David Elsea Sociology 11/17/2011 Pop culture of Harry Potter A popular thing that has swept the world lately is the franchise Harry Potter. It is a film series that is based on the novels written by J.K. Rowling. The series has 8 films and was distributed by The Warner Bros. It was produced by David Heyman‚ and had four different directors for the series. The series is the highest grossing film of all time at 7.7 billion dollars world-wide. To explain how the stories origin came about
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Even though Harry Potter has been around for many years teens and children now a days still take the time to read and explore this intriguing series that became so famous in 1999. Harry Potter “the boy who lives”‚ is a book based on fiction‚ it tells the story of a young wizard that was tried to be murdered by a dark wizard when he was a baby but miraculously survived thanks to the shield of love his mother showed while trying to save his life. J.K. Rowling is the author of the book. Originally
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The Question: Banish Harry Potter? Everyone loves to sit down and read a good book that really makes you get into it. What about a type of literature that really makes you wonder and is not realistic but fun to read about because it is different. Then maybe you should read the book called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ which was written by a talented writer named J.K. Rowling. This is an amazing book that is very popular‚ but then at the same time very disliked by some also. Witchcraft
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There are a number of central themes in Harry Potter that make it a tremendously powerful allegory to the current environment. The fact that it was created unwittingly by the tremendously liberal Rowling only furthers the beauty of the work. Just as Fake News is an example of using the power of their own words against the bastion of liberalism‚ so too can the works of Harry Potter draw powerful parallels to our cause. Here are a number of similarities between this clear work of fiction and the actual
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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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her‚ from the school group with Harry and Ron to the Order of the Phoenix. A quick glance offers the view that between 11 and 15 she is more rebellious whilst between the ages of 16 and 17 she takes on a sisterly role before her final appearance as a mother. In the Harry Potter novels Hermione is variously a bookish individual who supports and guides Harry through her research and work. She is the dominant force in Harry’s success until the sixth novel‚ Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince‚ where
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Association Harry Potter has been the most challenged book since 2006. According to source “Ross‚ Shmuel. "Harry Potter Banned?" Infoplease. Infoplease. Web. 24 Apr. 2016” parents want to band Harry potter for “The Trouble with magic‚” “Setting bad examples” and “scary stuff.” According to another source is Rowling first book and all books glorify witchcraft. ”J.K. Rowling.Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone.new york. Arthur A. Levine books (scholastics).1997.” One other source "Harry Potter Books Spark
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Spoiler alert: This article reveals plot developments in all six Harry Potter books. Over the years‚ various religious groups have struggled to pigeonhole the megapopular Harry Potter books. Some conservative Christians will tell you the series is of the devil‚ its author using a likeable boy hero to promote magick and paganism. Wiccans will laugh off the idea that what happens at Harry’s school‚ Hogwarts‚ has even a passing resemblance to their practice. And other Christians will claim there
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known as Harry Potter day in the future - there will be books written about Harry - every child in our world will know his name." Professor McGonagall‚ in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. J.K. Rowling will mesmerize you from the very first page. The witches and wizards in Harry Potter may be fantasy‚ but the magic within the pages is not. The series that has attracted both children and adults has become an acknowledged classic worldwide. Acclaimed author Stephen King said‚ "Harry Potter books
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They came into a room. Voldemort sat in the chair at the fire‚ surrounded by Death Eaters. Voldemort needed a new wand because his was broken at his last fight with Harry Potter. He took Malfoy’s. Voldemort asked the two men‚ and Snape Jeegers if they had news. Snape said that the Order of the Phoenix intends to move Harry Potter from his current place of safety on Saturday next‚ at nightfall. Then out of nowhere came a muffled cry. Gradually there was a dark figure visible. Voldemort asked Snape
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