...In this essay I am going to analyse two very different interviews of J K Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter. Her language varies in each of her interviews; she adapts her speech for different audiences, such as children and adults. In her interview from, âBlue Peterâ she is more animated and lively on the other hand in her interview from,â60 Minutesâ she is very reminiscent and glum. In the â60 Minutesâ interview J K Rowling uses uses many fillers. Fillers occur particularly in the first section of the interview, as well as some false starts and stammers. âErm so you have that but you â you forgotâ¦.â. This suggests that she is reminiscing as she reflects on her youth. The hesitations and false starts also show that she is being slightly self-analytical and mulling over her past, âNot re- no I donât think I was an unhappy child.â JK is quite grim and frank with her language in the first section of â60 Minutesâ. Her face is dark and she doesnât use much body language. She seems to communicate her thoughts across the interviewer mainly just verbally rather than para-linguistically. Instead she emphasises her points. ...read more. Middle Here JKâs tiredness shows as she stammers and repeats herself before struggling for the words âpush-chairâ. In the Blue Peter interview, JK is much cheerier as she is surrounded by quite young children on a TV show for kids. JK seems eager to answer questions and communicate with the children. She adapts her language by using simpler words...
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...60 Minutes interview 'Childhood' J K Rowling J K Rowling interview In this interview with Rowling, he spoken language throughout is still quite stuttered while she is answering the questions and she takes a little while to think about what she is going to say as she answers, and she uses fillers while answering if she doesn’t know what she actually going to say as her response. For example she says “Erm” a lot as she thinks about what to say. Also she stutters a lot suggesting that she doesn’t actually know what she is about to say, or she is thinking of the best possible answer for the question. She even contradicts herself in an answer at one point, saying “So when you’re happy, boy are you happy? You’re not-” by saying “boy are you happy” talking about childhood but then she say “You’re not” saying this is contradicting her previous answer and suggesting that childhood isn’t a happy time and it’s not a good time in someone’s life. Also when she says “boy are you happy” she puts emphasis on the ‘boy’ there is even an element of sarcasm in her tone of voice, we know this because she then goes on to contradict herself, like she wasn’t being serious about her answer. After contradicting her answer she then goes off the point a little bit by saying “You didn’t pay the gas bill” comparing childhood to adulthood; she is kind of saying that as a child you have no worries and don’t need to be responsible, but as an adult there are slot more responsibilities and have to be...
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...Jayme Vallance ENG 282 Dr. Treftz Short Paper #2 The Power of Love and Harry Potter The power of love in Harry Potter is unlike any other. So much so that it is an overwhelmingly significant and recurring theme throughout the entire series. From the self-sacrificial love of Lily Potter to the loving mother Molly Weasley to the unrequited love of Severus Snape. There is also the misunderstanding, or the absence, of love; which is equally as important in the novels. Especially since it was the main difference between Voldemort and Harry that was incredibly essential to the storyline. So essential that J.K. Rowling went out of the way to tell us about it in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone when Dumbledore said, “if there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love” (229, SS). The concept of love is woven so inextricably within the very fabric of the novels, that it continues to challenge the reader all the way until the very end. One of the widely known main principles of magic is its inability to create real, true love. Which is why fictional characters have been known to dabble with one of the darker aspects of love in novels: love potions. They do exactly what is expected, which is to make the victim become obsessed and completely infatuated with the intended target for a certain amount of time. All while being completely unaware of such actions. The idea of being able to control someone that you can’t have with love is an alluring concept for many. It’s...
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...end to the fire-spewing dragon that has taken refuge on his land. The intense battle between Beowulf and the dragon end in the death of both opponents. Beowulf left behind a long and great legacy that leaves his people speechless and heart-broken for their fallen hero. Even though this Anglo-Saxon epic was written between the fifth and seventh century, it carries many similarities to modern day society. The similarities can be seen in modern literature and pop culture, the comitatus, the various struggles that occur, and the qualities that make up a great leader. The poem epic has left a huge print on modern day writers and pop culture. Its influence can be seen in many modern fantasies from J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy “Lord of the Rings” and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. J. R. R. has been known to be one of the few scholars that have seriously contributed his works to Beowulf. In “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics” he states how Anglo-Saxon literature had a long-lasting effect on present thoughts. Similarities between the Anglo-Saxon themes and ideas can be found throughout the trilogy along with the Old English derivation of the character and location names. For example, the root word searu-, which means "treachery” or “cunning,” appears in the name Saruman – whom devoted Tolkien fans will recognize as a major antagonist in the fantasy novels; and the Old English word for earth, middan-geard, becomes Middle-earth, the aptly-named fantasy world of the novels (neh)...
