J.K. Rowling's Use of Literary Devices to Teach Skepticism to Her Readers in Harry Potter Books

In the series, Harry is the good guy. He’s the one that saves thousands of wizards and millions of muggles. He’s the brave teenager who dared stand up to the Dark Lord, the Chosen One. Though because of his fame and his parents’ murder, he was expected to know everything there was to know about the wizarding

The Harry Potter Series is a series of books that I think should have been required to read in High School. This should have been a required reading due to the fact it is a thrilling adventure that allows one to dream of an imaginary place where learning is not only happening, but fun. The teachers enjoy their jobs, for the most part Snape just wants the Dark Arts position, and it shows as they push their students forward in studies and make them into the best possible human beings to go out and make a difference in the

All this has added to the growing popularity of the Harry Potter brand that is everywhere today. Young readers can relate to Harry’s issues and the books create another world the readers can subconsciously ‘escape’ too.

Rowling's narrative is abundant with irony, providing readers with situations that challenge their expectations over the course of the series. In the Chamber of Secrets, Harry is believed to be the heir of Slytherin because he speaks Parseltongue and accused of petrifying people, In Order of the Phoenix, both Harry and Dumbledore are accused of being attention

Behind Every Man of Power is a Lady Telling Them Exactly What to Do: The Differences in Character Development of Eilonwy in Lloyd Alexander’s The Book of Three and Hermione in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Bright-eyed and bouncing with excitement, I stare up at my father from my bed as he reads The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter for the umpteenth time. As I drift off to sleep, Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter Rabbit dance around in my dreams and with them, Beatrix Potter’s imaginative world cements its lasting impression into my life. Cradling my Peter Rabbit ragdoll, I carry the lessons of her tales into adulthood. Similar to how I draw upon my childhood influences, Beatrix Potter drew upon hers. Throughout her life, Potter was affected by a multitude of influences which built the foundation for her success; in her teenage years, Potter met Hardwicke Rawnsley who impacted the course of her future achievements. The encounterments that people have in their lives reappear subtly throughout their entire lives as they themselves build upon the progress of the past.

Harry Potter is a global sensation due to it’s rich storytelling, magical themes and character development. It is a series of books written by J.K. Rowling alongside films that were directed by various directors. Nonetheless, the topic of Harry Potter can often be the reason behind controversial topics. A highly known one being religion, and it’s constant comparisons and differences. While people can make the argument that Harry Potter is a parody of an already established religion just as easily as they can counter that it is more of a negative theme when being compared to religion, how easy is it to find genuine parallels between Harry Potter and popular religions such as Christianity or Catholicism? The answers tend to be shot back and forth between opposing sides that Harry Potter’s similar events to religious ones are actually beneficial because they can still deliver the same message, whatever that may be, but in a different form. While of course, some are able to argue that these events can be turned into a darker meaning.

When Harry's mom was gone he was always bored because there was nothing to do at home. Harry also was a single child with no one to play with when he was younger. It was bad enough for Harry he had barely any food to support him his home was horrendous and had rats that came at night steal every last bit of food he had until he worked and got more food from making it himself. Everything he earns from either food or other obligations he has he only get around ten percent of that. As a surf Harry was hard to pay taxes, own land...well borrow it from the monarch, be loyal to his monarch and his lords, cooking, and much more. He was a well known person around the fields and had cared for significant amount of people at the fields but the king hated that his other surf's were not working through to him so he kept guards watching him hand and foot making sure he didn't help anyone. Harry was mad and furious about that and wanted to help so much, he snuck out nightly not making sure that he was not seen and did the work for the other surf's, but that did not last any longer for one guard saw him which lead to more wiping. As the day went by he stopped helping but he was more enraged at the king and

The Harry Potter series have been read and analyzed in depth by scholars and children. Scholars who have broken down this series talks about the underlying messages that relate to the current society in every way. Personally, I did not grow up reading these books so I will be writing about how I believe a child would respond and how I respond to reading the books as an adult. This series draws upon ideas of xenophobia, psychoanalysis, ethics, empathy, and much others.

