The magical creatures of the Harry Potter series! Although the many magical creatures throughout the Harry Potter series of books, let’s discuss three I like from the first book The Sorcerer's Stone. Some creatures play a big part in the wizarding world while others don’t. Owls serve as a bridge between the magical and muggle world. These owls possess the ability to find the recipient of any letter or package without address. If you don’t wish to be contacted, you cast a repelling, disguising, or masking spell. They also serve as a companion, such as Hedwig Harry’s owl. Ron’s owl Errol is clumsy and is considered a menace by Ron. Unicorns the most magical creatures in the series. They bleed silver and if you drink their blood while you're
The Pacific Northwest is perhaps most commonly known for its awe-inspiring old growth forests that have been gracing the land for hundreds and hundreds of years. The land in British Colombia, Canada, Washington state, Oregon, and parts of Northern California are the only areas in the world where these forests exist. One of the most unique and amazing inhabitants of this age-old forest is the Northern Spotted Owl. The Northern Spotted Owl has been on the endangered species list for over ten years now. The Northern Spotted Owl can only be found in these old growth forests. The northern spotted owl requires many acres old forests to survive, due to its scarce food supply. They are very sensitive to their habitat, and simply cannot survive in any other environment. These owls, as well as the forests have been disappearing at an alarming rate due to the immense logging industry in its area.
The Northern Spotted Owl can only live in old growth environment, it is considered an “indicator species”: The health of the Northern Spotted Owl population indicates the health of the old-growth forest ecosystem. An individual Northern Spotted Owl needs more than 3,000 acres of old growth to survive, because of its scarce food supply. The Northern Spotted Owl is found in the cool, moist woodlands on the Pacific Northwest. The habitat of the Northern Spotted Owl can be described as trees relatively large in diameter in the stand, multi-layered canopy, large tall live trees with cavities, broken tops, mistletoe, or platforms of branches capable of holding accumulated organic matter suitable for use as a nest, dead standing trees and fallen decayed trees to support abundant populations of prey species, especially northern flying squirrels and woodrats.
Most owls are nocturnal birds that are found everywhere in the world. The fossils of the owls’ existence have dated back 54 million years ago. There are 205 different owl species. The owl species are divided into 2 different groups, one known as the barn owl, and the other as the true owls. True owls are more common than barn owls. The picture above shows a burrowing owl, which is a species of true owls. They have round faces where as barn owls have heart shaped faces. Most owls use their binocular vision to hunt prey. Owls have large eyes that set forward on their heads that allow them to have excellent depth perception. Their eyes have several large special cells called rods that are sensitive to low light. Their eyes are fixed in their
In the Middle Ages the unicorn was thought of as being a strong and fierce animal associated with chastity and virginity. It was during this time that unicorns began appearing in artwork and tapestries. The Unicorn Tapestries have been one of the most popular tapestry wall hangings since the medieval era.
1. Harry Potter’s parents are killed, but the person who killed his parents doesn’t kill him.
Jazz Stephens presented on Does Incubation Behavior Influence Nestling Telomere Length? And Egg Gross-Foster Experiment In Barn Swallows. The research measured effects of telomere length of barn swallow based on specific environmental criteria. In barn swallows, it is known that telomere length is associated with survival, reproductive growth, and success. The research team analyzed how incubated temperature affects telomere length. This experiment was done by two methodologies. The first, cross-foster design, which decoupled genetic environments to analyze how telomere changes in different environments. To test the temperature within the nest, a fake egg was placed within the nest the recorded the continuous temperature within the nest.
As you can see Harry has a great time bird watching and looks forward to his adventures, never really knowing on a particular day what he is going to see. Things change on a daily basis and what you see today may not be what you see tomorrow! And there is so much to look at! The coloring of a bird, the speed, the song, even its personality! Yes, its personality! For a bird can be shy, intelligent, aggressive or outgoing, even meticulous!
The short story "The Birds" was written by Daphne du Maurrier and was filmed and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It has a very interesting and suspenseful plot. The short story was well written and the film was well played, both are very similar. Although, they have a few differences the film and short story have the same mood and theme. Would the differences in the film and the short story affect the suspenseful and frightening plot?Alfred Hitchcock did an outstanding job filming the movie matching it with the short story. In both the short story and film flocks and flocks of gulls, robins, and sparrows join each other.
Barn owls have round heart shaped heads. Their eyes are black but inside their eyes they have huge retinas and eyes packed with rods and cones that help them see in low light vision. Their eyes can also see 50 to 100 times better than humans. They also have great hearing; tests conclude that barn owls can hunt by sound alone. The barn owls body has puffy feathers as to trick there enemies into thinking there bigger than they actually are.
The movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the very first of seven movies. The movie emphasizes the value of humility with the role of Harry Potter. The movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has many great themes, which included heroism and this is a great reason to watch it.
Grendel and Saint George's dragon, then to the mermaids, trolls, and one-eyed giants of our fairy and
Are adults overprotective of their children? To what point do we protect children? Where should the line be drawn? Along with those questions is how easily children can be influenced by these same adults. Two poets, Richard Wilbur and Billy Collins, express the ideas of how easily children can be manipulated and how sometimes adults think they are protecting their innocent children, when in reality they are not. Wilbur and Collins express these ideas in their poems through numerous literary devices. The literary devices used by Wilbur and Collins expose different meanings and two extremely different end results. Among the various literary devices used, Wilbur uses imagery, a simple rhyme scheme and meter, juxtaposition of the rational and irrational, and a humorous tone to represent the narrator’s attempt to “domesticate” irrational fears. Conversely Collins uses symbols, historical interpretations, imagery, diction and other literary devices to depict the history teacher’s effort to shield his students from reality. In the poems, “A Barred Owl,” by Richard Wilbur, and “The History Teacher,” by Billy Collins, both poets convey how adults protect and calm children from their biggest, darkest fears and curiosities.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone follows Harry Potter’s journey through his first year at Hogwarts and how he overcomes the challenges he faces. Throughout his struggles, multiple archetypes are demonstrated. Archetypes describe a certain situation, symbol, character, hero, number, or color, and they each contribute to the development of the plots of stories. J.K. Rowling displays the use of archetypes in various ways in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
In J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone”, different philosophical themes are incorporated in the book as Harry and his friends, Ron and Hermione, explore Hogwarts and attempt to protect the sorcerer’s stone. One philosophical theme in particular, truth, plays an important role throughout various chapters in the story.
Unicorns are one of the fantasy genre’s most renowned mythical creatures. Typically, when authors introduce unicorns into their narrative it is as a symbol of hope, innocence, and purity; these traits inevitably rub off onto characters that interact with them. In contrast, unicorns in The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany serve a darker purpose. In this novel, unicorns symbolize the fallen nature of the world. This is best shown by the envy unicorns arouse in humans and elvish creatures alike and through the nonstop hunt for the creatures.