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Harry enters his fifth year at Hogwarts more isolated from others than ever before. After witnessing the murder of his classmate and the rebirth of Voldemort, Harry is sent back to live with the Dursleys at the end of the school year. When we see Harry for the first time in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix he is once again alone, in the bushes outside of the Dursley's home (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix pg 3). Harry has received very little information from his friends about…

Throughout Harry’s stay at Hogwarts he, Ron and Hermione had tried to find the Sorcerer’s Stone. Harry believed that Snape hated him. Often in class he would ask Harry the most difficult questions about infusions. The other students would rummage through their desk to get…

Young girls are impressionable, which pushes the idea that the books they read should include characters that it would be beneficial to imitate. Characters like Anastasia Steele and Bella Swan, however, are problematic because they are female characters who are defined by, and submissive to the male characters of their respective books. While Hermione Granger is not the sole center of the Harry Potter series, she is central to them. Hermione is never portrayed as a static entity as many Disney…

Grab Your Pitchforks, Because This Paper is an Unpopular Opinion Lost love, tragic backstory, and a generally sardonic outlook on life— the perfect formula for a beloved character. Chances are, when you read that description, you thought of a specific character from your favorite novel. If you read the title of this paper, you probably thought of a specific character from a specific novel, that character being Severus Snape. Now Professor Snape has a very passionate fan base. Just utter the…

“The Prince’s Tale” by Alexandre Desplat is from the final installment of the Harry Potter movies, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and actually is a mix between two songs, “Severus and Lily’s Theme” and “Dumbledore’s Farewell.” After Severus Snape is murdered by Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter rushes to his side and gathers Snape’s memories in a vial so that he may view them later (it was Snape’s dying wish that Potter take his memories and view them). When Potter is finally able to…

As I analyzed how Voldemort and his servants exemplified love and loyalty, I saw how they had strong love and loyalty but it was self-centered. Selfishness and fear were the main motivations of Voldemort for bringing about his plan of getting rid of Muggle-born wizards and taking control of the wizard government or destroying it if refused to comply with his vision. He was selfish because he was afraid of being defeated and losing his power. He did not care about who lived and who died in the…

Throughout Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, relationships between Harry, Ron and Hermione are explored. While throughout all seven of the Harry Potter books the relationships between Harry, Ron, and Hermione grow stronger, the students also have bonds that grow between their professors, particularly between Harry and his professors. While Harry encounters many professors throughout his time at Hogwarts, in Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry’s bond between Dumbledore, Remus Lupin and Severus…

H is for Heroic: Harry sticks by his morals and has a strong sense of what is right and what is wrong. When he firmly believes that an injustice has occurred, he will do anything necessary to set things in order. After he discovered that Sirius Black, the man who he once thought to have killed his parents, was actually innocent and was going to have his soul sucked out of him by the dementors at any moment, Harry was dead-set on saving Black’s life, no matter what the risks. "’Get on— there 's…

“A Very Potter Musical” was written and performed in 2009 by StarKid Productions in the University of Michigan campus. At first glance the musical seems like it would be rather interesting purely because it is every Harry Potter dorks dream come true. However, upon further look into the musical people begin to realize that the music isn’t really that great. For a person who does not have a musical background the play is rather enjoyable but when one turns a musical ear to it they want to run the…

principles in order to allow for multiple books to be made. Each novel follows these plot points but in an open ended way, leaving room to revisit certain aspects and themes as the story progresses. Below are the plotted points from the Philosophers Stone. The Road of Trials Harry and his new found friends are presented with many challenges and tests that force him to use both his intellect and wizarding skills. These trials such as the troll in the girls bathroom (129), the trapdoor guarded…