Rhetorical Devices In How Harry Saved Reading By Norman Lebrecht

knowing that everyone in the audience will immediately be able to make a connection to the woman standing in front of them. Rowling clearly states that in her speech she will focus on, failure and imagination, which have completely opposite connotations, making the audience feel an entire range of emotions and getting them involved. Her purpose, ironically on the day of success for these graduates, is to focus on not only the “benefits of failure,” but what she identifies as “the crucial importance of imagination.” Her ethos is thoroughly convincing because these students have grown up encountering her novels either through the pages of books or through the screen of a film that came soon after. The Harry Potter series sold over 400 million

Books have been the main source of obtaining information and discovering a world of knowledge, imagination, and exploration throughout all periods of time.

The Harry Potter book series written by J.K. Rowling took the world by storm when The Sorcerer’s Stone was released in 1997. Adults, teens, and children around the world read and enjoyed the following six books and movies by buying robes and wands, and waiting patiently in long lines at midnight for the release of the newest films. Harry’s story has been translated into 60 languages and has been so successful that J.K. Rowling was the first person to ever become a billionaire by being a writer. Even with all the positive popularity, there are some people, often Christian parents, who “denounce the Harry Potter series, claiming that they will make children want to become wizards and witches” (Black). Other parents agree that the books

When people grow up a certain way, thinking in a certain way it’ll inevitably come to affect them later on in life. This is especially true in the cases of personal philosophy, religion or any moral code of ethics. But sometimes, one’s religion starts negatively impacting the education of one’s child and the education of the nation's youth as a whole. In Nancy Flanagan Knapp's article,“In Defense of Harry Potter”, she makes the argument that although the Harry Potter series has come under flak, and even been banned in places, it’s still a very useful tool in furthering the education of young people. Knapp analyzes this point using a plethora of well thought out, well researched, and exceedingly well worded rhetorical strategies, and in the end she uses ethos, logos, and pathos to effectively convey her arguments.

Rowling sparked the interest to read within adolescence through her Harry Potter books. According to the Scholastic Corporation (2014), an American educational book publishing company, in the article J.K. Rowling’s Magical Impact found evidence researched about the series’ influence, “In a national survey conducted in 2008, three out of four kids said that reading a Harry Potter book has made them interested in reading other books, too.” J.K. Rowling has intrigued readers by using the supernatural as a literary prop and has related to readers by using real-world connections. Emily Anne Woodrum (2014), researcher for East Carolina University, mentions in her work The Harry Potter Controversy that a craze for books has not been evident among teens for a long time. Children have gradually been lured away from other media such as video games, television, and the internet and have begun to invest their time in reading. This generation of youth has become enchanted and highly influenced by the series that it is likely the Harry Potter mania will continue for many more

As I lay within the sunny warmth of a tropical paradise, helpless to succumb to the tendrils of isolation and left with but one novel to read during the coming days of loneliness and boredom, I can only imagine filling my mind with words born from the psyche of J.K Rowling. My indulgence in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a guilty pleasure that consumes my existence each time my fingers brush the pages of a story that transcends time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the novel I would bring to a desert Island because of the feeling it evokes within me. Each time I read the novel is just as exhilarating as the first. Every word that silently passes my lips, allows me to dive deeper into the realm of magic and mystery until

Readers see and learn everything that Harry Potter does from not only his perspective but at the same time that he does. One research states what makes the Harry Potter books as a novel so fantastic is that they “have a wonderful capacity to draw us in through the power of imagination. Like all good fantasy, Harry Potter engages the reader’s imagination” (Nyl 540-541). Reading a fantasy novel and engaging your imagination is what readers want and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone delivers. It engrosses the reader as a page turner by the way in which Rowling writes. The reader wants to know more about the new “wizarding” world he has entered, and what is going to happen to him at his new school. Harry Potter as a character is relatable to many readers as you can see with its’ ongoing popularity years after the novels have been finished.

Millions have read the popular book series, Harry Potter, and have become fans of the famous hero that Harry is. Author J.K. Rowling made millions of children excited for reading. The Harry Potter book series has become synonymous with screaming fans, midnight movie premieres, and record-breaking book sales. It is one of the most popular book series of all time, internationally, and is considered the book that made kids want to read again. While many fans immerse themselves in the fantasy world of Harry Potter, there are some people that believe that Harry Potter is the work of evil, and the world J.K. Rowling created makes readers abandon God and take part in witchcraft.

