What is the most recognized name in the world? Perhaps, it is Beyonce, or maybe Donald Trump. However, when this question is asked to look for a literary characters’ name, a myriad of choices still exist. Huckleberry Finn, Sherlock Holmes, Matilda, and Harry Potter are just a few of countless popular characters’ in literature. Many are so popular that a film is created from their novels. One of the most recognized novel collections that has been made into a movie series is the Harry Potter collection. This is a multi-billion dollar franchise that has captured the world for decades. It is based on a young boy named Harry Potter, who faces many struggles throughout his magical journey at Hogwarts. Harry Potter was created by the wickedly detailed J.K. Rowling, leaving the film producers with large shoes to fill while casting his movie character. To the average eye, Harry’s character in the novels and movies are similar, but with further research, differences can be uncovered. A novel characters’ debut must be described in great depth in order for the reader to remember them. One set of details that J.K. Rowling spares no expense on is Harry’s appearance. The majority of Harry’s appearance was kept consistent between the novels and the films. The reason that the producers of the films could be so accurate with Harry’s appearance was because J.K. Rowling left such a detailed “script”. Harry Potter is depicted in the text as being “small...for his age”, “skinny”, and “scrawny”.
Disney suggest that what is necessary in looks and deed in order to be heroic is the way the character is portrayed at the beginning of the movie. Pocahontas was described in the movie to have glossy long black flowy hair, her body is that of a “barbie doll”, her skin of that of a “high-paid model”,with “sensitive eye like that of an innocent child” and the her “sculpted feature of an artistic dream”. John Smith was described as light skin,blond long hair,blue eyes,very fit and a show off sometimes. Unlike Pocahontas and Smith, Ratcliffe was described with medium black hair, fat,and always wearing purple clothing. The difference between these three characters are that Disney usually makes the villain chubby and unpleasing to see yet, the hero is pictured as fit model like character so they will be pleasing to look
Harry Potter was a very famous series of fictional books and movies by J.K. Rowling. Harry is the main protagonist, who goes to a large, seven-story high castle supported by magic called Hogwarts. Through all the adventures of Harry’s life described in the books, I see it as a very intriguing topic to talk about. Diction, language, and imagery are going to be talked about for the fictional character chosen, also followed by answered questions to give a better idea, through details, of how Harry Potter really is seen.
An imagine Charles Dickens has left in my mind is Miss. Havisham. I see this faceless, all bone, yellow skinned lady wearing one shoe and a wedding dress. Miss. Havisham was originally described on page 47 and she was described as a weary, wore down woman and I was having fun imagining this peculiar lady. I see her like Maleficent, because she was written as very boney, again on page 47. I just imagine her cheekbones being very prominent, like Maleficent. I also see her like looking kind of deranged because on page 47 Dickens wrote; "She uttered the word with a eager look, and with a weird smile". I think the weird smile part is what lead me to believe she looks deranged. I can't see her face, but I can see her features like; sunken eyes, that
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
“I liked the old ways best, but I was getting so I liked the new ones, too, a little bit...she said she warn’t ashamed of me.” Chap 4, pg 15
Evil. Magic. Friends by your side. This is a recipe for adventure. Charlie Bone is from “Children of the Red King” by Jenny Nimmo. Harry Potter is from Harry Potter Series By J.K. Rowling. Charlie and Harry are similar because they both are magically talented. The reasons show they are magically talented is have to keep their powers concealed, and are around others that have unique talents as well.
“Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public.” This quote was said by a man named George Crane. Without different types of language in novels, we would not be able to tell where the setting is. Mark Twain’s, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, tells the fascinating story of a young boy’s journey on life. Huck and his best friend, Tom Sawyer, were known troublemakers and often played a game that involved robbing people and killing them afterwards.
Vince Lombardi once said “civilizations do not die they commit suicide.” This quote attest to the nature of the flawed civilization of which we live in showing ultimately how mankind’s flaws may serve as their own executioner. In Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huck Finn, the character Huck Finn rejects civilization because he feels that civilization clashes with his ideas and life experiences. Throughout Huck’s life he is taught societal customs which civilization labels as socially acceptable. Huck’s experiences throughout his life leads him to question if what civilization has taught is morally right. Huck lives in an era where slavery, one of the most barbaric events in history, was in full effect. The majority of civilization did not view slavery for the abomination it was; in fact one was often looked down upon for not owning slaves.
In their texts Harry Potter and the Philosophers’ Stone and The Perks of Being a Wallflower J. K. Rowling and Stephen Chbosky explore how their main characters travel on a journey of growth. Throughout both texts each author uses a variety of techniques to show how many of their characters grow from timid, lonely boys to confident, young men through the use of narration, descriptive language and theme of abuse throughout each novel, readers are able to see how Rowling and Chbosky show their main protagonists’ journey of growth.
Here, he took elements from Harry Potter, such as Firebolts, and Quidditch, and related it to the normal world beyond its mystical world portrayed in Rowling’s books. This shows that Pennington is looking deep down pass the superficial meaning of Harry Potter story. 2.
When asked why books are better than movies, Paulo Coelho, author, responds, “books are a film that takes place in the mind.” The intriguing novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is no exception. In the year 1930, young Scout and Jem are struggling to understand the segregation between whites and blacks in their small town of Maycomb. Their wise father Atticus, who is a lawyer, defends Tom Robinson and uncovers secrets about the people of Maycomb. Dill, their curious summer friend, gets them into crazy adventures including meeting a mysterious neighbor Boo Radley. Boo helps them understand the main theme of the book: to step into another person’s shoes. To Kill a Mockingbird is written by Harper Lee, and the movie is directed by Robert Mulligan. Through
In the sixth installment of the Harry Potter series, the characters change quite drastically. In the last book, readers find out that there is a prophecy about Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter. In this book one of the main characters finds out what the prophecy states and it changes his character signifigantly. The characters have all grown up and matured. The main characters of this book who change are: Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, Professor Severus Snape, and Draco Malfoy. All of the characters have to face loyalty problems while dealing with the problem of Lord Voldemort. Harry Potter and his group of friends find out what it trulu means to have a friendship, and they also have to figure out who the real bad guy is.
I believe that the most interesting thing I find about Harry is that he defeats Lord Voldermort, the main antagonist, a 3rd time. The first time is when he is a small child, which puts a stop to his murder spree. The second time is when he prevents Voldermort from obtaining the Sorcerer’s Stone. If you obtain it, it will make your entire life span longer. For example in the first book it says the stone was made by Professor Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel Professor Dumbledore who is currently 621 years old along with his wife.
“A giant of a man was standing in the doorway. His face was almost completely hidden by a long, shaggy mane of hair and a wild tangled beard, but you could make out his eyes, glinting like black beetles under all the hair” (pg. 46). It’s an exquisite yet brightening description of the first introduction of Hagrid from J. K. Rowling’s novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. This book gives a great amount of vivid description into the characters, settings and conflicts. There are key points to really note about Harry Potter. The wonderful and imaginative yet creative language and the similarities between situations that Harry is involved with in the book are everyday
Next, an epic hero usually has another character close to him that is very wise and almost all-knowing, and Harry Potter is no different. The all-knowing character in Harry Potter is obviously Albus Dumbledore. Dumbledore knew of the connection between Harry and Voldemort long before Harry or Voldemort learned of it. Dumbledore is also one of the only people in the entire series to learn about Voldemort’s secret to immortality, Horcruxes. Dumbledore plays a very important role in Harry’s life; he is the one to tell Harry about the Horcruxes which eventually allows for Voldemort’s defeat. There is a character in epics that are wise and knowledgeable and Dumbledore is that character in Harry