It is evident that fictional stories have always thrived off the imaginations of their writers. Nonetheless, it is also true that most authors are inspired by the world around them to write their ...

Some would say that Harry Potter is a Bildungsroman story, about the growth of the protagonist (Harry) from childhood to adulthood. Others argue that it is a fantasy story containing a quest ...

Jo Rowling has said in a 2000 interview, "Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most: all forms of intolerance, the whole idea of "that which is different from me is necessarily evil." 1 Not as ...