Harry Potter College Essays Samples For Students

Communication is a very important tool for our everyday life. The human race, since the days when no language had developed, knew the significance of communication. They used it to pass important information about their culture using wall drawings and to this day, we can use those wall drawings to visualize their lives. Writing is one way that authors can use to communicate to their readers and share their emotions (Watson 56). Authors employ different themes and symbolism to bring out ideologies and to capture our imagination. This paper will focus on the themes from a variety of novels and see ...

The contemporary “hero” that I want to focus on is Harry Potter from the Harry Potter Series. The story of Harry Potter spans seven books, and we meet him just as he begins his journey as a wizard. Harry Potter, in my opinion, falls under the “heroic” standards in ancient mythology because he fits the basic criteria of a “hero” and is similar to Diomedes from the Iliad. It is apparent when we learn of Harry’s infancy and his tragic childhood that includes losing his parents, surviving a horrible attack that should have left him dead, and defeating the most powerful ...

A Compare and Contrast
A Compare and Contrast
Harry Potter, the series of J.K Rowling’s fantasy novels has been one of the most popular book-series in history of literature. Millions of readers, especially children used to wait earnestly for the release of every new book from the series. Undoubtedly, the movie series based on the novel too got extreme attention from children as well as teenagers worldwide. But, those who have read the Harry Potter books find the films to be less or different in content than the original stories. It is true that when it ...

When Comparing J.K. Rowling’s novel “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” with other works of literature such as “The Secret Garden” or “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” we can identify influences that may have contributed to the popularity of the Harry Potter series.
All of these three books chronicle the adventures of a lonely child who finds happiness (and challenges!) through magical or imaginary worlds. About his secret world Harry states, "It was a dreamI dreamed a giant called Hagrid came to tell me I was going to a school for wizards. When I open my eyes I'll be at ...

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One of the adults who appears as an heroic figure in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, without overshadowing Harry’s own growth in the novel, is Albus Dumbledore. While it is a given that Dumbledore is a more advanced magician than Harry and has considerably more power than Harry does, at this stage in his development, Rowling keeps Dumbledore from taking the limelight away from the young Muggle. One way in which she does this is through the use of self-deprecating humor. As Dumbledore laments, “’One can never have enough socks[a]nother Christmas has come and gone and I ...

Book review

The two books St. Augustines Confessions and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkiban have a rich thematic depth. There is also an almost similar setting and audience target. With main characters being of the same age and of the same purpose in the books, the similarity in these two pieces is obvious. Both of these two characters act as agent of change but described at different angles. Harry plays the part where he is supposed to change some ones character traits while I Augustine the author aims at changing himself.
In the two books the theme of change ...

When one is going to talk about redemption it appears to be fairly logical to start with a brief pre-history; that is to explain what actually made a character to seek for redemption. Redemption basically means that an individual improved himself or herself sometimes even making a sacrifice for it. Therefore some mistake that was made in the past always precedes the redemption. The wrong choice that led to horrible consequences usually results in great moral sufferings of the one who had made it. Due to the fact that anyone in the world can make a mistake, and thousands of people have experienced ...

Everyone has heard of the acclaimed series of novels about Harry Potter by the British writer Joanne Rowling. Many read books and watched movies. Comparison of films and books has become commonplace, both in social networks and in various forums and articles. Books and film stories about “a boy who survived” have many distinguishing features, as Joanne Rowling was finishing the story about Harry at the time when the first movie came out in the early 2000s. The peculiarity is that the film is not much different from the original book, as Rowling herself had in many ways a ...

One of the effective formulae of making the literary work best seller is to widen the scope of readership. This scope can be extended through getting maximum number of readers for the novel or fiction. One of the popular genres in literature is a “Crossover” fiction. It can ensure wide readership, As a result, the crossover fiction has been emerging as a new form of literary work. Crossover novels are regarded as a new trend and it commonly assumed to be the invention of twenty first century (Becket, 1). This presumption according to Becket (2) is not true as ...

Introduction

Meaning in life (MIL) is a concept which is fundamental to numerous individuals as it is based on their values and it can be a source of motivation. According to Allan (2014), virtues and character strengths have been linked augmented levels of fulfillment and meaning in an individual’s life. In the book “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” the concept of meaning in life is illustrated by a young orphan who pursues a great destiny. This story follows a young boy – Harry Potter who lost his parents at the age of one year after they were murder ...

