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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: The war between Good and Evil Part: II

01 Sep 2010 2 Comments

by TheMoonMan in My HomeWork

The Harry Potter books written by J.K. Rowling, is a series of seven fantasy novels, the story is about a young wizard Harry Potter, and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The story is not only based on the war between good and evil, it is also  about how Harry grows up, and becomes a good wizard. Harry and his friends represents the Good side, who always needs to fight the Evil side, Voldemort and his henchmen. Lord Voldemort is the antagonist of the story, he is named “You-Know-Who” or “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named”.

In the first novel (The Philosopher’s Stone) we see young Harry who is living whit his aunt and uncle, Vernon and Petunia Dursley, they represent the evil side of the story. The first part of the novel it is written down who bad life he had whit this familie. They represent the bad(evil) side because they bully Harry for 10 years, and they don’t let Harry to do some things. After this the protagonist of the novel, Harry meets two person, Ron and Hermione. They will become Harrys best friend, and will help Harry pas-pas to defeat the evil side.

Ron Weasley is Harry male best friend, a young wizard, who starts Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, along with Harry and Hermione. He helps and tries to defeat the evil.

Hermione is Harrys female best friend, she is also the protagonist of the novel, and often uses her quick wit and encyclopaedic knowledge to help them. She is always one to play by the rules, but she’s beginning to see that rebellion is often necessary.

The good side is also represented by Hedvig, the school half-giant Keeper of Keys and Grounds, he helps Harry fighting the evil. Professor Dombledor a major protagonist of the novel, he is the headmaster of the school. He knows that, Harry needs to learn more and more valuable lesson to fight the evil.

Dombledor founded an organization that fights this evil Lord Voldemort, the name of this organization is The Order of The Phoenix. This organization is created by the protagonist of the novel. Most of this characters are in close relationship whit Harry, and they usually help him. They don’t want that Voldemort rise to power, and kill Harry.

We can see the war between good and evil in the beginning of the first novel, when Lord Voldemort attacks Harry familie, and tries to kill them, but as a result of his mother’s love and willingness to sacrifice herself for him, baby Harry survives when Voldemort tries to murder him with a Killing Curse, and Lord Voldemort is disembodied. We can see how Lord Voldemort uses innocent people to rise to power, he uses professor Quirrell’s aid by latching onto the back of Quirrell’s head.

The  evil Voldemort is described as “the most evil wizard for hundreds and hundreds of years”. Just like any evil person he is characterized the same, he feels no desire or need for human companionship or friendship, and cannot comprehend love or affection for another. He believes he is superior to everyone around him.

In the main time Harry is the opposite of Voldemort, he has the quality of a good person, who is on the good side. He is friendly, tries to help people, but the main quality of his is the fight and struggle against the evil.

We have one character that is strange. The reader in the first novel thinks that he is evil, but the truth is the opposite. We are talking about Professor Severus Snape, who always looks like he is against Harry but the truth is that he tries to protect him. So  he represents he good side, he is a spy for the good guys.

Draco Malfoy, is a bad character from the novel, he represents the evil side .His mission is to kill the headmaster of the school. He is always Harrys rival. Dracos  familie represents the evil side, a rich familie with power who fails to help Lord Voldemort to rise to power.

What makes this war interesting is that most characters are not 100% good or evil, they’re complicated.

My opinion is that is novel is most like a fairy tale, and like in the most fairy tales the good fight evil, and in the end always the good side wins, and the Conflict Between Good and Evil is one of the most common conventional themes in literature, and is sometimes considered to be a universal part of the human condition.

Funny Story, Little red riding hood

01 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment

by TheMoonMan in My HomeWork

Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little riding hood of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else; so she was always called ‘Little Red Riding Hood. ‘One day her mother said to her: ‘Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine; take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good. Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing; and when you go into her room, don’t forget to say, “Good morning”, and don’t peep into every corner before you do it.” I will take great care,’ said Little Red Riding Hood to her mother, and gave her hand on it. But in the next room was Little Red Riding hood’s evil twin sister, who always tries  to do something bad to her sister, but she never succeed.

She decided to follow her and after that kill her. When little Red Riding hood started her trip, evil the twin sister followed her and saw that her sister is talking to the big bad wolf. The big bad wolf sent little red riding hood on a longer road to her granny, in the main time he rushed to the old women and eat her, and  evil twin sister went to the hunter to get help because she wanted to help her granny not her sister.

When little red riding hood arrived to granny’s house she was eaten by the big bad wolf. After that evil twin sister arrived with the hunter and help granny and little red riding hood to escape from the big bad wolf stomach, and in the end evil twin sister and little red riding hood became best friends and good sisters.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: The war between Good and Evil

31 Aug 2010 Leave a Comment

by TheMoonMan in My HomeWork

The Harry Potter books, written by J.K. Rowling, is a series of seven fantasy novels.  The story is about a young wizard called Harry Potter, and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.The story is not only based on the war between good and evil, it is also  about how Harry grows up, develops and becomes a good wizard. Harry and his friends represent the Good side, who always needs to fight the Evil side, Voldemort and his henchmen. Lord Voldemort is one of the antagonists of the story, he is named “You-Know-Who” or “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named”. The  Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is the first novel of the seven.

In the first part of the novel, we see young Harry who is living whit his aunt  Petunia and uncle Vernon and their son Dudley. They make Harry’s life miserable, treat him very bad  for 10 years, and they keep him almost like a prisoner. Harry lives in a small wardrobe under the stairs, he is not allowed to talk to their neighbors and leave the house without their permission.

