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    participant in media can be found within the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. Through the idea of sorting and the Hogwarts houses, interpellation is used as a concept within the series to erase individuality, however, when readers of the book apply the same concept of interpellation onto themselves by sorting themselves, they become more active participants in the book series. This can be explained by focusing on the content in the first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,

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    fictional world of Harry Potter Giants are vicious creatures that have killing in their nature, house-elves are born into slavery and compelled to serve a wizarding family until they die, and mudbloods (wizards born by non- magical parents) are untalented low class wizards, which are unworthy of representing the wizarding community. Now although all these statements might ring true in the ears of many wizards these statements are questioned and all proven unjust throughout the Harry Potter series. Throughout

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    The Simpsons writers in the television show, “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish”, explains that there is corruption for those in power and it can be easy for those in power to become corrupt. The Simpsons writers support their explanation by providing examples of corruption in power. For examples, when the inspector is reviewing the power plant Mr. Burns leaves him alone in a room full of money hoping to bribe the inspector to give him a good review. This shows the people with

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    Once published, the book gained immense popularity and won many awards. Her publishers wanted her to write more which led to her creating the entire Harry Potter series. Her books were extremely popular then and now. The Harry Potter series is often thought to be one of the best book series to be written. Not only was the story told through writing, it was also made into multiple movies. Rand mentions how even though they were not liked

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    In the short story Lifeguard, Barbara Scott delineates Chris as a lifeguard at the Bridgeland Community Swimming Pool. A boy named Mike saw Chris dive, from thenceforth he venerated him, Mike made impressing Chris his number one precedence. Be that as it may, Chris was not so affable, one particular instance where this was manifest would be when Chris had completely gone off on Mike, denigrating and insulting him. Mike had not shown up at the pool for a while after that; this led to Chris believing

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    Symbolism is a very important aspect of writing good literature. Symbolism can han have a major impact on a piece of literature, it can make a bad writing really interesting or it can make a good writing have a totally different meaning. Most readers miss the symbols the first time reading through the work and they don't get it until someone teaches them or if they read it again, sometimes the symbols are hard to detect in the story or poem, and other times they can be super easy to find such as

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    It was 9:00 PM, and I was by myself. The house was dark and looming, as I stayed in my room reading. An eerie creaking sound of the house settling filled the air, but was settling the explanation? I crept slowly into the hall, step by step, and made my way downstairs. When I got to the stairs I heard a crash from below. I thought, “Is there an intruder in my house?” I was home alone, but was I by myself? This was the first time I had to deal with this kind of a situation. It was like any

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    The movie Dirty Harry came out in 1971. Harry Callahan, the cop, attempts to track down a rooftop killer who calls himself Scorpio. If he does not find him fast enough, a kidnapped girl will die. Callahan goes from phone booth to phone booth on foot to make sure the kidnapped girl does not get killed. Once Callahan finds Scorpio, he abuses the murderer’s civil rights which ends with him being back on the streets. The killer gets on a school bus full of kids and hijacks it as soon as he is released

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    My First Memory Essay

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    My first memory was with my sister. I was 4 and my parents went to the hospital one day. I went in the car with them. My mom almost looked hurt and she was sweating. When she got in the building they rushed her into a room. I was not aloud to walk into the room with her so My brother and I sat in the waiting room. We waited in there for a while, then my dad came out hastily and went to get us. “Follow me let me show you something cool!” My dad said energetic. We rushed to the room with him. When

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    Reading Vs Reading Books

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    books during the numerous car trips my family took. I have never enjoyed being bored, so I would bring stacks of books in the car to occupy my timwe. By second grade I was already reading chapter books and from there my infatuation only grew. From the Harry Potter series to the Percy Jackson series, I read anything I could get my hands on. I enjoyed being able to jump from a world with dragons and magic brooms to damsels in distress. As a kid when I was asked, “What do you want to be when you are older

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