Mary Bierley
IAH 201 Section 14
Argumentative Paper
April 20, 2017
Fandoms in the Global Success of the Harry Potter Series On the night before a major movie comes out it is common to find people camping outside movie theaters, raving about their favorite characters and speculating about what new movie they are about to see. Groups of people like these compose a fandom. A fandom is a collection of people from across the world that obsess over any kind of cultural phenomenon, leading to various types of fan-made adaptations and consumption of material related to that spectacle. Amongst the top ten most dedicated fandoms in the world is the fan base for the Harry Potter series (Helling et. al, p. 25). Harry Potter was originally a
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Universalist ideas are basic similarities and characteristics that everyone around the world share (Shimemura p. 84). Universalistic ideas are often composed of various types of archetypes, which is a reoccurring symbol or motif in any sort of cultural product (Herskovitz et. al, p. 22). Harry Potter contains universal archetypes that human beings are naturally drawn to, such as the hero who conquers evil, the good versus evil debate, and the underdog. One can see these three universalistic ideas through the hero, Harry, the fight between Harry and Voldemort and the upbringing that Harry has with his malicious family. In Susan Gunelius’ book, Harry Potter: The Story of a Global Business Phenomenon, she references to this idea when she says, “Harry Potter is a coming of age story about a fallible hero intertwined with magical elements, and, interestingly, its global appeal proves that people are very much the same, regardless of geographic borders” (p. 119). Gunelius’ point emphasizes that as fans or viewers of a movie one wants to be able to relate the characters to their own life and beliefs. Every country, religion, or nationality has their own heroic-figures, figures who struggle with their family, and suffer with the good versus evil debate, and when one watches a movie that exemplifies those values they will be stimulated and be drawn to the movie. If the Harry Potter series did
Looking at the insight from historians such as: Roy Rosenzweig, Nick Salvatore, and Lizabeth Cohen, on the history of American labor, we can better understand the issues, challenges, and successes of ordinary Americans during a time when industrial capitalism and corporations took over as the leading principle in American society. The depth of character of immigrants or ordinary Americans to meet the demanding needs of what an industrial society requires is truly amazing. I have reviewed three historical monographs in accordance to their copyright and each describe how persistent ordinary, working class Americans confronted or beat back those demanding needs. The order is as follows: Eight Hours For What We Will by Roy Rosenzweig; Eugene
There are many ways authors write their books that can vary from style, experience, setting, and language. One author that I would like to talk about is Walter Dean Myers and the book that I would want to analyze would be Somewhere In the Darkness. This novel speaks about a poor little boy who was adopted at the age of two after his mother died and had to move to Harlem leaving his family behind . He also had a speech impediment and couldn’t speak or write as well as others but that didn't stop him. The book “Somewhere In The Darkness” is about a boy named Jimmy who was adopted by a very kind-hearted lady after his mother had passed away and his father went into prison. In the book his father is finally released and gave a surprise to Jimmy and takes him to Arkansas to settle down but Jimmy does not trust him. Walter Dean Myers usually writes his books from his own experiences which makes them inspirational, thought out, down to earth, and somewhere relatable to the reader!
Due to the massive popularity of the books, Warner decided to capitalise on their popularity and turn them into films, and due to the movies, paraphernalia and huge cult following, the Harry Potter franchise is worth an estimated £2.2 billion (Simmons, 2005). The Harry Potter franchise is a good example of the theory of ‘psycho-social’ (the psychological relationship readers have with the books) and also we can see how the franchise plays on these feelings to ‘mediate’ messages to various social and cultural groups, by looking at this franchise one can see how inner emotional security is developed and used for profitable gain.
As a young adult, it is difficult to grow up without parents and still be tough and brave. In addition, teens can be emotional and overreact at times. In the novel The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, a fourteen-year-old kid named Ponyboy Curtis feels different emotions that make him stand out from other Greasers, or “hoodlums”. Ponyboy, the youngest of all the Greasers, is a great example of a teen who feels isolated, brave, and emotional throughout the novel.
Nightjohn Comparing and Contrasting Essay This is a comparing and contrasting essay. What am I contrasting you may ask? Well, I'm comparing and contrasting the book and the movie, Nightjohn. Here we go!
In the early 1900’s silent films amazed audiences with images, later talkies impressed with sound, today we have 3D. As technology continues to evolve so too will film genres. Genres, while having some shared characteristics, also differ in terms of stylistic devices used. For instance, the dramatic film “The Notebook” effectively uses color to reinforce theme and has plausible performers as the two main protagonists.
