Ministry of Magic

Otherness is the separation by society through different lenses to stand out and be alienated. Many argue that Harry Potter as a series dwells deep in the topic of otherness; Harry is often seen as an “other” in many aspects: he is unsure as a wizard, becomes a hero, and is “The Chosen One.” In Marion Rana’s essay, “‘The less you lot have ter do with these foreigners, the happier yeh’ll be’: Cultural and National Otherness in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series”, Rena argues that despite the…

main different between Harry potter and Lost is that Lost got sixteen heros instead in Harry potter there are only one hero, Oceanic 815 crashed on the mysterious island without the sixteen heros chose but in harry potter, harry chose to go to the magic school to escape his old abuse life. The similar aspects in both lost and harry potter is that both of them entered the unknown Harry entered the unknown by joining the wizarding world and in lost the Oceanic 815 crashed on the mysterious…

When Harry is just a baby, Lord Voldemort (the most evil dark wizard in history) kills Harry's parents (Lily and James) but for some reason, he can't kill little baby Harry. After that day Lord Voldemort mysteriously disappears. The Wizarding World begins to celebrate that night because He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is gone and baby Harry becomes a hero "The Boy Who Lived". But also Harry becomes an orphan. Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and Hagrid give Harry to Dursleys (his Muggle uncle…

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone , a book that almost every child worldwide has sitting on their bookshelf and Star Wars: new hope a movie that has captured the eyes of millions , has multitudes of differences yet the similarities are striking. Most stories follow the same mythic pattern. Every movie seems to have a hero and every book seems to have a villain. According to the archetype notes these are archetypes (the hero, the villain, the mentor ), a hero starts in the everyday world,…

with the elves. Before he left, Bilbo wrote a will that proclaimed that all of his belongings would by passed onto Frodo, including his ring, which made him invisible. Gandalf the Grey, a wizard and friend of Bilbo and Frodo, informs them of the dark magic lying within the Ring. It is dangerous and can make the wearer into a heartless being. Because of the extent of the power the Ring holds, it can not be destroyed normally. Frodo must…

Assessment Task 1A 10% “I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.” Imagine you are Hugo Cabret, you have lost your father, live inside the walls of a train station, always being cautious when suddenly everything changes. Hugo Cabret is an interesting book with many plots, and twists. In this book the idea of mystery and secrets is explored. Hugo has many secrets piecing the story into a curious…

prof snape is a fictional character of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Introduced as a man of cold and bitter nature , he comes out to be the hero of the series who not only sacrificed his love but also saved life of lily's son at each and every moment of his life since he met him. in the series , snape is an exceptionally skillful wizard who teaches harry (lily's son) potions at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.in the starting novel of the series snape is a teacher who is always…

In the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the setting takes place in a magical world in London, England where the main characters attend a school named Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the film numerous characters and moments embody the theories Malory Nye point out in his book Religion: The Basics. Essentially, rituals and beliefs are prevalent in this film and the use of the theories can analyze such things. Examining Harry Potter using Arnold Van Gennep’s rites of…

Hogwarts was Harry Potter’s Delusion: There is a theory that Harry Potter’s wonderful idealistic adventures in Hogwarts were a delusion he created for himself in reaction to the Verbal and Physical abuse. For starters, Harry's magic fantasies begin when, in real life, he's about to begin school at Stonewall High, being separated from his abusive cousin for the first time. It's a new school, a new environment, and therefore the perfect time to begin his delusions. First creation: Hagrid.…

be bad then we will be bad. Harry Potter reminds me of Percy Jackson because they both have very dangerous things headed for them, and horrible people they have to destroy. They both have two other friends, a male and a female, and they both have magic involved with their stories. This theme was used throughout the book, such as in the sorting he was sorted into Gryffindor because he wanted to be good, and didn’t want to leave his…