...J.K. Rowling vs. Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins and The Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling have vied for the attention of young readers, not for a long period of time, but have, in their time, blown other books right out of the water. They are some of the most popular books of the 21st Century. Many people favor one series over the other, however both books have made a huge impact in not only literature, but in popular cultural as well. These authors differ greatly in the tone and style of their books, however, they similarly surround much of their work around the subject of violence and war. Both Rowling and Collins are without a doubt amazing authors. Rowling has magnificent imagery and lengthy descriptions that creates a beautiful reality allowing children to get lost in their fantasies of a magical world full of wonder and possibilities. “Perched atop a high mountain on the other side [of a black lake], its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers” (Rowling, 276). It provided young and old readers alike with a magical safe haven. Collins has a very different writing style, though quite contrasting to that of Rowling, she creates a masterpiece just as great. Her universe is so much more daunting, although lacking in magic, she creates a world with some parallels to our own, filled with corrupt political society and broken government. The science fiction trilogy takes place in a future...
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...Joanne Rowling, more famously known as J.K. Rowling, is well-known for her extremely successful, seven novel, Harry Potter series. But it’s what people don’t know about her that makes her one of the most influential British woman of the 21st century. Not only is she an amazing author, but she runs several charities, inspires people to follow their dreams, and is a fighter for feminism and equal rights. Her influences have affected people all over the world, and her books will continue to impact people for years and years to come. To start, one thing that makes Rowling inspiring is that she came from humble beginnings. She was born in Yate, England on July 31, 1965, and graduated from Elixer University. She briefly moved to Portugal to teach...
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...J.K Rowling; An Ordinary Person, Leading an Extraordinary Life “By every usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew.” A quote said by J.K Rowling; one of the most famous and successful authors of our time. The creator of the Harry Potter series, a series bringing in over a billion dollars and translated in 73 different languages. However, Rowling was not always such a successful character, she had built her success from the ground up. Her perseverance and her drive to triumph ruled over all failures, and she worked past all of the hardships life threw her away until she was at the top. Joanne Rowling was born in Yate, England on July 31, 1965, and grew up loving books even as a young girl. Her dream of being a writer had bloomed at age 6, and she continued to hold onto that dream for the rest of her life. As she grew up, her interest in writing had not died down, but she had not yet conceived her big idea until she took a train after moving to London, at King’s Cross Station, and began to...
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...J.K. Rowling Bobbie Sue Hill AIU Online J.K. Rowling From living in poverty, on public assistance, to widely famous, accomplished writer, J.K. Rowling has had a roller-coaster of a life. Rowling is known world-wide by her ever popular Harry Potter books. There is, however, more to Rowling than meets the eye. The struggles she faced and the end result of her fight for a better life has made for a wonder experience for me to research. Joanne Kathleen Rowling also known as J.K. Rowling wrote a series of books that has made her more money than she could have ever imagined. Some have said it to have made her wealthier than the Queen of England. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” began as “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” which contained Rowling’s personal annotations and illustrations. Sold at a Sotheby’s auction to an anonymous bidder, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” raised $239,932.44 for her own charity and English PEN. (jkrowling.com) Her first book was “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” published in 1997 and was an immediate success. Following was “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” published in 1998, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” published in 1999, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” published in 2000, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” published in 2003, and finally “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” published in 2007. All of these books are available in more than 200 countries and some 60 languages. (jkrowling...
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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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...aimed primarily at children. Authors use a variety of techniques whilst writing books for this genre in order to make sure that they are reaching out to their target audience. One example of such a technique is the use of short sentences. These are used in order to keep the reading relatively simplistic, yet double up to make for a dramatic, or tense part of a story. Another one of these techniques is merely keeping the wording of the story simple. This not only makes reading easier, but also allows the reader, mainly a child, to read quickly, and develop a clear understanding of exactly what is happening in the novel or story. During this essay, I am going to consider Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban of the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling, and Peter and Wendy of the Peter Pan series by J.M Barrie Any book in the Harry Potter series may be the perfect choice for such an essay due to the fact they are all unbelievably popular with readers of all ages. “As of June 2011, the book series has sold about 450 million copies, making it the best-selling book series in history, and has been translated into 67 languages.” As Harry Potter himself is the same age as the target audience, it allows the children reading the story to relate to him, and wish and wonder what it would be like to be like Harry Potter, and overcome the challenges that he has to in his wizarding world. In my experience, books within the genre of children’s literature are often very descriptive, for example...
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...Corey Ewald AP English Lit. And Comp. 9.18.13 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows vs. Twilight Obviously thousands of people around the world have either read Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, or both; but not everyone has noticed the similarities and differences between the two. Both franchises remain very successful, and there is a question; “Is Stephenie Meyer the next J.K. Rowling?” The novels are extremely well-known and of the fantasy genre, but have numerous differences, from themes and content to writing style and structure. The books are of the same genre and have related themes, but have attracted a vast difference in readers. While similar in many aspects, the two novels bare many differences as well. Twilight can be summarized as a romance, fantasy novel about a girl, Bella, who moves to a new town and ends up falling in love with a vampire named Edward, while Harry Potter is the tale of a boy who lives with horrid relatives and finds out he’s actually a famous wizard in a secret, magical world unknown to non-magic folk, also known as “muggles”. One of the few similarities the two books have in plot is that there is a hidden world of magic or fantastical creatures concealed from the rest of humanity. An equally important difference is that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a complex tale in which minor characters and small objects have just as big an impact on the plot as the main characters...
