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The House System: Bringing People Together and Tearing Them Apart

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In her article “Safe as Houses: Sorting and School Houses at Hogwarts,” Lavoie talks mostly about the rivalry between Gryffindor and Slytherin. She discusses why Slytherin is allowed to continue even though they are known to product dark wizards and why they are described the way they are in the books. Though just like in the novels the other two houses, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff go mostly unnoticed. Though it is widely known that the Houses provide a family for those within it they don’t foster much of a community atmosphere outside of the houses. Lavoie furthers this argument by stating that the welcome back feast “reinforces two types of loyalties – that which each individual owes to the school, and that which is owing to one’s house. The Sorting Hat thus brings the students together and simultaneously sets them apart” (35). At an extremely young age the children who go to Hogwarts are sorting into their houses. The sorting process is problematic on a couple of levels.

For starters, each house represents certain values that can also be seen as stereotypes. The Gryffindors are brave and daring, Hufflepuffs are loyal and hard-working, Slytherin are clever and ambitious, and Ravenclaws are smart and value learning. These are somewhat constricting parameters for a person to meet and it over simplifies the complexities of human personalities. Lavoie exemplifies this idea when she is talking about the simplified online sorting quizzes, “Rowling’s character’s, and the houses in which the hat places them, are more complicated than the websites allow” (40). Some people would suggest that Hermione should be in Ravenclaw because she is extremely smart and is at the top of her class. Even though she possesses those values that are important to Ravenclaw she is put in Gryffindor. Given the fact that Hermione is so smart she would fit the bill for Ravenclaw and should be put there but she isn’t is put into Gryffindor. She defies the stereotypes that seem to constrict those in the houses they are sorted in. However, most people do not seem to defy the stereotypes of their house. Draco Malfoy is one such example. He is cunning in that he is always trying to trick the system to get what he wants; an example of this would be when he got on the Quidditch team not by talent but by buying his way on the team with new brooms for everyone on the team. He also confirms the stereotype around Slytherins going bad when he becomes a Death Eater.

The other issue with sorting the students right when they get to school is that the house you are sorted into determines the friends you are going to have for the next seven years. Though Gryffindor has classes with other houses, they mostly have class with Slytherin. Given the hatred those two houses have for each other that doesn’t really give them the opportunity to interact and become friends with people from that house. Though they do occasionally have classes with other houses no friendships seem to come from it. The houses divide them. The only time some of the houses seem to come together is against Slytherin, “more often than not Gryffindors are united with Hufflepuffs and Ravenclws in their abhorrence of Slytherin” (Lavoie 38). But this only seems to bring the houses as a whole together and friendships on a more personal level don’t seem to form. Harry doesn’t make a friend from another house until he meets Luna in his fifth year at Hogwarts. Even then it is kind of hard to call them friends as they don’t really spend any time together except for when they are in the DA or Luna is helping Harry, Ron, and Hermione out in some form or another. She mostly exists on the periphery of the story and of our trio’s lives.

So, the houses bring people together and tear them apart all at the same time. The houses create some pretty strict stereotypes that most people seem to adhere to with a few exceptions. It divides people symbolically and physically from each other. The houses determine who your friends are going to be before you even get a chance to meet any other people since the sorting happens right after the first years get to Hogwarts. The houses make it a lot harder to make friends outside of your house though it does happen sometimes in the case of Luna and the trio. Perhaps there is a better way to sort the houses or maybe even create some programs where members of different houses can freely communicate with those in other houses for we will always be stronger together than apart.

Journal 12

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Courtnee Johns

April 23, 2017

ENGL 281

Dr. Powers

Chemical Wizardry in the Classroom

In Jane Snell Copes’ article, The Chemical Wizardry of J.K. Rowling, she fantastically breaks down some of the magical aspects of the books (such as Hermione’s blue flame in a jam jar) and explains how we can create similar effects using chemistry. Copes’ article describes exceptionally well what one might need to create these “magical” effects, and which ones are safe enough to perform indoors. This article is a great tool for teachers who are interested in creating a fun and safe lesson plan for students of all ages.

For young students, perhaps preschool through elementary, Copes’ mentions safe, indoor-friendly options such as creating “invisible” ink or color-changing ink with common kitchen ingredients (Copes, 1480). Another immersive project for young students could be aging paper with tea, or using firework sparklers as makeshift wands (1480). Whatever you choose, children are sure to have fun in your Hogwarts themed class while you can teach lessons about safe experimentation, critical thinking (what makes the ink change color, for example) skills, and provide a brief introduction to chemistry.