Harry Potter experiences major traumatic events throughout his life from his early childhood into adolescence. The following articles and sections from various Harry Potter books showcase the progression of the abuse he endures throughout the series, emphasizing the detrimental psychological effects this has on Harry. Psychologist Sigmund Freud spent his entire life studying childhood development, creating the idea of the id, ego, and super-ego. These Freudian ideals are important to understanding how Harry Potter’s psychological issues develop. In addition, the identity development can also be correlated to gifted children and adolescents because of Harry being the only one who can defeat Voldemort and how Dumbledore treats him differently from other students throughout the series. Furthermore, the series can also be used to educate counselors, creating a fictional character they can diagnose and practice on. Because of the horrific events Harry goes through, ranging from domestic, educational, physical, and emotional abuse, educators and psychologists can use the series of Harry Potter to help children who have also gone through similar traumatic events.

The Harry Potter series is an international literature phenomenon that is both criticised and cherished. Penned by renowned author J.K. Rowling the story of the boy wizard seems to break the barriers of age, race, religion and gender with the range of its fans. This investigation focuses on the Harry Potter series and intends to answer the question of Harry Potter: Selfish or Selfless under the topic of Altruism in Contemporary Young Adult Literature. This investigation is a literature review; unlike a science experiment this report requires are more in-depth analysis of literature on the chosen topic. The intentions of the research are to investigate the topic of Altruism within the Harry Potter series, specifically the choices and

Rowling has written one of the most recognizable and iconic pieces of literature. Harry Potter series differs from the works of Lewis and Tolkien. Yet they still have the same impact on the readers. In this essay I will evaluate Rowling’s magnum opus in order to compare her implementations of the gospel to that of Tolkien and Lewis and to determine whether or not her work is worthy of pertaining to the western canon. Also, I will describe the implications of her novels on the platonic worldview according to Rowling’s use of the themes of death and the afterlife. Additionally, I will be relating Rowling’s utilization of both death and the after life to that of Tolkien and Lewis in order to analyze its causation of arousing hope and setting justice.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling is the first book in the Magical Harry Potter series. J.K. Rowling was actually turned down by 12 publishers until Bloomsbury agreed to publish the 223-page book in 2000, but she had to pay an advance of £1,500. Later on, after Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released and published it sold a total of 450 million books worldwide. There is not exactly one genre for the Harry Potter series it is actually a mixture of Young-adult fiction, mystery and fantasy. It’s Harry’s first year at Hogwarts and he has just found out that he was a wizard and he hasn’t even begun to learn about the magical world. Harry has made some new friends like Hermione Granger whose parents are muggles

wizards) and control all others. Politically, Lord Voldemort symbolizes a dictator looking to destroy and control. Barratt concurs that “Lord Voldemort’s most powerful weapon is his ability to break down bonds and connections, and thus defeat groups, one at a time, that would be invincible if they stood together” (88). Voldemort’s followers are blind and believe in his power; this is similar to political situations of 2017. In accordance, according to Rajendra Kumar Dash’s article, "Chasing the shadow: is the Harry Potter series a political discourse?" “Rowling impels the readers to reflect upon the condition of modern man vis-à-vis Voldemort (465). How does evil and power come into our current political system? In contrast, is there strength in individuality, imagination, and creativity? How can the imaginative and creative work of literature transcend time and place to transform society? Barratt answers these questions by saying that “For Rowling, politics is a direct consequence of the tension between good and evil” (133). Therefore, Rowling imagines a hero - Harry Potter - who wins a battle against evil. Harry Potter, the hero, is a character readers relate to. Even though he is part of a fantasy world, readers can see how individual strength and imaginative problem solving can succeed. Using these same measures, people, by way of literature, can transform society.

At any age, the idea of knowing that everyone is in this world for a reason can be mind boggling. At the age of eleven, Harry just knew that his parents died when he was young and that he was an ordinary child that had absolutely no idea about the world that he had really come from. Though he was intentionally uninformed about his reality, he always knew that there was some aspect of himself that he knew he did not know about since there were things that he was able to do that he knew others couldn’t. He always knew that he could do things, in the heat of moments, the others could not even fathom. But when he learned about his reality, his parents, and his life up to the moment, he knew that he held an important role in the magic world. He, eventually, did end up discovering that he held a certain prophecy that was considered a threat to a single person that he would come to know as an enemy, and that he would annihilate: Tom Marvolo Riddle also known as ‘Voldemort.’ But that is it; it was a singular prophecy that led to the inevitable duel between Harry Potter and Voldemort (Talamo, Joseph A.). Not just now, but for a very long time, our world runs on psychological, or cognitive, suggestions. No matter where you go, to a wedding, an interview, a school, prayer edifice, or even just watching TV, you will always be told or shown something along the lines of what your role in this world is (Beach, Sara Ann). Everyone is believed to have a set