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...J. K. Rowling’s Life Joanne Rowling, better known as J.K. Rowling was born on July 31, 1951 in Yate, England. In reality she has no middle name, but she has fused with her name, the name of her grandmother, Kathleen, hence the “K” initial in her name. She has been married since 2001 to Dr. Neil Murray and has had three children, Jessica Arantes, Mackenzie Murray, and Davis Murray. She went to Wyedean School from 1976 to 1982. Then in 1987, she left her home at the age of eighteen and attended Exeter University in Paris. There, she took a French course for a year. During that year, she read many Classic books. They helped her gain much valuable information that she would use in her future. In addition to those books, she also read books that...
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...Speech Outline I. Joanne Kathleen Rowling is a woman who went from rags to riches in less than a year because she believed that anything was possible. II. Today I will inform the class on the changes that the Harry Potter series had on J. K. Rowlings life. III. WIIFM: After my speech, the audience will be much more informed about the life of R. K. Rowling, and how she became one of the richest women in the world. Body. T1. So now, I. The Life of J. K. Rowling just before… A. Death of her mother. 1.Multiple Sclerosis B. Divorce 1. Divorced Jorge Arantes in 1993 2. this left her a single parent of one baby girl, Jessica B. Living in poverty 1. She lived in a one room flat in Edinburgh 2. Her flat had no heat and was infested with mice 3. She wrote the first chapter of Harry Potter and the philosophers stone on a napkin. T2.But everything changed when she had a small idea that would become a big deal… II. The Rise of Harry Potter, and Joanne Rowling A. Rowling had no faith after being denied by so many publishers. B. Published by Bloomsbury children’s books on June 30, 1997. 1. They paid $14,300 for the rights to the first book. 2. It was an instant success. C. Harry potter and the Philosophers stone went international in less than a year. 1. Scholastic...
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...Where Is Winky? Where Is Winky? She Is Gone. She Is Gone. Without certain characters, a story loses its appeal. Unfortunately, J. K. Rowling’s novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire loses some of its luster when transferred to film. One of the reasons the movie does not live up to the novel’s greatness is that notable characters disappear. Among the characters who make unexplained departures are two house elves: Dobby, who is introduced in an earlier novel and a previous movie, and Winky, who is supposed to make her first appearance here. Although the movie is worth watching, loss of these characters makes it less appealing than it could have been. Dobby gains the reader’s affection when he explains the difficult life of a house elf in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. His return in the fourth novel renews his appeal, but he is denied the chance to impress by not having a role in the movie. After gaining his freedom in the books, Dobby reappears in Harry’s life as an employee at Hogwarts with his friend Winky in tow. According to Dobby, Dobby has traveled the country for two whole years, sir, trying to find work! … But Dobby hasn’t found work, sir, because Dobby wants paying now! … But most wizards doesn’t want a house-elf who wants paying, miss. ‘That’s not the point of a house-elf,’ they says, and they slammed the door in Dobby’s face! Dobby likes work, but he wants to wear clothes and he wants to be paid, Harry Potter. … Dobby likes being free...
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...720px-J._K._Rowling_2010 It is excellent news from the BBC about the post-Harry Potter works by J K Rowling. the television giant is to celebrate the talents of this exceptional writer by adapting the twocrime novels written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. After Rowling was outed as the person who written these books they became best-sellers though in truth they were excellent as stand-alone detective novels. This will be the decond time that the BBC has collaborated with the Harry Potter author whose latest offerings could not be more different from her earlier work. Her first novel featuring quirky detective Cormoran Strike was entitled The Cuckoo’s Calling, which became a huge bestseller. This was soon followed by a second volume entitled The Silk Road....