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...Anti-Christian Teaching and Satanic Ideas Keyword in Hurry Potter Annotated Bibliography Introduction After the release of Hurry Potter, J.K. Rowling has been subjected to numerous debates on whether the Hurry Potter promotes immorality or not. A number of arguments were made suggesting that Hurry Potter promotes witchcraft and general anti-Christian behaviors. Many claim that the book is offensive to the Christian religion. Arguments were stating that the book has Christian teachings, anti-Christian teaching or has no religious teaching will be examined in this paper. The morality of the novel has received critics from various sects of Christian faith, and the response to the suggestion that Hurry Potter has evil influences has resounded with people around the world. The promotion of evil, questioning of various characters and disobedience rewards has been cited as efforts to influence children towards anti-Christian acts. Responding to the accusations, different points of view came up stating that Hurry Potter fits within a Christian view and that it is appropriate in understanding the religion. Victory of good over evil, greater good self-sacrifice and a view of Hurry as a religious stature contributes to the argument that the book have comprehensible moral and Christian understanding. The book’s popularity has inspired further arguments, and all sides of these arguments will be examined as well as the effects of these arguments have had on the perception...
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...Even though his family was abandoned by his father and stepfather and his mother died when he was a little boy he still tried his hardest and worked up until he was able to make something of himself. He later was able to help write the Federalist papers with John Jay and James Madison. He was also appointed the first Secretary of the Treasury by George Washington himself. Both Hamilton and J.K Rowling went through some hard things throughout their lives, but were able to persevere through them and ended out on top. Alexander Hamilton was all in all a very important founding...
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...from mistakes. It would be just to say that setbacks teach us more than triumphs. Thomas Edison failed more than a thousand times before he created the first light-bulb in the history of mankind. Joanne Rowling, nowadays the richest woman in the world, could hardly make her living at the beginning of her career. Will Wright, a famous computer games designer, hires people based on how many failures they have experienced in the process of production. Thomas Edison is well known in relation to overcoming failure. In his early years, teachers told Edison that it was impossible to teach him anything due to the lack of talent. Work was no better, as he was fired from his first two jobs for not being productive enough. He was a master of “trial and failure”. When asked about the many thousands of failures he had when trying to create the light-bulb he famously said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.“ All those unsuccessful attempts finally resulted in the design that worked and brought the life of mankind to a higher level. Before J.K. Rowling made a fortune publishing the series of novels about Harry Potter she was nearly penniless, severely depressed, divorced, trying to raise a child on her own while attending school and writing a novel. Rowling went from depending on welfare to survive to being one of the richest women in the world in a span of only five years through her hard work and determination. When she was giving a speech in Harvard, she...
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...J. K. Rowling’s Life Joanne Rowling, better known as J.K. Rowling was born on July 31, 1951 in Yate, England. In reality she has no middle name, but she has fused with her name, the name of her grandmother, Kathleen, hence the “K” initial in her name. She has been married since 2001 to Dr. Neil Murray and has had three children, Jessica Arantes, Mackenzie Murray, and Davis Murray. She went to Wyedean School from 1976 to 1982. Then in 1987, she left her home at the age of eighteen and attended Exeter University in Paris. There, she took a French course for a year. During that year, she read many Classic books. They helped her gain much valuable information that she would use in her future. In addition to those books, she also read books that...
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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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...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 – 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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...fire-spewing dragon that has taken refuge on his land. The intense battle between Beowulf and the dragon end in the death of both opponents. Beowulf left behind a long and great legacy that leaves his people speechless and heart-broken for their fallen hero. Even though this Anglo-Saxon epic was written between the fifth and seventh century, it carries many similarities to modern day society. The similarities can be seen in modern literature and pop culture, the comitatus, the various struggles that occur, and the qualities that make up a great leader. The poem epic has left a huge print on modern day writers and pop culture. Its influence can be seen in many modern fantasies from J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy “Lord of the Rings” and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. J. R. R. has been known to be one of the few scholars that have seriously contributed his works to Beowulf. In “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics” he states how Anglo-Saxon literature had a long-lasting effect on present thoughts. Similarities between the Anglo-Saxon themes and ideas can be found throughout the trilogy along with the Old English derivation of the character and location names. For example, the root word searu-, which means "treachery” or “cunning,” appears in the name Saruman – whom devoted Tolkien fans will recognize as a major antagonist in the fantasy novels; and the Old English word for earth, middan-geard, becomes Middle-earth, the aptly-named fantasy world of the novels (neh)....
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