Heroism In Breadcrumbs And Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone

Children’s literature is the precedent for the development of all children. Children’s literature varies from poetry to children’s picture books. Every aspect of children’s literature gives an ability to grow a child mentally and develop their ideas and imagination. In early literature, children were romanized to be perfect and well behaved. Author Maurice Sendak counters the idea of a perfect child in his book “Where The Wild Things Are”. Sendak uses his picture book to illustrate a child’s ability to have feelings of anger, resentment, and frustration. The interviewer, Patrick F. Roughen of Red Feather Journal states that“Where the Wild Things Are (1963) contains some of the earliest attempts in children’s literature to represent the intrapsychic challenges of the lives of children. Anger, frustration, and the complexities of parent-child relationships can be found throughout its pages”. “Where the Wild Things Are” reinforces the idea that children are capable of emotions that one would imagine are only depicted in the adult world.

Parents often say, “Listen to your elders.” This cliché can make some people apathetic, but when looking back, most appreciate the wisdom of their elders. The knowledge imparted to children is crucial for their ability to understand and improve the world. In XIV by Derek Walcott, the speaker uses imagery, metaphor, and other literary devices to convey the storyteller’s significance to his life.

When readers read a story written by an author they will usually think that the author likes to read books and is what led the author to writing a book. William Goldman said, “As a child, I had no Interest in reading” (Goldman 3), this can lead readers to imagining the author as a young child rather than an adult not wanting to read a book. When Readers imagine the author as a young child the image imagined can give a better sense of how the author felt as a young child. The imagination of a child giving the reader a picture to think about is less complex than that of a adult giving a reader a picture to think about.

“I wish I could be a hero!” Many adults in today’s society hear small children wishing they could become heroes. Children wish to be more like heroes for the reason that heroes are the type of people who risk their lives to help others. Throughout history, children have had a positive connotation with the word “hero.” The heroes many small children talk about are the fictional ones who protect cities from villains: Superman, Batman, Spiderman, and others. However, these are not the only types of heroes in today’s world. Firefighters and policemen are also considered heroes because they save the lives of those in danger. Many adults consider their inspirations to be heroes, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin

Although Hazel has some good values indicated, she also has a tendency to have very little patience for people who are fake or superficial. In Hazel’s perspective towards her peers, Hazel strives hard in making her parents proud, despite losing in some contests which required her thinking abilities but looking at some prodigies like her classmate, Cynthia Proctor, who gets what they want without any effort, she gets easily irritated and said: “I could kill people like that”. Another of which annoys Hazel is her nemesis and competition on the race which is Gretchen and her two little sidekicks, Rosie and Mary Louise. These are stereotypical young girls who provided a stark contrast to Hazel’s maturity and poise. These characters are flat and undeveloped, while Hazel’s character is round and rich.

In his novel, The Fault in Our Stars, John Green describes the hardships, endless love, and a tragedy, that two teenagers must push through to find their forever. Hazel Lancaster, an intelligent, aware, and selfless young girl, has struggled with cancer since the early age of thirteen. Augustus Waters, a smart, metaphor loving, cancer stricken kid, falls completely in love with Hazel Grace, but a great misfortune cuts their time together short. “Some infinities are bigger than other infinities (Green, 260).” Both Hazel and Gus learn to appreciate the time they spend together and make their small infinity one to remember. This novel is based off of a girl by the name of Esther Earl, she and Green met at a Harry Potter convention and Green thought her story would be an amazing way to spread the word about this dreadful disease. Green’s purpose of this novel is to bring awareness of the horrible disease called cancer and how it not only affects the patents life, but others as well. Since this book is narrated by Hazel, it has a tone of being very frank, Hazel tells it like it is and does not sugar coat anything with the fear that if she does she will hurt someone even more. With the use of ethos, logos, and pathos, Green appeals to his audience of young people who may not realize how extremely well off they are and inspire the people who are struggling to find themselves.

