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...?Book Report Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was written by J.K. Rowling and tells the story of Harry Potter, who is an eleven-year-old wizard.He is the only survivor in the terror that Lord Voldemort instilled on the wizarding world. Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and is an elderly, eccentric, yet very intelligent man. Hagrid is a half-giant who delivers Harry to his aunt’s house when Harry was a baby and befriends Harry later on. Ron Weasley is Harry’s red-haired best friend at Hogwarts as well as...
2 Pages(500 words)Book Report/Review
...with other people who are not family members. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is criticized for promoting witchcraft in the society, against common preference. However, the book essentially contains many educational themes. Through the themes featured in the book, children get to learn the importance of such things as self sacrifice, love, friendship at the expense of vices like self deception, pride and selfishness. As such, the book helps build morale character of the children as emphasized by Bagett (61). Work Cited Bagett, David, Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran...
3 Pages(750 words)Essay
...Voldemort. The critique that the Potter series advocates Satanist concept is a broad subject that requires more debate.
The Cutting Edge website says that J. K. Rowling is into the occult or a member of the Rosicrucian, or into Luciferianism. This has something to do with this paper because this describes the way the character Harry Potter is brought up as a boy, or as a wizard.
It says: Rowling consistently depicts people who do not practice Witchcraft in most obnoxious terms. They are depicted as being really, really dumb, boring, and living a life not worth living. Uncle Vernon was also the only Muggle quoted in the book as...
17 Pages(4250 words)Essay
...Comparison and Contrast Essay The Books about Harry Potter are nowadays considered to be the most successful series for the children and adolescents. In fact, the youngsters are not the only ones fascinated by the story about the adventures of the teenage wizard who grew up in the world of Muggles, ordinary people. The readers nowadays say, that Rowling's style of writing is changing from book to book, that the topics discussed in those teenage fairy tales become more and more serious from book to book. For to evaluate this statement we decided to choose the comparison and contrast of two...
4 Pages(1000 words)Essay
...Dis Community Analysis I bought a copy of the entire book collection of Harry Potter. I also have all the Dvd’s and I watch the movies again and again. I find the world of Harry Potter fascinating and intriguing. The more I watch, the more I learn of his world. When I told my friend that I plan on using Harry Potter as my discourse community, he told me that it is not possible. I still insisted and wrote on Harry. I know that this is not reality, but for me it is. I have seen discrimination between races (wizards versus muggles), conflict (dark wizards against good wizards), difficulties in fitting...
4 Pages(1000 words)Assignment
...14 October, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone: Hermione Granger Three adjectives defining Hermione Granger:
The following adjectives best describe the character of Hermione Granger as it has been portrayed in the book:
Brainy:
Hermione Granger has indeed, been presented as the most brainy child in the whole school. She always receives “outstanding” remarks from her tutors and is very sharp at memorizing different magical spells. Not only is she brainy, Hermione is also very smart. This reflects in the way she is shown to always know what the most appropriate remedy for a particular evil the three of them (Harry, Ron...
2 Pages(500 words)Essay
...As if being on top of the largest building looking downward makes others feel uncomfortable as indicated by sweating profusely and having cold feet, scenes from the film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban will give the audience a serious test due to the presence of all the required factors and criteria of managing their fear. When the whole class was introduced to Hippogriff named Buckbeak, a huge odd-looking fearsome bird that brought everyone in the class stand back, Harry was left in front with no choice, as if he volunteered. Awed Harry elicited fear the moment he saw the bird but successfully demonstrated an eventual conquering of it. By deep breathing, staying calm, and slowly approaching Buckbeak he showed his way... of a...
1 Pages(250 words)Essay
...27 July Defending a Banned Book: The Harry Potter Series by J K Rowling Children’s literature, apart from being a source of valuable information, also is a tool for nourishing their imaginative skills. This is especially so in the case of works of fantasy that exposes children to the wonders of the magical world. Thus, it comes as an unpleasant surprise that St. Mary’s Island Church of England Aided School in Chatham, Kent, Canada has banned the highly creative and enthralling Harry Potter series, written by British author J K Rowling, in their school. This has been done on the insistence of the primary school head...
5 Pages(1250 words)Research Paper
...Why is Harry Potter Magical in its Core? Unknown to even Joanne Rowling, her fate was about to change when she decided to pen down the magic, arising inside her mind. Her first book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was a rage among children as well as adults. On the release of its movie, it made £16 million in UK and $93.5 million in USA, easily breaking records of the previous blockbusters Titanic and Jurassic Park, making J. K. Rowling the highest-paid British woman outside the Royal family in 2000. In fact, Harry Potter became the most famous...
4 Pages(1000 words)Essay
...Number] Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was published in 1997 in London. It was a novel based on the fanciful life of wizards. The book was the first part of the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling. The novel was very well received and critically appraised. Rowling had a unique style of writing which was often compared to that of Jane Austin. Her writing has humour, imaginations, a clever plot, and direct style. One of the most important parts of the novel is...
4 Pages(1000 words)Essay