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    In The Assault by Harry Mulisch, the themes of guilt and innocence are highly prevalent throughout its storyline and are more often than not related to each other. In these situations, Mulisch employs his diverse cast of characters, their motives, and their fates to intertwine these themes and create a morally ambiguous political thriller that leaves the audience unsure of a definite resolution. The first set of characters Mulisch employs is the Ploeg family. When Fake Ploeg is murdered in the

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    ponyboy is the second youngest. Harry potter is a book about a boy who lived through a terrible killing genocide by a feared wizard named Voldemort or Tom Riddle. Flowers for algernon, Or FFA is a book about a guy with a mind disablity, his IQ was very low for a grown man. All of these characters, Ponyboy, Harry Potter and Charlie Gordon all struggled to have the world accept them and it was very hard for them to fit in. In Harry Potter acceptance was a big part of Harry 's life, he always had to deal

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    Houdini Harry Houdini is a name that will forever be remembered as “The Great Escape Artist.” Harry Houdini was born to the name of Ehrich Weisz on March 24, 1874. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. His mother was Cecilia Weisz and his father, Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weisz. His mother had six children, Houdini was the fourth child, and Rabbi Mayer also had a child from a previous marriage. Rabbi Mayer emigrated from Hungary to the United States because conditions started to look bad for the Jews in Eastern

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    Harry Truman Hero

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    Harry Truman lived a hard life, but also one to remember. Harry Truman was a hero, someone who is known for their courage, leadership, determination, sacrifice, and much more. He also played the role of a world-changer, someone desired to do something to help or impact the world in a good or bad way. Truman showed both of these abilities throughout his life, as he became a very famous person in history. Harry Truman changed the world and made an impact on the United States, as he ended the war with

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    Harry Potter Mentorship

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    of the “INP of Romance,” a literary template that describes each step of a hero’s journey, is the role of a mentor figure. Many major works of literature, such as the Harry Potter series, include a character who plays this role. In Harry Potter, the clear mentor is Dumbledore, Harry’s headmaster. Dumbledore consistently guides Harry as he learns how to harness his magical powers and use them to destroy Voldemort, the evil wizard. However, a book does not need to have only one mentor, nor does that

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    Harry Potter Religion

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    When Harry Potter was gaining attention from all over the globe, a select amount of Catholics saw Harry Potter as “the Devil.” Father Gabriele Amorth of the Archdiocese of Rome, who is also a top exorcist, believes that all magic leads to the devil. The Catholic Church has no official stance on the series, but many other respected priests have stated that they think the Harry Potter books are a perfect example of right and wrong and they see Catholic figures in the characters. Also, J.K. Rowling

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    Harry Potter Clip

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    The little boats lurched forward, gliding smoothly on the water. Albus looked over the edge of the boat and swore he saw a greenish face staring back at him. The night was unusually warm for September, not rainy or windy. A crescent moon was reflected on the still surface of the lake. "Alrigh', duck yer heads now, we're passin' through a short tunnel," shouted Hagrid, "then you'll get yer firs' look at Hogwarts." Albus lowered his head as the small group of boats floated into the small opening

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    Harry Potter Essay

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    world to a boy named Harry Potter. The rags-to-riches life of Harry is a parallel of Rawling's own life. Rawling, a divorced, unemployed, single-mother living on public assistance, breathed life into Harry and his comrades on cocktail napkins in a café she frequented. After numerous rejections from publishers, Bloomsbury Publishers took a chance, and to borrow a trite expression, "the rest is history." Since the release of the first (of the rumored seven book series) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's

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    the magic I wanted to produce. In my teen years, a book called Harry Potter caught my attention. It took me to a world I thought could only belong in my head. J.K. Rowling brought words of description to my dreams and brought out the little witch and wizard in many children's lives. I have not been able to find a more descriptive, memorable, imaginative, and well-written books for both children and adults to read and enjoy.

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    being appropriated from. To support this argument, I will be displaying the value of interactivity added to the Harry Potter fandom through A Very Potter Musical. A Very Potter Musical (also known as AVPM) was created in 2009, parodying J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. AVPM appropriated many of the characters in the series, as well as storylines and visuals from several of the Harry Potter books and movies, to reimagine Rowling’s young adult fiction novels as a work of musical comedy. In this

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