Essays on The Magicians

- Harry and Reasons for escapes. - Types of magic tricks and escapes. Harry Houdini performed magic tricks in which he escaped from bondage by different objects. It included chains and handcuffs through which he would be tied first before he could manage to get off the chains and escape. He also performed magic tricks in which he was buried, but still managed to get him out of the coffins and the soil hence cheating death. His escapes were from different objects that were tied around his body or in the hands and legs only (Phillips). ...

Summary of the writer’s Particular Ideas about Literacy

Laura Miller’s masterpiece, The Magicians Book: a Skeptic's Adventure in Narnia has been vividly used to enhance student’s understanding of various literary concepts (Sebesta and Donelson, 1993). The book is indeed fascinating because it analyzes Miller’s affection for the chronicles of Narnia (Miller, 2008). C.S Lewis authored the chronicles of Narnia. C.S Lewis used Narnia to portray various aspects of literature. The book is a story of Miller’s unrestrained with C.S Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia. Miller, therefore, casts the chronicles as a profound literary creation and a life-long adventure in art (Miller, 2008). The author realizes that she ...

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 ...

Isa (Jesus) and the Muslim Scriptures

The Quran narrates the birth of Jesus through Maryam (Mary), a virgin mother. Before Isa’s (Jesus) birth, Maryam serves in the temple of Jerusalem. She was taken care of by the prophet Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist. According to the Quran, Maryam, who was a virgin then, conceived Isa according to the Will of Allah (God). According to Muslim scriptures (Quran, Hadith, etc.), Maryam was in the Jerusalem Temple when a messenger of Allah, named Archangel Jibrail (Gabriel), visited her. Allah blessed Maryam among all the women across the world because she will bore a son, called Isa (Jesus). ...

The novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s stone is one of the interesting novels in the world. The writer of the novel widely explained a story. Several novels have different perspective on the content of the novel. The popularity of the novel raises concern especially by religious leaders on whether the novel is actually appropriate for use by children.

Although the harry potter’s series have all the qualities of a book that capture the interest of many it should not be generalized as best or worst. It is therefore the goal of this work to analyze various views from ...