...protect him. This early, unsuccessful attempt to vanquish Harry led to Voldemort's first defeat and the end of the First Wizarding War. One consequence of Lily's protection is that her orphaned son had to be raised by her only remaining blood relative, Petunia Dursley, where he was neither welcomed nor nurtured, but would stay alive, at least until he was seventeen years old. As the only known survivor of the Killing Curse up to that point, Harry was already famous before he arrived at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Early on his eleventh birthday, Harry learned that he was a wizard. He began attending Hogwarts in 1991 and was Sorted into Gryffindor house. While at school, Harry became best friends with Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, later he became the youngest Quidditch Seeker in over a century and eventually captain of his house's team, winning two Quidditch Cups.[11] He became even better known in his early years for protecting the Philosopher's Stone from Voldemort and saving Ron's sister Ginny Weasley from the Chamber of Secrets. In his fourth year, Harry won the Triwizard Tournament, although the competition ended in tragedy with the death of Cedric Diggory and the return of Voldemort. The next school year, Harry reluctantly founded Dumbledore's Army and fought in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, during which he lost his godfather, Sirius Black, who was a father figure to him. Harry played...
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...hill. Free Verse The Meadow In the meadow, I lay on the blanket, pouring my heart out with tears. There sits a basket, full of food, untouched. I’m not hungry, i’m not thirsty. I get up, and look at the river, flowing gracefully. I stare, not breaking concentration, and I see my grandpa, with a huge smile. “Don’t cry,” he said, and then….. vanished, in a second. A few nights later, he visits me in my dream, with no words. Just the biggest, and most amazing smile, in the universe. Character Winnie Foster Kind, gentle, clever Friend of the Tucks’ Who likes the Tucks’ Who wants siblings Who really was shocked about hearing that the Tucks’ live forever Resident of Treegap Beautiful girl Hermione Granger Smart, pretty, magical Friend of Ronald Weasley and Harry Potter Who likes being magical Who wants to learn more Who really is brave and amazing Resident of Hogwarts in London Brave Sensory Beautiful is white It sounds like calm, classical music. It smells like fluffy, white marshmallows. It tastes like sugar. It looks like a beautiful wedding dress....
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...Script (Act 1, Scenes 1 to 6)Scene 1Harry is sitting by himself on his trunk. He looks worried and anxious as he looks around and pushes the hair out of his eyes and begins to sing.Song: Get Back To HogwartsHarry Potter: Underneath these stairsI hear the sneers and feel glares ofmy cousin, my uncle and my aunt.Can't believe how cruel they areand it stings my lighting scarto know that they'll never ever give me what I want.I know I don't deserve thesestupid rules made by the Dursleyshere on Privet drive.Can't take all of these muggles,but despite all of my struggles,I'm still alive.I’m sick of summer and this waiting around.Man, its September, and I’m skipping this townHey It’s no mystery, threes nothing here for me nowHe stands up.I gotta get back to Hogwarts;I gotta get back to school.Gotta get myself to Hogwarts,where everybody knows I'm cool.Back to wizards and witches, and magical beasts,to goblins and ghosts and to magical feasts.It’s all that I love, and it's all that I need.HOGWARTS, HOGWARTS, I think I'm going back---I'll see my friends, gonna laugh 'til we crytake my Firebolt, gonna take to the skyNO WAY this year anyone's gonna die, and it's gonna be totally awesome.I'll cast some spells, with a flick of my wanddefeat the dark arts, yeah bring it on!And do it all with my best friend Ron, 'cause together we're totally awesome.Ron Weasley: Yeah, and it's gonna be totally awesome! Did somebody say Ron Weasley?They hug and ad lib greeting (i.e. hey man, what’s up? How ya...