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...Everyone has heard of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books, which have outshined their triumph transition all over the world. The books, which have achieved a total sale of more than 35 million copies, in over 35 languages, are very thick but are being swallowed by children and teenagers who can’t get enough. Everyone knows the story about the little wizard who must go through much evil in the human world in order to find happiness at Hogwarts school for wizards. Hogwarts is set in a parallel world, which is inhabited with strange creatures and offers many exciting adventures. In this world Harry leads the battle against the evil Lord Voldemort and his followers with Hermione Granger and Ron Weasly, which are the names of his best friends. Lord Voldemort, who wants to fight to get the power in the wizard world, exposes Harry to the most terrible dangers in all of the books. JK Rowling has planned out seven books about Harry, which are expected with great excitement every time a new book in the series releases. People are queuing outside bookshops to get the first copies when the release time is near. The story about the author of the books is an adventure, which is similar to the transformation Harry is exposed to in the switch from the Muggle worlds, the name for the boring human world and the wizard world. Joanne Kathleen Rowling had to go through a lot of wicked painful things before she became famous. She was born in 1965 as the daughter of a Scottish French mother...
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...Unit Six: Globally vs Locally Lorri Wyndham Marcellino Kaplan University SC310-33 Science May 2011 My Memorial Day Meals Lunch: Kroger brand white bread - US Kroger brand Concord grape jelly – according to the Concord Grape Association, these grapes are raised in the northeast US. Kroger brand peanut butter – from Georgia, US peanuts Frito Lay mixed nuts – distributed by Frito Lay – Plano Texas Dinner: Dominos pizza with olives and sausage – US . My lunch was purchased at Kroger and all items were Kroger brand (white bread, peanut butter and Concord grape jelly). All of the packages were listed that they came from the Kroger distribution center in Cincinnati, OH and the mixed nuts were distributed by Frito-Lay in Plano,TX. The ingredients for my meals were probably grown on large corporate farms, or as part of a co-op of smaller farms. The produce was then taken to a factory where they were processed into the final product and packaged. The products were then shipped to Cincinnati where they were then sent to my local Kroger grocery store. If everything was delivered to the store in a separate truck that is 3156 miles for the Kroger items each, and 258 miles for my nuts . My pizza was delivered from my local Domino’s pizza. I do not know where these ingredients came from expect on their TV commercials they say local farms, but by local I believe them mean within the US According to economist Michael A Walker in a lecture delivered November 2010 at the...
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...In this essay I am going to analyse two very different interviews of J K Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter. Her language varies in each of her interviews; she adapts her speech for different audiences, such as children and adults. In her interview from, Blue Peter she is more animated and lively on the other hand in her interview from 60 Minutes she is very reminiscent and glum. In the 60 Minutes interview J K Rowling uses many fillers. Fillers occur particularly in the first section of the interview, as well as some false starts and stammers. “Erm so you have that but you â you forgot⦔. This suggests that she is reminiscing as she reflects on her youth. The hesitations and false starts also show that she is being slightly self-analytical and mulling over her past, “Not re- no I don’t think I was an unhappy child” JK is quite grim and frank with her language in the first section of 60 Minutes. Her face is dark and she doesn’t use much body language. She seems to communicate her thoughts across the interviewer mainly just verbally rather than para-linguistically. Instead she emphasises her points. For example, “I have no nostalgia whatever¦.” Here she uses “whatsoever” to highlight and back up her statement. Another example of this is when JK says “¦I wouldn’t go back if you paid me. Ever.” She uses “Ever” as just one sharp word separated from her statement to emphasise her point. In the second section of the “60 Minutes” interview, JK is more enthusiastic because...