For older students, perhaps in middle school or high school, assuming parental permission is granted for experiments that have more of a “flash and bang” aspect, Copes’ describes how a teacher can create the blue flame in a jam jar by preparing “a gel of denatured alcohol with saturated aqueous calcium acetate solution” (1479). She notes, however, that to avoid any accidents, it would be safer to use a metal can rather than a glass jam jar as in the Harry Potter novel (1479). Also concerning neat tricks with open flames, Copes discusses how sprinkling boric acid into flames will create the dazzling green effect that Floo Powder has and that one could create a similar effect of holding flames in hand by creating flashpaper, which burns quickly and completely (1480). The allure of Harry Potter and the awesome effects that can be created using simple procedures and ingredients is certain to keep students engaged and excited during the class period.

While Coles’ article is not a step-by-step instructional guide to magical wizardry in the classroom, it is an in-depth, highly informative, and relatively short read that will help to formulate ideas about how a teacher may want to conduct a Harry Potter Potions class or a similarly themed class. Her article, while providing brief information about the types of chemicals you might need to achieve these dazzling chemical reactions, also includes a wide array of reference articles in which a teacher may find more detailed instructions and safety information.

Overall, for educators who desire adding a new, exciting element to their lesson planning repertoire, Cole’s brief article is a wonderful place to start. Her reader-friendly writing style is great for chemistry teachers who already know their way around a Bunsen burner, while it’s also easy enough to understand for educators in other subjects (such as English Educators looking for an engaging way to talk about the use of language in spells) who are looking for a break in the class’s routine.

Monday in Pauxia (Remix)

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Anna Lang

Dr. Powers

ENGL 281

2 April 2018

Monday in Pauxia

Like the flash of lightning, bars of blue light came down upon the door, blocking students from entering or exiting the dark, dungy classroom. Pauxia, Academy of Wizardry, is no stranger to lockdowns. When you’re an unfunded public school in the projects of Philadelphia, lockdowns and locker searches are just part of a typical week. From the sounds of the students’ gossip in Professor Kramel’s remedial potions class, it sounded like this lockdown was because someone managed to smuggle a wand silencer through security today. Impressive, if you think about it, since those security wizards went through intensive training at New York’s Wizarding College of Protection, kind of like the No-Maj police officers that are seen running around the neighborhoods of Philly.

Wand silencers were hard to come by on this side of Philly, especially since the recent crackdown from Philadelphia’s Safety Commissioner got re-elected for a tenth year in a row. Simply put, a wand silencer was a small, thin black rectangle that hooked onto the bottom of any wand, making them virtually untraceable and undetectable. The few that were still floating around the crumbling city belonged to gang members who only emerged under the cover of darkness.  

Birdie Benentt sat in the back of her potions class, arms crossed as she watched Professor Kramel pull out the binder from his desk in a swift motion. The orange binder held all the procedures that professors were suppose to follow if something happened; whether it be lockdowns, fights, or missing students. Karmel was only here for a few month, and in Birdie’s opinion, he only had a few more left before this school chewed him up and spat him back out. Although Professor Karmel was a nice enough teacher, his overly large nose, his naturally green hair, and boring class was often the butt of jokes in Pauxia. There had only been two lockdowns before -which was a record low at Pauxia- and poor Karmel was a stickler for rules and procedures, hench why he was now fumbling through the pages of the binder to look up what to do.

Students were suddenly excited and loud with the sudden appearance of the blue bars over the door. Pretty much all of them knew how these lockdowns worked, and in in the spirit of chaos, they wanted to make their own.

“Settle down guys!” Professor Karmel whined through his huge nose, hoping his class would quiet down long enough for him to think. Once he glanced down at the binder, he grabbed a silver basket under his desk. “You know the drill. First row, please come up and put your wands in the basket.” Grumbles ensued. The first row didn’t want to move from their seats, and some outright ignored the instructions and were busy gossiping with their friends around them. “If I don’t have wands in here in 10 seconds, you can all kiss the love potion lesson goodbye!” he shouted. That was enough to get the class moving.
Birdie slumped down in her seat, waiting for her row to be called on. She traced over the moving graffiti on her ancient wooden desk, watching a poorly drawn dragon fly around. Handing over her wand during lockdowns was always the worst; her wand was the only thing that gave her any sense of power in her drabby life. Between her deadbeat mom who was always high or drunk, a her father that was barely around because of work, and a cramped apartment with no privacy, there was enough stress for Birdie. At least at Pauxia, she was able to actually use her wand and be her own person. Who knew how long this lockdown would go on for.

