The series Harry Potter by J.K Rowling is an interesting type of fiction. This series follows a boy by the name of Harry and his journeys through the wizardry world. In his journey, he attends a wizardry school, Hogwarts, and meets both friends and foes that will help his ultimate goal, defeating Lord Voldemort. Questions arise whether if this series is a true fantasy, despite the wizardry and magical elements all throughout the series, or just simply a children 's fiction with adventure. With it 's tactical combination of each of it 's parenting genres and it 's use of using both high and low fantasy, Harry Potter can be called an urban fantasy.
The elements that makes up a fantasy tale is it 's deliberate taking of philosophies, rules,
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High fantasy has a non primary setting ( meaning the setting isn 't on earth but somewhere else ), as well as a cause of a struggle is by the supernatural or the paranormal. The issues that usually arise from high fantasy are the ending of the world, or something by that nature, with a foe that is not human. Low fantasy contradicts with its ' setting being primary ( on earth or something along the lines with some magical influences ) and its ' causation being natural, nothing caused by the supernatural. The usual battle arise with very human things, such as peer pressure or isolation, and by an enemy who is human. A genre from low fantasy emerges which is named urban fantasy. Urban fantasy has the same qualities as low fantasy but the setting is more in modern times versus any other time frame ( whether made up or in the past ) that low fantasy likes to take from.
During the series of Harry Potter, the founders of Hogwarts are mentioned time and time again. Even though their roles are not a huge part in the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, they become a bigger part in Voldemort 's ( the main antagonist throughout the books ) plans later in the series. They appear throughout the books as statues or on magical card sets, seen as legendary figures of Hogwarts. This ties into the myth and epic genres that Rowling pulls from. It 's not a huge factor of the series, but it is still there.
Rowling takes more from the romance genre
The Romance Narrative is rife with traditional literary tropes. If you’ve read such tales as swashbuckling wandering knights facing magic dragons and other such impossible odds, then you have an idea of what this genre is about. The tradition dates back to the epic, and can be seen in early mythological tales such as the Illiad, or the Odyssey, and early English stories like Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or the Arthurian tales. They include adventure and fantastical elements; heroes battle villains to determine if good can triumph over evil.
For this unit, I completed 2 independent reading books: The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. These 2 books are completely different. The Lord of the Rings was a more challenging book because there was more description and harder words, where the Harry Potter book was an easier read because it’s a book I’ve read before. On my HSPE reading assessment I got 100 percent. I could read the questions and find that answer with several examples from the text. When I analyzed texts I would read each paragraph and summarize it and then at the end put all the summary paragraphs together to summarize the whole story. My target for this unit was to create (sic – find) a theme from my book and use evidence and I could go back into my
The Harry Potter series is the best book series ever. On top you see wizards, wand, and other cool magical things every human wants to be able to do. But deep down Harry Potter is full of literary elements including an epic quest for the three main characters, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Harry Potter. Harry Potter’s overall quest throughout the books is to track down the evil wizard, Voldemort. He must also learn about why he is so famous. His best friend, Ron Weasley, is poor boy with 7 siblings. Ron’s quest is to become more brave and be the leader. Hermione Granger, Harry’s other best friends, her quest is all about knowledge and to do what’s right.
Undoubtedly one of the most popular stories of the 21st century was Harry Potter, a series in which readers follow the life of a twelve year old boy who learns that he is magical. Throughout the novels aspects of magic are blended into the real world, portrayed by the setting Great Britain, which contains a large proportion of non-magical people, referred to as muggles. The way the author, J.K Rowling, set the book up and blended these two aspects, magic and realism, is analogous to the way John Irving wrote a Prayer for Owen Meany through the genre of magical realism. Furthermore, the use of this genre allowed for the development of John Irving’s main message. By setting the story in the realistic town of Gravesend, New Hampshire, and incorporating the exceptional religious character of Owen Meany, the author sets the scene to impart his thoughts upon readers. John Irving’s main message in a Prayer for Owen Meany is that not all people view the world using science and logical reason.
