Professor Dumbledore once said to Harry, “You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!” (“Goblet” 456). Dumbledore is telling Harry that it does not matter what he is now or was it just matters what he will be or can be. This helps Harry develop into a better person who makes good decisions. In the book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry goes off to Hogwarts; here he was about to face another hardship, Professor Umbridge. She is the new Dark Arts professor who dislikes Harry and will do anything to put him down; although, Harry perseveres through her torment. Harry also has to fight Voldemort and gets his friends together to help him do it. Throughout this story Harry changes and learns new lessons, and all of the conflicts he faced helped develop his character. Harry goes through many character changes in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. In the beginning of the story he is impatient, overeager, irrational, and oblivious of his connection to Voldemort; by the end of the story he becomes more patient, makes rational decisions, and he learns of his connection to Voldemort and tries to use it to his advantage. In the beginning of the story Harry is impatient and overeager; he jumps to conclusions and doesn’t always think about the consequences of his actions before he does them. In the story, Harry’s new Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor is telling the class that there is nothing that
In the series, Harry is the good guy. He’s the one that saves thousands of wizards and millions of muggles. He’s the brave teenager who dared stand up to the Dark Lord, the Chosen One. Though because of his fame and his parents’ murder, he was expected to know everything there was to know about the wizarding
His family would belittle him and treat him awful. As the movie went on Harry met a boy named Ron. Ron and his family took Harry under their wing emotionally and were involved with his social life and schooling. Harry had a huge mentor in his life who was named Hagrid, who had a good connection to Dumbledore, who happened to be the principal of Hogwarts. Throughout the movie he developed these interactions slowly and it helped him grow in his microsystem. Therefore, Harry was able to get out of a tough spot in his life and continue to grow as a person and live his life fully.
Harry Potter is a fictional character invented by J.K Rowling in the series of seven books starting with Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone and ending with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Wikipedia, 2015). Harry is the main character in this series whose parents died when he was young and he was brought up by his aunt and uncle (Philosopher’s Stone, 1997, p.5). Harry was neglected by his aunt and uncle (Philosopher’s Stone, 1997, p.27). Harry is presented a whole new reality when he goes to the zoo one day and his integration into the magical world changes him from the foundation. These changes within him will be analysed using the developmental psychology theories of Lawrence Kohlberg and Erik Erikson to explain how the environment aided or obstructed Harry’s development.
Have you ever binge watched a TV series? Many people usually do and even consider this a normal behavior in our society; however, the main character, Montag, from the novel Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury is the only one in his society to be detached from the world of media. The civilians are brainwashed from the nonsense that they are watching and listening to. Television helps people to not interact with one another and trying to stop conversations. The people in the society are also getting into harm's way, when they are watching tv. In his novel, Ray Bradbury puts the focus on technology ruining the lives of innocent civilians.
Albert Camus once stated, "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so free that your existence is an act of rebellion." If something is not how it ethically should be then it is acceptable to rebel within the limits of what is morally correct. In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, he presents a world where the government has restricted access to printed literature so they can gain increased control over their citizens. The main figure, Guy Montag, shows an incredible growth in his personality through his journey of enforcing and accepting the government restrictions to stop the flow of information to a realization that the sharing of knowledge leads to a stronger society. Guy Montag's role comprises many qualities, including that he is a loyal and accepting government employee that works as a "fireman" whose job is to destroy all remaining books and to burn the personal property of those that he caught reading the outlawed books. A depressing and lonely home life influences Montag's personality, including a drug-addicted and shallow wife, named Millie. While sadness and loss surround Montag, he is a strong individual that can overcome obstacles and the challenge of the government's policies. Montag struggles when he realizes the impact of his orders from his boss puts on others, and that he must take a stand for the betterment of the public. When the government is not doing their duties of protecting their citizens, either by limiting their knowledge, putting them in danger or destroying those who disagree with them these actions can prompt citizens to turn toward rebellion.
Fahrenheit 451 is a novel based on a character amed Montag and the life he lives. Throughout the novel his belief will be challenged and he will begin to see the world he and the other characters live in differently. Overtime the man who he was will not be the man he becomes. His beliefs, the characters who have influenced him, and the ways that Montag changes will all be discussed in this essay.