J.K. Rowling. There are few in the world now who do not know her name. Rowling’s seven-book Harry Potter series has spawned movies, numerous games, clothing, toy lines, as well as many other items. Her high fan-base has been responsible for the creation of well over 570,000 individual Harry Potter based fan-fiction in several languages, as well as several popular and thriving fan-based websites such as MuggleNet.com and The Leaky Cauldron. All said there is no doubt that her works are popular, even beloved all around the world with very little exception. However when reading Harry Potter, what on the surface seems to be a great children’s story of good versus evil becomes inundated with darker messages when the reader takes the time to

J. K. Rowling is the writer of the Harry Potter books, which started in 1997 with, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The hero of the books, Harry Potter was a seemingly normal kid who found out that he was a wizard on his eleventh birthday. He receives training to become a wizard at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The books are a constant struggle between good and evil. Harry uses the magic he learns, to protect his friends and defeat his enemies. One of the things J.K Rowling and her hero have in common is that their lives haven’t always been so magical. Both have experienced death, disappointment, and hardship. However, the obstacles she has had to overcome have made J.K Rowling into the strong, wonderful person

It is time to be honest, these days who has the time to sit down with a book and read for hours and hours. Sure, there is this nostalgic ideal of cozying up with a good book, drinking some tea, and getting lost in a brand-new world. However, this appealing scene isn’t practical for most people. Most people are too busy, and even if they found an hour or two; the time most likely won’t be enjoyable. To really enjoy and comprehend reading a book a person must be stress free and relaxed, but due to the stress of an individual’s life that can seem impossible. So, is humanity doomed to a future filled with un-intellectual people who know nothing of literature? The answer is no because there is a solution that has been around for quite a while, but a lot of people don’t take advantage of it. The solution is audiobooks. With the rising use of technology in people’s everyday lives one can see why audiobooks are the next step in a reader’s life. As a result, Audiobooks are a growing industry which has clear benefits that physical books lack.

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling has been one of the most popular series to ever hit the bookshelves. These widely acclaimed novels are often associated only with wizardry however, the series ' main focus is not on the magic. While J.K. Rowling uses the idea of magical elements to make the series entertaining, she teaches valuable life lessons along the way. Lessons such as the dangers of desire, the acceptance of others, the importance of teamwork and community, and many others can easily be applied, and related to the daily lives of the readers. The moral wisdom embedded in the Harry Potter books outweighs the conservative claim that fictional wizardry is wrong and will influence evil ideas upon the audience.

Every so often there are stories that take the world by storm and make such an impact that they become part of our everyday world. These stories, characters, and themes become established elements of cultural literacy. This is exactly what has happened with J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. With a few flicks of his magic wand, Harry Potter has turned Rowling into a billionaire. Like this, the book ‘Harry Potter’ is a absoulutely a successful book, having lots of positive views from the readers and also chosen as 19th in 'Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children'. With seven-book series published since 1999, Harry Potter's popularity has skyrocketed. However this fantastic book has made controversy. According to some people the book is for kid

The cultural and literary phenomenon set forth by J.K. Rowling enraptured an audience spanning many generations, inviting her readers to immerse themselves in the fantastical wizarding world bound by her seven novels. Rowling rewards her versed readers; while the Harry Potter novels are ones easily (and presumably most often) enjoyed by their younger devotees, they craft an allegorical puzzle for an informed audience. Rowling makes brilliant use of the classical tradition to provide the consumers of both canons, classical and Potter-centric, with a repertoire of themes, motifs, and language reminiscent of those in antiquity, allowing for parallels to be drawn across the millennia. These elements of the classical tradition are employed both

“The fundamental implication at work here is that their needs be nothing aesthetically valuable or unique about that upon which an imposed phenomena is generated. Is it something special about the Harry Potter books that has caused such a sensation or is the sensation artificially manufactured and simply centered around them? An understanding of commodity fetishism supports the latter position. If the Harry Potter books were, indeed, worthy of such widespread adulation, then the support for them would have naturally risen up from the readers rather than being pushed down upon them by mass media marketing” (Turner-Vorbeck, 8)