Literary Analysis 25 October 2012 Word Count: 1049 Use of Symbolism in Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” by J.K.Rowling is the first in a series of seven books which chronicles the life of one Harry Potter throughout his studies at Hogwarts. As we take a look inside Hogwarts many things will not be what they appear at all. One such prop is the Sorting Hat, which will be looked at to see what role and influence it has on or reveals about Harry. As the story progresses, the strength of the Sorting Hat versus human will, and the fate of Harry as influenced by the Sorting Hat will be discussed. The symbolism Rowling captures throughout “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” is a masterpiece of imaginary creations encompassing the characters, the settings and a variety of props.
Harry potter was never the brightest in school but he had a certain gift for potions since the halfblood prince helped him. He even rode wild hippogriff because he was the most powerful wizard. At Malfoy Manor, Snape tells Voldemort the date that Harry’s friends are planning to move him from the house on Privet Drive to a new safe location, so that Voldemort can capture Harry en
Title: Wonder Name: Jack Fitzpatrick Author: R.J. Palacio Due Date: Number of pages: 315 Per. 7-8a Genre: realistic fiction Summary: This book is about August (auggie) who is a boy that’s face is badly deformed. He is sent to school for the first time in his life, but he is scared of what the other kids will think of his face. Throughout this story, he is bullied but somehow still makes friends despite his face. Other characters in the book are: Olivia (via), Miranda, Jack Will, Julian, Summer, Charlotte, Henry, Miles, Justin, Jamie, and Mr. Browne.
Labyrinth In the year 1986, Jim Henson directed the movie Labyrinth, starring David Bowie; this perplex and interesting movie depicts a story with an odd, psychological twist. The movie begins with 15-year-old Sarah, played by Jennifer Connelly, being put in charge of her younger brother by her inept stepmother and reclusive father. The young girl, who took a high interest in theater and plays, especially the Labyrinth, dramatically attempted to defy her parents’ requests. After her parents leave, her younger brother, Toby, cries continuously until Sarah realized that she had enough! Sarah then wished for her baby brother to be whisked away by the goblins to the far-away Goblin Kingdom.
He ran away at a young age and met his mentor who taught him how to perform magic tricks. He set out on a journey, traveling around the world and performing magic. Later in his life, he defeats the dragon which awaited him, Boy Staunton, the person who made Paul's mother, Mary, "simple." Paul's character and his magic tricks symbolizes the clash between the appearance of things and the reality of things which relates to the theme. He learns his first trick, secure and palm six half-crowns at a very young age.
Drakoneous Alexandros Masters Drakeonious Alexandros Masters, better known as Drake Masters, was born in on the isle country of Muria where he is attending the Murian Sanctorium of Arcane Arts. Drake is a strict Blue Mana specialists relying on the magics of counterspells to fight his battles. Between his ever faithful image magic counterpart, Murray, and his trusty Charred Elm Wood Wand, Drake Masters is not a mage to be taken lightly. Drake was born on the Isle of Muria to his parents Sophia Louvelle and Alexander Masters and is the younger sibling to his eccentric sister Sys. Sys is a bit different from her brother, whereas Drake specializes in Blue Mana; Sys specializes in the use of Red Magic.
Wednesday, Dec 3, 09 Should the novel, Coraline be taught again? The novel Coraline is written by Neil Gaiman. It is an inventive, scary, thrilling, and affirmative novel published in 2003. The novel Coraline is recently taught by a group of high school students in Toronto. The first reason that the novel should not be taught again is that it is mostly taking place in the fake world with magical elements and creatures made by the evil.
Heroism – Point Blanc For the past few English lessons, I have chosen and read the book Point Blanc by Anthony Horowitz, the second book of the Alex Rider series. When Alex was at school, he would just be like all the other students; going to lessons, doing stacks of homework that his teachers had given. But Alex was actually a secret agent that works for the M16. This wasn’t his job until his uncle – Ian Rider – had been murdered a few weeks ago and M16 had forced Alex to take his uncle’s place as a secret agent. In Point Blanc, Alex was summoned on a mission to find connections between the school - Point Blanc, and two deaths that had happened earlier with clues and suspicions that drove towards the school.
Wicked is a musical based off of a novel written by Gregory Maguire, titled “Wicked- The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.” The Novel corresponded with the ever popular story of the Wizard of Oz, but rather than following Dorothy and Glinda, it followed the life of Elphaba, the wicked witch of the west, and her choices. Now all of the aforementioned aspects of this show are considered its plot, but its story is very different entirely. The actors, directors, producers, choreographers, musicians, designers and so many more worked for months and moths to create the best show they could, but once it hit the Broadway stage, their dreams came crashing down. They were immediately given
Them, along with the other supporting leads are mainly teenagers still in high school dealing with authority figures in their parents and the administration. The characters are all, for the most part innocent. The main characters in Wicked are Elphaba and Galinda, played by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth as well as flying moneys and wizards. The characters in this show are mainly magical creatures in college looking to harness there powers and some looking to enslave the weaker creatures. As well as the characters differences there are clear differences in the