she has written in her career. Finally‚ we will look at the awards and worldwide fame the Harry Potter books has brought her. II. Body A. First‚ Main Point #1: Early Life (According to J.K. Rowling Official Site) 1. First Years a. J. K. Rowling is the child of Peter and Anne Rowling and was born in July of 1965 at Yate General Hospital. b. She grew up in
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Period 4 AP US August 25‚ 2011 Persuasive Essay Harry potter is a magical tale that captivates the reader’s heart and mind within the first few chapters of opening its pages. The story is relatable even in a magical castle of Hogwarts with wizards and witches. Who wouldn’t want to read a series where your imagination can run wild and free? Many say there is no real important meaning to Harry Potter‚ that it is like every other book but there is meaning and there is a difference
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Andrew Streeter Bryson Newhart English 2010 22 September 2012 Harry Potter and The Consumerism of Azkaban It gets interesting when you examine the Harry Potter series through the aspect of commodity culture within the franchise. In her article‚ Harry Potter and the Technology of Magic‚ Elizabeth Teare aims to illustrate to her readers that while J.K. Rowling tends to poke fun at consumer culture in her novels‚ she takes equal measures in real life encouraging children to participate as consumers
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Dear J.K. Rowling‚ Your Harry Potter series have been growing exponentially ever since the first book was released back in the year of 1998. Although‚ Harry Potter is most famous in Europe‚ which is the setting of the books‚ and The United States‚ the books are still very popular world-wide. As a writer‚ you are extremely credible. In fact‚ you have proven that you are credible by receiving numerous honors and awards. Although your books‚ Harry Potter‚ has influenced readers all around the world
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Harry Potter is a series of seven novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books is the chronicle adventures of awizard‚ Harry Potter‚ and his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger‚ all of whom are students at Hogwarts School. The main story concerns Harry’s quest to overcome the Dark wizard Lord Voldemort‚ whose aims are to become immortal‚ conquer the wizarding world and destroy all those who stand in his way‚ especially Harry Potter. Since the release of the first novel Harry
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Harry Houdini By: Eli Wight Harry Houdini is famous for his world wide magic. He has done many awesome magic like his amazing straight jacket trick and his famous milk can escape trick. Harry Houdini was born on March 24‚ 1874 in Budapest‚ Hungary. Houdini’s parents that gave birth to him were Mayer Weisz and Cecilia Steiner and he also had 6 siblings. He moved to Appleton‚ Wisconsin at a young age. Harry Houdini first knew he was going to do magic when he did his first magic trick when he was
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New York City‚ taking on odd jobs and living in a boarding house before the rest of the family joined them. It was there that he became interested in trapeze arts. In 1894‚ Erich launched his career as a professional magician and renamed himself Harry Houdini‚ the first name being a derivative of his childhood nickname‚ “Ehrie‚” and the last an homage to the great French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. Though his magic met with little success‚ he soon drew attention for his feats of escape using
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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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Balances between the maintaining authority and the rebelling against it in Harry Potter Nowadays‚ Harry Potter series becomes of one of the most popular novels in Children’s a literature‚ which is also approved by the writer’ Union with a high reputation. Especially‚ throughout the novel‚ Harry and his friends break numerous rules in Hogwarts‚ but Rowling did a good balance between the importance of maintaining authority and the importance of rebelling against it. Although countless factors affect
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Harry S Truman was born May 8‚ 1884 in Lamar‚ Missouri to John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Truman. Harry S Truman was named after his mother’s brother‚ Harry Young‚ and both of his grandfathers‚ Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. However‚ his middle initial “S” does not stand for a name‚ his parents gave him the initial to please and honor his grandfathers. Harry was the eldest of three children and often assisted his father‚ who was a farmer and mule trader‚ around his family’s farm
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