Reading Response: Through the Tunnel——by Doris Lessing Meaning: In the short story Through the Tunnel‚ Jerry and his mother spent their holidays near the sea. Jerry‚ the eleven-year-old English boy‚ was trying to become more independent and be accepted by the local boys so he left the safe beach where his mother stayed and turned to a more dangerous one. The main conflict appears when Jerry was convincing himself to practice holding a longer breath and dive through a long underwater tunnel made
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Orrin E. "The Creation of Popular Heroes." American Journal of Sociology 54.2 (1948): 135-41. Print. Klingbiel‚ Christine. "Hermione Granger: Insufferable Know-It-All or Superhero?" Hermione Granger Saves the World: Essays on the Feminist Heroine of Hogwarts. Ed. Christopher E. Bell. N.p.: McFarland‚ 2012. 163. Print. Rowling‚ J. K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. N.p.: Arthur A. Levine‚ 2007. Print. - - -. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. N.p.: Scholastic‚ 2002. Print. - - -. Harry Potter
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Lex Brown Heather Surface Writing Seminar 9/17/2013 Analysis of “Harry Potter and the Technology of Magic” Elizabeth Teare wrote an essay about the Harry Potter books being about more than just a young wizard going off to Hogwarts. In her essay which was published in The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: The Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon‚ Teare tries to convince her audience that Harry Potter is more than just a fictional story‚ and that there are many social and economic ties. Teare tries to
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Number twelve‚ Grimmauld Place was the only place‚ it seemed‚ that Dawn Beirne felt safe. It was her home‚ though the portrait of Mrs. Black failed to agree‚ and had been since she had graduated from Hogwarts that past year. She took her manipulative side‚ the side that made her a good asset to the Order‚ from her father‚ and the ambitious side‚ the side that got her into the Order‚ from her mother. Despite the stereotypical Slytherin being all for the evil in the world‚ she wasn’t. She cared for
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Best Workplace Dawn Nesterowich Group Behavior in Organizations MGT 415 Instructor Frank Bucaria March 2‚ 2015 Since 1998‚ Fortune has issued a yearly list of companies that are believed to be the “100 Best Companies to Work For”. The job market is getting stronger‚ so when they obtain the best in American jobs they look for certain elements. I will be looking at the employee motivation and cohesion among employees in the top company‚ Google‚ the middle company‚ Factset Research
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On Fandoms & Movies “The term ‘fandom’ is used to refer to the collective fans of something such as a sport‚ hobby‚ or series of books. Typically‚ the members of a fandom feel interconnected by their common interest‚ and a fandom can often be a subculture as well. Only the most devoted fans are included in a fandom‚ separating them from people who may casually enjoy the thing in question.” – Mary McMahon and Bronwyn Harris (What is a Fandom?)
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Many people face struggles that influence a person?s way of being‚ having unanswered questions‚ being manipulated‚ and the question of who am I? Uncertainty is the lack of information to formulate a decision. Though they live in different worlds‚ Bruce Wayne and Harry Potter share uncertainties about their natures in the battle of good vs. evil‚ an uncertainty revealed through each character?s relationship with darkness. Harry?s uncertainty stems from his role in both the muggle and the wizarding
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In Popular Culture‚ the term "story worlds" is widely known as the immersion of audiences into not only a specific world but a completely different cultural scene. For example‚ some famous story worlds in the film industry are that of Star Wars and Harry Potter. The world in which was created not only lets audiences revel in this other world but the term story worlds and the worlds created allow for the characters to not only have a place called home but a place in which their story can develop and
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Anne Collins works to interpret the writings of J.K. Rowling and thus prove that the novels within the Harry Potter series are indeed not sexist. It is argued that Rowling works to reimagine every day terms such as love and power and consider such topics in new and exciting ways that in fact do not reflect a world filled with sexism. Within the wizarding world‚ while there is a representation of traditional and modern women in the sense of gender roles‚ in no way do Rowling’s characters reflect such
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whatever is was‚ drew a long‚ slow‚ rattling breath‚ as though it were trying to suck something more than air from its surroundings”(83). I think that the dementor did not only take away their happiness of the kids‚ but their hope in going back to Hogwarts. “You fainted‚ potter? Is Longbottom telling the truth? You actually fainted?”(87). What I don’t understand‚ is why did the dementor attack Harry and not any of the other students boarding the train? Is Harry something special? 01-08-17
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