Harry Potter Research Paper

The Wizard of Oz was written by L. Frank Baum, which utilized colors to symbolize how outstanding every region played a role in the novel. Baum associates colors of the national flag of different regions or countries. The author arranges distinct color schemes, which have symbolic meanings, and principles of a color theory. The color yellow was applied to describe The Yellow Brick Road, and the Yellow Winkie Country. The Munchkins Country was symbolized by the color blue. However Glinda, the powerful witch’s eyes was also indicated as the color blue. The Emerald City was represented by the color green, which is where the Wizard of Oz lives.

I have been put into Slytherin as my Harry Potter house. This house suits me because it has some characteristics that I do as a person. However, I do not think that it is the best house for me. They are viewed as clever and skilled at their craft. The mascot for Slytherin is the Serpent because of the snake’s power. The element of Slytherin is water. Overall, I am very excited to be in the Slytherin house.

Colors are apart of our everyday lives. They help us on dreaming, creating and increasing youthfulness. The author used colors to illustrate an importance behind objects, emotions, and characters. The various colors symbolize location, character traits and appearances.

Throughout history, colors have been used to symbolize different meanings based on associations with culture, history, politics, and religion. In The Scarlet Letter, the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism through colors such as red, black and white in the form of sunlight, to represent emotions and ideologies of Hester and the people around her.

Colors are used in literature to describe the different emotions of a character. Colorism is a type of symbolism used in literature. Death uses color symbolism in The Book Thief to describe a character's emotion because he is the narrator. Color symbolism in literature is when the author uses a color to symbolize the character's emotion; it occurs throughout The Book Thief. Red, white, and gray or silver are the colors that are used the most frequently and have the biggest meanings throughout the novel.

Throughout the story green is the ruling color but on the contrary colors from the tale like

In the book Of Mice and Men many bad and good things happen to the protagonists George and Lennie. Overall, more bad things happen than good. That is why I think the color red represents the book the best. Red represents this book because there is death, there is evil, and there is power. All of these things are associated with the color red. Also, all of these things have a role in the book Of Mice and Men. All of these things can cause emotion which is another thing the color red represents. When there is death people are sad and angry, when someone is evil this usually causes anger, and power can cause many emotions. There are many other things that the color red represents can these are only a few of them.

Color has many roles in stories but, one role that color can have in this wonderful story is that it shows the different regions of the story, as in the story, the Land of Munchkins was blue and the Quadlings is red. The Winkies were yellow and that showed the reader who is from where and this makes it easier to make the characters organized. Color plays a role in making symbolic meanings, All colors can have symbolic meaning and they show different meanings. Just like Glinda, she is a good witch and the colors she wears makes her bright and the colors make her seem good.

There are many different colors in the world. They have many meanings behind them. They can represent different things. In the Wizard Of Oz, there are many colors that represent something in the novel. For example, some colors represent evil nature, danger, and anger.

When you see the color green, there are many things you could think of. You might think of a stop sign and how green means go. You might think of how green is the color of life and growth. Then again, you might think of the green shirt of your favorite video game character. Or you might think of Slytherin, because Slytherin’s house colors are green and silver.

In The Village the color red was "the bad color" to them it symbolized fear. I think the reason behind it being "the bad color" was because "those we don't speak of wore that color. The guy in the stand rang the bell because he saw one of them so everyone ran inside and hid under their homes. Red also attracted "those we don't speak of". At the beginning they saw a red flower, and they quickly buried it in the ground. When Ivy went to the towns and is going through the woods she finds herself surrounded by red berries and that attracted them to try and get her. In conclusion, red was known as "the bad color" causing fear to them when they saw it.

Harry conforms to Hogwarts when he applies what he learned from both the students and teacher to save the community in the end. Thus, when he fights Voldemort in regard to the Philosopher Stone, he ultimately, puts the community before himself to demonstrate his acceptance. Harry proves he is worthy of accepting his identity as a wizard and prove how he adapts to the community since his arrival. Therefore, Dumbledore awards Harry, “For pure nerve and outstanding courage” (Rowling 329), in which Harry proves to conform and accept Hogwarts when he brings his house, Griffyndor, to victory. Leading up to his duel against Voldemort, Harry receives help from his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger who prove he has friends who look out for him, and do not care for his status.

Symbolism throughout J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Many have read novels, and it take a select few to truly comprehend what the author intends. Only a few understand the underlying meaning of the author using specific skills such as symbolism. In Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone there are many ways symbolism is used, even the smallest things are noticed. Rowling makes you really analyze the text to dig out your own interpretation.

“Not Slytherian, not Slytherian, Harry thought.” Harry might not have wanted to be in Slytherian, but I would’ve told the Sorting Hat otherwise. Slytherian is the best house for me. I went for Slytherian for many reasons. I think this house will be the best fit for me and I can’t wait to accomplish many things there.

Harry Potter is a black haired and green eyed. He lives with his Aunt Petunia Dursley (his mother's sister), his Uncle Vernon Dursley, and his cousin Dudley Dursley. His parents were killed by Lord Voldemort, the most evil wizard of his time. Nobody has ever survived the killing curse except for Harry. All Harry has to show this is a lightning bolt shaped scar. He is famous for the downfall of Lord Voldemort because of this. Harry is called "The Boy Who Lived" because he survived the killing curse. He has a problem for getting into trouble and seeing things others cannot (like the Golden Snitch, in Quidditch.) Harry can speak Parseltongue, the language of snakes. His mother was born into a muggle family, and his father was a pureblood, making