Transportation was crucial for Harry Potter and his friends throughout his adventures. A variety of different techniques were employed, each with their own pros and cons. Hogwarts
Express, the Ford Anglia, the Portkey, a broomstick, Floo powder, and Apparition were all crucial forms of transportation, however, they did carry negative impacts.
To begin with, Platform nine and three-quarters served an important ground transportation role as the entryway to the Hogwarts express: the first step into the wizarding world. Harry Potter steps on the train for the first time anxiously trying to find a seat in a packed train. Here he meets Ronald Weasley, another first year student who will soon become his best friend and accompany him throughout a magical journey. They enjoy each other’s company as they devour copious amounts of sweets courtesy of Harry and converse about Quidditch and wizard cards. Harry also meets a somewhat irritating, overachieving girl named Hermione
Granger. Thus, through platform nine and three quarters Harry is not only able to cross into the wizarding world, but gains lifetime friendships. Although Harry’s train ride is a marvel, another mode of ground transport was quite frightening for Harry. In The Chamber of Secrets, Harry and
Ron are late to platform nine and three-quarters and the secret passage closes. Therefore, to reach the school on time they decide to use Mr.Weasley’s Ford Anglia. The ride to Hogwarts begins comfortably; the boys fly through the clouds, while keeping sight of the red Hogwarts train below them. A few hours later, the moon ascends and they are very tired and wondering how
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much longer the trip will be. The Ford Anglia unfortunately runs out of gasoline and begins to fall toward the lake ...
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...ut from under the chandelier. Hoisting the groaning goblin, who still clung to the sword, over one shoulder, Harry seized Dobby's hand and spun on the spot to
Disapparate (Deathly Hallows Chapter 23).”Harry, Ron, Dobby, and Griphook all disapparate to
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Bill Weasley’s cottage, however Dobby arrives wounded, Bellatrix threw a silver knife into his chest before he fully disappeared. Harry gets very emotional and tells him not to die; unfortunately the house-elf dies in Harry’s arms. Thus apparition is a mode of transportation that it can be deadly if used for evil purposes, however, can be useful in escaping dangerous situations. Therefore, ground transportation, Portkeys, broomsticks, the Floo network, and apparating are all-important forms of transportation for Harry Potter and company. Although they exhibit many beneficial qualities, they each can be used for evil.
In movies, novels, and life, people are named as heroes. The heroes we establish and the heroes we recognize, however, may not meet the criteria for a mythic hero. A mythic hero ventures forth on his journey, and comes forth from the hero’s path to greatness. Joseph Campbell, a mythologist who studied many of the great human myths and religious tales, realized, in studying these myths and tales, that there were certain steps that every hero went through. Campbell called this “The Hero’s Journey”; it is based on Carl Jung's idea that all human beings have an archetype. After Campbell studied a lot of the great myths and realized this pattern, he published his findings in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Ever since then, authors have used “The Hero’s Journey” as an outline to tell their stories. “It is important to note that not all of these individual steps are present in every hero’s tale, nor is it important that they be in this exact order” (Vogler 20). The Hero with a Thousand Faces gives a sense of significance as it looks into the inner mind and soul. The author, Joseph Campbell, performs two extraordinary accomplishments: compelling his readers that myth and dream, those are the most effective and everlasting forces in life and a unification of mythology and psychoanalysis with a gripping narrative. One well-known example of “The Hero’s Journey” from popular culture is the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling. In the novel, Harry Potter, the main character, is the chosen one and “The Hero’s Journey” applies to his life from the moment he is attacked by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named as a baby.
