J. K. Rowling is the writer of the Harry Potter books, which started in 1997 with, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The hero of the books, Harry Potter was a seemingly normal kid who found out that he was a wizard on his eleventh birthday. He receives training to become a wizard at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The books are a constant struggle between good and evil. Harry uses the magic he learns, to protect his friends and defeat his enemies. One of the things J.K Rowling and her hero have in common is that their lives haven’t always been so magical. Both have experienced death, disappointment, and hardship. However, the obstacles she has had to overcome have made J.K Rowling into the strong, wonderful person readers know today.
The British author entered the world on July 31, 1965. She was born in Gloucestershire, England at Yate General Hospital (Pollack 9). J.K Rowling is the daughter of Anne and Peter Rowling. She has one sister, Di or Diana, who is two years yonger. (Pollack 8). “J.K Rowling’s real name is Joanne but she prefers being called ‘Jo’. Her parents did not actually give her a middle name but she took the 2nd initial K for her favorite grandmother Kathleen when she published Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (MacDonald 34).
Jo was always very creative and had an interest in writing. She knew from an early age she wanted to be a writer (Pollack 1). The first story she ever told was to her sister Di. In this story, Di fell into a rabbit hole and a family of rabbits fed her strawberries (Pollack 9). The first story she wrote when she six, was also about a rabbit. This particular rabbit contracted measles in the story (MacDonald 33). This story showed that even at a young age Rowling...
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The Harry Potter book series has sold over 450 million copies and has been translated into almost every language on the face of the earth (“Harry Potter”). Millions have faithfully followed the story about this magical world and have fallen in love with the many enchanting characters. What most readers do not recognize is the prominence that classical Greek/Roman mythological allusions play in the beloved Harry Potter roles through their names and personality attributes. The importance of names is extremely significant to a person’s identity, especially in literature where words are meant to bring stories to life. J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, continues this concept through her characters by linking their names to classical
The things Hopkins have been through throughout her life have made her see all risks of the bad things her daughter went through, and she wants to try and help people through these novels. The first time she heard about getting censored she wrote a poem called Manifesto and sent it out to her publisher. Although many parents and schools disagree with her writing style and theme, she still continues to write inspiring books and doesn’t let the news about her censorship ruin her confidence in writing.
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Shortly after her brother was sent away to boarding school Agatha’s mother felt it necessary for her sister to be sent to an all girl boarding school as well. Luckily for Agatha her mother chose to keep her at home and become her personal tutor. As Smaridge says, “… her mother, who thought her daughters capable of anything, did not believe in aimless dreaming, even when a child was sick” (82). Her mother would encourage her to write stories when she had spare time, so that she was not just sitting around wasting time and brain power. “She wrote poetry, and she was interested in the soul” says Acocella. Agatha was very much inspired by...
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Rowling failures made her the writer she exemplifies today. Without her struggles, she would have not posed as a role model for women and neither would her characters. Beyond that, her generous outlook on living would not have inspired the rich to lend a hand to the unfortunate. Perhaps maybe failure equals success after
The portrayal of female characters in British literature has most often reflected the larger perception of women by society during the time of a work’s publication. In this regard, the immensely popular Harry Potter series written by author J.K. Rowling is certainly no exception. The circumstances for women in late 20th century Britain have improved and in many ways are nearing equality with men, yet a notable upper barrier to success still remains. Rowling captures this gender dynamic throughout the Harry Potter series by including a diverse cast of resilient female characters who are not allowed to take on the same leadership roles dominated by the men at Hogwarts, at the Ministry of Magic, in quidditch, and during the Triwizard tournament. The novels also center on an important theme of motherly love that Rowling uses to explore the sacrifices women must make in order to raise their children well. Such issues have been present in British literature for well over a century, with each generation seeing steps toward equality, both for the fictitious characters and the women of a given time period. The Harry Potter series, therefore, constitutes a reflection of female status in modern Britain that has advanced, but remains perpetually flawed.
The Harry Potter phenomenon had its humble beginning all the way back in the 1990s, when the first book, written by J. K. Rowling, came out in the shops. The main protagonist, a scrawny, young child wizard, who wore round glasses, had an immediate appeal to the readers, but no one at that time knew that the young boy would turn out to be the literary icon of the last decade. The popularity of the book resulted in it being translated into various language...
J.K. Rowling is a very prominent and noteworthy woman. She has influenced people’s lives all around the world, by writing the Harry Potter series of seven books. Rowling has given millions of dollars to charities and she has helped people all over the world enjoy reading. With her major philanthropic efforts of giving to charity or her brilliantly crafted novels, J.K. Rowling is the Dumbledore of the muggle world.
Despite Rowling's statement that she did not have any particular age group in mind when she began to write the Harry Potter books, the publishers initially targeted them at children age nine to eleven.[12] On the eve of publishing, Joanne Rowling was asked by her publishers to adopt a more gender-neutral pen name, in order to appeal to the male members of this age group, fearing that they would not be interested in reading a novel they knew to be written by a woman. She elected to use J. K. Rowling (Joanne Kathleen Rowling), using her grandmother's name as her second name, because she has no middle name.[13]