In a coming of age story, the author tries to represent the importance of growing up through the several challenges the hero must face. Growing up is the most important part in a hero’s development. However, having friends and people to count is another important factor which impacts the hero. In a…

When the world consists of the sand box in the backyard, the park down the road, the elementary school classroom, and maybe a couple local grocery stores, it’s easy to ignore the injustice in the world. Children are often removed from the realities of discrimination. However, JK Rowling sought to first address discrimination and then take a clear stance against discriminatory practices in her Harry Potter book series. By embarking on this mission on behalf of her readership, Rowling impacted the…

Women played a vital role in evolution of the Enlightenment Era. The women of the Enlightenment were the creators of feminism, they gave birth to the Women Liberation Movement. Female activists like Mary Wollstonecraft and Olympe de Gouges broke ground for modern feminists like Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes. To this day women are still fighting to break the glass ceilings holding them back, such as the current wage gap. Women of the enlightenment began the over three-hundred-year…