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My Favorite Book Essay

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My favorite book is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling. It marked the start of an amazing series, just as it marked the beginning of a little girl's passion that would remain for years to come. These books helped and consoled me through the toughest time of my life, fighting off my demons much like a patronus does a dementor. Reading of Harry's triumphs in the late hours of the night saved me many tears, providing a happy escape from my miserable life. Art has always served as an escape, whether one is making or appreciating it. It allows them to take their mind off of worries, doubts, frustrations, and completely focus on a task that comes easier to them than their daily life. For example, to read about and delve into …show more content…

Because of this, one begins to see the humanity inside these books and then connect that humanity to the world. One starts to recognize that there are Dolores Umbridges in the world, there are Voldemorts in the world, there are Albus Dumbledores in the world, and there are Harry Potters in the world. Many works of art are made in the image of the world, to reflect the good and the bad. These works of art can connect us to the world. For example, 400 million Harry Potter books have been sold worldwide, in over 200 territories, and in 68 languages, which means that somewhere halfway across the world, I share a connection with someone, not through language, religion, or race, but through art. Hence, "one cannot bind oneself to [the world] more certainly than through art.”

What Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has stated is not, in fact, paradoxical, for individually, art is an escape from the world, but looking at the world as a whole, art provides connections that language or diplomacy never could.My favorite book is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling. It marked the start of an amazing series, just as it marked the beginning of a little girl's passion that would remain for years to come. These books helped and consoled me through the toughest time of my life, fighting off my demons much like a patronus does a dementor. Reading of Harry's triumphs in the late hours of the night saved me many tears, providing a happy

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