The Theme Of Perseverance In Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

There comes a time in life when perseverance shows one’s true potential. The story“Unbroken” written by Laura Hillenbrand shows legendary runner Louie Zamperini and showed how he truly represented that. Throughout this story it displays what the true meaning of perseverance; whether, it’s something as little as staying committed to track or fighting in World War Two and trying to fight for life even if there seems like there’s nothing to fight for. If someone is commited no matter the time or the difficulty that doesn’t just show perseverance, but it shows one’s true ability to fight for and try for something they want to accomplish.

How many times in life have you struggled but got through a difficult time? That is called perseverance. The definition of perseverance is “Steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.” Synonyms are persistence and determination. It originated from the latin word perseverare. Right now the world has been filled with natural disasters, from hurricanes to wildfires. Everyone that this affected has been forced to persevere through it because there is not much that they have the ability to do besides staying strong. In all of the nonfiction literature we have read there were many different examples of perseverance from many different people. I decided to choose three. For my first example Melba Pattillo Beals from “Warriors Don’t Cry”. There is numerous examples of the Little Rock 9 and her doing something despite difficulty. For the second example of perseverance I chose Maya Angelou. Through her life there were countless times that she was faced adversity and still achieved success. My third example is Earl Simmons (DMX) from the book “E.A.R.L”. He went through a tough time at almost all time growing up and he never gave up and achieved success. Perseverance creates success; therefore, when you stick through something you can accomplish what you want.

It is clear that the Harry Potter series has taken a journey on the Hogwarts Express to the road of international success. The “Harry Potter” series is the story of the eponymous boy, orphaned at birth and left in the care of the aunt and uncle along with the ill mannered son who make up the Dursley family who are known as “Muggles” (non-magical people). On Harry's eleventh birthday, Harry receives a letter from Hogwarts, a school that grooms young wizards and witches, and promptly enters a world of wonder and mystery. At Hogwarts, he meets his two closest friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger who begin there adventure together through love, friendship and learning about magic. Harry learns very soon that the death of his parents was no

Flying is his natural talent, and symbolic of his first triumph. The first time Harry takes flight is to defend a fellow student being bullied by Harry's enemy, Draco Malfoy. Malfoy steals a treasured possession from Harry's fellow student, and threatens to throw it on the roof of the castle where it would more than likely be lost forever. Harry intercepts the treasured possession midair after a fifty foot dive. A teacher sees this event occur, and recommends that Harry should join the school's Quidditch team, a team that plays games involving broomsticks, quaffles, and bludgers. It is symbolic that Harry's aid of a fellow student in distress secures him a position on the sporting team. “Broomsticks are cool, I mean who wouldn't want to fly.” (Howe “Sorcerer's Stone”). Flying is an act many of us have dreamed of. It seems only fitting that Harry should be compensated with the wonderful experience of flight after suffering such a depressing childhood.

Once inside he heard muffled sounds and the next room over he saw a complete operating room and a whole surgical team hovering over Harry. Harry had a sheet from his neck down and there was a bunch of tubes and wires connected to him after a minute of the team muffling words they removed his brain and the wires that seemed to be connected to his body was connected to his brain! The team had a tank ready for the brain to be lowered in and as they were finishing up the light came on right where he was hiding in the corner. Once they discovered he was hiding in the corner of the operating room they drug him to the next room over and strapped him down on the operating table. The doctors all huddled at one end of the room mumbling among themselves a door opened a woman’s voice spoke then walked up beside the

His broom gets cursed while he’s flying around on it, and almost made him fall to his death. He comes across a cerberus locked away in a room that tries to eat him. He discovers a that a dark wizard is trying to steal the Sorcerer’s Stone, an object made by Nicholas Flamel that grants that turns any metal into gold, and grants the user immortality. Harry believes that the dark wizard trying to steal the stone is Professor Severus Snape, a man who holds the sins of Harry’s father against Harry, and is believed to have been the one that cursed Harry’s broom. So in an effort to keep the stone from falling into Snape’s hands, Harry traverses

Perseverance is the quality that allows someone to continue trying to do something even though it is difficult. When it comes to perseverance, it does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop. The novel, "The Alchemist", by Paulo Coelho is about a young boy named Santiago who has set out to find his personal legend. Times get hard, and it takes him a while, but his perseverance pulls through. Perseverance is the most powerful theme in this novel because it allows Santiago to achieve his personal legend, makes him find his true love, and he learns the language of the world.

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’s road back leads him two ways. Vogler states that “The Road Back is a turning point, another threshold crossing which marks the passage from Act Two to Act Three. Like crossing the First Threshold, it may cause a change in the aim of the story” (189). With Harry heading home to the Dursley’s for the summer break from Hogwarts, having strong intentions of returning to continue his adventure (and his battle against Voldemort), the initial plot of an escape to adventure becomes a story of adventure and warfare. This change leads him into the next act of his journey as he learns more about magic and his formidable opponent.

Harry began to realize that Hogwarts in danger so he took it upon himself to save everyone by trying to get the stone back from whom he thought Snape. When Harry finally got to the underlayer where he found professor Quirrell while his scare sent sharp stinging pains into his forehead. Professor Quirrell announced his agreement he made with Voldemort. The whole time Quirrell gave Voldemort power by letting Voldemort consume his body. Voldemort now the strongest since he disappeared. Then Harry got the stone and defeated Voldemort once

This forces Harry to train more knowing that he will be able to relie on no one other than himself and that he has to embrace the isolation. This is a trend that Harry will continue until he realizes how much he need to work to end his isolation. The larger isolating event of the fourth

It took Harry longer then it should have for him to regain lucidity. The first thing he felt was the slightly too firm bed beneath him, followed by the rise and fall of someone else’s chest and the smell of cigarettes, which made his nose recoil in disgust.

What is perseverance? Perseverance is the ability to go on when things seem hopeless. It is also a measure of success, or at least how much sacrifice one is willing to make in the name of success. As students, it is impossible to achieve personal success without having a goal, or direction. The goal and direction that often propels us to achieve is perseverance. Perseverance is the ability to forge ahead despite setbacks that threaten to undermine all efforts to succeed.

Low key lighting and odd camera angles are used in this part of the film while Harry searches for the Sorcerer’s stone and battles Voldemort. There is a slight horror aspect to the following scenes as Harry deals with the antagonist of the film, Voldemort. Horror is a genre that aims to create a sense of fear, panic, and dread for the audience. These films are often unsettling and rely on scaring the audience through a portrayal of their worst fears and nightmares. As we grow to love Harry and realize his biggest fear is the man who killed his parents and also him, and then are forced to watch him return this brings horror into the mix as a sub-genre.

The Goblet of Fire is the fourth continuation of the series, “Harry Potter”. The novel classifies as fantasy fiction, drama, young adult fiction, mystery, thriller, & bildungsroman. The story takes place at Hogwarts, moreover, the story’s time period is in 1994. The Goblet of Fire is told in third-person limited, like every other of the books in the series. Supposedly, the Harry Potter series theme is good vs. evil, yet there are many other themes that it could be set in. Themes such as, friendship, youth, or even perseverance are all depicted throughout the book.