Jk Rowling Nonconformism Analysis

Vogler states, "[the] title is an important clue to the nature of the story and the writers attitude" (85).  In this piece, the title, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," implies something beyond the realm of our physical world -- something much more supernatural and mystical. From the first chapter, the title serves as a distinct contrast to the world in which we see Harry live in; one that is completely normal, at least in the sense that there is nothing special about the Dursleys or Harry. Although Harry has a new room upstairs, he only has it because of the fear the Dursley’s feel for Harry’s magical abilities -- limiting him to never even say the “M” word. In fact, the Dursleys represent a sort of hatred towards Harry – “I WARNED YOU! I WILL NOT TOLERATE MENTION OF YOUR ABNORMALITY UNDER THIS ROOF!” (Rowling 2). Here, the “abnormality” Uncle Vernon is referring to is that of Harry’s ability for magic. While Harry is viewed as a legendary hero at Hogwarts, he is but a mere nuisance at the Dursley residence. By placing Harry into a position of clear contrast with his life at Hogwarts, Rowling has established a “baseline for comparison” of the Ordinary, Muggle-ridden, World, to that of the Special World (Vogler 87). This is a significant area of craftsmanship, as "writers [need] to make the Ordinary World as different as possible from the Special World, so audience and hero will

Children are the most innovative and imaginative people in the world because of how unique their minds are at processing information. The arts within the lower grade levels expose our youngest learners to their ingenious traits, which are necessary to the decision of what they would want to do for the rest of their life as a career. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics, STEM, education has been progressively pushed over recent years to help influence young individuals to pursue an occupation in one of the four areas above in order to better their economic futures. What has been shadowed in effect of the program is the humanities. Defined in an article titled

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.

Education has tarnished the idea of an original thought and has caused us to “grow out of creativity.” An idea that I am now convinced is a possible reality due to the intellectual, thought-provoking argument made by Sir Ken Robinson that schools do restrain creativity. In Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” Robinson argues that schools do kill creativity by addressing his audience in a sophisticated yet playful tone that keeps the audience entertained and invested in what is being discussed. Robinson connects with the audience by telling jokes, using simple reasoning, facts, and personal stories that allows the audience to be emotionally moved by the argument. Robinson is able to open up the audience to a reasonable idea with only one reasonable solution, and it just so happens to be his. Obviously, a bit biased, Robinson steers clear of self-promotion by recalling stories of other’s accounts and relating to people as a professor instead of a person.

Many people believe that there is only one world that exist, but what they didn’t know is there is another world out there that seems to be out of the ordinary. A young boy named Harry Potter lives in a normal world and has no clue of what has yet to come for him. As his eleventh birthday strikes at midnight a man whose name is Hagrid, from the wizard world, reveals to Harry that he is not just human in the muggle world (a world where people were born without magic), but he is a wizard that is known as “The boy who lived” and it is time for him to start his training. As Harry Potter leaves the muggle world to attend to wizard school known as, Hogwarts, he experiences many strange adventures that may cause him to adjust because both worlds combined

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

J. K. Rowling continuously used Harry Potters character as a symbol of hope and determination. Hopefully after reading this you will agree if you do not already. Context clues from each book tell us just how big of an influence Harry Potters role throughout the series. Within Harry Potter there any many other archetypes that are used including power of words and numbers, hero’s, and journeys. Magic plays a largest role within the series of Harry Potter. So, it is clearly impossible to say that there is not at least one archetype in the series of Harry Potter, nor is it possible not to sense the archetype of magic. Most of the wizards and witches in Harry Potter were born with this magical energy that could either be passed down to you by your parents. The parents of the magical kids do not always have to magical themselves. There are pure-bloods which is when the parents are both magical, half-bloods when one parent is magical, and Muggle-born which is when neither parent has magical blood. Muggle is the term for when a person lacks the magical energy. Back to this magical energy; for a wizard or witch to use their magical energy they will simply use their wands to concentrate their energy to cast a spell. So much magic is being used in Harry Potter that there are over seventy possible spells that can be cast. Without a wand, it would be extremely difficult to use your magical

