... with witches wizards and mythical creatures. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2003) is about Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Over the summer holiday his friends Ron and Hermione have been very inspecific in their letters and Harry is dying to get back and find out ... K Rowling started writing these books because she was bored with the world as it was and thought that Harry's world might be a bit more interesting. Fundamentally Harry Potter is a traditional good versus evil story. Harry is the one who, according to prophecy, can defeat the D...

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter is in many ways reflective of many epic heroes throughout the history of literature. The archetypes that follow Harry Potter through his trials and tribulations are very much the same as the archetypes that follow past heroes such as Beowulf and Ulysses. Harry's encounters follow along the same lines as many adventures in past archetypal journeys. Harry begins his adventure ... with the Dursleys, but this summer will not be as bad considering the magical background discovered in his neighborhood. The Dursleys pick Harry up at the train st...

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... For example, when he tries to fly a broomstick he ends up breaking his wrist because he can't control it. Malfoy taunts him constantly for this. Harry, on the other hand, has great skills at flying a broomstick. On his first try he has great agility and speed. Professor McGonagall describes him ... traits. He sacrifices himself in a chess game to help Harry out. It proves that he is willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good. Finally, Harry exhibits numerous positive characteristics. He is generous, caring, and he always does things in order to achieve some greater good. Although...

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... Voldemort and his parents who died to save their son. He is the type of person that would put himselft at risk to help another in trouble. Harry is skinny, with stingy black hair, and has bright green eyes. As he matures, he is discovered to be caring, very brave, a loyal friend, ... the Sorcerer's Stone also. Her background is completely human, and has no traces of wizardry. Lord Voldemort sets to kill Mr. Potter, Mrs. Potter, and their baby, Harry. Harry's parents die trying to protect Harry. Astonished by this act of love, Voldemort is unable to kill the baby and loses his power. He ...

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... Hogwarts - The school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The book was first published in 1997 and the film has been long awaited in coming. I first read Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone in the year it was published and heard about the film adaptation eighteen months ago. Initially, I thought that it would be ... with his adventures at Hogwarts and his quest to save the Philosopher's Stone from the evil Voldemort. Since Voldemort's attempt to kill Harry as a baby, his power has dwindled. In order to restore it to it's former glory, he needs the elixir of life, the Philosopher's Stone, w...

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... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix started out like every other Harry Potter book. Harry had to suffer at his aunt Petunia and his uncle Vernon's square house on Privet Drive during the summer. Petunia and Vernon Dursley were what you call "muggles". They were close-minded non-magical folk who despised all witches and wizards. That was the main reason why they treated Harry ... Hogwarts and he could never use magic again. The next day 8 or 9 people, who went by the name Order of the Phoenix, picked him up from the Dursleys to take him to their headquarters. Many of the people in ...

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Harry Potter & the Order of the Pheonix I am currently reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This amazingly magical book focuses on so many different themes. One great theme of this book is love, because Harry Potter was blessed with such an incredible love by being accepted into the magical world. Another awesome theme is the trust between Harry, Hermoine and Ron, because they always stick together no ... matter what and defend each other to the fullest. There are also many hidden secrets in this big magical world of Harry's. Some so horrible to ... trust from them, and if the...

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