English 12CP 21 December‚ 2012 Harry Potter The Harry Potter novels have been known to captivate children and young adults with their intriguing fictional stories. These novels have encouraged many children to show an interest in reading. Even though the Harry Potter books have aided in the rise of kids interest in reading‚ “the Potter books topped the 1999 top-ten list of protested books complied annually by American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom with 472 complaints about
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Alessia Garino Diary Entry 1: My name is Winston Smith and I think it is the year 1984‚ but I’m not really sure‚ for this matter no one is really sure of that. I’m a member of the outer party of INGSOC‚ live in Oceania and I work for the Ministry of Truth. What I’m writing today is a story that should never be told‚ as it should have never happened. Our house should be a place where we feel safe‚ our shelter and not our prison. Neighbors and colleagues should be our friends‚ people we can trust
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A Portkey to Self-Discovery When I picked up the first Harry Potter book‚ I never imagined that the series would have such a profound influence in my life. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling has been an aid to me as I’ve grown up. These novels have themes of bravery‚ integrity‚ choices‚ love‚ and friendship. Because of the series‚ I feel that I have discovered my true self and the way that I see myself in the world. Albus Dumbledore once said‚ “It is our choices that show us who we truly
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Diary entry Dear diary‚ It was my first day at the school today. It was a ridiculous school the students were crammed into small dark rooms with teachers that seemed very uneducated. The children were not much better. Many of the teachers at the school had a really bad teaching strategy and proceeded to teach the children by ramming tonnes of text books in their faces and hoping that they learn something from it. I feel rather sorry for these children forced to learn in a very old fashioned
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The Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies and is currently translated into almost every language on the face of the earth. Millions have faithfully followed the story about this magical world and have fallen in love with the many enchanting characters‚ but most do not know the prominence of classical Greek mythological allusions found in the beloved Harry Potter characters. J.K Rowling‚ author of the Harry Potter series‚ does a fantastic job with cleverly connecting most of her
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films later we finally see those great things finally come to fruition. The Harry Potter series‚ according to author J.K. Rowling‚ is about how we respond to death and this film encompasses a fear and understanding of death on so many levels. Thanks to this statement by Ms. Rowling director David Yates focuses more on the tragedies and the aftermath of violence instead of weighing the film with epic battle scenes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part
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character of Harry in the novel “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. The novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone‚ written by J.K Rowling is the first of seven books in the Harry Potter series. It is set in modern day England. The story is narrated in third person although during the first chapter‚ we look at the story through the eyes of Mr Dursley. The genre of the text is fantasy. The book explores themes such as the value of humility and the consequences of desire. Harry Potter is an
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire I read the book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. It was a book filled with adventure‚ heartbreak and a few laughs. This is the fourth book in a series of seven books all telling the story of Harry Potter. It told an interesting story about a Wizarding world and the people inside of it. There was good and evil‚ happiness and sadness‚ and plenty of lessons to learn. Harry Potter is the main character of this novel. He has spiky
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In “Harry Potter and the Chambers of Secret” by J.K Rowling‚ the development of a gender‚ race and the other brought in realistic vision of today and how today may be without the closely examine prejudiced and judgemental views people
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Chapter 10 SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION PREVIEW An object such as a pendulum or a mass on a spring is oscillating or vibrating if it is moving in a repeated path at regular time intervals. We call this type of motion harmonic motion. For an object to continue oscillating there must be a restoring force continually trying to restore it to its equilibrium position. For‚ the force exerted by an ideal spring obeys Hooke’s law. As an object in simple harmonic motion oscillates‚ its energy is repeatedly
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