Harry Reid

A film wouldn't be complete without a villain. The entire film would be pointless and boring, villains makes everything so exciting. Imagine Batman without Joker, Harry Potter without Voldemort, Professor X without Magneto, Thor without Loki, and Luke Skywalker without Darth Vader. Some people loves to hate villains especially if those villains are portrayed by such amazing actors. They said that if the villains in a film or a television show is not hated by its viewers, that would mean they’re not

Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, Juliet and Rosaline, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson - all of these characters have one thing in common; they are foils of each other. Foils are characters in literature that are used as a contrast in order to highlight a particular quality of another character, typically the protagonist. The protagonist in The Sorrow of War, Kien, is a complicated character. He experiences the effects of war throughout his life, making it difficult to truly understand his personality

Harry Houdini once said,“No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep me from my freedom.” They life Houdini lived was nothing short of extraordinary and he was called by many the greatest showman and magician of all time. Houdini started began his carrer as a trapeze artist then moved on to simple card tricks which eventually evolved into the escape arts that he is known for. He started as nothing and made it all the way to be the leading

When the first Harry Potter was accepted to be published many years ago nobody was prepared for the enormous success the series would have. The series captured a massive following from the beginning, turning a simple seven book series into a franchise. Though I may not be an expert on literature, I have read the entire Harry Potter series multiple times and am a big fan of the book. I have also researched the effect of the books on pop culture and have come to the conclusion that Harry Potter has embedded

The Brightest of Her Age: How Author JK Rowling Triumphed Over Poverty, Depression, and Became one of the Most Successful Authors in History Before Harry Potter was a best-selling novel, with a multimillion dollar business, a theme park, and several movies to its name, The Boy Who Lived was no more than an a couple of sentences, scribbled between the pages of a notebook. Long before her rise to fame, J.K. Rowling, author of history’s best-selling fantasy series, spent several years in as a single

The Golden Compass and the Harry Potter serious are both very well known and loved by many. In both stories the main characters are faced with challenges that force them to think and overcome obstacles. However, the way each book handles how the characters are able to b tackle those problems differ slightly. In the Golden Compass, Lyra tries to avoid books and the teachers around the place she calls home, Jordan College. She would prefer to play and learn through forming her own opinions and by

The Harry Potter series, The Lord of the Rings series, the Hunger Games series, the Twilight saga, The Chronicles of Narnia series, The Notebook, Apollo 13, Forrest Gump, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Princess Bride, Jaws and The Godfather; what do all of these movies have in common? They were also all books before they were made into major motion pictures. But how do those movies compare to the books they are based on? These movies were pretty good, however, generally speaking the books

The importance of misdirection incorporated into your act can not be stressed enough. Misdirection is the skill that can really elevate your act and give it the polish that it needs to have a really professional feel. For the best entertainment value for your magic tricks it is important to learn to control everything going on during your performance. Factors include where your audience are positioned, where and when they look and what they are thinking about. Basically. misdirection is making sure

Discovering bravery can bring us confidence, and courage, and character. The stories The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron, Bob Choi’s Last Job by Jonathan Stroud, and Swords That Talk by Brent Hartinger all have the same trait of bravery. The main protagonists of these stories show that they are willing to give up anything in exchange for someone else’s life. In three different stories, three different protagonists illustrate how bravery can overpower anything. In The Lost Years of Merlin

In Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Potter shows the influence her childhood has on her timeless children’s book. Potter grew up in solitude for most of her childhood with only animals and nature to play with and was later influenced heavily by these. As she grew older, Potter showed an interest in fine arts, literature, and even the scientific research of fungi (Coupland). Beatrix Potter was a strong woman who was influenced by the radical theory of the changing world around her and her