Harry Potter 's Portrayal Of Magical Creatures

I thank you for giving me what I desired'' (Malory 447). Harry could be seen as a King Arthur figure, but he is more similar to Galahad for many reasons. Unlike Arthur, Harry does not want to be known as great, but in doing what he believes is right, he achieves greatness '' Harry Potter is greater by far than Dobby knew'' (Rowling 249).

“Creatures, I give you yourselves,” said the strong, happy voice of Aslan. “I give to you forever this land of Narnia. I give you the woods, the fruits, the rivers. I give you the stars and I give you myself. The Dumb Beasts whom I have not chosen are yours also. Treat them gently and cherish them but do not go back to their ways lest you cease to be Talking Beasts. For out of them you were taken and into them you can return. Do not so.”- Aslan

For years there has been mass controversy over C.S Lewis's book The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Not only over if the book is a Christian allegory or not, but also over how well the movie captures the book. The book has a very powerful and meaningful message, from the four Pevensie children's triumph over an evil force, the White Witch, to restore peace in Narnia, to all of the adventures in between, but just how well does the movie capture the book (Bell 12)?

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.

In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter encounters many new people and obstacles that help Harry development as a character. With these obstacles J.K Rowling provides our readers with imagery that engages our senses. Through the use of imagery Rowling plants symbols throughout the narrative that are crucial to the creation of the fantasy. The obstacles that Rowling uses to provide imagery are the Sorting Hat, the introduction of new characters, the Mirror of Erised, the trials needed to reach the Sorcerer’s Stone, and, finally, The Sorcerer’s Stone.

In C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Lewis emphasizes the three points of philosophy, themes, and symbolism throughout his writing. Lewis was a strong Christian man, and wanted to make children see and understand all the stories of the Bible. Therefore, he put Christian elements through his books, but with fantasy characters as well. Especially in this story, Lewis conveys the differences between good and evil. Aslan is represented as Christ just as the White Witch represents the sense of evil. Lewis wrote several books in this Narnia series, but The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe became the most famous and recognized of his novels.

Thesis Statement: The characters and events of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe have symbolic similarities to events described in the Bible.

There were centaurs in the movie The Chronicles of Narnia they had a big battle with the White witch and the Telmarines. In the book Percy Jackson- the Lighting Thief, Percy had seen centaurs drunk outside of his train's window running wild. They were just a handful of trouble in all of the movies and books. They were not the nicest creatures to be around you'd probably be dead or in some trouble messing around with

By reviewing textual sources of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling and The Gilgamesh, and sources on the monomyth, it can be made clear that the Harry Potter books and the story of Gilgamesh are similar due to their use of the hero’s journey.

Commonly characterized as a mythological creature containing the upper half of a human and the lower half of a horse, Merriam-Webster defines a centaur as the following: “any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly” (“Centaur”). But how did the conception of a centaur first occur? What and where is its origin? And what about centaurs has captured the attention of people for hundreds of years? Many scholars, both modern and ancient, have debated over the origin and role of centaurs, and have come up with conclusions ranging from descendance from Gods to the misinterpretation of a skilled horseback rider. However, these scholars, with a few exceptions, have come to the conclusion that most centaurs represent the wildness of life, animal desires, barbarism. From the ancient Library of Apollodorus, to J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter series, ancient and modern authors alike have written about centaurs in books and stories. This paper discusses the potential origins of centaurs, how their description developed over time, and their role in both Ancient Greek mythology and modern literature.

Although the magical creatures are similar in the magical aspect and their effect on expectations, the way they were treated and their purposes are different

The book The Lion,The Witch and The Wardrobe is the first book in The Chronicles of Narnia, setting the scene for the beloved series. While many of the characters in the book are non humans they can still show a lot about human nature. Although good and bad are really only concepts and nothing is set in stone we still use them to describe almost everything. Throughout the book the children,Susan, Peter, Edmund and Lucy seem to take on the roles of heroes or saviors in the story. Lucy specifically also represents the innocence of children and how naturally good humans are at young age. Overall throughout the book C.S Lewis shows that human nature is basically good in this world.

Throughout history authors have played a large part in the development of our countries ideas and beliefs. British Literature is proof that many authors expressed the same beliefs and perhaps influenced future writers to come. C.S. Lewis’ past experiences and authors such as George MacDonald, Beatrix Potter, Greek Mythology, and the Bible have significantly influenced C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe through the use of anthropomorphisms, mythical creatures, and allegories making it one of the greatest children stories of all time.

My Character Trait Essay By Avi If your friend told a secret, would you tell someone else or keep it a secret? Harry from Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K Rowling decided to keep a secret when he was told to. This proves that Harry Potter is caring person. this becomes evident when Harry is there to stand up for his people, he got their back.

Magic and myth serve a multitude of roles in the fantasy genre. Magic is often used as a significant plot device and can exist in a fantasy work for several purposes; magic is used as a mode of enticement to peak the reader's interest and signifier of the genre, it is used to advance the plot, and, magic is also used as a device in which the author can explore real-world concepts and contemporary concerns in a way that is both immediate, yet removed from reality. The incorporation of traditional mythology is also frequent in fantasy works as they are a source of inspiration that also draws the reader’s attention without requiring too much explanation for the audience to understand, they can also aid the work in becoming more relatable to the reader's own reality. The incorporation of mythology could have a religious agenda as in C.S. Lewis’s The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Lewis uses magic and the fantasy genre to incorporate Christian mythology and create a text which serves as an introduction to Christianity, in a way that he believes will interest children. The inclusion of mythology in fantasy fiction also connects the reader's own reality to the fictitious one in the text, making the text feel more applicable to the reader's own life. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling uses magic as a device to create major plot points, for example, the magic that protects Harry throughout the series due to his mother’s sacrificial death, and even more