Debbie Harry

The world of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the world of C.S Lewis’ Narnia are both filled with an immense number of fantastic creatures. In case of Rowling, many of these creatures are mythical animals-- centaurs, hippogriffs, goblins and unicorns to name a few- while Lewis mainly chooses to add mythical abilities to every-day animals. His Narnia consists of talking beavers, lions, and of course a few mythical animals such as fauns. Both worlds involve interaction between the non-human animals…

When I fell in love with reading, I also fell in love with writing stories, such as novels, short stories, or plays. Everyone who reads this paper can probably relate to it in some way or another, but maybe some of you won’t. Even if you can’t relate to this in one way or another, maybe reading this paper will help you understand who I am a little bit better so this is how I fell in love with reading and writing. When I was about twelve years old, I decided I wanted to start writing. I made this…

She has made 325 million in book sales, a near billion in films and yet she has the unnerving ordinariness of saying 'British girls don 't cry ' when people question the content of her 'Harry Potter ' stories. There is nothing relevant or new to what Rowling brings to the vast literacy table; her integrity is on the chopping board ready to be butchered, it happens every year it seems, like an annual event, yet all she says is 'British girls don 't cry '. Rowling systematically is a shrine to…

In her essay “ Because I’m a Girl, I Suppose!”: Gender Lines and Narrative Perspective in Harry Potter, Melanie J. Cordova references Eliza T. Dresang and Elizabeth E. Heilman who regard Hermione’s character as polar opposites, as brave and chivalrous and as bookish yet inconsistently competent, respectively. Cordova then suggests that she views…

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is a fictional children’s book that addressed socio-political aspects of war and over coming oppression through allusions to Christian spirituality and historical events. The conveys its messages by exploring the multiplicity of worlds. Lewis connects the fictional world of Narnia to England during World War II. In doing so, he allows the reader to connect to difficult themes on an emotional and spiritual level. In this paper, I shall discuss…

so well that even though brock and misty haven’t been regular characters in the cartoon for a nearly a decade, they are still iconic; but, over the past 30 years, perhaps no fiction trio is as well-known and beloved as the Harry, Ron, and Hermione trio of the J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series of books and accompanying film adaptions. If you go back and review the trio of triplets listed above, you might notice two very particular things, that each group is made…

Iconic Netflix series Stranger Things depicts the typical American small town of Hawkins, Indiana, where tucked away inside the innocent town lies the Hawkins National Laboratory, an insidious facility where main character Eleven is experimented upon because she was born with powers of telekinesis, among other supernatural abilities. Many argue that because the lab is her home, and her Papa takes care of her there, that she is safe, despite the testing she is forced to endure. When she escapes…

to be better than the movie but that isn’t always the case. The novel Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding and it was published September 17, 1954. Almost 40 years later a second movie was released on March 16, 1990 and was directed by Harry Hook. Both were extremely successful and will continue to be read and watched for many years to come as another timeless novel. Whether the movie mixed up these points on purpose or on accident is besides the point because the focus is the fact…

As many people know, Hallmark has entered the amazing world of book publishing, and the first books they published were four beloved Christmas novelizations of popular Christmas movies that have previously aired on their network. One of these was A Heavenly Christmas, originally written for the screen by Gregg McBride, but adapted by Rhonda Merwarth as an ebook. Because Christmas was such a busy time, only recently did Rhonda have an opportunity to answer a few questions about herself and her…

The movie “Gone with the Wind”, released in 1939, is considered one of the greatest love stories and even one of the best movies of all time. The story adapted from the novel written by Margaret Mitchell won ten academy awards, became the highest earning film and is still technically the greatest grossing film in the cinema history. Hattie McDaniel even became the first african american oscar winner thanks to this classic of the romantic genre. In a way, “Gone with the Wind” seems like one of…