Introduction Thousands of people, old and young, graduates and non-graduates, came to watch the famous author of the Harry Potter book series, J.K. Rowling, come forth and present herself to many young Harvard University graduates, in June of 2008. She was to give an important commencement speech th...
J.K. Rowling, author and creator of the Harry Potter phenomenon, partnered with Sony to create Pottermore, an interactive website that will be available in October 2011. ... Although rumors circulated that a sequel to series would be released, Rowling is sticking to her promise that the Harry Potter series ended with the seventh book. However, Rowling promising to release new content on the Pottermore website that she has been "hoarding for years" (Clark). Rod Henwood, CEO of Pottermore, reported that Rowling has already written at least 18,000 words of new material for the site, "which w...
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix All five of the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, are fantasy novels filled with witches wizards and mythical creatures. ... Rowling makes even school sound fun! ... J.K Rowling has a unique ability to invent realistic and effective storylines and characters and themes she invents for her novels are so original. ... J.K Rowling is now one of the best loved children's authors in the world: due to the success of the books in the previous three years a series of films are being produced based on the award winning novels. ...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone By J.K. Rowling J.K. Rowling was a struggling single mother when she wrote the beginnings of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone on scraps of paper at a local Café. But her efforts soon paid off, as she received an unprecedented award from the Scottish Arts...
Harry Potter And Sorcerer Stone By Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling is a children's novel about a young boy, Harry Potter, and his adventures at Hogwarts, a school for wizards and witches. ... By illustrating the characters with faults, Rowling makes them more realistic and believable. ... By making Harry the hero, Rowling teaches children various redeeming qualities for which they should strive. ... By having Gryffindor win, Rowling shows that upright, honorable characters don't always finish last. ...
Generally, people enjoy books and movies as forms of entertainment and relaxation; yet some prefer their entertainment to contain developmental values as well. This raises the question which one is better for educational and developmental purposes. Unlike watching movies, reading fiction develops va...
After reading the first book in the series, by J.K. Rowling's, I was hooked, on the novels that is. ... This was illustrated by Claudia Puig, "But the movie ultimately lacks the book's delightful whimsy and much of the sly verbal humor that made Rowling's tales so charming" (par. 1). ... Shawn Fitzgerald writes, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the much-anticipated film adaptation of the first of the J.K. Rowling's literary blockbusters, is the ultimate example of Hollywood playing it safe to ensure maximum monetary returns" (par. 1). ...
True to all of J.K. Rowling's series to date, this novel is excellent reading and will be legendary reading for generations to come. Rowling has the ability to draw us into Harry's reality of a painful childhood, which many readers can relate to, while also tantalizing us with the mystic unknown world of magic. Some readers may think that Rowling spends too much time tying in the novel with the backgrounds from her previous two Harry Potter books, but it is time well spent for those of us with slow memory recall. For those readers willing to be present to the wisdom of Rowling...
Harry Potter and The Sorcerers Stone J.K. Rowling Harry Potter a wizard student a Hogwarts School of Magic. He has brown hair with a bowl cut. He wears circular shaped glasses with a lightning bolt-shaped scar on the upper right of forehead. The one who gave him the scar was a wicked wizard...
Obviously everyone has their own opinion but I think that the top three authors are J.K Rowling, Suzanne Collins and Stephen Hawking. J.K Rowling was born on July 31st 1965 in Chipping Sudbury, Gloucestershire. ... I enjoy reading J.K Rowling's book series Harry Potter because they take you out of this world and when you read it feels like you are in a whole new world. ...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling is a very mysterious book. ... This is what I found very interesting and clever of J.K. Rowling to include this twist into the book. ... I also thought Rowling did a very good job of using cliff-hangers as a device to draw the reader in. ...
1) My first book I read over the summer was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which was written by J.K. Rowling. The Copyright date of the book is 1998 and the book contains 309 pages. 2) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is about a boy named Harry Potter who found out he was a wizard wh...
In J.K. Rowling's book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, we meet a meek, shy boy named Harry. ... (Rowling, p102.) ... ( Rowling, p111) He is developing, yet is not proving himself to be at par with his reputation. ... (Rowling p139) It is clear the amount of confidence and courage it would take to play this dangerous game. ...
The book, Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban, is written by J.K. Rowling. It's the third book of the well-known Harry Potter series. Azkaban is a prison in the wizard world. The main problem in this book is that a feared mass murderer escapes out of the prison and that explains the title. The...
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, for example, raised some debates over whether schools should allow it in their libraries because of its magical and ungodly content. ... Assuredly, J.K. Rowling did not write the series with the intent on insulting students' religions with her witches/wizards and magical properties. ...
Harry Potter and Slavery As long as there is power, greed, and jealousy, slavery will always exist. There is an apparent theme of slavery and overpowering which takes its toll on not just those directly involved but affects all and can be seen through the enslavement of the house elves, the overp...
Everyone has a skill or something special about them that they are known for. Harry Potter, for example, the main character in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was written by J.K. Rowling, is known for being "the boy who lived". His skills are defeating He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named a.k.A Lord Volde...
J.K. Rowling has reached international fame for her writing abilities. ... In an interview with Jon Stewart, Rowling explains that without welfare (she calls it 'benefits'), she would never have been able to reach this level of success. Stewart takes the point even further to say that the British government has the perfect example of a great investment through Rowling. ...
According to Aristotle, virtue primarily involves the use of a person's rationality. Rationality and happiness are activities of the soul, and virtue is the excellence of these activities. Humans are the only life forms that have souls, the source of rationality. Thus, humans have a duty to always u...
An epic involves many things, such as a heroic character going on a quest or journey for the good of his people or traveling the world covering vast lands. By definition, an epic is a poem that celebrates a hero's deeds. Of course, Harry Potter is much too long to be a poem. It is a series of nove...
Desecrated and decimated, the United States was left broken after the Civil War. A war not fought because of foreign people oppressing them, but rather a war of their own oppressing one another. Facing a deeply divided nation in midst of an ongoing four-year Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, who...
Harry Potter: Modern Hero's Journey Not many would expect the newest incarnation of the classic "Hero's Journey" to turn up in the form of an awkward 11 year old. However, J.K. Rowling's popular series of books based on the beloved hero, Harry Potter have proved to be everything a classic journe...
"Throughout the inhabited world, in all times and under every circumstance, the myths of man have flourished; and they have been the living inspiration of whatever else may have appeared out of the activities of the human body and mind." (Campbell 1956: 3) Traditional literature narrative ...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was a film based on J.K. Rowling's top selling novel. The novel and the film are very similar in content. The film however takes away from the reader's own imagination of the way they want to portray each character and the events throughout the story. Even th...