“Row five, your turn,” Professor Karmel said. All six of the students, including Birdie, rose from their seats and walked over to the silver basket, dropping their chipped, secondhand wands into it. The basket had a special hex on it, simultaneously recording to make sure each wand actually belonged to each student, they didn’t have any silencers or illegal charms on them, and were sealed in the basket until security came around to each class to release them. But that could take hours. Returning back to her, Birdie slumped forward on her desk, flicking a piece of her curly, kinky hair out from her eyes. Her school’s tie- an ugly orange and light blue- coiled on the desk next to her head. On the back, she could read the tiny tag, which stated: PROPERTY OF PAUXIA, ACADEMY OF WIZARDRY.

“Settle DOWN class,” Professor Karmel snipped at the rowdy class of 25. Calypso, another girl with a reputation of running her mouth, whined back.

“How long is it gonna take Mister?” she said. “I’mma leavin early today, and I can’t be late for my hair appointment again.”

“I don’t know, Calypso,” Professor Karmel said. “But until we get the all clear from Principal Levvy, we are going to try to continue with our lesson.”

The class collectively moan in protest. Calypso started to talk back over the roar students, something about how they should watch a movie or something. Anything would be better than potions class right now. Birdie nestled her head in between her arms on her desk, and closed her eyes to try to ignore the class. She picked one of her hands up from the desk, and felt her right pocket to make sure her stack of tarot cards were still there. Reading tarot cards was something she loved doing, and according to the astrology Professor Gambi, she had a natural talent of reading the past, present, and future.

“Birdie, please get your head off the desk, and pay attention,” Professor Karmel said all of the sudden. Gritting her teeth and biting her tongue before she said something stupid, she reluctantly sat up in her uncomfortable chair. Today, she thought, was going to be a long day.

Journal 12 – Cassidy LeDonne

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Cassidy LeDonne

Journal 12

4/24/17

Marketing of Harry Potter

In the article “Truth is Stranger than Magic: The Marketing of Harry Potter”, author Anne Galligan talks about all the positive and negative things being said about the marketing of Harry Potter.  Galligan talks about the decisions J.K. Rowling made and she allowed or didn’t allow some things to be marketed.   J.K. Rowling created a global phenomenon in Harry Potter. As an author, she has the right to market her phenomenon the way she wants to.  I completely disagree that some parents, nutritionists and other health-advocacy groups were upset that J.K. Rowling allowed a partnership between Coca-Cola and Harry Potter.  Galligan states “One nutritionist declares that the partnership between Coca-Cola and Harry Potter ‘is a sad example of unconscionable marketing’.”  J.K. Rowling has a right to market the way she wants too and Coca-Cola were to offer that nutritionist a “three-year, eighteen million dollar campaign” for something that they published, I doubt that nutritionist would say no either.  Besides, just because J.K. Rowling agreed to the campaign with Coca-Cola, it doesn’t mean she’s promoting unhealthy eating just like some of the health-advocacy groups were claiming.  Kids shouldn’t have to worry about drinking Coca-Cola at a young age, and it’s not like J.K. Rowling was allowing Harry Potter to be in the drug market campaign.

Putting the negative thoughts about the critics of Coca-Cola aside, there were many other critics to J.K. Rowling’s global phenomenon.  Author, Anne Galligan, states that other people like conservative groups “charge that the books/films are anti-Christian, promoting witchcraft and Satanism.”  J.K. Rowling has defended her Harry Potter series time and time again, stating that she is a Christian herself and she actually puts hints of bible verses throughout the books.  I feel like people have nothing better to do with their lives but be jealous and constantly be a critic of someone else who is succeeding more than them.

Aside from the negative critics about how J.K. Rowling markets Harry Potter, there are many positive critics and other positive things happening from what J.K. Rowling is doing.  Anne Galligan states that J.K. Rowling has a “willingness to contribute to selected charities.”  At the end of the day, J.K. Rowling is benefiting herself by getting Harry Potter more globalized but at the same time she chooses to benefit others as well as herself.  From all of J.K. Rowling’s willingness to contribute to charities, she was then labeled as a hero author.  Galligan states “Rowling received an OBE and an honorary Ph.D. after HP4 for her services to literature.”  Though Rowling is doing positive things with her marketing of her Harry Potter series, she is also benefiting from it like no other.  J.K. Rowling is one of the richest females in the world.  With all the marketing she is doing, she has to be a billionaire by now.  Lego paid J.K. Rowling $100 million for the construction license and Coca-Cola paid $150 million for its food license.  These aren’t even counting how much money she made from all the movies, Harry Potter World in Florida and other various other Harry Potter items.

