- Although it is rather impossible to study everything within a particular genre, it is indeed a logical question. ... Six out of ten do not consider current popular books, such as Harry Potter as literature. Out of this six, I asked if Harry Potter is a novel, and they all agreed. Then I asked, but a novel is a literary genre, would Harry Potter be literature then? ... It appears that this paper yielded more questions than answers. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

At night, her life in the cult exposed her to a reality of abuse and sexual exploitation where she was taught never to question authority. ... Books urge children into discussion and they are energized by controversial reading materials. The discussions which follow are on topics influencing their lives (Edwards, T.). ... The American Library Association (ALA) claims that Huckleberry Finn was the most challenged book (Hentoff) until Harry Potter (Gibbs 65) due to its incessant use of the word "nigger" throughout its pages. ...

• Word Count: 2931
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Iron Man (Favreau 2008), The Lord of the Rings series (Jackson 2001), Harry Potter series (Columbus 2001) or Avatar (Cameron 2009) are not only the examples of high-grossing Hollywood films over the last decade, but also the illustrations of how visual effects have transformed Hollywood filmmaking. ... This essay aims to find out the effectiveness of CGI and how does it influence on the narrative power with Hollywood movies by looking at the filmmaking grounds where the arising issues of the impact of VFX on storytelling by undertaking the following questions: Does the use of VFX undermine th...

• Word Count: 5359
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate