The Author: A Secret U.S. Performance-Car Enthusiast?
The author uses numeric subtlety in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (Sorcerer’s) Stone” to conceal the fact that she is an American performance-car enthusiast.
Category: Department of Mysteries
Severus Snape: Shedding Some Light on This Dark Soul
What drives Severus Snape? It asks the reader to go deeper than “Love for Lily Potter.”
I Open at the Close: How Sorcerer’s Stone Anticipated Deathly Hallows
Now that “Harry Potter” is over, we can see how the last book echoes the first. Here are my top connections and what they add to the series.
Voldemort and Harry: Connected, but Not Alike
An examination of Voldemort and Harry’s similar childhoods to determine why they turned out differently.
What Would a Boggart Turn into if Your Worst Fear Was Heights?
By Susanna Dodds ABSTRACT: This essay describes a flaw in a boggart. 5 in 100 people suffer from acrophobia (the fear of heights) so how does a boggart represent that? There are many things...
We Are Family! – A Study of Family Trees and Inter-Marriage of Pure-Blood Families
By Casey Abstract: I start out with my inspiration, and go on to talk about the Black family tree. I get into the Weasley’s connection to the Blacks and how that works out on...