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...In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone women play different types of roles, but very few are shown as truly powerful and independent. This is due to the beliefs that powerful jobs are mostly held by men, since they are considered superior to women. The way women are portrayed is often an interpretation of how they are viewed by society. If women are portrayed as being less capable than men, either intellectually or physically, it reflects how they are truly viewed in society. In the novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling assigns women stereotypical roles which can be seen through the positions she assigns to the female characters such as being a housewife, mother, nerd, and professor. As we read the first few chapters from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the author immediately depicts the stereotypical roles of being a housewife and a mother through Harry's aunt Mrs. Petunia Dursely and Ron Weasly's mother. Mrs. Petunia is described as being “thin and blonde and having nearly twice the usual amount of neck” (page 1). The only thing she does is take care of her son, a spoiled 11-year-old boy named Dudley, her husband, Mr. Dursley, and of the house. The author narrates how during Mrs. Petunia's spare time, she gossips and spies on the neighbors. We can clearly see that J.K. Rowling portrayed Mrs. Petunia as the stereotypical image that society has assigned to women, which is gossiping nonstop. In the novel, Harry doesn’t have a mother...
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...When Harry enters his vault at Gringotts in the Sorcerer’s Stone, he’s greeted with a large vault filled with piles upon piles of gold coins, also known as Galleons. Galleons are worth the most in wizarding currency. So as it seems, Harry is pretty well-off. However, one year later, in 1992, when Harry visits Gringotts with the Weasley family, their nearly empty vault is shown to contain barely any money. It seems that with a family consisting of 7 children, 1 galleon is enough to survive on. Somehow, the Weasleys manage to get school supplies for all their school aged children, including Lockhart’s books, which are noted to be “really expensive”. They buy most of their things used, but it still seems that a Galleon can go pretty far. We can conclude that a Galleon is worth a lot more than it seems at that point. In the graph above, we can see that in 1982-5, the price of gold plummeted from where it was earlier. That’s around the 2-4th year timeline, and a significant example of that is in the 4th book, when Ludo Bagman gives Fred and George 5 Galleons for a fake wand. Noting that Harry’s own real wand cost 7 Galleons just a few years beforehand, we can say that Galleons are losing their value. Remember that, just 2 years before, 1 galleons and about 3-4 sickles were enough to pay for at least 3 sets of Lockhart’s books(Fred and George could possibly share, and Ginny got hers from Harry), and general school supplies for 5 school-aged children. So, how has the value of the Galleon...
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...J.K. Rowling has written many strong female characters. I feel as though they all teach us their own lessons. My favorite ones I learned were from Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood, and Molly Weasley. Hermione Granger is very important to young girls in how they develop and grow into women. It’s hard for girls to have such a great role model, and one that thrives to be the smartest and has a thirst for knowledge is imperative. Reading about Hermione and her love of books and being a good student made me feel that it was okay that I was the same way growing up. No girl should feel like they have to dumb themselves down, and I believe Hermione was helpful in our generation in this aspect. Luna Lovegood was great for being the weirdo that she was. She taught us that it is okay to be yourself and to not care what others think. This one I think took me until college to grasp. I don’t think I was ever comfortable being my weird self in high school. Though once I got to college I met many other odd ducks who accepted me for being me. Luna is essential in this way, and I thank Rowling for bringing such an odd, loveable character into the books. Molly Weasley was important to me because she is a mother that is always there for her children, and is not too old to be a badass when it comes to fighting for them. She reminds me of my mother who I know would do anything for me even if I was being the biggest brat. They both have that unconditional love, and Molly helped me recognize...
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...Harry Potter is a movie about witchcraft. The main character is Harry Potter who is a very brave, kindhearted and smart boy. He loves his parents who were both wizards. However, his parents were killed by an evil wizard named Voldemort when Harry was a baby. He survived, and as an orphan, he suffered some unfair treatment in his aunt’s house. Even though he lived an unpleasant life, he did not give up the hope for a better life. The Harry Potter movie series are inspiring and creative and they give moral lessons about bravery, perseverance, and strong friendship. Harry Potter does many acts of bravery and teaches its readers that being brave does not always mean not being scared of anything, but doing something even though you are scared. An example of this would be when he found out that he had to die so that Voldemort would be killed. He is willing to sacrifice himself to save others even though he is scared to die. In order to destroy Voldemort, he must to find all the Horcruxes. Horcruxes are parts of his soul put into different objects. Harry must destroy all the Horcruxes to make Voldemort mortal so that he can die. He then finds out that he is a Horcruxes and must kill himself for Voldemort to die. During the war in Hogwarts, several major characters are killed in the first wave of battle. Voldemort said if Harry comes to the forest, he will not attract other wizards. Harry could run away, but he didn’t. He chooses to fight against with Voldemort. After Harry died, he...
