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    Whoever reads Harry Potter or Lord of The Ring should also discover the other one too. Both are the same basic “hero’s journey” archetype with two great main character which I really love: Harry Potter and Frodo Baggins. There are certain similarities between them which interested me a lot. Like Frodo‚ Harry is an English orphan; and both of them discover their destinies as reluctant heroes after a birthday: Harry after his own while Frodo after Bilbo’s 111th birthday party. Since then‚ Harry entered a

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    that dreaded trip to the library. I was just looking for the smallest‚ easiest book I could read (preferably‚ one that had a fun-looking cover). Already bored‚ I made a random grab at a book I had heard of before‚ but never really cared to read: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” Anyone who knows me can tell you that as soon as I read the first page‚ I was hooked for life. The mystery‚ the adventure‚ and the MAGIC left me spellbound (no pun intended). My afternoons and evenings were dedicated

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    The series‚ “Harry Potter”‚ penned by British author J.K. Rowling‚ offers more than just a quick read for young and old readers alike‚ it now has become part of American culture. Created in 1997‚ with new releases in the seven book series every couple years‚ its intrigue with American culture has lasted 14 years. It has reached across many media types‚ making it available to large groups of people in different genres. Though this series has been touched by controversy‚ bringing up issues of religion

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    Reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling was much more fun than I expected and both books kept we wanting more after every page I turned. Both texts involved the concept and idea of magic‚ wizards‚ spells‚ and the general idea‚ also of the protagonist‚ Harry Potter. Both filled with adventure‚ the same concepts While Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone gave the idea of magic and fantasy and adventure‚ Harry Potter and The Chamber

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    Harry S Truman was short and resembled an owl with his thick round glasses. He spoke in the Midwesterner ’s flat‚ nasal tone. But he was definitely real‚ and established a reputation for speaking the truth. Born in Lamar‚ MO‚ on May 8‚ 1884‚ Truman was the oldest of three children of John Anderson and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman. His birthplace was just south of the area where his grandparents had moved from Kentucky four decades earlier. The letter "S" in his name was not an abbreviation. It because

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    to a new safe location‚ so that Voldemort can capture Harry en route. As Harry packs to leave Privet Drive‚ he reads two obituaries for Dumbledore‚ both of which make him think that he didn’t know Dumbledore as well as he should have. Downstairs‚ he bids good-bye to the Dursleys for the final time‚ as the threat of Voldemort forces them to go into hiding themselves. The Order of the Phoenix‚ led by Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody‚ arrives to take Harry to his new home at the Weasleys’ house‚ the Burrow.

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    paper Harry Potter When I was young‚ I went to school waiting all day to get back to my Super Nintendo and play Ken Griffey Jr baseball. I grew up in a world of technology and awesome gadgets and toys that left me no time to even think about reading. When I was in the 4th grade a book came out that changed my generations view on reading; this book made it cool and fun for kids to read. This book was Harry Potter and twelve years later it is more popular than ever before. Harry Potter is the

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    Should the Harry Potter series be censored? Should the Harry Potter series be banned from schools and libraries? I don’t think there is anybody in modern countries who hasn’t at least heard of Harry Potter and his adventures at Hogwarts School for witches and wizardry. The Harry Potter series is a widely popular children’s book. The series has sold about 450 million copies worldwide and has been translated to 67 languages‚ and the most recent four books have set record as the fastest-selling books

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    Lex Brown Heather Surface Writing Seminar 9/17/2013 Analysis of “Harry Potter and the Technology of Magic” Elizabeth Teare wrote an essay about the Harry Potter books being about more than just a young wizard going off to Hogwarts. In her essay which was published in The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: The Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon‚ Teare tries to convince her audience that Harry Potter is more than just a fictional story‚ and that there are many social and economic ties. Teare tries to

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    movies that play on different scenes from The Lord of the Rings is Harry Potter. Similar scenes from The Lord of the Rings can be seen in many scenes from the Harry Potter book and move series. The similarities can be seen in different objects‚ characters‚ creatures‚ and situations throughout the series. I noticed that there are some similarities between characters in both books. In the beginning of the Harry Potter series Harry Potter is a naïve and unlikely hero‚ like Frodo Baggins. Frodo doesn’t

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