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    Zakaria Mahamed Mrs. Rogers World Literature 27 October 2012 Archetypes in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Archetypes have been here as about as long as the stories about gods and heroes. Archetypes are themes that have been used for several thousand generations. They are what shape modern film and literature today. Many movies and literature today are based on archetypes. While watching the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ I noticed that it has the archetypes of the unhealable

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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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    Since 1995 the character known as Harry Potter has gained not only positive feedback‚ yet also negative. Harry Potter has been known around the world as the “boy who lived” not only in the fictional world he was created‚ but as well as in our own world. It has come about that the brand of Harry Potter is estimated to be around the sum of $15 billion and ever growing. The character created in a children’s novel has taken on a life of itself rapidly increasing in the eyes of viewers as either an honorable

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    Is Harry Potter really the one we think he is? We have always seen Harry Potter as this innocent little boy in this fantastic story about his life. But is he really the innocent child that is an orphan and has an awful life? No. "let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire‚ who practices divination or sorcery‚ interprets omens‚ engages in witchcraft‚ or casts spells‚ or who is a medium or spirits or who consults with the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable

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    Harry Potter & the philosopher’s stone I am going to talk about the Book “Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s stone”. This is the first book in the Harry Potter franchise written by the famous author J.K.Rowling. I choose this book because it looked exciting and easy to read. This book is about a young boy named Harry Potter‚ who lives with his Aunt‚ Uncle and Cousin. He is an orphan and is mistreated by his relatives. The first few chapters are about unusual things that happen to Harry

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    English Essay ------------------------------------------------- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [Author] Question With reference to the text‚ discuss ways in which Harry’s decisions have an Impact on the ways in which other characters develop. Make additional reference to other Harry Potter novels‚ if applicable The character of Harry Potter has had an interesting effect on the students character development‚ none more so than that of his closest friends Ron and Hermione‚ but he has

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    Analysis of Novel “Harry Potter and the Philosophers’ Stone” by JK.Rowling Background Joanne Kathleen Rowling as known as JK.Rowling is novelist that was born on July 31‚ 1965‚ in Yate‚ England. She became an international literary when she launches her fantasy novel first sequels of “Harry Potter”‚ in 1999 and that novel has 7 sequels. I would like to analyze the first sequels of Harry Potter‚ titled “Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone” because this novel is the one of the best-seller

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    Alison Ettinger-DeLong 9th Grade Global Honors “Harry Potter: Order Of The Phoenix” Movie Analysis Summer 2015 Describe the setting of the film - (What time and place does the film make reference to?) Harry Potter takes place mostly in Hogwarts‚ the fictional boarding school that the main protagonist (Harry Potter) attends. Hogwarts is a main setting for the majority of the Harry Potter books and movies. Hogwarts is located inside Hogwarts Castle‚ which is in Scotland. The school itself

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    The immortal series Harry Potter makes us nicer? Surprisingly enough this far-fetched idea is true. Harry potter will teach social skills make good habits and create manners. It will also teach empathy and kindness towards those who are mentally challenged and/or disabled. The world of house elves ogres and wizards teaches diversity as well though‚ the 3 main characters are caucasian (and so are the majority of the characters). Yet ‚multiple characters are lower class in the wizarding world including

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    everyday. Why ban books that could help students understand more of the situations that they will have to deal with in life. Sometimes it is hard to talk

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