Road Back: Return With The Sorcerer's Stone

One needs to imagine their favorite book or movie. Now they must think, does this story contain a main character who leaves his normal reality, faces trials or hardships while in this unfamiliar land, and eventually return to their original grounds? The answer is most likely yes. This is due to Joseph Campbell’s realization of what hero’s or other characters almost always go through while being seen in tale or story. This is seen as the hero’s journey, in which there are steps that one could place in certain spots to parallel pretty much any reading or movie they want. One example of this is seen through the movie 10 Cloverfield Lane. This is the adventure of a young woman, Michelle, who leaves her husband and while

His family would belittle him and treat him awful. As the movie went on Harry met a boy named Ron. Ron and his family took Harry under their wing emotionally and were involved with his social life and schooling. Harry had a huge mentor in his life who was named Hagrid, who had a good connection to Dumbledore, who happened to be the principal of Hogwarts. Throughout the movie he developed these interactions slowly and it helped him grow in his microsystem. Therefore, Harry was able to get out of a tough spot in his life and continue to grow as a person and live his life fully.

Harry Potter is a fascinating tale of sorcerers, wands, broomsticks, dragons, and magic. The story begins with a young boy named Harry Potter who lives at number four Privit Drive, Surray, England. His journey begins after the death of his parents at the hands of the evil Lord Voldemort. Harry learns of his past and his future as a wizard from Hagrid, the keeper of keys and grounds at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He travels to Hogwarts where he learns spells and enchantments, makes new friends, finds enemies, and discovers fantastic secretes. J.K. Rowling weaves a web of impeccable storytelling with this critically acclaimed novel. In the tale of Harry Potter imagery, symbolism, and motif take central focus.

The writing strategies that we learned to find where, organizational choices, storytelling, mood, the way things were analyzed and reasoned, including sources, tone, and description and imagery. In my writing, I mostly use including sources, such as including quotes from the author to show that I am getting my information from somewhere reliable and relatable. In this paper, I use storytelling in

A trickster is “someone who tricks or deceives people especially in order to get something” (Merriam-Webster). Examples of the trickster archetype can be found in the Odyssey by Homer. For example, while Polyphemus has trapped Odysseus and Odysseus’ crewmates in his cave, Odysseus tells the Cyclops “Here, Cyclops, try this wine-to top off the banquet of human flesh you’ve bolted down” (Homer 222 lns. 388-389)! Enjoying the wine, the Cyclops demands for more, just as Odysseus anticipated he would.

It was a cold and windy day, a perfect day to uncover secrets and truths about writers I had heard of, but new little about. I entered the library to escape the weather and lose myself in books about Sandra Ciseneros and the characters she creates in her poems and stories. I began my search at a computer resource station, and then absorbed myself in the materials it provided, which were biographies, criticisms, and the works of Cisneros.

Many famous heroes have stories written about them. “The Legends of Heracles”, “Biography of Rosa Parks”, and “Paul Revere’s Ride” are examples of when an author writes about a hero. What happens when a hero’s tale is told a century later? Popularity. The untold story of the courageous and passionate Paul Revere is revealed. The author, Henry Longfellow, weaves the tale of “Paul Revere’s Ride” through vivid imagery, figurative language, and sound devices. These tools help Longfellow create different moods, and influence the reader’s emotions. Longfellow told a heroic legend that entertains and captivates readers as much in modern times as when it was first written.

Imagine discovering that you’re not an ordinary person, but a wizard with magnificent, magical powers. Imagine attending a school where you’ll study transfiguration and charms instead of trigonometry and chem. Imagine the thrill of flying across the sky on a broomstick. These adventures and many others are waiting to be experienced in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by novelist J. K. Rowling. This fanciful and entertaining tale has taken the youth of the nation by storm, and its sales have only been surpassed by the book’s sequels, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Although The Golden Compass mostly follows the stages of the Hero’s Journey pattern, there are also certain instances in which it deviates from that pattern. Additionally, some of the stages are repeated or occur in a different sequence. For example, the stage labeled ‘Crossing the Threshold’ appears to take place twice, each time marking a significant moment of progress for the Lyra, the protagonist. Similarly, it is not clear when the ‘Ultimate Boon’ stage occurs, as could be interpreted to happen in multiple places. The next stage, called ‘Return Threshold’ doesn’t even occur; instead of Lyra coming back to “the real world”, she adventures to a completely new world. So although much of the Hero’s Journey pattern can be found in The Golden Compass, there are many variations as to how well sections of the book match the different stages.

Authors lives are frequently narrated in their works. For example, a lot of Ray Bradbury’s life experiences can be seen in his novels. This is obvious in his most famous novel about the effects of the world with a lack of books. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury’s experiences in a time when war took up the majority of conversation are reflected in his work which focuses on individual thought and expression.

Harry’s departure from his old life is evident once he steps on to Platform Nine and Three Quarters to board the Hogwarts Express (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). Leaving his previously known home is not difficult because of the ten years of neglect that occurred in the Dursley household. Harry has only been in two magical places and he already feels more comfortable than ever. Now that he has crossed over to the hidden world of magic, he is ready to embark on his adventure.

Harry—and by extension the audience—gets to skip all this (unconsciousness will do that to you). We can assume it's a fairly uneventful trip from where he, Ron and Hermione are found and taken to the school's nursing station, where he rests comfortably until Dumbledore shows up for one last magical bit of plot exposition.

According to this stage it occurs when the protagonist “ leaves the known limits of his or her world and venturing into an unknown and dangerous realm.” When Harry goes to Diagon Alley he leaves the world he once knew. Harry and Hagrid go to Gringotts Wizarding Bank Gringotts is located “Deep under the Underground.” Not only is it ran by goblins the vaults are guarded by a dragon this is an essential part of the story. Harry Potter goes from living in a ordinary world with Muggles to entering a world with not only witches, wizards, but goblins, unicorns, phoenixes, and

American literature contains many diverse styles, people, and genres. Despite these differences, the collective work of American authors has shaped both the country’s culture and lifestyles. We read to escape or to gain knowledge, but either way, we bring the lessons we’ve learned from literature into our everyday life and share those lessons with others around us. Because of this, authors strive to create a piece with a worthwhile message.

Through critical analysis, historical research, and textual evidence, a study on Kurt Vonnegut’s background will be conducted in order to display the effects that the era in which he lived had on his writing.