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
Harry potter is popular for readers because it feels like you're in the novel too.The characters are interesting because they have a intriguing personality.The main characters are Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.Harry potter had an unpleasant childhood and that changed when a owl comes out of nowhere and gave him an invitation to hogwarts.The readers feel deeply about Harry Potter’s childhood because he did not have parents,no friends,and had a disrespectful family.Now Harry potter has friends,a new home,and people who care about him.
The first literary element that supports the theme is conflict, the great hope characters had during conflicts such as battling monsters, facing the elements and gods
The story of A&P (written by John Updike, a US writer born 1932 in Pennsylvania, died in 2009) Is one of lengthy descriptive details of places, people, and things that take place in a town north of Boston, Massachusetts. This first person point of view type of story features a seemingly normal 19 year old cashier named Sammy who is stuck at work on an average Thursday afternoon when 3 girls in bathing suites come in to buy some kingfish snacks. As he describes the 3 girls; it becomes apparent that the most attractive girl of the group who has her top straps loose in such a way that they reveal a little bit more than should be showing becomes the main focus of the story , along with his reactions and details of other people’s reception
Interviewer: Greetings Harry Potter. I am an interviewer for ‘The Daily Prophet’ and I am intending to make this interview, the biggest news in the wizarding world! During this session, l would like to ask you questions about your adventure to defeat Voldemort. When you first started out in Hogwarts, you knew that you were the one to defeat Voldemort, but seeing the mission that Dumbledore left for you, what did you think of embarking on that treacherous journey?
Fantasy is a genre that uses supernatural situations as a main plot setting. Fantasy is a measure by which responders can be introduced to important notions in texts. C.S. Lewis’ novel, The Magician’s Nephew explores the creation of Narnia. Lewis explores friendship through the characters of Polly and Digory. The notion of Good vs. Evil and magic are also used throughout the novel and helps us understand the need for fantasy in our own lives.
The most important genre of the book is mythology. Mythopoeia is the act of writing a mythology. We can name C. S. Lewis, H. P. Lovecraft and Lord Dunsany as the most notable and famous mythology writters. As distinguished from fantasy worlds or fictional universes aimed at the evocation of detailed worlds with well-ordered histories, geographies and law of nature. Its included real-world mythology created to bring mythology to modern readers.
High Fantasy is a genre filled with imagination where people dream of things that are only possible in the imaginary world, not in the real world. Most high fantasy genre novels have specific aspects such as the inclusion of a hero, an advisor, and a villain in a dreamland world that can attract the reader’s attention through the creation of an action scene. In addition, these types of characters often immerse the audience into the novel and develop the curiosity for the reader. In The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien lets people imagine a fictional world such as Middle Earth, where everything relates to the magical land—a concept that is impossible in a world such as ours. In The Hobbit, imaginary characters take the form of elves, dwarves, and Goblins
Characteristics of the genre adventure, consist of a heroic protagonist, a journey or quest, unusual locations, and action and danger. Characteristics of the genre realistic fiction consist of events that could happen in real life, and the themes represent human experiences.
There are also the authors that actually mix the fantasy and the reality to a point that it is really hard to see the difference between them, Gabriel Garcia Marquez is said to be the father of this gender called “Magic Realism”, he said that the reason that he sees the world in that particular way of his, is because of the persons
Using imagination and creativity, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series has defined literature as transformative. In this seven-book series J.K Rowling imagined and creatively pieced together a fantasy world of muggles, wizards, tyrants, and heroes to symbolically share with readers problems plaguing modern society. Similar to Shelley’s work of the past, never before have readers in the modern era seen teenage and adult mania surrounding an 11-year-old wizard. Some will argue that J.K. Rowling’s young-adult series lacks depth or wants to twist young minds by using magic and evil, but through close examination it is evident that