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...Jayme Vallance ENG 282 Dr. Treftz Short Paper #2 The Power of Love and Harry Potter The power of love in Harry Potter is unlike any other. So much so that it is an overwhelmingly significant and recurring theme throughout the entire series. From the self-sacrificial love of Lily Potter to the loving mother Molly Weasley to the unrequited love of Severus Snape. There is also the misunderstanding, or the absence, of love; which is equally as important in the novels. Especially since it was the main difference between Voldemort and Harry that was incredibly essential to the storyline. So essential that J.K. Rowling went out of the way to tell us about it in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone when Dumbledore said, “if there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love” (229, SS). The concept of love is woven so inextricably within the very fabric of the novels, that it continues to challenge the reader all the way until the very end. One of the widely known main principles of magic is its inability to create real, true love. Which is why fictional characters have been known to dabble with one of the darker aspects of love in novels: love potions. They do exactly what is expected, which is to make the victim become obsessed and completely infatuated with the intended target for a certain amount of time. All while being completely unaware of such actions. The idea of being able to control someone that you can’t have with love is an alluring concept for many. It’s...
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...The next day, Harry, Ron and Hermione go to their first Divination Class. During class, Ron has trouble reading Harry’s tea leaves so Professor Trelawney takes over. Hermione then comes out of nowhere right next to Ron. She wasn’t there before but no she is. She freaks out, screaming that Harry is going to die. Harry has the grim! Thankfully, their next class is with Hagrid, who has become the new Professor for Care of Magical Creatures. Their first lesson is with a Hippogriff named Buckbeak. To go up to a Hippogriff you must bow, otherwise it may attack. Harry is extremely careful and is the first to fly on Buckbeak. When Draco Malfoy insults Buckbeak, the Hippogriff attacks Draco. The Next day is their first lesson with Professor Lupin, the New Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Everyone thinks it’s the best and most entertaining class so far this...
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...series. Hermione Granger is a witch born from her muggle parents. Muggle is a term used for someone who does not have the ability to perform magic. Hermione is a smart, kind, and brave young woman who attends the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She is average-height and she normally wears her Gryffindor school robes and scarf unless she is at home over the holiday or summer break. She is very loyal to her friends, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, and they are very loyal back. Hermione uses her booksmarts multiple times on her many, many adventures with Harry and Ron. Her book smarts come in handy on their journeys, especially on their journey to the beat Voldemort and get the Sorcerer's Stone before he does....
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...the book look like medieval towns and mansions. The opening scene is situated in a urban road. The accompanying scene is situated at the Hogwarts stronghold. A palace is a typical medieval picture. An alternate basic medieval picture is individuals assembled in a stadium viewing a huge occasion. The following setting in the story is the Quidditch World container. An alternate setting in the story is a town called Hogsmeade which is the last staying wizard town where the scholars at Hogwarts take excursions to all around the year. The significant characters in the story comprises of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Voldemort, Sirius Black, Vernon, Hagrid, and Dumbledore. Harry Potter is the legend and the hero. He is a 12 year old kid with untidy looking hair and glasses. Ron Weasley is one of Harry's closest companions at Hogwarts. He is tall and has red hair. Hermione is Harry's other closest companion at Hogwarts. She is exceptionally sharp and is dependably the top understudy in her classes. Voldemort is the most effective dull wizard ever. Sirius Black is Harry's dedicated guardian. He takes care of Harry in the novel. Dumbledore is the director of Hogwarts. He is an insightful, elderly, and influential man with a long ash beard. He is the main wizard that Voldemort has dreaded. Harry Potter used the end of his hot time of year with the Weasleys before setting off to the Quidditch World Cup. A gathering of Death Eaters ambush various Muggle spectators and...