He discusses demise in the primary sentence, saying, “The marvelous thing is that it’s painless” (Hemingway 826). As the story creates, Harry as often as possible specifies his desire to pass on or the way he feels that passing is close now. “You can shoot me.” (Hemingway 826) and “I don’t want to move” (Hemingway 827), and “There is no sense in moving now except to make it easier for you” (Hemingway 827) and “Can’t you let a man die as comfortably as he can without calling him names? “ (Hemingway 827). It sounds as though Harry is surrendering, not so much, since he is a weakling, despite the fact that his wife calls him that, yet more since he feels that, it is more agreeable for him right now to set down and pass on as opposed to sitting tight for a truck or plane that will most likely never arrive. During the rest of the story, Harry has several moments when he feels the proximity of
“I envied the people in the train because they seemed to be going somewhere” (Lesley,7).
The Triwizard Tournament was held in Hoggwarts. This game amid the three biggest European magic schools was initiated about seven hundred years ago. One person should be assigned by one college and the Goblet of Fire used to designate three students for this competition. Three guys would compete in three categories of magic. The game was so serious that it stipulated the minimum age and the health conditions of the contestants.
The novels of Harry Potter, written by J. K. Rowling are constantly in debate among Christians whether Harry Potter is preaching sorcery and paganism or that the books have a spiritual meaning deeper than most care to look at. It is easy to look through the books and find sources of witchcraft but one could say the same for sources of the gospel. Author, J.K. Rowland has stated that her own Christian faith has in fact informed her writing of the popular series. Many Christians say Harry Potter is incomparable to Christ, being far from perfection while Voldemort seems to strike a different chord of response as far as his character representing The Devil himself.
saw him blonde, with the sunburned hair, his face with the broad Mongol cheek bones, and the narrow eyes, the nose broken at the bridge, the wide mouth and the round jaw, and getting in the car he grinned at her and she began to cry.” (Hemmingway 128) Also worthy of notice, halfway through the book Harry losses his arm in a gunfight with some Cuban patrols on a liquor run.
Harry counts as the days pass by, waiting for the day when he travels out to catch the train "9 3/4", the train to Hogwarts hidden between trains 9 and 10.
drink the potion that would let them through the last door. Hermione helped solve the
The three then decide they must find the stone before Voldemort does and sneak off the next night. They sneak past the three headed dog, and conduct other impressive feats using Hermione’s knowledge of botany, Ron’s chess ability, and Harry’s flying skills. Harry continues to the room where the stone is held, and finds Professor Quirrell, waiting for him. Harry learns that Quirrell has working been with Voldemort, hosting him underneath his turban. When Harry uses The Mirror of Erised to acquire the stone, he is attacked by Quirrell and Voldemort, but Professor Quirrell burns upon contact with Harry, and Voldemort flies away to find a new host.
The Triwizard Tournament was held in Hoggwarts. This game amid the three biggest European magic schools was initiated about seven hundred years ago. One person should be assigned by one college and the Goblet of Fire used to designate three students for this competition. Three guys would compete in three categories of magic. The game was so serious that it stipulated the minimum age and the health conditions of the contestants.
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An important rhetorical device that appears throughout the entire Harry Potter series is symbolism. There are many names and items that stand for something else and many are introduced in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. First, Harry’s scar represents the true love parents have for their children and how they are willing to do anything, including being killed, in order to save them. Next, the Mirror of Erised shows a person their truest desires and everything he or she would want in life. Thirdly, each wizard’s wand is representative of his or her character and personality and if the improper one is used, terrible events will occur. Finally, the names of the founders of the four Hogwarts Houses are symbols of the core beliefs and values of each.
Harry Potter has to deal with death in a very different way in the final book than most normal people do. Harry has dealt with death his whole life because his parents were murdered by Lord Voldemort when he was just a little boy. People that are important to Harry slowly die off because of what he is. He is “the boy who lived.” There was a prophecy created by a professor at Hogwarts, a school of witchcraft and wizardry, before harry was born that said "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches. … Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies … and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not … and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives. … The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies…" This prophecy states that there would be a boy born that was capable of defeating Lord Voldemort, but not assuring it would happen and that Voldemort would seek out this boy and “mark him as an equal.”