In the beginning of the story, when Harry hesitantly confirms that there is an issue being faced, he decided to build a rocket so he could escape back to Earth. While working on it, there was a gradual diminishing interest he held for his escape, and he began to see himself turn into a martian, mentally, which is how the author uses character traits to describe how one should accept their ideas. When Harry realizes people are lacking resistance against turning into black and yellow creatures, he decides that his behavior is required to remain, or else he would harm himself, though once he sees himself becoming brainwashed, his character traits begin to change, and he loses his identity. In a sentence on page 161, Harry is finding himself change, “‘There is work to be done on the rocket.’. But as he worked that
“We could be killed, or worse, expelled” Hermione Granger, student in the Harry Potter series. The character she portrays is a young witch who attends Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hogwarts is a school that accepts only witches and wizards, and teaches them to cast spells. These skills will prepare them for life in the wizarding world. Recently, strange things have been happening at Hogwarts ever since Harry Potter came. So, Harry and his friends take it upon themselves to save Hogwarts. Hermione is one of his friends, and she is a very complex character. She is very brave because she fights for what she believes in. In addition, her cleverness is inspirational as she is extremely good at spells and has a great work ethic.
A trickster is “someone who tricks or deceives people especially in order to get something” (Merriam-Webster). Examples of the trickster archetype can be found in the Odyssey by Homer. For example, while Polyphemus has trapped Odysseus and Odysseus’ crewmates in his cave, Odysseus tells the Cyclops “Here, Cyclops, try this wine-to top off the banquet of human flesh you’ve bolted down” (Homer 222 lns. 388-389)! Enjoying the wine, the Cyclops demands for more, just as Odysseus anticipated he would.
Fantasy appeals to us, to put it crudely, because of the relationship between magic and morality. An alternate world filled with strange and wonderful things, a world defined by imagination, gives us a setting in which to lose ourselves within. J.K. Rowling has done this and has captured the minds and hearts of readers all around the world with her bestselling series “Harry Potter”. As we engage in the engrossing narrative following Harry Potter and his friends, some may be able to relate to the lives of such characters. J.K. Rowling takes an undeniably riveting approach to showcasing the round characterizations throughout her novel "Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone" to such a degree that the reader can personally identify with such characters.
Soon after entering Hogwarts, Harry must face a road of trials which will eventually lead him to achieve his unlikely treasure. While roaming the halls after curfew, Harry receives detention in the forbidden forest, and comes face to face with the Dark Lord. Other obstacles come to place when Harry travels down the trap door into the chambers; such as devil’s snare, a human wizard’s chess game, and the room of keys (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). The series of tests make Harry’s mission difficult; however, the knowledge he gains from the unsuccessful trials bring him closer to his main goal. These minor bumps in Harry’s journey strengthen him emotionally and physically, readying him to defeat the traitor at the end of his succession of tests. Unexpectedly, the betrayal comes from the quivering Professor Quirrell who voluntarily gives up his body to the Dark Lord. Harry sees himself in the mirror and realizes he is magically in possession of the Sorcerer’s Stone. Shortly
Rowling, Harry Potter has an unconventional mentor. Rubeeus Hagrid is an oafish giant, who is the gatekeeper at Hogwarts. His task is to notify Harry about his acceptance at Hogwarts and help him get ready for the upcoming school year. When Hagrid finds out that Harry knows nothing about his past or Hogwarts, Hagrid takes Harry under his wing. Unlike Orual and Frodo, Hagrid does not give Harry an “education”. Instead, he teaches Harry about everything he needs to know about the “wizard world”. Hagrid eventually becomes part of Harry’s family. When Harry does not believe that he does not belong at Hogwarts, Hagrid makes him believe that he can become a good wizard by saying the following words: “Don’ you worry, Harry. You’ll learn fast enough. Everyone starts at the beginning at Hogwarts, you’ll be just fine. Just be yerself. I know it’s hard. Yeh’ve been singled out, an’ that’s always hard. But yeh’ll have a great time at Hogwarts…” (Rowling). Without Hagrid helping believe in himself when no one else would, Harry may have not attended Hogwarts and would not have saved the Sorcerer’s
But what makes him so special. He has many defining character traits that makes him a hero.
Harry Potter is living in the ordinary world with his Aunt, Uncle and Cousin who treat him with very little respect. He begins to receive mysterious letters which are addressed explicitly to him. His aunt and
In the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling Harry starts of in the unfamiliar wizarding world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After lord Voldemort killed Harry’s parents he is sent of to his aunt and uncle's house as a baby. Harry does not like living with them but eventually at age 12 he gets a letter to attend hogwarts which he will soon find out that he is a wizard. After being sorted into one of the four houses (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, ravenclaw and slytherin)he gets sorted into gryffindor and finds friends in his house(Ron and Hermione). They have to stick together and work together to defeat him. This leads to one of the themes for this book series being that “You are much stronger when with friends”.