Harry Potter

Sort By:
Page 44 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Decent Essays

    The book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has many themes. However I feel the most significant theme is the no matter what situation you're in, you should always work hard to achieve your goal. What I mean by this is that Harry Potter wanted to be part of the tri-wizard tournament but knew he couldn’t. Because of this, when his name flew out at the last moment he was very surprised. Despite this, he knew once you were in the tri-wizard tournament you must compete, so he did what he must to pass

    • 482 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Harry Potter is not a normal boy. He lives with his aunt and uncle and his cousin because his parents were murdered by the most powerful dark lord, Lord Voldemort. He attends a school for wizards called Hogwarts and learns about spells, potions, the dark arts, and etc. Non-magic people are called Muggles and the Muggles are completely oblivious to this world. In the third book of the Harry Potter series, it starts on Harry’s birthday with Harry lying in his room receiving an owl post from his friends

    • 741 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Book Notes is a free study guide on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling. The story begins with a description of the Dursleys, an utterly normal family in England, who are left with baby Harry Potter on their doorsteps. Aunt Petunia's sister Lily married James Potter and became a powerful couple in the wizard's world. They were killed by the evil Voltemort, leaving Harry with a large scar on his forehead and legacy as the only wizard

    • 762 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    Nathalie Ruano LIT2480 @ 9 am 15 January, 2014 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Prompt 2 Friendship is always a special thing. Many people around the world have different stories on how they’ve met their friends. From meeting them through mutual friends to sharing a class to even defeating a troll together. J.K. Rowling incorporated a magical touch to the way people make lifetime friendships in her series. This made the friendship between Harry, Ron and Hermione so unique but yet relatable to

    • 1424 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    want experience obstacles in their lives. A few years ago the Harry Potter Star, Daniel Radcliffe developed an alcohol addiction. Radcliffe said at the age of eighteen his life began to go off the rails for a period as he filmed Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Radcliffe stated that every time he drank, he would black out. Knowing he was heading for self-destruction and misery, Radcliffe spoke to Gary Oldman, one of his Harry Potter co-stars, who had himself been an alcoholic in the early 90’s

    • 949 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Self-Fulfilling Prophecy – Harry Potter From the lecture slides over “social judgment,” the psychological term self-fulfilling prophecy is defined as the phenomenon whereby initially false expectations cause the fulfillment of those expectations. An example of self-fulfilling prophecy can be shown through the Harry Potter series character Voldemort, and the actions he takes once he discovers the Sybill Trelawney's prophecy. The prophecy is about how a person would be born that would eventually

    • 387 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    achieve. No one knows better than Harry Potter from the “Harry Potter” series, by J.K Rowling. Harry Potter has established himself as one of the best heroes of all time but before he was able to achieve his success, he spend a long time struggling to accept the expectations that other people put on him. As Harry’s story continues, readers are growing with Harry as they learn more about themselves as well. Through the great expectations of fictional character Harry Potter, I have learned how to

    • 1430 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Harry Potter, a young teenage boy training to be a magician, has faced many challenges throughout his life; including ones that involve the very dark and evil Voldemort. Harry is a very smart and talented boy who must look out for any signs of wrongdoing. In J.K. Rowling’s novel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the author conveys the third person point of view through Harry’s eyes to get a glimpse of his life and possible conflicts occurring. The third person point of view allows there

    • 703 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Harry Potter is my hero! As many of you know, Harry Potter is a wizard, well-known because of his great survival. He was the only wizard or witch to survive the greatest dark wizard spell of them all, and the cool thing about it was that he reversed the spell and made the evil wizard, Lord Voldemort, lose most of his powers. Harry has brought me closer to the magical world of witches and wizards. He has also taught me to deal with nuisances like my brother. In Harry's case, he had to deal with Collin

    • 457 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Harry vs. Frodo, Ron vs. Sam, Sirius vs. Aragorn. In Harry Potter vs. Lord if the rings there are many comparisons but the most controversial one is Dumbledore vs. Gandalf. Both are wizards, both are mentors, both are very powerful, both are very wise, and run the show when they are around, but by the end of this paper you will learn that one is better than the other and that Is Dumbledore. Let start with the basics, as I stated they are both wizards. The biggest differences between the two are

    • 1070 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays