CC #048: Week of September 14, 2003
In this week’s Caption Contest image, Cornelius Fudge and Dumbledore pay Hagrid a visit. Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
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The Importance of Saving Goblet of Fire
by Andrew Lee and Robert Lanto “Bad news, Harry. I’ve just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She – er got a bit shirty with me. Told me I’d got my priorities...
The North Tower #3: Prophecies: A General Study (1)
A prophecy, according to Longman’s dictionary is “a statement that something will happen in the future, especially one made by someone with religious or magical powers.” This definition goes well with the HP books as well as general mythology. What’s important here is to first make a distinction between a prophecy and general indications (GIs) of the future.
CC #047: Week of September 7, 2003
In this week’s Caption Contest image, Ron and Hermione discover trouble in the courtyard at school. Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
Transcript: J.K. Rowling’s Prince of Asturias Award Acceptance Speech
J.K. Rowling won the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord on September 10, 2003. The following is a transcript of her acceptance speech from that award ceremony.
The North Tower #2: Harry or Neville: Who’s the “Real” One?
I got quite a lot of owls about Neville and Harry in relation to the prophecy. What if Neville’s “the One” after all and not Harry? So, I chose that mystery for today’s topic.
According to the prophecy (which we analysed last week), “the One” is born at the end of July to parents who have thrice defied Voldemort. Both Neville and Harry fit this description. They are both potentials.
CC #046: Week of August 31, 2003
In this week’s Caption Contest image, Professor Snape confronts Harry and Ron about the writing on the wall. Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
The Pensieve #7: Rising Stars
By Joshua Smith First of all, congratulations to Ms. Anita Rodgers, who was the first to correctly guess the answer to the movie trivia! The quote was from A Beautiful Mind, said by character...
Harry Potter: Children’s Literature or People’s Story?
by Elle Moxley I, like many others here and everywhere, was a complete and total skeptic of the phenomenon that is JK Rowling’s Harry Potter. In 1999, I was in sixth grade and eleven years...
