Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. ... I think the contrast between the two setting's underscore the changes experienced by the main characters who in this case is Harry Potter. ... Harry Potter who is the protagonist is the hero of the good side in this book. ... He is like a guide in Harry's life and leads Harry to making the right decision. ... I thought Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone was very well written. ...

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Rowling's popular series of books based on the beloved hero, Harry Potter have proved to be everything a classic journey should involve. ... Harry Potter is a modern tale with mythological themes and archetypes that follows all of these functions. ... As it moves to the next function, Harry Potter becomes a boy of exceptional moral character with a foster family whose wickedness and inferiority prevent him from realizing his destined greatness, despite the fact that the lightning scar on his forehead literally marks him for it. ... Yet Harry's need for his parents is never qui...

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After thoroughly explaining the Attachment theory I will be introducing its presence in two separate films, Harry Potter and Good Will Hunting. I will illustrate how the three main characters in Harry Potter experience different attachment styles -secure, anxious-ambivalent and avoidant- based upon their differing childhoods. In concurrence with the examples given from Harry Potter, I will show how the Attachment theory coincides with the main characters inability to form or maintain steady relationships in Good Will Hunting. ... Now that we have a better understanding of the Attachment th...

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As well as influencing Arthur and other characters in the book, Merlyn also has made an impact on other author's and their literature, namely the character of Dumbledore in Harry Potter. ... As his teacher, he guides Arthur through the beginning of his life as king of Camelot. ... His silly speeches were one of the most enjoyable parts to read of the Harry Potter novels, often because of the unexpectedness of them. ... Merlyn's impact on Dumbledore's character is shown throughout all the Harry Potter books, in Dumbledore's quirks and oddities, and his ability to teach and p...

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The author includes specific acts of violence that characters perpetuate on each other to advance the plot or explore character traits. ... 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. ... Texts such as The Most Dangerous Game and Harry Potter encourage students to think critically, creatively, and humanely. ... Harry Potter allows students to practice imagination and creativity. ...

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Although not as well known as many other fantasies about childhood adventurers such as the "Harry Potter" or "Artemis Fowl" series, "City of the Beasts" was written by a New York Times best-selling author, Isabel Allende. ... I, however, thought it was enough that certain natives could use their mind to be invisible, and how in the eye of the world, you could see visions of your true animal self, but when the characters started visiting spirit worlds and talking with yetis that were keeping track of an entire civilization's history. ... By the time Alex and Nadia were using their spirit g...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It establishes its characters and then guides them through a series of events. ... The characters are parallel, in the case of Lord of the Rings and Star Wars substitute the hero characters, Frodo for Luke, the older side-kick characters, Aragorn for Han-Solo, the wise old men, Gandalf for Obi-Wan and the evil tyrants, Sauron for Emperor Palpatine. ... Perhaps the name and not the character fascinated him. ... The same could be said about J.K Rowling's Harry Potter series, which uses the structure to drive the adventures of Harry. ... The Lord of the Rings books, Star Wars tri...

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• Grade Level: High School

Not only characters from movies but also in shows or anything in the media's eye. ... Just as in any movie or story when there is a hero there is always a female character that aids them. ... They can be a mother figure, the goddess that guides the hero in their journey, the damsel or a supporting character for the hero to accomplish his goal. ... In movies they are supporting characters that hold up the hero, though now in movies they are portrayed as strong and independent as the male character. Like female hero characters in superhero movies such as Black Widow in Avengers or Hermione...

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Their invention of "high fantasy " " a novel taking place in a highly developed fantasy world " and their characters' epic journeys brought a whole new side of seriousness to a genre that had been seriously lacking it. ... Some of these include The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; A Game of Thrones; and what is the single bestselling book series of all time, the Harry Potter novels (Griese 4). ... Of the eight best-selling books ever written, four of them are fantasy novels, with three of those being The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and Th...

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