Creativity is equally as important as literacy, and we need to start treating it that way in schools around the world. According to Ken Robinson’s claim in his, “How Schools Kill Creativity” speech, he believes this to be exceptionally true. All children are creative and talented, however, we have grown up in a world where we believe that it’s wrong to exemplify our creativity. Robinson uses both, pathos, and ethos to help make his claim. He arises emotion in you; he causes you to really think, to trust him, and to question ultimately, how things are being done in the educational system. We as a world have become so consumed with the idea of putting each child into a category of what they’re going to be successful in, regardless of their creativity or passions. You’re either good at math, science, or English; everything is based on your academic ability. What happens then to the people who aren’t academically smart, but are more creative? They are then made to feel that what they have to offer the world simply isn’t good enough, but the truth is, it is good enough. Over time however, we are taught out of our creativity. Schools around the world kill creativity by instilling a sense of fear in the child that what they are doing, and how they feel is wrong, this ultimately discourages them, and they fall victim to the industrialized educational system that we have present day. Robinson believes now more than

Albert Einstein once said, “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” This quote describes the responsibilities and standards of teaching children. I believe that teachers should be held to high standards for being the foundation of a student’s education and well-being. For my future students, my responsibilities as a future educator include supplementing the growth of a variety of students’ knowledge and creativity, abiding as a role model for students and colleagues, and understanding the issues in the foundations of education.

The Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies and is currently translated into almost every language on the face of the earth (“Harry Potter”). Millions have faithfully followed the story about this magical world and have fallen in love with the many enchanting characters. What most readers do not recognize is the prominence that classical Greek/Roman mythological allusions play in the beloved roles in Harry Potter through their names and personality attributes. The importance of names is extremely significant to a person’s identity, especially in literature where words are meant to bring stories to life. Rowling continues this concept through her characters by linking her characters names to classical folklore charismas that share similar personas. Rowling does a fantastic job with cleverly connecting her characters to classical Greek/Roman mythological figures through the etymology of their names and similar personality traits to their wizard counterparts, such as Professor McGonagall and Filch.

Harry’s point of view on the Ministry’s actions shows the audience that the Ministry is continuing to lose credibility from Harry’s perspective. The Ministry’s lack of credibility as illustrated through Harry’s point of view is a theme Rowling repeats in the Harry Potter series. It is Rowling’s style to create controversy in the plot so she can use Harry to address such conflict and in turn teach the readers how to confront injustice in their own world.

Do Schools Kill Creativity? TED is a non-profit organization that serves to present ideas that are worth spreading through strong rhetoric and persuasive appeals. In his eminent Ted Talk, Sir Ken Robinson discusses how public education systems today disregard creativity as an important component within the academic growth of students. Robinson focuses on the importance of creativity by creating a variety of arguments, which persuades the audience to take action upon this heavily ignored issue. His use of pathos, ethos, and logos makes an entertaining case for creating an education system that nurtures rather than undermines creativity. Throughout his speech, Robinson emphasizes pathos by his use of humor and discussion of personal

“We could be killed, or worse, expelled” Hermione Granger, student in the Harry Potter series. The character she portrays is a young witch who attends Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hogwarts is a school that accepts only witches and wizards, and teaches them to cast spells. These skills will prepare them for life in the wizarding world. Recently, strange things have been happening at Hogwarts ever since Harry Potter came. So, Harry and his friends take it upon themselves to save Hogwarts. Hermione is one of his friends, and she is a very complex character. She is very brave because she fights for what she believes in. In addition, her cleverness is inspirational as she is extremely good at spells and has a great work ethic.

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.

Harry Potter is living in the ordinary world with his Aunt, Uncle and Cousin who treat him with very little respect. He begins to receive mysterious letters which are addressed explicitly to him. His aunt and