Imagine a world where Technology can control you and your future. Technology is what your life consists of and will keep advancing as years go on. A dystopian environment contains all of these factors. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, violence is normal for the way life. Montag is the protagonist who is a firefighter unlike anything in the real world, but eventually sees how the job is not suited for him. Montag has to deal with the antagonist Captain Beatty, his boss and control over the firefighters. The book was written in the 50s, explaining how the future with people treat books. In the movie Divergent, directed by Neil Berger, there are five factions that define who you are. You could be fearless, smart, truthful, etc. If
The aim of this bachelor thesis is comparison of the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and its film adaptation directed by François Truffaut. The thesis works on the assumption that film adaptations tend to trim down the plotline, which might result in providing incomplete or ambiguous character motivation and character psychology in general. Another assumption that will be further scrutinised is the premise that the film is frequently inclined to emphasise romantic appeal at the expense of social critique, satire etc.
This novel is given at school for various reasons. One of them is that the Outsiders shows conflicts between different social classes. In the novel the two groups were the Socs, the rich, and the Greasers, the poor. The Socs fought with the Greasers because they both thought they were different and superior from each other. This can be compared to schools because in every school there is always someone who is wealthier than others and thinks they’re superior.
“Good morning!” Ray said to his coworkers while walking into the office. “Morning Ray.” Many replied. Ray’s tall slender figure towered over his desk as he looked down on a ton of files. He grabbed his coffee, then got to work.
I chose to draw the symbols of the fire department because to me, they play a huge role in the novel. The symbols help give the reader or observer an idea of what the firemen did and what they used to symbolize their job. Last year, my english teacher decided to let us watch the movie of Fahrenheit 451. In the movie, the firemen always came in a fire truck and personally, I thought it was an important image to add to my project. I loved how the fire truck looked so different compared to modern day fire trucks. I looked up a picture of the fire truck from the movie and took in the shape but added in my own details to make it looks less copied and more uniquely designed. Next, I drew the image of a woman with words on her dress burning in a fire.
Throughout the movie, The Notebook, there were many different aspects that corresponded with the material learned throughout the semester. There were times were you were able to pin point why each problem was faced based on different character backgrounds. As began to watch the movie, you start to understand the culture aspects of each individual by the way they talk and present themselves, which caused many situations to arise. Also, these many situations arise throughout the movie that affected the outcome of decisions made: biological, psychological, and social/environment. However, diversity played a magnificent role from the beginning to the end. So, therefore, throughout this paper you will have a better understanding of the analysis of this film, which should provide information about the movie.
The novel “Night” is a vivid representation of a man’s loss of faith from the beginning to the end of the catastrophic era in which this book takes place. As a young boy Elie’s inquisitive mind directed him to the synagogue where he would study the Kabbalah’s revelations and mysteries. Here is where “Moishe the beadle,” a friend to Elie, would sit with him in the synagogue and they would talk for hours about the intriguing secrets of Jewish mysticism. One important piece of advice that Moishe told Elie was, “There are a thousand and one gates allowing entry into the orchard of the mystical truth.” This simply meant he would need to pursue these answers on his own. However, Elie believed Moishe would help him bind his questions and answers as well, into one. These meetings were interrupted when Moishe was extracted from the Sighet where he experienced malice.
Fandom, both as a community and a culture is interpretative. The term interpretative community was rooted from a literary theorist named Stanley Fish. He established this notion in his book “Is There a Text in this Class?” (1980), believing that the reader holds a core position both in shaping and producing the meaning of literary works where according to him, reader’s experiences affects their interpretation of a text. In his study, Fish (1980) divided the act of reading texts into two (2) categories in accordance with the reading strategies of the reader enabling him/her to interpret the text and define it. First, the same reader interprets different text differently. Second, different readers may interpret the same text similarly.
On my 7th birthday, my least favorite uncle gave me a book titled Alibaba and the Forty Thieves. I was surprised because he is my least favorite uncle for a reason, he doesn’t just surprise you with a gift for no reason at all. Little did I know, he just succeeded in getting me to do exactly what I said I wasn’t going to do all summer long, READ ANYTHING! He knows how much I love the Arabian night’s stories and he used this knowledge to get me to change my initial decision of not reading any book during the summer. So failure to recognize the strength in others makes us blind to our own weaknesses. In the One Thousand and One Nights text, some of its characters experience changes due to the fact that they failed to recognize the strength and abilities or capabilities of other opposing characters.