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    Kelly Funez ENGL-2322-50281 Jon Anderson 17 November 2015 Analysis of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets The story of Harry Potter and the Chambers of Secrets by J.K. Rowling, Rowling is showing us that there will be a racial issue everywhere no matter who you are as a person. The story suggests that within the Hogwarts there is a race issue, for example when Draco calls Hermione “a filthy little mud-blood” (Rowling 112). Sadly the story does point out the race issue with the beast of Salazar

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    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Harry Potter and Cursed Child Text Comparison Essay In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, the famed boy who lived, Harry Potter learns of his magic herritage after he’s taken to Hogwarts a school of wizards and witches. At Hogwarts Harry learns the truth of his parents and faces the murderer who slaughtered them. After several more books and their corresponding movies; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner

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    .Snape: Character Analysis Severus Snape, a deviant, strict and a shady character with whom throughout the Harry Potter series kept the audience second-guessing where his allegiance lied. In the 6th book of the series, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Price, Snape’s lineage was revealed. He was a half-blood wizard born to Eileen Prince and Tobias Snape. Just like our series hero Harry Potter, Snape was raised in the Muggle (non-wizard people) setting till the age of eleven when he received his letter

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    Harry Potter and Ron Weasley are one of the most well known characters in the Harry Potter series. Not only do the novels thoroughly describe them, but also shows their growth in character and maturity. In the novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K Rowling characterizes Harry Potter and Ron Weasley in an eerie storyline where the wizards embarks on an adventure to save Hogwarts for one of the first times. Harry Potter, the most well known name in the non-muggle world and the most sought

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    The Thematic Analysis of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second one of this series of novels. This time Harry still encountered the menace of Voldemort. Word came that the legendary chamber of secrets would be opened by the heir of the Slytherin family. Worse still, Harry was suspected because of his grasp of Parseltongue. Hogwarts was confronted with the crisis of closedown. Ultimately Harry found the entrance of the camber and horrific challenges

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    Adventure: How does the character receive the call to adventure? In the movie Harry potter and the Sorcerer?s Stone, every movie is his birthday. On his birthday there is always something that requires him to do something. In this particular movie, he is require to join the wizard school Hogwarts. The thing his he live with the Dursley family and they aren?t very fond with him. When the Dursley?s receive Harry?s acceptance letter for Hogwarts, they refuse to let him know anything about it. In

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    As I was reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, I was comparing the events that happened in Harry Potter to the book, Matilda by Roald Dahl. Matilda is about a girl who lives with her cruel parents but realizes she has power and uses that to defend herself from them. In the book Harry Potter, Harry is forced to live with his mean aunt and uncle after his parents die, and he realizes has the power to defend himself from his family. I noticed lots of similarities but also some

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    Gryffindor and Slytherin. This came about because there was a rivalry between Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. Ever since they came into contact, Harry Potter and Draco have always had confirmation due to the fact that they both have two totally different views of what is the right thing to do and what is the wrong thing to do; but when it comes to the important things in their life they tend to have strong ideals about it. Harry Potter is a twelve year old boy, who grew up with no parents because Voldemort

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    The wildly popular Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling has been the center of religious controversy since its publication in 1997. Scholar Laura Feldt explains: “The Harry Potter novels have also met strong religious reactions including extreme acts of rejection by church leaders and parents in conservative Christian communities in the USA” (101). While there are religions that completely reject the series, the Catholic Church has a more divided stance on the Potter books and films. The Church has

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    secret that humans are a product of their surroundings. Fictional or actual, children are susceptible to influence from all sides, their psyche constantly being moulded as new experiences perform rapid-fire assault. In the novels Breadcrumbs and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, authors Anne Ursu and J.K. Rowling have added enough depth to their characters that the reader experiences a brand new person, chock-full with these experiences. The incredible 3-dimensional view each author describes

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