Harry Shearer

Harry Mason Reid, born December 2, 1939 is a U.S. Senator from Nevada and a associate of the Democratic Party. He has remained Senate Majority Leader as of January 2007, and formerly assisted as Minority Leader and Majority and Minority Whip. He is the third of four sons along with his mother Inez Orena, and father Harry Reid. All of Reid's childhood was spent living in a shack without an indoor toilet no hot water or telephone. Searchlight his home town did not have a high school and as a result

Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. She won many literary awards and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children's Book Circle, a society of publishers. The daughter of a British novelist and granddaughter

Fandoms are among the so-called ‘fabrics of culture’ that comprise our lives, regardless of our age, gender, nationality, and whatever differences that we may have. Fanfiction Terminology defines a fandom as “the fan-based community dedicated to a particular TV show or other cult-inducing medium, including movies, books, comics, and other source material” (Common Fandom Terms 1). Someone may be invested in collecting Beatles albums, and another person may have memorized every character in the Marvel

until I mastered them so I could impress my mother; she always gave me the best reactions. Because of my interest in magic I looked up to, all of the amazing magicians such as David Copperfield and David Blaine but my all time favorite magician was Harry Houdini. My interest in Magic actually began with him. By the time I turned 14, I had watched all available documentaries about his life and his works countless times. I managed to master a handful of his simpler tricks, and I researched hundreds of

THESIS The hero’s journeys of Gilgamesh and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series shape the central characters and develop their qualities so they can rise to their station and overcome their difficult tasks along the way. PURPOSE STATEMENT By reviewing textual sources of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling and The Gilgamesh, and sources on the monomyth, it can be made clear that the Harry Potter books and the story of Gilgamesh are similar due to their use of the hero’s journey. INTRODUCTION

The Christian themes in Harry Potter have been undermined by Christian fundamentalists’ beliefs that the Potter stories are a gateway into satanic culture. While these stories are loved by so many, there is a section of the population that condemns them as a satanic welcoming. To fully understand the condemnation of Harry Potter and the push to eradicate this condemnation we will address several lenses of the argument; to start there will be a quick history of the condemnation, and an overview of

circle and the teacher would be in the center in a big brown rocking chair, and read. Over time in the school year, the children would read bigger and longer books like the Junie B. Jones series, chapter books, and the extreme level, which would be the Harry potter series. Sometimes I would fall asleep because the book that was read was very dull. I remember Ms. Young read to us the “Very Hungary Caterpillar”9 by Eric Carle. I loved that book as a child. It had great illustrations of the caterpillar turning

The Harry Potter series relates to children and all types of readers, inviting them into the new and different world. The Harry Potter world however parallels the real world much more than many initially think. Students who relate to the world of Harry Potter and have grown up hearing his name along with other favorite characters engage in the story more than with any generic story often used in classrooms. The Harry Potter series engages the students and encourages learning through a subject in

books that some deem to be unacceptable. (Censorship in Young Adult Literature - Video.)Some popular banned books are The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins, and The Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger. All of these books are very iconic; some were made into into billion dollar movie franchises. The Harry Potter franchise even has its own theme park in Orlando, Florida at Universal Studios. The Twilight Saga has a convention

Just like every other young girl at the age of ten, I screamed and cried for the Jonas brothers as they sang “Burnin up” on my living room television. But, there was someone else who intriguingly caught my attention every night in that same living room, her name was Tricia. Tricia, the second oldest, blonde bombshell took the center of attention every night, as she dazzled everybody away with her college etiquette. Behind her beauty, honor roll achievements, and being the only member in our family