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...CHAPTER ZERO 1 CHAPTER ZERO THE PREQUEL T he speeding motorcycle took the sharp corner so fast in the darkness that both policemen in the pursuing car shouted “Whoa!” Sergeant Fisher slammed his large foot on the brake, thinking that the boy who was riding pillion was sure to be flung under his wheels; however, the motorbike made the turn without unseating either of its riders, and with a wink of its red tail light, vanished up the narrow side street. “We’ve got ’em now!” cried PC Anderson excitedly. “That’s a dead end!” Leaning hard on the steering wheel and crashing his gears, Fisher scraped half the paint off the flank of the car as he forced it up the alleyway in pursuit. There in the headlights sat their quarry, stationary at last after a quarter of an hour’s chase. The two riders were trapped between a towering brick wall and the police car, which was now crashing towards them like some growling, luminous-eyed predator. There was so little space between the car doors and the walls of the alley that Fisher and Anderson had difficulty extricating themselves from the vehicle. It injured their dignity to have to inch, crab-like, towards the miscreants. Fisher dragged his generous belly along the wall, tearing buttons off his shirt as he went, and finally snapping off the wing mirror with his backside. “Get off the bike!” he bellowed at the smirking youths, who sat basking in the flashing blue light as though enjoying it. 2 THE PREQUEL They did as they...
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...Corey Ewald AP English Lit. And Comp. 9.18.13 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows vs. Twilight Obviously thousands of people around the world have either read Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, or both; but not everyone has noticed the similarities and differences between the two. Both franchises remain very successful, and there is a question; “Is Stephenie Meyer the next J.K. Rowling?” The novels are extremely well-known and of the fantasy genre, but have numerous differences, from themes and content to writing style and structure. The books are of the same genre and have related themes, but have attracted a vast difference in readers. While similar in many aspects, the two novels bare many differences as well. Twilight can be summarized as a romance, fantasy novel about a girl, Bella, who moves to a new town and ends up falling in love with a vampire named Edward, while Harry Potter is the tale of a boy who lives with horrid relatives and finds out he’s actually a famous wizard in a secret, magical world unknown to non-magic folk, also known as “muggles”. One of the few similarities the two books have in plot is that there is a hidden world of magic or fantastical creatures concealed from the rest of humanity. An equally important difference is that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a complex tale in which minor characters and small objects have just as big an impact on the plot as the main characters...
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...Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. – Dalai Lama Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. – Dalai Lama Who are we to laugh at other people’s misfortune? Programmes like Benefits Britain, Benefit Street and Skint only exist for the pointless, low-brow entertainment for the careless viewers who enjoy a certain sense of superiority, as these people are being paraded around purely so we can laugh at them then sink back into their comfortable, benefit-free lives with a glass of champagne, unaffected by the struggles portrayed on our TV screens. These programmes find their focus in portraying the lower class, otherwise classified by the media as the ‘underclass’, as nothing more than low life scum who achieve nothing in life but signing on at 18 with no GCSE’s, 7 kids, 3 cats and a state-funded goldfish. This isn’t always the case. Not everyone breeds for a bigger house and more money. There are actually people who claim job seekers allowance who have different interests in life. I bet you didn’t know that these people existed did you? Yet, these programmes don’t show that, they only show the people who adhere to the characteristics of this ridiculous stereotype – adolescent mothers, smokers, drinkers and scruffs. The directors of these appalling programmes are extruding this corrupt idea that these individuals don’t want to work and only aspire...
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...POTTED POTTER When I first heard about “Potted Potter” I wasn’t convinced. How could you possibly squeeze hundreds (thousands?) of pages of a huge, complicated story spread out over seven books into seventy minutes? I didn’t think it could be done — at least not well. To have someone balance me out in case I liked it too much and didn’t have a bias when critiquing it; I enlisted my serious, no-nonsense, British boyfriend to accompany me to the Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall. Let’s be clear, neither of us are massive “Potterheads”. He’s read the books and moderately enjoyed them, as anyone would. I haven’t read a single one of the books but after watching every film multiple times – thank you ABC Family’s Christmastime Potter marathons – and I wouldn’t exactly be lost on the canon. It was literally the most fun I’ve ever had at the theatre. I was impressed by the initial approach. The set looked rather plain. It was three tall lumps, a desk and small bookshelf and what looked like a colourful cardboard train. How can you possibly portray a massive castle built in the Scottish mountains with that? Let alone other locations where key plot elements take place. The performers Dan Clarkson came out to shake hands before the lights lowered and the show began. Without giving too much away, I’ll say that to attend Potted Potter is sort of like if someone had turned your favorite movie into a summer camp — watching the actors perform almost as if it were just to you, interacting with...
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