Similarities Between Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire-05

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The soft vibration of the car going down the highway, along with the low hum of the radio is the perfect setting to devour any book worth reading. My journey to becoming a reader would begin after seeing the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 05’. This would lead me to having a gigantic Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone poster hanging on my wall. When I was first introducing to the wizarding world, I didn't really know what to believe, the thought of a world so magical could be just on the other side of wall was absurd to think. What else could be lurking in the shadows when we don’t pay attention. I had to find out because I wanted to know what I was missing. From a young age, I have been aware of …show more content…

There's no better feeling than meeting someone with the same interests as you and to have an automatic connection with them. Just the simple mentioning of a particular book in class can start a friendship or conversation from two people who could be so unalike. In the ninth grade my English teacher assigned a particular book to read, which I was excited for because the previous book had been phenomenal. Oh…. if I only I knew what was about to happen, once he gave his own personal description of the story I was out. O.U.T; OUT. This man went on to say that J.K.Rowling’s Harry Potter was stolen from the story Earthsea by Ursula K. Guin. Anger flushed through be as the this man before me gave a bad name to my childhood hero in front of the class. From that one incident in class I saw myself having conversations with other students about the topic and how no one believed it, because this was J.K. Rowling we were talking about she's an absolute goddess compared to this lady. It it was amazing to see how from just one topic you can form such a strong relationships with someone who was once a

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