would rather watch a movie than read a book: It doesn’t take as much time and you get to the point a lot quicker. In the case of the Harry Potter books and the Harry Potter movies‚ the books definitely win the award for being better. Reading a book gives you so much more detail on the story or subject‚ and you can let your mind and imagination wander. The Harry Potter books have no problem keeping me entertained for hours at a time along with millions of others. Don’t get me wrong‚ I’m not saying the
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A Book Review of HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE JEFFREN PANCHO-MIGUEL BSED – ENGL 3 English 20‚ TTh 2:35 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (also Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) is a magical‚ fantasy‚ and fictional novel written by New York Times Bestselling British Author Joanne K. Rowling‚ popularly known as JK Rowling. It is the first installation of the Harry Potter series. The story is all about a young boy named Harry Potter‚ who is known to be the only person
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Harry Potter is the most miserable‚ lonely boy you can imagine. He’s shunned by his relatives‚ the Dursley’s‚ that have raised him since he was an infant. He’s forced to live in the cupboard under the stairs‚ forced to wear his cousin Dudley’s hand-me-down clothes‚ and forced to go to his neighbour’s house when the rest of the family is doing something fun. Yes‚ he’s just about as miserable as you can get. Harry’s world gets turned upside down on his 11th birthday‚ however. A giant‚ Hagrid‚ informs
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In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ by J.K. Rowling‚ the main theme is the idea of good vs. evil. Harry Potter is a wizard that lives with a muggle(human) family. When he was a baby‚ Voldemort‚ the most powerful dark wizard‚ killed both his parents and tried to kill him‚ but instead of dieing‚ Harry was a left with a lightning bolt scar and the memory of his dead parents. He was left at the doorstep of his muggle aunt and uncle who highly dislike him and his wizard powers. When he was sent
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In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ Harry Potter is the hero of the story. I believe that this movie follows Joseph Campbell’s model about the pattern of a hero’s journey. Campbell wrote that there were three stages in every hero’s mythological voyage. For the following five paragraphs‚ I compared the first stage‚ Departure‚ with the beginning of the movie. The hero is called to adventure when Hagrid brings Harry to Dumbledore. This makes sense to me since when Dumbledore places Harry on
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Michelle Flemig Com155 Mary Oswald Compare and Contrast Essay Twilight versus Harry Potter Witches and wizards‚ werewolves and vampires; they’re all over the place in today’s pop culture; Team Edward versus Team Jacob or Gryffindor House versus Slytherin House. Good versus evil. Which one is more age appropriate? Which one teaches the most valuable lessons? A popular theme in many works written for children and teenagers is the creation of an unusual world. Often in these works‚ a
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character. Decisions explain one’s motivation and determination to act on those decisions which by definition means character. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ by J.K. Rowling‚ characters as Neville‚ Hermione‚ Professor Quirrell and Harry Potter defend the idea that people’s choices define their character. At the beginning of the story it is seen how badly Harry Potter is treated by the Dursley. He is forced to sleep in the cupboard under the stairs‚ they would talked to him like he was some
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Harry Potter and the Closet Under the Stairs: Coming Out in the Wizarding World Lauren Marie Capaccio‚ University of California‚ Santa Barbara The following abbreviations will be upheld throughout the paper: HP Harry Potter‚ the complete series (but not the character) SS Book 1‚ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone CoS Book 2‚ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets PoA Book 3‚ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban GoF Book 4‚ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire OotP Book 5‚ Harry
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a major theme in the Harry Potter series‚ mainly The Deathly Hallows. More characters die in this novel and there is more mention of death than in any other Harry Potter book. Through Rowling’s process of portraying murders‚ we come to the realization of the theme of death in her series of novels. Evidence through multiple accounts of encounters with the actual face of death put Harry Potter in a position of taking a stand against the common villain. Rowling shows how Harry learns to deal with the
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Book Report I. Introduction Book Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone No. Of Pages: 309pages Publisher: Scholastic Author: J.K. Rowling Overview: -Harry Potter is an 11 year old boy who has lived with the Dursley family ever since his parents died in a car crash. For some reason the family has always mistreated him. On his 11th birthday a giant man named Rubeus Hagrid hands him a letter telling him that he has been accepted as a student at the
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