Power Games Surveillance and Visibility in the Harry Potter Novels The narrative of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels talks about the discourse of the origin and distribution of power through an effective use of the strategies of visibility. The Harry Potter narratives use the dynamics of visibility to show how subjects of visibility attain power and the objects of visibility become subjugated by the power induced over them. These narratives divide characters into two categories of power relation:
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In the Harry Potter series‚ by J.K. Rowling‚ there is a connection in the wands’ of Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter. This connection causes Harry and Lord Voldemort to have a hard time defeating one another because both of the wands have a feather of the same phoenix. Lord Voldemort wanted to kill Harry so he could have another horcrux to store his soul in. The reason the wands react strangely when fighting against one another is because when they do‚ the wands display all of the spells which the
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I read the book Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone by: JK Rowling. In this book there are many very interesting characters. Even though there were so many colorful characters I found that the 2 most intriguing characters were Draco Malfoy and Albus Dumbledore. Even though these two characters aren’t the main characters but they caught my attention better than the main character ever did. Draco is a first year Slytherin student at Hogwarts. Harry first meets the Draco in Diagon Alley and dislikes
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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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Harry Potter has to spend a miserble summer with his only remaining family‚ the Dursleys. During a dinner party hosted by his uncle and aunt‚ Harry is visited by Dobby‚ a house-elf. Dobby warns Harry not to return to Hogwarts‚ the magical school for wizards that Harry attended last year with his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. Harry politley ignores the warning‚ and when Dobby causes havoc in the kitchen‚ the Dursleys think it was Harry. The Dursleys angrily lock Harry in his room for the
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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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“How I Met My Husband” Throughout Alice Munro’s short story “How I Met My Husband” the main character Edie changes. She interacts with different characters and her identity is influenced with every person she comes in contact with. Edie seems to reflect each person she talks to and mirrors who they are. By the end of the story though Edie figures out who she is and the reader is able to understand what forced her into being this person. The theme of this short story is that in order to find the
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arry Potter Harry Potter is the twelve-year-old protagonist and hero. He is famous within the wizard community for having warded off a curse from Voldemort‚ the most powerful dark wizard. Although this event occurred when Harry was only an infant‚ Harry managed to reverse the curse and take away Voldemort’s power. Hary was left with a small lightening-shaped scar as a remnant of the encounter. Because Harry lived through a curse that no other wizard could survive‚ he is celebrated internationally
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BOOK REVIEW: HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN BY J.K ROWLING Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban‚ written by J.K Rowling is the third book in the phenomenal Harry Potter series. The genre of this book is fantasy which involves magic‚ spells and Hogwarts‚ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I chose this book because the whole series is incredible‚ and J.K Rowling is by far one of the all-time greatest authors in the world. The adventure of Harry Potter‚ along with his best friends
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_I Wish I Never Met Him_ Two years ago‚ I met this guy online. He lived really close to me and we talked one night for a couple hours. He seemed like a really nice guy‚ but he wanted me to go to his house right off the bat‚ so I lost contact with him. Well‚ fast-forward to about seven months ago and I found him on facebook‚ so I added him as a friend. At first‚ I was just wanting to be his friend‚ but we started talking online‚ then he started talking about sex‚ then he started talking about wanting
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