Children see the world as beautiful and wondrous and live without care. Little voices shriek with joy at falling leaves without worrying about the coming cold winter months, and babble delightedly to any stranger without stopping to think about skin color or worry about criminal records. Carefree days do not last forever; however, when childhood ends, the young adult faces the inevitable hardships of life. Some people choose to return to a life of innocence, while others soldier on and brave the turmoil ahead. Even so, a greater reward awaits those who overcome life’s numerous quandaries. Each adversity carves out more depth to a person’s character, and like a potter shapes his clay, so too do adversities shape people into more compassionate,

This hatred-ridden mask of pure despise that can tear through your flesh right to your delicate emotions, if you are willing to let your soul be monitored by the beholder. Gretchen easily hides behind this persona, using her seemingly innocent trick/smile to swarm your brain with cowardly thoughts as if she, herself, is the mastermind behind mind-control. Hazel wonders if a smile from girls these days is even possible. If they have hoarded so much disgust for their own selves that even the simple task of a true, genuine smile will somehow make their bodies turn to stone and crumble, exposing all of their self-hatred. Both parties bring up flaws in another person 's life that seem unchangeable. When Gretchen’s posse realizes that Hazel is more prepared than they imagined, they jump onto the fact that Hazel’s family is different. Raymond, Hazel’s disabled brother, basically has a bullseye on him at all time. Anyone can easily snipe him with physical and emotional abuse. By either taking his allowance or calling him names, no one backs down from targeting Raymond. That’s exactly what happens with Mary-Louise and Rosie. With absolutely no surprise, they go after Raymond hoping to trigger Hazel, as their last, suffocating attempt to make Hazel wary of the race that creeps closer, like vultures scarfing down the left-over remains of a lion’s dinner.

The book took the literary world by storm selling nearly twelve million copies within the first twenty-four hours. Although the brilliant mind behind the Harry Potter series is most famously known for her success, the reality she faced before becoming the critically acclaimed author was anything but magical. The loss of J.K. Rowling’s mother early on became the determination she needed to finish the first of many distinguished publications. Identically, the characters Nemo from Finding Nemo and the orphaned brothers from the short story Strays find that life can be unfair, unkind, and unpredictable. Nonetheless, tragedy can become the fuel to develop maturity and encourage the creative thinking that brings on achievement.

Well-written and inspirational literature not only has the ability to carry a reader into another world but they are able to accomplish this feat while simultaneously delivering deep messages that surpass the written text. Children’s literature is sometimes overlooked in terms of reaching these standards and being considered worthy of critical analysis; this genre is often perceived as having juvenile storylines and concepts portrayed through simplistic language. However, the common writing styles in children’s literature, often being either illustrated books or picture-books, offer the genre with a unique opportunity to achieve deep themes and messages through the dynamic

This charming story reverses the typical roles within a children’s book. With underlying issues of stereotypes, independence and empowerment, it fills children with imagination and teaches them the importance of being strong, smart, and the realization that beauty comes from within.

Although many view children's fiction as suitable only to children, and an embarrassingly immature pursuit for a serious person, children' stories mold the way we think. They allows us to look at very complex and difficult issues in a safe and playful way, and they give us the freedom to imagine the unimaginable.

Hazel’s life has been a series of trials and tribulations and hopeless cases. She has been extremely close to dying, but she was strong and resilient and continued to put up an exceptional fight. Her struggles and outstanding fight is similar to the girls portrayed in the Van Houten’s novel, An Imperial Affliction.

Literary heroes that are also ordinary children are engaging to readers, particularly child readers. James Pope and Julia Round write that “Roald Dahl is a fascinating author in that his books for children feature child heroes who are very often neither hero nor villain, but a wild, subversive combination of both” (258). These characteristics are also true of Coraline and Harry Potter, as they are presented as imperfect, but ultimately find the power within themselves to save what is important to them. Children readers are empowered by Coraline and Harry because they identify with these ordinary children and feel as if they can also make a difference in their lives, as the characters defeat the evil in theirs.

One quote that way relevant to the book was . This is relevant because it forshaws and shows affection at the same time. This states that myrtle thinks he is going to die and she loves he and will want to send the rest of her with him. This is important because you want harry to save the day and the chamber will be a breeze for him but myurl saying this means it is not going to be easy and he may not make it. This draws attention to harry and made readers feel scared and it shows how brave harry is and how he will save the day no matter what happens.