Nearly 17 years ago in the United Kingdom, a fictional sport known as Quidditch was born into a story that many did not know would captivate the world and eventually become more than people ever dreamt. Quidditch, found in the Harry Potter series, is a competitive sport that is extremely rough, semi-contact sport played by wizards and witches. Each match is played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks. The seven players include: three chasers, two beaters, one keeper, and one
included things like going to Hogwarts, reading the Daily Prophet, going to Hogsmeade, and participating in Quidditch. They also followed the rules mostly and made sure to work hard at their school work. Some of the symbols that they had included were the symbols for the different houses like Gryffindor. They also had the symbols and colors for the different schools and the different Quidditch teams. The most important symbol unarguably is the dark mark. In addition to their language is not just English
The studio allows you to have a behind the scene tour of the sets (the original ones!), costumes, props and it shows you how Quidditch was really filmed. Once you’ve arrived at Warner Bros, collected your ticket and watched the introduction to the studio, the magic becomes reality as you set foot through the great hall doors. The great hall displays the individual houses with their
Rowling captures this gender dynamic throughout the Harry Potter series by including a diverse cast of resilient female characters who are not allowed to take on the same leadership roles dominated by the men at Hogwarts, at the Ministry of Magic, in quidditch, and during the Triwizard tournament. The novels also center on an important theme of motherly love that Rowling uses to explore the sacrifices women must make in order to raise their children well. Such issues have been present in British literature
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
collective knowledge to help each other in classes and on homework. The narrator states, “[Harry] didn't know how he'd have gotten through all his homework without [Hermione], what with all the last-minute Quidditch practice Wood was making them do” (181). Harry plays a sport called Quidditch and must attend every practice. He does not have much time to do his homework. Therefore, Harry asks his friend for assistance. In addition, they go on adventures together where they protect each other. For
Harry's father was a star Quidditch player, and mother was a star student. Draco's father is a known and feared Ministry of Magic worker and death eater, while his mother comes from the famous Black family. Even though they are in different houses they are both well respected and looked up to as strong leaders. Slytherins use their name, connections, and money to their advantage, while Gryffindors would rather succeed on their own (Blair). Also, they are on their house quidditch team as seakers. Though
“Harry’s Wondrous World” (The Harry Potter Suite). “Harry’s Wondrous World” succeeds at adding magic and majesty to the opening sequence of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The story begins with Harry ... ... middle of paper ... ...ng the Quidditch match the music is celebratory and joyful. “Fluffy’s Harp” was a song played with a harp and a contrabassoon. The contrabassoon mimicked Fluffy the three-headed dog and the harp continuously played a lullaby. “Hedwig’s theme” was a song written for
Sometimes Words Can Tell More Than Motion Pictures It is debatable if a book is better than the movie or the other way around. A famous idiom says: “A picture is worth a thousand words,” which is not really reasonable when it comes to novels like the Harry Potter series. All the books are filled with so much information that can’t be captured in a film with 24 frames per second. During the filming process of Harry Potter, a lot of the original story in the book was changed in the script. The effect
Harry Potter ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’, written by J.K. Rowling, is an excellent example of a modern novel that uses medieval influences extensively. Many of the novel’s characters are based on medieval ideas and superstitions. The settings in the book resemble old medieval towns as well as castles. The book is also full of medieval imagery such as knights in armour, carriages etc. Whilst there is no time travel involved in the novel, the medieval period is used to such an effect that
The Dursley's were a perfectly normal family. Mr. Dursley was big and beefy, while Mrs. Dursley was a tall, thin woman, their son Dudley was in the Dursley's opinion the best boy. Mrs. Dursley greatly disapproved of her sister and her husband, the Potter's. Mrs. Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister. The Dursley's didn't want their son to meet the Potter's son. The Potter's were anything but normal. On a gray Tuesday, Mr. Dursley was on his way to work when he saw several strange things. At
Since J.K. Rowling, who is the author of the Harry Potter series met a little boy wore glasses in the subway, our childhood became different. In 1997, the first novel of series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was published. Children were crazy about the characters and magic world in the book. Such magic has lasted for almost two decades. After the fourth novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, films and games were released. These adaptations, especially the films, make Harry Potter
Mandy Ragusa English H/DE Mrs. Mitzi Quinn February 28, 2014 J.K. Rowling and the Mastermind Behind the Wizardly World of Harry Potter “I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books, but I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book” –J.K. Rowling (Pottermore internet). Jo Anne Rowling, known all over the literary realm as J.K. Rowling, never desired to become anything but a writer. Even as a young child she would tell her younger sister, Di, made up stories she had
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for young witches and wizards. While in school, he becomes friends with another wizard named Ronald Weasely and witch, Hermione Granger. Not to soon after starting school, Harry becomes the youngest Quidditch Seeker of the century after an incident during flying class. Harry, Ron, and Hermione discover that Lord Voldemort is trying to get something hidden beneath the school. The Sorcerers Stone, is a stone created by Nicholas Flammel, the stone was
Running Head: Concepts of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s stone Within the story of Harry Potter there are many concepts to be noted. This book is interesting and very different from any other book. These many concepts will tell you about some of these strange things that goes on. Shortly after Harry was born a villain called Voldermont killed his parents. Somehow Harry did not die from Voldermont, but not only did he live, he almost killed this great dart magician. As the only survivor, a
met his new friends, Hermione and Ron. They were housed at the Gryffindors ( a house known for bravery). He learned how to make potions and fly a broom ( Harry realized he’s a superstar on a broomstick) and earned himself a spot on a Gryffindor Quidditch team as a Seeker, which is a very important position on the team. He was given an invisibility cloak which enables him to sneak around the castle without getting caught. He had adventures after adventures, but the greatest of
Shiny Colored Tokens: An Analysis of Female Racial Minorities Present in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter “In examining how race functions in the Harry Potter series it is nonetheless important to help students consider not only what is depicted in the texts but also what is absent” (Wallace & Pugh) Race, and the implications that it places upon a literary series, is pertinent to the understanding of a given text. Simply because a series features more than one racial demographic does not exempt it from
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has many great themes, which included heroism and this is a great reason to watch it. Furthermore, when the teachers realize that Harry has a natural talent for the game of Quidditch he shows his true self yet again. The first game that Harry plays he breaks the Quidditch record. He catches the Golden Snitch in the first five minutes of the game. Harry does not even pause to appreciate the applause that he receives from the crowd afterward. He uses his humbleness on his
to stop him/her from committing any future crimes. This is seen within Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. Here, Marcus Flint, Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle are caught by Professor McGonagall for attempting to sabotage Harry and the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The four students dressed up as dementors to scare Harry and possibly distract him from catching the snitch. These boys also chose the dementors because they knew that Harry was affected by them. As Harry fought what he thought
to fight the Dementors because they affect him the most. They affect him the most because of his past. The end of the year is coming around which... ... middle of paper ... ...isn’t the brightest of students but he does know a lot about Quidditch. Quidditch is a sport where you fly on broomsticks and try to get a ball through one of the three hoops. Ron has bright red hair and has one younger sister and five older brothers. His father works at the Ministry of Magic. Hermione Granger is Harry’s