From Darkness Into Light By: William Lewis Core: 1 I made sure my alarm woke me up at 5:00. During this time of day, the streets of Paris were empty, the morning sky was awash with peach, like fire crackling in the atmosphere and the ocean blue, blue as a gleaming sapphire, with clouds, perfectly white clouds as pure as the moon, like dandelions dancing in the sky. But I had to get to work. I made posters again with his address and the right time, but this time with better material. I put them up at around 6:00, and now I realized that I just had to wait. As he left his house for the coffee, I noticed he was crying, he really needed help. I sure hoped this would work. “Ah finally, that took forever,” I exclaimed as he came biking back. I had been sitting there for over 7 hours. I know, pretty unbelievable. But I was dite-diter-determined to make this man’s life better. When he got home, he luckily didn’t notice the signs. Then, the most magical thing happened. A woman actual...
Harry Potter is one of the most celebrated book series of the century, and has changed the world in many ways. Not only does Harry make readers jealous of his amazing life, but he keeps readers on the edge of their seat with all his adventures. But what sets Harry apart from other characters? And other books? Like, what about the Hunger Games and Divergent? Why aren’t they as much of a world changer? Well, here’s why… Starting with one of the most obvious reasons, Harry’s relatability. While his life is crazy and could never really happen in real life, his actions are similar to what you would do in that situation. Like, even in this magical wizarding world, a lot of the tough questions/decisions he makes are things any teenager of that age would have to go through. Meanwhile, someone like Percy Jackson doesn’t go through these things, as the author tries to leave these little details out, focusing on the action. Next, another reason for it’s success is something a lot of people don’t even think about. In both Divergent and the Hunger Games, people live in a dystopian society, and live in a very negative version of our world. Then, someone comes to take them into an even worse world, where they kill and fight for their lives. But in the Harry Potter world, everything is regular, and Harry is just living a bad life. And instead of someone coming to make it worse, someone (Hagrid) comes to save him, and bring him to a place he could have only dreamed of. Everything is happy, and Harry wants to go to hogwarts, vs the negativity and sadness of other dystopian books. This creates more positivity towards the book, and makes us love to read it. It puts us in a good mood, not a bad one. And THAT, is why Harry Potter is such a big deal, and will continue to be for MANY, MAAAAAAANNNNYYYY years.
Wow! That's really all I can say, I'm speechless! You went over every detail needed, and it really informed me to the max of my ability on the trouble's and life that Harry Potter must go through. You were very thorough and should continue to do so. Keep it up!
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