The Magic Flute

The short story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is subtitled ‘A Tale for Children’, however; the complicated story line may not likely be understood by a child (319). The story’s theme of magic realism coincides with the lesson the author tries to teach on exploitation. Although it is not clearly portrayed one could assume, due to the author’s history, that the story takes place in rural Columbia. The small village, close to the sea, had experienced rain for…

Slide One: Welcome, Foolish Mortals For 45 years, Disneyland's Haunted Mansion has been welcoming visitors into its eerie halls. Starting on August 9th 1969, employees and a limited number of guests were allowed to ride this attraction. On August 12th, the Haunted Mansion opened to the general audience. Let's hope that this spooky ride will continue to give Disney guests the chills and laughter for many years! Slide Two: Muesum of the Weird During the development stages of Disney attractions…

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Synopsis J.K. Rowling (2014) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the story of an eleven-year-old boy learns that he is a wizard and is inviting to study at Hogwarts, where is hiding the mystical stone and there is someone planning to steal it. After Lord Voldemort, the wicked wizard defeats and disappears, Harry Potter lives with the Dursley family for 10 years. He grows up in the cupboard under the stairs and eats leftover food from the Dursleys.…

Introduction Before 2005, theme park industry in Hong Kong is dominated by Ocean Park Hong Kong. The opening of Hong Kong Disneyland in 2005 changed the market structure of Hong Kong’s theme park industry from a monopoly to a duopoly. Both parks provide elements of entertainment but position themselves differently in the market. The emergence of Hong Kong Disneyland has brought a great challenge to Ocean Park, a local theme park with less global recognition. Different strategies are implemented…

Michael Jordan and Lebron James, two of the best basketball players ever to play the game. Both have had careers that every basketball player looks up to and works so hard to be like these two, but the question is, who is the best? People like to base it off of how many championships each has won therefore Michael is better; however, there is a lot more than just championships. Stats, Years Played, MVP’s, a lot can go into this argument but in my opinion, Lebron is the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All…

“We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.” J.K Rowling stated in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This powerful and inspiring quote establishes on how all humans make mistakes and they are not always perfect. It illustrates that the decisions one makes will help decide what kind of future will they face. In addition, this excerpt typifies the key to any situation by showing when times get tough, people need to…

Everyone in Inman, Kansas said that the house on Maple Street was haunted. Nobody really knew that for sure though, until one day a boy named Noah decided that he wanted to be the first one to explore the house. That’s where it all began…. Of course, his friends, Sam and Thomas, told him it was a bad move. They made him promise not to do it. But of course on the way home from school he thought to himself: Who doesn't want to explore a haunted house? So he took a little detour down Maple Street.…

criticism. The books tell the story of a young wizard named Harry Potter in his time at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, an institution of magic. Due to the subject nature of magic and children, many religious groups fought to have the books banned from libraries because they believed that the stories would entice young readers to practice black magic and fall into the occult. This controversy is arguably the most…

many teaching styles, those similar to Harry’s produce the best results and yet are not used as often as they should. The first teaching style presented in great detail in the film is that of Professor Umbridge. Umbridge works for the Ministry of Magic and is sent to Hogwarts School of…

background, because he wanted people to know who he was, and wanted people to know that Jewish people are what add drama to stories. The short stories “the Magic Barrel” and “The German Refugee” displays Bernard Malamud 's Jewish culture and background through characters and other parts in the story. According to Bernard Malamud’s the “Magic Barrel”, “Not long ago there lived in uptown New York, in a small, almost meager room, through crowded books, Leo Finkle, a rabbinical student in the…