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    The Dirty Harry problems was discussed by Carl Klockars almost 20 years ago and was derived from a Hollywood movie named Dirty Harry in the 1970s. The movie portrayed Harry Callahan as a hard working detective who was frustrated with the due process system. During the movie, Detective Callahan had a case thrown out due to the exclusionary rule which states that any evidence illegally obtained is excluded from a trail and cannot be used against the defendant. Consequently, Detective Callahan becomes

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    such as life lessons and morals. In the past two decades, Harry Potter, a famous work of J.K. Rowling, has become increasingly popular and well known, but sensations also come with reproaches from strong willed adults that claim simple fictional details are consuming and corrupting their children. Parents and guardians believe that Harry Potter should be banned from use in schools and libraries, but they don’t

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    Grayson C. History, 8-2 Monday, May 8th Harry Houdini: A Failure? Did you know that Houdini is considered by most experts to have failed at his central goal in life? Harry Houdini, can be seen as a failure at his life’s ultimate mission: to expose spiritualists and charlatans. He kicked off his career imposing a fashionable belief in superhuman abilities, but started to feel guilty about taking advantage of people like that. He made it his central goal to expose spiritualists and charlatans, and

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    We are constantly surrounded by adaptations, from BBC One’s adaptation of Ann Cleeves’ Shetland, to Harry Potter. Adaptation is an integral part of our lives as we long always strive for meaning in everything, adaptation can allow us to see new meanings in what we watch and take something we would not necessarily have seen in the original. Adaptation is the application of previous concepts to new concepts, taking for instance a play onto the big screen, whilst the original conditions are lost a

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    Harry Potter Fire

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    This month’s SSR book I read was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The author is J. K. Rowling. The copyright date is 2000 and there are 734 pages in the book. J. K. Rowling is a British author who is known for the Harry Potter series. Her first book was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, published in 1997. The second book, called Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published in 1998. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third book, was published in 1999. The genre of this

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    Harry Potter Epilogue

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    As Harry lowered himself into the pitch black hole of the trapdoor as black as a cave hanging only by his fingertips, there was a shudder of the ground as one of the paws of the Fluffy hit the ground. He fearfully told me ‘Don’t follow if anything happens to me. Send word to Dumbledore, okay?’ ‘Okay’ I said in dismay. ‘Hopefully I’ll see you soon’ Harry said As he said those last words to me, I was wishing inside that I went with him because he is special and then I would not be as anxious as

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    literary phenomenon set forth by J.K. Rowling enraptured an audience spanning many generations, inviting her readers to immerse themselves in the fantastical wizarding world bound by her seven novels. Rowling rewards her versed readers; while the Harry Potter novels are ones easily (and presumably most often) enjoyed by their younger devotees, they craft an allegorical puzzle for an informed audience. Rowling makes brilliant use of the classical tradition to provide the consumers of both canons

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    Even though his instincts screaming at him to hole up somewhere and protect Harry, Edward was finally convinced to listen to Esme’s reason and left while Carlisle speed up the transfer of Harry to his private room. As they waited anxiously for answers, Carlisle devoted himself solely to keeping Harry as comfort as possible despite the battle going on inside his body. Edward refused to move from his side and simply sat there, holding Harry's hand, talking about anything whenever he noticed the green

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    dream, it had all just disappeared. Harry Potter sat up from the lumpy old mattress in his room in the cupboard under the stairs. He was back, before it had all started. Though he still wasn't sure what age he was. The items in the cupboard held no clues, they'd been there

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    Harry Potter Censorship

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    Censorship of Harry Potter (series) According to many Americans, if one has read the Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling, they have began to participate in witchcraft and evil. Surprisingly, the Harry Potter (series) is the number one most challenged book on the “Top 100 Banned Books from 2000-2009”. However, in the Harry Potter (series), the message constantly portrays good prevailing evil. The three main characters: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley teach the reader that good

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