Jk Rowling Research Paper

Little did she, in her wildest dreams, anticipate that a delayed train journey from Manchester to London would change her life for good. Behind all the books, movies, stories, and adventures of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling can be seen as a humanitarian due to supporting charities and causes such as hunger and homelessness, while changing the lives of millions. Joanne Rowling, best known as J.K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, screenwriter, and film producer highly known to be the English author of the Harry Potter fantasy and wizardry series. She’s been through so much to lead up to this point, affecting her negatively and positively. Joanne is seen as a very caring, influential and thoughtful person, aware on all of the

Rowling, was born on July 31, 1965, in Yate, England. She adopted her pen name, J.K., incorporating her grandmother's name, Kathleen, for the latter initial (Rowling does not have a middle name)” (Rowling Bio). When Rowling turned 2 years of age, her sister Dianne was born. As two young children, Jo would always read her younger sister stories she wrote. In primary school, a majority of the staff and students treated her unfairly. In an interview, Joanne stated that one of her teachers would make her sit a great distance away from other children during recess. Throughout her childhood, numerous incidents inspired characters and their actions in Harry Potter. In the year 1990, Rowling relocated to Portugal to teach English studies. At a bar, she met a man, Jorge Arantes, who took a career as a television journalist. Later on, they married and had a child in 1993, Jessica. The marriage ended abruptly after, causing Rowling leave Portugal and back to United Kingdom. Rumors have speculated about the cause of separation to be domestic abuse, although have not been confirmed. “While struggling to support Jessica and herself on welfare, Rowling worked on a book, the idea for which had reportedly occurred to her while she was traveling on a train from Manchester to London in 1990. After a number of rejections, she finally sold the book” (Rowling Bio). This book was the first of the world-wide famed and prominent Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (later changed to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States). “The book was first published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books in June 1997, under the name J.K. Rowling. The “K”, for Kathleen, her paternal grandmother’s name was added at her publisher’s request who thought that a woman’s name would not appeal to the target audience of young boys” (Rowling). Afterwards, she published many books, gaining more recognition and fame for her