She went on to win the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for her first 3 novels in the series, 2 of them winning Book of the Year honors. Her last 4 books are the fastest selling books of all time, the 7th selling 11 million copies on the release date. These statistics on the books alone force us to ask the question: What makes this series so popular? Look no further than the protagonist: Mr. Harry James Potter. The designing of his character by J.K. Rowling was pure genius in her attempt to attract adolescents.
Due to the high content of adventure in these books, Harry Potter fans are mostly young teenagers and young adults. The words of magic and a pretend life where with the flick of a wand all the dishes could be done are appealing. With the Twilight series it is the tale of a handsome vampire and a fragile, clumsy human who fall in love and have to face the hardships of their relationship. The Twilight series offers a love story intertwined in all four books, as well as a love triangle and a strong connection with three of the main characters, as well as a step into a world of fantasy with vampires and werewolves. As a result of the romance aspect, fans of all different ages are drawn to the books, young or old, male or female.
“We Found Love” Pop star Rihanna has reached new limits in the music world by her combination of artistic talent and scandalous drama. She has eleven number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100. This current sensation has achieved all this success by not necessarily being the most talented, but by having a way of connecting with her audience through catchy beats and sharing her public life. Chris Brown, Rihanna’s ex-boyfriend, assaulted her, which shocked the nation and brought fans to a very personal level with Rihanna. One of her most famous songs, “We Found Love,” remained number one worldwide for over ten weeks.
One of my favorite comedies is CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory,” which originated with the premise of four “geek” male scientists; with the sole female being the neighbor with no clue what they were talking about when science, SF, FRPG, or comics were discussed. In more recent seasons they have finally added female scientists to the cast; while this is great for scientists, these women are still not usually interested in the non-professional pastimes that the fellows engage in. Growing up, I probably owned more superhero comics than all of these guys added together! I often wonder, “Am I the only woman that gets these references?” because the women on the show certainly
By the mid 1980s, girls and boys were achieving equally well. Girls are now up to this day consistently outperforming boys at all levels and in almost every subject. This is a cause for concern by many politicians and media publications. In the 1960s, boys achieved results that were on average 5% better than girls. Until the mid 1980s, boys outperformed girls at all levels of the education system, up to the age of eleven.
One of the most important reasons to why library censorship is unacceptable is that it limits our information resources. In other words, we will not have the right to receive and source our assignments with quotes and information from banned books, nor will we have the right to read certain books from some of our favorite authors. There are many books that are banned from people or more likely students under the age of 17 (Koss 29). One of these books is
With a small following, Nirvana took the world by storm with their second album “Nevermind” at the end of 1989 with several hits (Erlewine). On January 11, 1992, the sensation “Smells like Teen Spirit” reached number six on the billboard 100 (Top 100 Hits of 1992). It also made the top ten songs in Britain (Erlewine). Not expecting this outcome, the publishing company sold out of the initial 50,000 copies of the album and had to quickly produce more to meet the demands (Erlewine). When all was said and done, the album had become triple platinum (Erlewine).
Madonna play on guitar and percussion, while Britney plays piano. Just as Spears is ranked from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), so as Madonna. However, Spears is ranked as the eighth best-selling female recording artist in the United States according to the RIAA with 31 million certified albums and one of the world's best-selling music artists having sold an estimated 83 million records worldwide. In contrast Madonna is ranked as the best-selling female rock artist of the twentieth century and the second top-selling female artist in the United States with 63 million certified albums. Each of these fabulous artists has been regarded as "one of the greatest pop acts of all time" and dubbed the "Queen of Pop" by various sources.
Mr. Sanjay Dasari (Sunny) Professor Fisher RHT with HSF 1302 October 25th, 2011 Feeding the Gators (The Expression of our inner Hyde side, how and why we do it) The Walking Dead is “AMC’s Highest Rated Show Ever.” (Adalian) Paranormal Activity has the highest gross margin in the world’s box office. Horror and action thriller movies have a higher success rate than any other genre in any language in any industry. In music, songs about death and despair have a 20% higher chance of success than those about happiness and how great the world is. This is not a coincidence, and Stephen King, the author of “Why We Crave Horror Movies,” realizes this fact, and offers his own observations in hope of somehow explaining it. I agree with King that some people need to witness violent or socially unacceptable things happen in order to maintain their sanity, but I fear he has failed to recognize the fact that horror movies are but one of the several ways in which people do this.
No books should ever be banned because for each book that is banned, there possibly could be one life lesson that will not be learned by the next generation. Censorship of books in schools and libraries is wrong for it limits what students can potentially learn. Books such as To Kill a Mocking Bird, Of Mice and Men, and others teach valuable life lessons, which is why they are considered classics. Books such as these are being banned for they have questionable material. In the same book introduction as the opening quote, Judy Blume wrote, “Those who were most active in trying to ban books cam from the ‘religious right’ but the impulse to censor spread like a contagious disease.