Jk Rowling Research Paper

Joanne Rowling, more commonly known as J. K. Rowling is a British novelist who is best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series; the best-selling book series in history. Rowling has lived a "rags to riches" life story, in which she progressed from living on state benefits to being the world's first billionaire author. Rowling has given her fans social, moral, and political inspiration through her writing and her lifestyle. She has supported charities including Comic Relief, One Parent Families, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and then launched her own charity: Lumos. In 2010, Rowling was named the "Most Influential Woman in Britain" by leading magazine editors.

Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and

outspoken support of democratic socialism, all of which are ideas relating directly to the theme of discord and unity. Orwell wrote is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. His non-fiction works, including Homage to Catalonia documents an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, are widely acclaimed. Orwell's work continues to influence popular and political culture to this day.

Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist and short-story writer, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.

He served in World War I as an ambulance driver in the Italian Army. Hemingway was noted both for the intense masculinity of his writing and for his adventurous and widely publicized life. His succinct and lucid prose style exerted a powerful influence on American and British fiction in the 20th century. He was renowned for novels like The Sun Also Rises where the main characters plainly embodied his own values and views of life. They talked of the young men whose strength and self-confidence nevertheless coexist with a sensitivity that leaves them deeply scarred by their wartime experiences. War was for Hemingway a potent symbol of the world, which he viewed as complex, filled with moral ambiguities, and offering almost unavoidable pain, hurt, and destruction. He battled with deteriorating mental and physical health and committed suicide in 1961. Hemingway left behind an impressive body of work and an iconic style that still influences writers

today.

Harper Lee was an American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird; a book that was immediately successful in American literature. The plot and characters of To Kill a Mockingbird are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as an event that occurred near her hometown when she was 10 years old. The novel reflects racial prejudices in the South. Its candid exploration of racism and discrimination has been a beacon for controversy.

Sylvia Pankhurst was an English campaigner for the suffragette movement, a prominent left communist and, later, an activist in the cause of anti-fascism. She spent much of her later life agitating on behalf of Ethiopia, where she eventually moved. She wrote The Home Front which addresses working-class life in East London under the strains and anxieties of war. Sylvia was repeatedly imprisoned for her protests – more than any other Suffragette – but she had many other interests, both idealogical and cultural. Sylvia was a gifted painter and graphic designer. At the Royal College of Art she discovered that most of the scholarships were only offered to men, but her protests were ignored. Sylvia abandoned her artistic career but continued with the publication of political articles. For the rest of her life she remained constantly active, campaigning against political oppression and promoting worldwide human rights.