Message of Gender

The most powerful characters in the movie series Harry Potter are Albus Dumbeldore, Harry Potter and Lord Voldermort. Although, women are also shown as powerful characters, but the emphasis is on either supporting the Dark Lord or the Order, both led by males. Therefore, the movie series Harry Potter clearly outlines men as the central characters in the film series. Even though the book is fictional and based on magical world, the message sent out from his scenario is that men are more powerful wizards. Another way to look at the film series and its relation to gender is ...

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There is no doubt that adventure fiction books are popular nowadays. A large number of readers, both young and adults, are expressing their fascination about such books. In fact, because of their popularity, most of these books are being adapted into films and motion pictures. However, some people may not know that these adventure books captivate the attention of children and adults equally although most of them are being classified and labeled as children’s literature. In 1978, Ellen Raskin published The Westing Game, a children’s novel showcasing the adventures of Sam Westing’s sixteen ...

Miraculous might be the most popular elements in visual culture throughout the history. The term first appears in the religious context, and is now widely adapted in popular culture including films, TV shows, and animations, etc. Synonyms of miraculous include: supernatural, magical and marvelous etc. The audience of those miraculous visuals, whether religious or not, is always attracted to this interesting element. It is different from the violent or the sentimental since the visuals target a really wide range of audience, regardless of age, race, sex, and taste. According to Hood, “ever since we are born, we generate knowledge ...

Attachment Theory

John Bowlby developed the attachment theory and was it to describe attachment as, “a lasting psychological connectedness between human beings” (Cherry, 2016). Attachment theory is focused on the bonds and relationships between people, especially long-term relationships that include relationships such as parent-child and romantic partners. The earliest behavioural theories claimed that attachment is a learned behavior. There are four specific styles of attachment styles; secure attachment, fearful attachment, preoccupied attachment, and dismissive attachment. This paper will analyse two of these styles.

Secure Attachment

Explanation of Concept
Adults with secure attachment style tend to be greatly satisfied with their relationships. Children having ...

People generally believe that the Harry Potter book series is destined for children and teenagers. The book series about the adventures of a young wizard and his friends in an enchanted land change with every book. As the protagonists grow up from being children to being teenagers, the story also changes to become darker and more violent. This series addresses young people, who are supposed to grow up reading the series, and the books change with each stage in the growing up process. However, many adults also read books for children and young adults, and I am one of ...

The books Harry Potter and The magicians are fictional novels that take us through the world of wizardly in the lives of two young people. A lot has been told about the ability of magicians to transform and change things using mystical powers. Magic as narrated in the books is all about imagining something and bringing it into reality using some powers. The stories are very similar just that one is told in the perspective of an eleven-year boy who out of curiosity decided to venture into the world of magic. To fulfil his ambition, he enrols to a magic ...

Use one of the following quotes from Northrop Frye's The Educated Imagination to consider how literary criticism can help us unpack a creative text. For example, how can the study of literature help us better understand, think more clearly or feel more sensitively about children or childhood?
“Imagination gives us both a better and a worse world than the one we usually live with, and demands that we keep looking steadily at them bothLiterature gives us an experience that stretches us vertically to the heights and depths of what the human mind can conceive, to what corresponds to the conceptions of ...

The Post War society was going through a transition period. The milestone document of the United Nations in the history of mankind is The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). With this document, the United Nations have protected human rights regardless of gender, race, religion ethnicity etc. The United Nations agreed that every person is free by born and he/she should be respected. He/she must be considered as human being and thus her rights of freedom must be protected. The two incidents were very important in the world history; first is the Civil Rights Movement and the feminist movement. ...

Elves are mythical creatures that belong to the supernatural world. While they have Germanic origins, having first appeared in the myths of Europe, elves became popular throughout the world in mid-19th century with the introduction of popular culture. While their description is vague in stories, they are often imagined today as tall, beautiful human-like creatures, with pointy ears. Traditionally, “the hidden people” have been performing tasks similar to those of human beings, and have the same basic social structures in the society. Elves’ relationship with humans is ambivalent, which allowed for a variety of representations in popular media. Thus, ...

