Monica Potter

Many of the greatest stories incorporate main characters that slowly evolve right before our eyes. In literature we call these characters’ dynamic. We have seen this in the Harry Potter Series, The Hunger Games, and many more. But when we look at the novel Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindren, it appears that the main character doesn’t develop at all. The book tells the adventures of Pippi and her friends Tommy and Annika. Even though readers think Pippi is a static character, people say the reason

Have you ever read the Percy Jackson books and/or Carter Kane books? If not I think you should, they are fantastic books as Percy and Carter are both very brave. A character trait that they both share is being brave. “The Lightning Thief” through “The Blood Of Olympus” are by Rick Riordan as are “The Red Pyramid” through “The Serpent's Shadow.” Except “The Lightning Thief” through “The Blood Of Olympus” stars Percy Jackson, and “The Red Pyramid” through “The Serpent's Shadow” stars Carter Kane

In the recent decades, most teenagers have read Harry Potter and The Hunger Games because they both are popular series of friction novels. Having read both series, I can tell you that there are some similarities as well as big differences between them, and I would like to talk about how they have directly to indirectly influenced this society. First, I will start with the settings. In Harry Potter, there are two separate worlds existing. One is Wizarding world and the other is Muggle world. In The

Does every person have a dark side? Is there Evil in everyone? When people are given a circumstance and they face temptation, do they have integrity or do they give into the temptation and give into the evil? In “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” “The Lord of the Rings,” and “The Princess Bride,” every character, including the protagonists have an evil side. In “The Adventures of Robin Hood, Robin steals from the rich to give to the poor. He also swears that he will get revenge on the prince because

The Influence of the Iliad on Individuals The classical hero is a timeless description of human beings all around the world. Not only is it part of some human’s nature; it is used as a source of entertainment for people as well. The classical hero is seen both in the Iliad, as we have discussed, and in today’s world every day and in most cases everywhere. Heroes are seen today in TV shows, novels, movies, sports, in politics, and on the news, etc. As an audience, we love to study the classical

Gabrielle Myers Dr. Juhala English 110 November 10, 2011 Unconstitutional Book Banning Imagine you’re in graduate school and you’re doing your doctorate on a controversial issue. You’ve done most of the research however there’s one book that has specific information that you need, and you can only find it in that particular book. You’ve looked on the online database and find out that the book is in your universities library. You go to the library and ask for some help finding the book you need

Porn and Prose Pornography has the ability to stay current with each technological breakthrough while pushing the borders of what we deem as “acceptable” in reading and writing. In, Writing Material: Readings from Plato to the Digital Age by Tribble and Trubek, an article by Gopnick notes the death of the “word” before its technological resurgence. “Each new medium was more visually and sensually rich that the last: movies gave way to talking movies, which gave way to color talking movies

J.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Fantasy. It’s a word that every person knows. It’s how we live our lives as children. However, when we grow up, we aren’t supposed to have them any more. When writers come along like J.K. Rowling and J.R. Tolkien, who present us with books of magic and fantasy, the books allow everyone to become kids again. Even though the main characters in the books don’t start out as heroes, they follow the hero’s path to defeat a strong

“There was a time when no one had heard of Harry Potter,” a title of an article published in the 2007 edition of the Chicago tribune. It attempted to describe the Harry Potter phenomenon. However, if written now it would be “There was a time when no one had heard of Harry Potter and Edward Cullen” the Twilight series has sparked a phenomenon equal to the Harry Potter series. The debate over which book is better is huge between the clashing fans, witches and wizards vs. vampires and werewolves

censored books that come out every year; one of those lists is the 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990-2000. On this list the Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger ranks at number 13. Forever by Judy Blume ranks at number eight and the Harry Potter series by R.K. Rowling ranks at number seven. Catcher in the Rye is censored because of the incidents of depression, nervous breakdown, impulsive spending, sexual exploration, vulgarity, and other erratic behavior. Mainly these are problems that