The Orphan Archetype In Harry Potter

Voldemort obviously not only functions as a orphan, but also as a villain. Voldemort’s own childhood seems to mirror Harry’s, with entirely different results (Boll 6). Rowling offers an insight into the villains life which most books which follow the same hero-villain plot do not. In building a background on Voldemort’s life, Rowling adds development to Harry’s character as well (Boll 6). Harry goes form knowing nothing of his parents to knowing exactly how they died and who did it. Harry’s whole life has revolved around Voldemort, he is not simply one hurdle Harry must overcome.

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 families that would take in these orphan children felt that the “older” children were already set in their ways, they would likely have “bad habits”, and they would eventually be nothing but trouble. No family really

Contrary to its name, the Orphan Train riders included not only orphans, but also children with only one parent, children that were given up because their family was too big, and runaways. These children often underwent parental death, abandonment, or prostitution. Still other orphans were immigrant children. They suffered from the overpopulation of New York and lack of job availability. Even the jobs they could get did not pay enough for them to survive. Many of the orphans turned to selling small items such as newspapers or matches to survive on the streets. These children often formed gangs to protect themselves from the sometimes violent world of street life in New York City. Police, after finding some of these gangs,

My book report is on the book 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone' by J.K.

Orphan: An orphan is a “child aged zero to 17 years whose mother, father, or both have died. However, there are other children who are referred to as social orphans even though one or both their parents may still be alive but who have been unable to perform parental duties because of illness or acute poverty among other reasons” (Home Grown School Feeding, n.d.).

Orphan Train children had a social citizenship. They had the right to live life according to societies’ standards. They had a minimum of economic welfare and security, with being sent to new homes where they wouldn’t be homeless and anymore, and they went to families where they could get an education and healthcare. Lastly, according to Foundation for Human

The archetype orphan is often misconstrued as needy or spoiled when in all reality an orphan is down to earth and honest. Orphans are looking for the best life possible and want everyone to be treated equal. One of greatest struggles of an orphan is to fit in. The song “Waiting for Superman” by Daughtry fits perfectly with the orphan archetype, because the song talks about a girl who is optimistic and hopeful while waiting for her superman to come and save her.

Joseph Campbell is a famous scholar who studied mythologies. He called them archetypes. They are myths that follow a specific pattern. The departure, where the hero must leave home, after having a unusual birth or childhood. Then the hero goes through the initiation, were he/

Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban is an excellent book. Out of ten stars I would rate this one an eight because it was to short. Once you get into it and finish it. It seems so short, because it is so interesting. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban starts out with a bang. In the beginning Sirius black a Man accused of thirteen murders in one night escapes from Azkaban.( A wizard prison guarded to the tee by dementors, deadly spirits that feast on anything happy. Basically they suck the life out of you slowly until you go mad and lose sanity). Harry runs away on the same night and crosses the man without realizing it. Since Sirius is an ananamugus he is able to turn into a giant black

First, the way an orphan treats others can be a reflection on how they were raised. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn it states “The Widow Douglas,

The child in the dysfunctional family that becomes like another parent is the eldest child. This child is referred to as the Hero Child or the Responsible Child. This child takes over the parent role at a very young age, becoming very responsible and self-sufficient.  They give the family self-worth because the child looks good on the outside.  This child becomes the good student, the sports star, the prom queen.  The parents look to this child to prove that they are good parents and good people. As an adult, the Family Hero is rigid, controlling, and extremely judgmental of others and secretly of themselves.  They achieve "success" on the outside and get lots of positive attention, but are cut off from their inner emotional life.  They are compulsive and driven as adults because deep inside they feel inadequate and insecure. The family hero is often the child in the family who as an adult has the hardest time even admitting that there is anything within them that needs to be healed (Burney 2008.)

In the history of English literature, during Victorian age England had seen development tremendously .It is said that the sun never in England at this time. The richer got richer and the poorer got poorer. Everyday something was invented in London. The population of the city grew rapidly there was less space and more people, the streets got narrower. The upper class of the society discriminated the lower class of the society. The development of London rushed in such a manner that the industries required more workers. In this run of development and industrialization the victims were the kids who lost their childhood. Children are born as orphan are totally identitiless and end up working somewhere for a single meal of a day. Charles Dickens

People tend naively see orphans and those without caring families as hopeless and loveless creatures. However, the goodness of strangers can easily prove these thoughts nonsensical as people can provide an abundance of support and love to those with no blood relation to them and can embrace strangers as family. In Charles Dickens’ two novels Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, Dickens challenges the typical idea of parentage and suggests the through love and generosity anyone can become a guardian or mentor figure. Therefore, people should not place as much faith in blood relations and look to others for sources of guidance and compassion.

The movie adaptation of J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a very pivotal movie in the series. Like the book, this movie is crucial in setting up an understanding for the rest of the series. Therefore it is important that the movie complements the novel as much as possible. Using one of the most essential features of a movie; visual imagery, the movie adaptation of the fourth novel is a good accompaniment for the novel. The visual imagery in this movie emphasizes emotions and reactions that we cannot possibly obtain from the book. For example, the death of Cedric Diggory at the end of the movie strikes a powerful emotional response as a result of his father, Amos Diggory’s grief. Seeing him cry makes the audience more