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Department. The story takes place around May 4th, 2031. The location of where the kids are living is called the Glade. The kids call themselves the Gladers. A quote describing the Glade is, “The floor of the courtyard looked like it was made of huge stone blocks,…

Dumbledore also buys into Wizard superiority in his teen years, and in the process neglects Arianna and Aberforth. His plans with Grindelwald all call for wizards to rise up and rule the Muggles; similar to what Voldemort later believes. Dumbledore also leaves Harry in a verbally and physically abusive, neglectful home where the Dursleys force Harry to sleep in “the cupboard under the stairs” (Sorcerer’s 19). Dumbledore also does things like reviving an ancient deadly tournament and letting…

“‘For eleven years I have been trying to persuade people to call him by his proper name: Voldemort.’ Professor McGonagall flinched, but Dumbledore … seemed not to notice,”(11). Dumbledore explains what happened with the Potters, and he remains sane even after recent events. Voldemort is so vicious and powerful that many wizards flinch at his name and will not say it. I like this quote because it displays the main conflict of the Harry Potter series. Also, Dumbledore remains calm during the…

How did the Rolling Stones impact the Counterculture movement in the 1960’s? The Rolling Stone impacted the Counterculture Movement through their music which rebelled against the traditions of society. The society at the time was filled with racial segregation, Vietnam War, and America was an orthodox society. This time period was known as the Baby Boom, and as a result, there was a new generation called Hippies, which began to question society and how it worked. The Rolling Stone impacted the…

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…

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 because of all the times Dudley had punched him on the nose.(page 20)” You’d think it would be…

People could change no matter who they are. In the novel, The First Stone written by Don Aker, there is a boy who is uncaring towards others, but shows why he deserves a second chance. Throughout the novel Reef, the main character, shows how he changed his personality. He showed that when he got the right treatment, he turned into a different person. He has also changed his actions and who he will become. Reef has changed from someone who does not care about others, to someone who puts others'…

will buy this book are the letters for title are golden and decorated, and this book is a great one for people to collect. There are two figures stand on the mountain, and the seawater is turbulent under the mountain. The figure who stands on taller stone looks like an adult, and he holds magic wand that full of light. It seems like a scene in this story, so the fans of Harry Potter will choose to read this book. In the climax, J. K. Rowling illustrates who these figures are: Dumbledore and…

“piety”), implying goodness and duty to others; another merit that could just as easily be attributed to Harry. An implicit example of this is given in a particular episode in Rowling’s first novel, The Sorcerer’s Stone, in which Harry stumbles upon the Mirror of Erised. Harry’s gaze into this mirror produces a startling reflection; he is met with the image of his parents, a manifestation of his deepest desire. The inscription on the mirror reads (when rearranged…

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…