Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was a film based on J.K. ... To story of Harry Potter is Harry's parents have died in a car crash when he was still a baby, and he is being brought up by his Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia. ... There is Harry Potter, who is the boy who did not know he was a famous wizard. ... They flew in on broomsticks from the wizard world and left Harry on their doorstep with a note attached. ... He picked up the note that explained to him what happened to Harry's parents and stating they were his only living relatives. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first in a series of books by J.K Rowling. ... 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. ... Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone introduces us to the young wizard as a baby and explains why he is special in the wizarding world. ... All who read Harry Potter, are at once encapsulated by the mystery and wonder of the story. ... Take note Peter Jackson, Lord Of The Rings has a lot to live up to....

• Word Count: 975
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• Grade Level: High School

Harry Potter got a letter for him, his heart twanging like a giant elastic band. ... He had no friends, no other relatives -- he didn't belong to the library so he'd never even got rude notes asking for books back. ... Poor harry, he didn't know that would lead him to go on an adventure and experience the adult world. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It is interesting to note that the Greek heroes score highest considering that Greek mythology is considered to be the most developed and is also the most popular in the modern world (?... Even popular media which are considered to have drawn heavily from mythology and the hero-quest, like Star Wars, Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, tend to score low. Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker both score a six, and Bilbo and Frodo Baggins score even lower (Kitaguchi). ... In the autocratic world of the early civilizations, it is interesting to note that heroes were often male leaders, whil...

• Word Count: 2005
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• Grade Level: High School

The Wheel of Time was published between 1990 and 2013, this project was originally undertaken by Robert Jordan, but as he passed away in 2007, Brandon Sanderson finished writing the saga thanks to the notes the original writer left and Harriet Jordan (Robert Jordan's wife) advices. ... I enjoyed reading it because the events dont seem to be going according to a great plan, and each book isnt completely independent from others (as in Harry Potter for example). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Some people take a different view on this issue and believe that many books, from classic novels like the "Catcher in the Rye" to the recent award-winning "Harry Potter", have objectionable subject matters that should not be used in the classroom. ... Many times parents write notes saying that their child is not allowed to read a certain book, and then the whole faculty of the school must be on alert as to what they are letting the students read. ...

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After noting the extravagance of a luncheon at a men's college, Woolf depicts the inadequate dining at Fernham, a college for women, presenting a drab meal consisting mainly of aplain gravy soup.? ... She has published a highly acclaimed Harry Potter series as JK Rowling, hiding her gender from an audience that might perhaps assume masculinity and therefore judge the works with an open mind and prejudice free. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Some films that were released within the time period of the Cannes film festival were Traffic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Harry Potter. ... Because of this, it makes the film seem more realistic since noting is really out of place. ...

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When I was five years old, I remember my grandmother telling me and my sister to come home before nighttime (6:00 PM), or else the witches will come after us and eat us raw. Since then, I have been terrified to disobey her orders, especially when the movie Hocus Pocus came out. I did not realize tha...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"But Amy was right: nobody ever asks about the language. They ask the DeLillos and the Updikes and the Styrons, but they don't ask popular novelists."1 The above quote aptly illustrates the incredible bias that exists in academia today regarding popular literature. Many English departments are v...

• Word Count: 2261
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• Grade Level: High School