Character Analysis Of Harry Potter

An individual who’s influenced by power, control and corruption is often the king that chooses how the game is played. In Marele Day’s novel, The life and Crimes of Harry Lavender uses a variety of plots, settings and characteristic features that display how power and corruption can influence an individual’s superiority over an entire city.

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.

“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.

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.

Our first character, Faber, from the novel, Fahrenheit 451, discusses the importance of integrity of oneself. Faber was an English professor that valued the community being literate, he had shown his integrity to continue teaching the community the ability to read through Montag setting up the plan to frame the firefighters. In the novel written by Bradbury, the character, Faber expresses to another character, Montag,"No, no, it's not books at all you're looking for! Take it where you can find it, in old phonograph records, old motion pictures, and in old friends; look for it in nature and look for it in yourself. Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical

Wayne Dyer once said, “ If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Guy Montag learns that when he looks deep inside himself, he finds something that is unexpected. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there are some obvious differences but if you look deeper you can see some darker differences.

When people are creative most of the time it is seen as unique or special. A person does not necessarily think that their creativity would make them stand out in a “bad way” due to their living situations. If you find yourself living in a gloomy society then you would think that being creative and different would bring hope back to the society. All of this describes the character Clarisse in the book Fahrenheit 451. In the novel, Clarisse is a unique character who represents the profound effects of creativity in an oppressive society.

In Fahrenheit 451, the characters Clarisse McClellan and Mildred Montag play a major role in the story; although they are important characters, they are metaphorically opposites because of the events that take place before and after the book Fahrenheit 451. Mildred is Guy Montag’s wife, but throughout the story it is questioned why they even ended up together; Montag gives an example about Mildred’s opinion on “the smell of kerosene” stating that “my wife always complains.” (Bradbury Pg.6) The reason this is brought up is because Guy works as a fireman, not to be confused with a firefighter, a fireman set fires rather than stopping them. In a conversation with Clarisse, she says “it’s just that I love to watch people too much I guess” (Bradbury

(and 7 movies) Every year, he seems to hate Harry more and more. His sarcasm and constant actions to help Lord Voldemort make Harry very uncomfortable. Throughout the series, Snape always seems to be around the corner when Harry, Ron and Hermoine are doing something they aren’t supposed to do. He is the potions master for most of the series but finally gets his dream job of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in the sixth novel. Despite Dumbledore saying that Snape is trustworthy, nobody actually seems to trust him. Snape’s trust factor goes down by a lot when he kills Dumbledore at the end of the sixth book and takes over

If you believe in yourself and have dedication, pride, and never quit, you will be successful. Markus Zusak, the author of The Book Thief, creates a story of a young orphan named Liesel Meminger, who is living with her new foster family. She learns the wonders of reading from her foster father and grows to love books. During Liesel’s time with her new family, she shows determination through her efforts and kindness with her encounters with other people. Liesel in The Book Thief expresses her traits, such as hardworking, and bravery.

The first time Severus Snape is mentioned in the books, the characters are at Grimmauld Place, a headquarters of sorts, for the Order of the Phoenix. He’s a member of the secret society, and it makes Harry question why he’s part of it and why Albus Dumbledore trusts him. Harry believes he’s only interested in the Dark Arts and is also not told everything, not allowing readers to know everything either. When Snape is given the job of teaching Harry Occlumency, something that could cut the connection between the young teen and the series’ villain, Lord Voldemort, he is extremely unpleasant and rude. When he explains that he must give Harry lessons, there is a tone of bitterness and evident hatred of Sirius Black, godfather to Harry.

Today we wrapped up our discussion of the Harry Potter series and it seems fitting that we finished our discussion of the books in a manner that we started and that was through the discussion of the character of Severus Snape. Snape is a character that has divided the people in the class and one in which whose development and motivations we have picked apart and analyzed from many angles. I have landed on the side that Snape is a character that suffered a great deal in order to be a double agent for the Order of the Phoenix, but that does not mean that he is all good. The question was posed of whether people can change and I see Snape as an example of how the change by people can vary, but still be considered change. Snape had spent years as

Severus Snape was the wizard that wore all black, he taught the Defense against the Black Arts, he seemed to hate Harry Potter, and gave a creepy vibe wherever he went. Even though he is not one of the main characters, he is an important character in the Harry Potter story. It may looked like Snape despised Harry but he went deeper and further than anyone else trying to protect him, sacrificing a chance to be close to his beloved Lilly's son, who hated him, in order to save his life. Looking through his story, in our eyes we saw him as a tragic hero.

But what makes him so special. He has many defining character traits that makes him a hero.

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”.