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...Harry Potter – the new ugly duckling. Everyone has heard of J.K. Rowling’s book about Harry Potter, which have had their triumph all around the world. The books, which have achieved a total sale of more than 35 million copies, in over 35 languages, are very thick but are being swallowed by children and teenagers who can’t get enough. Everyone knows the story of the little wizard, who must go through much evil in the human world, in order to find happiness at Hogward’s school for wizards. Hogward lies in a parallel world that’s populated with strange creatures and that offers exciting adventures. In this world Harry leads the battle against the evil Lord Voltemort and his followers with Hermione Granger and Ron Weasly, which are the names of his best friends. Lord Voltemort, who wants to fight to get the power in the wizard world, exposes Harry to the most terrible dangers in all of the books. J.K. Rowling has planned out seven books about Harry, which are expected with great excitement every time a new book in the series appears. Before a new release people are queuing in front of the book stores to get the first copies. The story about the author is an adventure which is similar to the transformation Harry is exposed to in the switch from the muggler-world, the name for the boring human world, and the wizard world. Joanne Kathleen Rowling herself had to go through some very painful things before she became famous. She is born in 1965 as a daughter to a Scottish French...
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...Harry Potter – The new ugly duckling. Everyone has heard of J.K. Rowling’s books about Harry Potter, who has gone their triumph over the world. The books have achieved a total sale exceeding 35 million copies in more than 35 languages, is very thick, but they are swallowed by children and adolescents who can’t get enough. Everyone knows the story of the little sorcerer who must go through much evil in the human world to find happiness at Hogwarts School for wizards. Hogwarts is in a parallel world which is populated with strange creatures and it offers a lot of exiting adventures. In this world, Harry leads the fight against the mean Lord Voltemort with his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley which is the name of his best friends. Lord Voltemort, who fights for the power in the wizard world, exposes Harry for the terrible dangers in all books. J.K. Rowling planned 7 books about Harry, which is expected with great excitement every time a new book in the series appears. People are queued outside the bookstores before the release to get the first copies. The stories about the author of the books is quite an adventure which is similar to the transformation, as Harry comes from the alternation between the Muggel world, as the dull human world is called, and the wizard world. Joanne Kathleen Rowling had to go through a lot before she got famous. She was born in 1965 as the daughter of a Scottish French mother and an English father. By all accounts the met each other at...
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...introductions of Sirius and Lupin, considered by some fans to be two of the coolest characters in the series. It also marks the point where the books started to become more serialized with each ending setting up the next one. VI. THEME The Injustice of Legal Systems This book makes several moral attacks on a legal system that is controlled by men like Lucius Malfoy who bully people until he gets his way. Due to liability and general xenophobia, Buckbeak is sentenced to execution for harming Malfoy, when every reader saw that Malfoy deserved to be scratched. Furthermore, once Black is caught, only Dumbledore believes that he is innocent, since nobody else cares to listen to a story supported by no evidence other than the words of Hermione and Harry. Cornelius Fudge even says at one point how bad...
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...The Battle went on and at least 50 casualties happened. Including some of Voldemort’s strongest death eaters. The final battle happened after Harrys said “Let’s settle this once and for all, Tom” and Voldemort went flying flying through the air with Harry and ended on the ground. The final duel was on, they both dove for their wands. Meanwhile Hermione and Ron were running from Voldemort’s snake, Nagini, a horcrux, who had been killed by Neville Longbottom with Gryffindor’s sword seconds before they were bit by the snake. That caused Voldemort to be weaker in the final duel. Harry used the Expelliarmus, a disarming charm on Voldemort and Voldemort used the Arvada Kedavra, the killing curse. Since Voldemort was weak, Harry was winning the duel. The red string of light from Harry’s charm was beating the green strand of Voldemort’s curse. Then finally, Lord Voldemort’s killing curse backfires. Causing him to...
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