Elves are mythical creatures that belong to the supernatural world. While they have Germanic origins, having first appeared in the myths of Northern Europe, elves became popular throughout the world, particularly after the birth of cinema. While their description is vague in stories, they are often imagined today as tall, beautiful human-like creatures, with pointy ears. Traditionally, “the hidden people” have been performing tasks similar to those of human beings, and also have the same basic social structures in the society. While the traditions of elf stories go back thousands of years, they gained true fame the twentieth century, ...

For this assignment I have selected the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows part I movie (IMDb). The relationship I want to discuss is the friendship between Ronald Weasley and Harry Potter. The movie described the time of war, when people could trust nobody. Three friends were travelling together, searching for the horcruxes – pieces of the soul of the evil warlock to be able to kill him. It was a time when Ron and Hermione left their families to help their friend Harry, who had no parents. This was very challenging to all of them. Together with the influence ...

Throughout history, there have been numerous acts of fiendishness which been masked by the accumulation of intelligence. Evil and intelligence are concepts that are directly related because with one comes the other. This manifestation is evident in many situations that occur, whether factual or fiction. These cases are witnessed in Genesis, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, as well as the military.
The evil in intelligence is evident in “the Book of Genesis” simply through Eve. Satan first asked Eve about the tree from which they were told not to eat (Jerson 66). Satan was informed by Eve ...

Executive Summary  

The purpose of the paper is to describe the launch of the new product by LEGO. It is very famous toy company, which produces kits of varying degrees of difficulty for the acquisition, as well as sets of differing details. The most famous series of LEGO are called “The Lego” or “The Lego system”. It is represented by a variety of series, “City”, “Castle”, “Space”, “Pirates” series, “Star Wars”, “Harry Potter” and so on. FIFA World Cup is one of the greatest events. Launched in 2012 series of FIFA World Cup brought profits of almost DKK5 billion (The LEGO ...

Management history

Introduction
Cyber Software Inc. is a software development company that has engaged itself in the development of the security software since its establishment. The CEO of the company is putting his efforts to develop the lively working environment in the company that not only fostered the entrepreneurial culture but also boosted the innovation. Joseph Jackson, the CEO of the company, has been handling the company till today. Cyber Ware software is the popular software developed by the company that can monitor the activity of the hacker and stop them. However, the company’s performance has been dropping since Jackson ...

The Musical Arts Concert Series, “Fantastic Beasts,” was very good. I enjoyed it a lot and I could tell others in the audience also thought it was good. Some of the performances I have been to have too many pieces, or the pieces are not placed in an order that is pleasing to the audience. This was not the case with, “Fantastic Beasts.” Though there were a few pieces that I did not like, the concert overall was enjoyable.
It began with, “The Lamb.” I thought the text translations were nice; when the choir sang parts that were in ...

In this paper I will look at the movie “The Wizard of Oz” through the Musical/ Fantasy/ adventure genre lens. The film is about a young girl who is whisked off into a magical place. A place that is full of witches, munchkins, flying monkeys and actual magic. It is a place of perilous adventure and colorful and interesting personalities. The movie can also be seen as a member of the Family film genre in that the ultimate message of the move is “there is no place like home” (The Wizard of Oz). The Wizard of Oz was a ...

What is magic? In my opinion, magic is something that is difficult to explain with words. Magic captures your being like an invincible claw and forces you to think about things that you would not normally think about. However, the steps of creating magic in an essay are similar as to the process of magician who creates magic in a show. Magicians cannot just create magic from nothing. They have to cast a spell or do some invincible moves to convert their energy into magic. The steps that we are using in creating an essay are like casting a spell because we ...

Of the narratives, I have pursued in my all too-short span of life, "Shame" has as much impact as any great, eternal missive to the sum total of mankind.

Any message that is deep-rooted and profound can strike us considerably without having to be written in a long story. The story conveys a message about humanity and morality, the way in which the character has been described and his narrative mentioned, it is enough to make the reader feel touched.
So many questions - here is one of my favorites: why are there TWO narratives here?There are two narratives because they ...