However, Harry’s life changed when he got an invitation to Hogwarts and find out that he was a wizard. He was taken to the school by Hagrid, a guard at the institute. After this the protagonist of the novel, Harry meets  Ron and Hermione. They will become Harry’s best friends, and will help Harry step by step defeat the evil side.

Ron Weasley is Harry’s male best friend, a young wizard, who starts Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, along with Harry and Hermione, he is often clumsy but has a big heart and is devoted to his friends. Hermione is Harry’s female best friend, she is also a protagonist, and often uses her quick wit and encyclopaedic knowledge to help them. She is always one to play by the rules, but she’s beginning to see that rebellion is often necessary.

The good side is also represented by Hagrid, the school’s half-giant Keeper of Keys and Grounds, he helps Harry fighting the evil by providing them information or protecting them standing up for them.

Professor Dombledor a major protagonist of the novel, he is the headmaster of the school. He knows that Harry needs to learn more and more valuable lesson to fight the evil and he is willing to help him with that. He treats  Harry specially and  acts as a guardian. Dombledor founded an organization that fights the evil Lord Voldemort, the name of this organization is The Order of The Phoenix.

We can see the war between good and evil in the beginning of the first novel, when Lord Voldemort attacks Harry family, and tries to kill them, but as a result of his mother’s love and willingness to sacrifice herself for him, baby Harry survives when Voldemort tries to murder him with a Killing Curse, and Lord Voldemort is disembodied. We can see how Lord Voldemort uses innocent people to rise to power, he uses professor Quirrell’s aid by latching onto the back of his head.

The  evil Voldemort is described by Dumbledor as “the most evil wizard for hundreds and hundreds of years”. He has the basic characteristics as many evil antagonists, he feels no desire or need for human companionship or friendship, and cannot comprehend love or affection for others. He believes he is superior to everyone around him.

In the main time Harry is the opposite of Voldemort, he represents the good side and has valuable qualities, like bravery, honesty, kindness and righteousness.  He is friendly, tries to help people,  and his most important mission is the fight and struggle against the evil.

There is a character that is strange. In the beginning he can be considered evil, but the truth is the opposite. This Professor Severus Snape, who always looks like he is against Harry but the truth is that he tries to protect him. Therefore, he represents he good side, he is a spy for them.

Draco Malfoy, is an evil character. His mission is to kill the headmaster of the school. He is always Harry’s rival. Draco’s  family represents the evil side, a rich family with power who fails to help Lord Voldemort to rise to power.

What makes this war interesting is that most characters are not hundred percent good or evil, they are complex.

My opinion is that this novel is most like a fairy tale, and like in most fairy tales good fights evil, and in the end always the good side wins, and the conflict between good and evil is one of the most common conventional themes in literature, and is sometimes considered to be a universal part of the human condition.

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The American religious heritage

31 Aug 2010 Leave a Comment

by TheMoonMan in My HomeWork

Freedom of religion is considered by many people and nations to be a fundamental human right. Thomas Jefferson said (1807) “among the inestimable of our blessings, also, is that …of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most agreeable to His will; In a country with a state religion, freedom of religion is generally considered to mean that the government permits religious practices of other sects besides the state religion, and does not persecute believers in other faiths. The fundamental American belief in individual freedom and the right of individuals to practice their own religion is at the center of religious experience in the United States. The great diversity of ethnic backgrounds has produced religious pluralism: almost all of the religions of the world are now practiced in the United States. Ninety-three percent of all Americans say that they believe in God. About 87 percent of Americans are Christians, 2 percent are Jewish, and the other 4percent belong to other religious faith such as Moslem, Buddhist, or Hindu. From the beginning of the history, religion has played an important role in the United States. The Catholic faith was first brought to the North American continent by the Spanish in the 1500s. For the next 300 years, Catholic missionaries and settlers from Spanish and then Latin America came to what is now California and the Southwest. Many cities were named by these missionaries and settlers-San Francisco, Sante Fe and San Antonio for example. The Protestant branch of the Christian faith broke away from the Roman Catholic church in Europe in the 16^th century because of important differences in religious beliefs. The largest Protestant denominations in the United States now are the Baptist, Methodist, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and the United Church of Christ. A large number of Protestants denominations were established in America. When the Constitution was adopted in 1789, the government was forbidden to establish a national church, no denomination was to be favored over the others. The government and the church had to remain separate. The Protestantism in the United States, this idea was brought to America and firmly established by European Protestants, and it is one reason why no single church has become the center of religious life in the nation. One of the most important values associated with American Protestantism is the value of self-improvement. The need for self-improvement, once established, reaches far beyond self-improvement in the purely moral or religious sense. One of the most popular self-help books ever written in the United States was written by a Protestant minister, Norman Vincent Peale. As its title states, it stresses The Power Of Positive Thinking. According to Peale, the key to self-improvement and success is self-confidence. In the countries from which the American colonists emigrated, the dominant values of the nation were often supported by an organized national church. American Protestants made certain that no organized national church would  exist on their younger countries. Americans, however have developed a number of informal practices that combine national patriotsm with religion. A number  of scholars have  referred to these practices as the  “national religion” of the United States. America’s Protestant heritage seems to have encouraged certain basic values that members of many  diverse non-Protestant faith find easy to accpet