Harry Potter was forced to endure many hardships of death and still needed to face the killer of his loved ones, who was known as the embodiment of evil. These three individuals had to endure many hardships to reach their goal.
Evelyn McKinney Mr. Baldwin 6th Period 16 May 2023 Rough Draft for final assignment (not edited) Most of us have heard of hero’s journey, but some have not. In this essay, I will analyze the original hero’s journey and an example of how it outlines many stories. One story that uses Hero’s Journy is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone.
Even after learning he is a wizard, Harry is forced to repress that fact every summer when he must return to his aunt and uncle’s house to await the next school year. This forces Harry into a routine that is tedious, difficult, and borderline oppressive. While at his aunt and uncle’s house, Harry cannot act freely nor express his wishes, desires, or needs. Because of this situation, Harry is always glad to return to Hogwarts, breaking him out of his backbreaking routine and into a world that is ever changing and unpredictable. Here not only does Harry have an unprecedented level of independence, but he is not required to conform to what an uncaring authority figure thinks; the teachers at Hogwarts tend to be fairly forgiving of Harry’s behavior.
In the book The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan, the author reveals to us the next obstacle in Percy Jackson’s seemingly endless war against the titan lord Kronos. Percy,Annabeth,Tyson, and Grover are off for another quest, this time venturing into the depths of the Labyrinth to find Daedalus’ workshop. On their journey they meet a Hundred Handed One, named Briares,kill a demon rancher,fight a giant,and meet Kronos the Titan. What’s more, they still make it back to camp in time to fight for their camp against an enormous army of monsters. If I could be friends with Percy from The Battle of The Labyrinth I definitely would because he is very loyal,very strong,and very nice.
The results of evidence found for epic quest, Harry has to try and get to the Sorcerer’s stone, before Snape and or Voldemort get to it. This was proven by his characteristics shown, as an archetypal
He finds that his reputation has preceded him to Hogwarts. While still preconscious in his cradle, he survived a magical assault by the infamous dark wizard Voldemort (whose name is so terrible in its effects that only Harry and Hogwarts’ headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, dare pronounce it), deflecting a killing spell back upon its sender and reducing Voldemort to helplessness. Despite the resentment generated by this reputation among the children of Voldemort’s former sympathizers—including fellow pupil Draco Malfoy and the disciplinarian teacher Severus Snape—Harry finds life at Hogwarts idyllic and makes two more firm friends in the bookish Hermione Granger and the hapless but willing Ron
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be,” Kurt Vonnegut Jr. once said. Considering his work, Harrison Bergeron, that seems to be true, a world that worries about equality, generally a good thing, but leads to totalitarianism. Vonnegut criticizes a political issue, the involvement of the state in the lives of individuals and the challenges of changing modern society we face. The author uses his short story to teach a lesson, but a lesson the reader has to conclude for himself. Vonnegut clearly shows the intention of educating his reader, giving him a chance to draw his own conclusion instead of presenting him with a preconceived solution.
The central racial conflict in the Harry Potter series stems from the ever-present juxtaposition of the Muggles, or non-magic people, and the Wizarding community. Considering the attention Rowling devotes to this theme in books two through five, the title Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was of no surprise. In Book Six, Rowling turns to a more personal investigation of racism: the question of what makes an individual persecutor racist. The readers get an insight into the source of Voldemort's quest for power and racial purity: his own perceived inadequacy. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the racial tension is heightened as the ministry of magic itself rallies behind pure-bloods are superior motto, “MAGIC IS MIGHT” (Rowling, Deathly Hallows 198).
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,
There 's always the "what to read while waiting for the next HP" question for some of us, but...now don 't get upset folks - I like Harry Potter as much as you do - "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" has a modern, hip, even urban style that people weary of Harry 's earnest heroism may actually PREFER. Plus, people with an interest in legends and myths will bug their eyes out with excitement, because the premise of "Percy Jackson" is that there are a handful of kids who are in fact the children of Greek gods and goddesses, who had come down to dally with modern Americans. These kids, called "half-bloods" in the book, grow up not knowing their origins, alienated by their disjointed lives and absent parents. (A nice conceit of the book is that many half-bloods have dyslexia, but only because their minds are wired for ancient Greek, and ADHD, but only because their minds are wired for hunting, a notion that should give a lot of comfort to real kids
In the book "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling, Albus Dumbledore says "It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. " I find myself rereading this series often because of all of its hidden lessons and values. I have never been a star athlete, but I discovered a love of tennis when I was a freshman in high school. I learned quickly that in tennis, with the ball going 100 plus miles per hour, there is nobody to judge the validity of your call. The final word stands with the player whose side the ball is on.
Throughout the year, Harry also noticed a strange feeling that something wasn’t going right around the school. Once Harry spoke to Hagrid about the stone, Harry began to dig deep into finding out all he could about it. Hagrid told Harry, “It would be best if you don’t keep searching about this stone”. Harry kept searching and sneaking around
Harry potter and the Deathly Hallows In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K Rowling uses the Good v.s Evil plotline to reveal that we as humans can not judge a person on their outer appearance because there is a lot more on the inside that we don’t know about. This basically means that just because someone doesn’t like you that doesn’t mean that they are a bad person. You can’t judge a person on the way they act toward you because you never know what they have gone through before. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry would look at Snape as a villain because he saw him at a meeting with Voldemort and he seemed to hate Harry.
Keeping It Simple You would be hard pressed to find anyone who does not live under a rock that has not at least heard of Harry Potter, if not read a book or seen a movie. The series has become a cultural phenomenon that has people of all ages as loyal fans worldwide. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was the first book in the series by J. K. Rowling that had to have some qualities to capture audiences. Sure, it is a book about magic and adventures, but there are plenty of books about magic in the fantasy genre that never will have the following that Harry Potter does, so what did Rowling do to make this a meaningful story?
Harry always puts his friends first, and in this book one of the people who are put in danger is his close friend Hermione, and in the end his best friend’s sister is abducted. The book’s theme can be compared to many other books, for example The Hunger Games. Katniss, the main character in that book, volunteers to be a part of a dangerous game so that she can protect her little sister. But the book is also about character development and being a good person.
