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    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone The storyline in the bookHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ by J. K. Rowling is consistent with its namesake movie; yet the movie loses a bit of magic that comes with reading this masterpiece. Understandably‚ changes were necessary to morph this lengthy book into a film of reasonable length. The movie was thoughtfully created and directed to maintain the integrity of the original story. Slight alterations within the movie from scene to scene or character

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    Introduction Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban and Warriors: The Sun Trail have rather a unique sense of fantasy‚ both revolving around a world outside the one we know. One is about a secret wizarding world and the other is about a clan of cats. They both incorporate fantasy talk about the trails of discovering a new environment. In Harry Potter‚ the wizarding world is brought to life‚ but in Warriors‚ a untold story finally gets told. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is about Harry going

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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets has the Muggle-born wizards and witches at Hogwarts under threat from the mysterious Heir of Slytherin. The Heir opens the Chamber of Secrets that is hidden in Hogwarts and unleashes the monster inside‚ which petrifies some of the “Mudbloods”. Harry Potter finds the Chamber of Secrets and faces a basilisk; a creature known for its killing gaze. Harry Potter‚ in his latest adventure‚ saves the Muggle-born witches and wizards in Hogwarts from a powerful adversary

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    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire One of the scariest things we learn in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is this: Even wizard celebrities can’t escape the tabloids. During year four at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry‚ Harry Potter‚ famous for having defeated the evil Lord Voldemort while only a baby. Now one of the challenges for him this year is the pesky Daily Prophet reporter Rita Skeeter‚ whose goal is to dig for dirt at Hogwarts. The same can be said for J.K. Rowling. With

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    the outset for a barrage of unhelpful votes. I am not planning any major spoilers‚ but be warned: this review is mainly meant for the consumption of people who’ve read the book. After all‚ how many people out there are really planning to base their decision to read this on the opinion of a few internet reviewers? This book provides pretty much everything we’ve been promised from the outset: an ending‚ and a satisfying one at that -- but not without its price. Many die‚ not just the two Rowling

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    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 present her audience of people who have read the books with

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    Character Analysis#2 In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince‚ every character has different personality. J. K. Rowling uses both direct and indirect characterization to let them be vivid. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince‚ Harry Potter is characterized as noble and brave in order to let readers know he has power to against Voldemort. Harry as the protagonist in this book‚ and he is brave. When Dumbledore and Harry discuss about the Horcrux‚ Dumbledore says that "the only protection that

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    An analysis of Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The themes of sacrifice‚ compassion‚ and the boundless fight of good versus evil are all majorly discussed terms naturally found in New Testament script. The themes found in Biblical script are also explained in fictional literature because these themes are popular qualities for most characters in many books and stories. Authors typically love to use these‚ which is the reason that most fantasy stories make allusions to the religious

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    films lack accuracy to the book proving that the novel is superior. In the film‚ there are characters missing including Peeves‚ the poltergeist and Charlie Weasley‚ the second eldest Weasley child. Dobby also appears only in two of the films whereas he appears in the book from Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets until the end. There are also many missing scenes including the opening for Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone which starts off very differently than the book. I know they have to keep

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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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