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We too often see failure as the end of the road, but Rowling encourages u to see it as a place to begin anew. Failure is a reality will all have to face and, somehow, overcome. "It is impossible to live without failing," Rowling reassures us, "unless you live so cautiously that you may as well not have lived at all -- in which case, you fail by default." Failure can teach lessons that no other experience can. It is a gift that is "painfully won," but worth it.
Rowling again invokes Harry Potter imagery when she tells her audience that, had she a time-turner, and could go back in time, she would tell her graduating self that "life is not a checklist of acquisition or achievement." So many of us get caught in the trap of comparing our life to our list of expectations. Rowling is telling us to do the opposite, that our diplomas and our resumes are not the substance...
This may seem ironic in a commencement speech, but the point is clearly made. A diploma is something to celebrate and achievements should certainly be marked, but failures will still come, and we should always look for the lessons we can learn from such setbacks.
Rowling concludes her speech by focusing on the importance of imagination -- the ability to envision what is not -- not merely for writing books, but for imagining yourself in the shoes of others so that you may feel empathy and compassion, and put your achievements to good use. "What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality," Rowling says, quoting Plutarch. Our accomplishments aren't merely for ourselves, then, they have a larger purpose. Grades matter, diplomas matter, but, as Rowling concludes, "As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters."
D. Harry Potter has influence around the world as well, having been translated into dozens of languages. III. This influence has resulted in Rowling having received many awards and enjoyed substantial material success. A. The Harry Potter series has received numerous awards 1. Several book awards, including British Children's Book of the Year 2. Nomination for a Carnegie Medal 3. Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize in 2010 B. Rowling became a billionaire 1. Gave away a lot
This brought a tremendous amount of relief and happiness to a lot of competing authors, and a tremendous honor to Ms. JK Rowling. Criticisms of JK Rowling and Harry Potter books Over the years, despite her many accolades (Carter 4; Conn 1179; Lake 510; Subkowski 744; Welsh 9), many have criticized her work. Several Christian groups suggest the Harry Potter books condone Satanism (Satanism in Harry), Naziism (Satanism in Harry), and
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is the first book in a trilogy based on her child-wizard character Harry Potter. Rowling has created a world of wizardry and witchcraft that enchants both children and adults. Her story confronts good verses evil with larger than life mystical heroes and villains. Harry Potter, the hero of Rowling's story, has been raised by his aunt and uncle,
Harry Potter The hero of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series is a remarkably complex character for one that is crafted to relate to a young adult readership. In the first book of the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which was renamed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for American readers only. As Davis points out, the too-intelligent or sophisticated sounding word "philosopher" might have put off American readers. The
In both books, these individuals are disembodied. Sauron needs the ring that was found by the Hobbits to return to power, and readers find out in the sixth Harry Potter book that the evil Lord Voldemort has fragmented his soul into multiple pieces, all hidden. Once they are found and joined together, Voldemort will return with full power again. In both books, the antagonists have symbols that can be seen
Rowling's series of fantasy novels "Harry Potter" have had a strong impact on the contemporary society and on how people perceived fantasy novels in general. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is the seventh and final book from the series and it has generated much controversy with regard to how it tends to step away from attitudes promoted in its predecessors by introducing several Christian references. This came as a