Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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    and ended up killing himself. His wife soon followed from grief. In the end, only creon and the last of Oedipus’ children are left, and youngest daughter Ismene. Power can and will destroy lives, though not just the person in powers life. In the Harry Potter series, Albus Dumbledore is seen as a hero and martyr, but that’s not all he is. Albus Dumbledore was childhood friends with Gellert Grindelwald, a man who eventually became a Dark Lord who co-conspired with Hitler and the Nazis. Albus and Gellert

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    The stories you created within the Harry Potter world were my entire childhood. I grew up reading and loving the adventures and characters you wrote. However, looking back I tried to determine what specifically kept me invested and interested in the books. The concept of a child near my own age who was also someone who could use magic was all that was needed to get ten-year-old me to read the books, but what brings me back to reading them now, as an eighteen-year-old college student? Now, after spending

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    his own without the weight of Voldemort hanging over him. Though Harry never asks for power, it is thrust upon him by those motivated by avarice. Having lived with the Dursleys who had power over him for the first eleven years of his life and then with Voldemort gaining power over the wizarding world,and Fudge who is unfit for power, every power figure in his life abused or misused their power. This also applies to Dumbledore, who Harry thought he knew well, but really only truly knew in death. Throughout

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    Often the character of an orphan is seen in stories such as “Harry Potter” and the Bible book, Exodus, with the story of Moses. The trope of an orphan is sometimes made out to be pitied and for them to gain sympathy for them and their situation, but, this should not be the case. How an orphan should be written is to have a sense of abandonment and vulnerability from being discarded by their parents and the ones that should have loved them. This should not stop them though, as they will try to find

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    He gives Hermione fifty points for “ the use of cool logic in the face of fire”,Ron fifty points for,“the best played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years”,and Harry sixty points for ,”pure nerve and outstanding courage”. Gryffindor and Slytherin are tied and Dumbledore gives Neville ten points for trying to stop Harry, Ron, and Hermione from going to get the Sorcerer’s Stone even though he is the worst in his grade at the time and they are his only friends. Neville tries to save Gryffindor

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    Emma Watson: A Pioneer In 21st Century Women’s Rights Emma Watson is an actress, model, humanitarian, and activist who is famous throughout the world. She is most widely recognized for her role in the Harry Potter series, where she played a young witch named Hermione Granger. Born Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson in Paris, France on April 15th, 1991 to parents Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson. The family lived in Paris for the first five years of Emma’s life, her parents divorced when she was five

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    The novel Dark Inside, written by Jeyn Roberts, is a very good novel which is very compulsive to the one who is fond of suspense and thrill. The next phase of the apocalyptic insanity becomes more horrific. The monstrous creatures are unstoppable. They are out to kill the last of humanity on Earth. The normal people are helpless; every minute is fearful. The literary concepts to be discussed in this journal are theme, symbolism, and ending. The theme of a novel gives the reader a true picture of

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    movie poster design and how it can or cannot be effective. Through my research, I found examples of both good and bad design, and also focused on one poster in particular to analyse the effective elements of it. I used the poster for Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 as my chosen example, as I had an interest in the franchise and also thought it was a good example of a successful movie poster. Movie posters fall under the category of communication design. Communication design is what is focused

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    Survival in a Dystopian or Unusual Setting Survival is a very dominant genre when it comes to movies and books. Many award winning novels and films have been about survival. it is perceived clearly in the movies The Hunger Games and Gravity, the book Gone The film Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarón identifies the theme ‘Survival in a dystopian or unusual setting’. This is portrayed through character Dr. Ryan Stone. She is the sole survivor of a shuttle mission after flying debris from a destroyed

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    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is one of my all-time-favorite movies. I have watched it many time but only three marked me: when I was eleven-years old watching it with my forty-nine classmate, when I was eighteen-years old that just move here in the US, and when I was twenty-three-years old preparing myself to watch the last movie in the Harry Potter series. At eleven, I was jealous of Harry. At eighteen, Harry mocked me. At twenty-three, I pity myself. Everytime I watch it, it exposed my

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