I. Basic Information Author: J.K. Rowling Published by: Scholastics Inc. Copyright: © 1997 by J.K. Rowling No. of Pages; 309 II. Author’s Background J.K. Rowling was a struggling single mother when she wrote the beginnings of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone on scraps of paper at a local café. But her efforts soon paid off‚ as she received an unprecedented award from the Scottish Arts Council enabling her to finish the book. Since then‚ the debut novel has become an international
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by Harry Potter Can a reader honestly expect a series of stories for children to be filled with sexism? Didn’t think so. Sexism‚ defined as “prejudice‚ stereotyping‚ or discrimination‚ typically against women‚ on the basis of sex‚” has found its way into one of today’s most popular series of books. Christine Schoefer‚ who is the mother of three die-hard female Harry Potter fans‚ has managed to depict and illustrate obvious gender bias occurring in these stories. Throughout her piece‚ “Harry Potter’s
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relationships in Harry Potter aren’t outright presented to the reader but with inferring and analysis it is revealed that there are plenty of taboo relationships. For this chapter I will be focusing on interspecies relationships and muggle-wizard relationships of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour‚ Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks and Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett and other various couples. Bill and Fleur - Interspecies Bill has become a poster child for interspecies relationships in Harry Potter. His relationship
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An Analysis on Harry Potter and the Inheritance Cycle Dilisha Amarasekera Reg. No. 00002704 ENG 2200 – Section 2 Ms. Ruki Salgado Introduction This paper will compare and contrast literal aspects of Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling and The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. Though both book series fall under the genres young-adult and fantasy novel‚ their literal aspects differ in many ways. The plot‚ characters‚ setting and themes are different from each other
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Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Author: J.K. Rowling Genre: Fiction Date Started/Date Finished: 9/21/12 - 9/27/12 No. of Pages: 309 pgs. I found the book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” fascinating. It’s about the classic struggle between good and evil. Harry Potter was challenged
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On first glance the two worlds presented to us in the Harry Potter books appear to be vastly different. However‚ it may be argued that upon closer inspection we can see that the worlds can be seen to be very similar and that where they differ is purely in relation to the presentation of the worlds. What I mean by this is that the wizarding world is very similar to the muggle world if we are to look at the structure of the societies of the two worlds. For example‚ both worlds have a government (State
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Harry Potter’s Magic Countless different things have influenced my everyday life and made me the person that I am today. Although many aspects of life have been of great influence on me‚ the one thing I would say that has affected my life the most would be the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. These extraordinary series have been my favorite books to read since seventh grade. I could just not stop reading once I had started reading those big books. They are extremely addictive‚ and also amazingly
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Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone: Myth or Not? Mythology is all around us. Myths can be found in the books‚ magazines‚ billboards‚ advertisements and probably even in that movie everyone’s talking about and you are dying to watch. Myths shaped the world we live in today and affect all sorts of media in ways we can’t imagine. If you’re wondering how a bunch of stories ancient civilizations made up to make sense of the world could be connected to anything in the modern world‚ you’re probably
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she showed himself. Everything Harry does is in the limelight‚ and his status intensifies it. Luckily‚ he has his invisibility cloak‚ which acts as a counter to being a celebrity. The invisibility cloak plays a peculiar role in Harry’s celebrity status. The invisibility cloak is what allows Harry to do what he needs to‚ which increases his celebrity status. The invisibility cloak also acts as an opposite to the idea of celebrity‚ making
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Harry Potter and the Gender Identification Discourse. The Harry Potter series is arguably the most successful work of literature in the postmodern era (in terms of financial success and mainstream pop culture recognition). To talk about the movies‚ one has to include the books on which it has been based. Also‚ the movies do not include the details of the plot- it represents the series of events and are time-bound. The characterization of women in postmodern (popular) media is often in stark contrast
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