Rowling has done a brilliant job marketing her Harry Potter world. She has turned down the right people when she needed and has never said no to an amazing opportunity. Anne Galligan states in her article that “Twice a year she negotiates with Warner on possible Potter products and claims success in vetoing particularly crass prototypes.  The Moaning Myrtle Toilet Seat, for example, did not eventuate.” J.K. Rowling has, in her own way, made Harry Potter as famous as he is with help through marketing.  She turned Harry Potter into a well-known, any aged global phenomenon.

Cassidy’s Re-Mix

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Cassidy’s remix project was a fun take on a game that already exists. I like that she recreated her own rules for the game and she took the time to draw out what the new game would look like. Her design was clear for the boards and she kept a traditional look for the house boards by using their colors. I was interested in her idea and overall presentation she was enthusiastic and spokeclearly when addressing the class. I appreciate how she used the true rules ofQuidditch for the rules of this game with only having 3 bean bags to throw, three hoops all worth different points and the points being fairly split up to scale for her modified version. This is a game I would love to play in real life and I think it is something that could be brought to life if she had more time to do it or if she took the idea to the next level. I could tell that she picked something she’s interested in and knowing her as a person, something involving a sport or competition is perfect. If I could give her one suggestion, it would be to make the boards and play it for real. I think that would be an awesome way to get the whole class to participate together but I know it would have taken a lot of work to make the boards real.

Sarah’s Re-Mix

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I really loved Sarah’s idea for her fanfiction. A story in which Neville was the chosen one rather than Harry would change nearly everything. For one, once Voldemort learned that it was Neville, Severus would have had no problem letting his parents die. He would have no reason to ask Voldemort for the “favor” of not killing Lily, and in turn, would not have gone to Dumbledore to ask for his additional protection. Therefore, Snape would remain a Death Eater, and would not be there to protect Neville for all those years throughout his time at Hogwarts. Unless a different character were to perform the actions that Snape did to protect Harry, the wizarding world would be in a significantly more dangerous position. Because of this, I would really love to see how Sarah would write the rest of the fanfiction. It would be so interesting to get her perspective on how the events might have taken place. My favorite part of her excerpt was when Neville was surrounded by the huge crowd inDiagon Alley and his grandmother dispersed them. I thought that during this part, we were going to see Neville use his powers for the first time, because of the stress he was under, and that didn’t happen. Instead his grandma stood up for him and by the power of her own voice could dispel the crowd. It genuinely caught me off-guard, and I love to be caught off-guard when I’m reading. I think her story was well thought-through and she clearly put a lot of time and work into writing and outlining her story. I believe that she did a fantastic job with this project.

Game of Thrones and Hogwarts Houses

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Kylie’s take:

Since we’re supposed to use this journal as more of a jumping off point and less of a critique/praise kind of thing, I thought I would sort some of the characters from one of my current fandoms into Hogwarts houses. I’m not sure how familiar you are with the television show Game of Thrones, but I watched it over winter break and absolutely fell in love with it. I’m currently re-watching it with my boyfriend and I’m enjoying it almost as much as I did seeing it the first time. There are so many characters that I won’t be able to do all of them, but I’ll do a couple of main characters and give you my reasoning for why I put them there. Like Magdalena, I give the disclaimer that these are my opinions and so if you love GoT and disagree with me, I’m sorry! (Spoiler alert if you haven’t watched the tv show!)

Cersei Lannister: She’s obviously a Slytherin. She’s very cunning and ambitious, always trying to secure power for herself and for her family. Shewas able to take control of a situation where she had very few allies and get rid of all her enemies at once. She’s a Slytherin, through and through

Tyrion Lannister: I would put Tyrion in Ravenclaw. He is very intelligent and, more importantly, he values intelligence. He knows that he needs to be smarter than his opponents because they often are stronger than him and have more power. He’s also one of the funniest characters on the show, because of his wit.

Arya Stark: I had to think about this one a little, but I think that Arya would be a Gryffindor. She’s incredibly brave and has a strong sense of justice, which is evident by her wish to avenge her family member’s deaths. She also has a temper, which is a negative trait that is commonly associated with Gryffindor.

Daenerys Targaryen: Like Arya, this was a hard one for me, but I settled on Slytherin. Daenerys is incredibly ambitious and perseverant; she doesn’t let any obstacles stand in her way. She’s obsessed with success and taking back the Iron Throne, which bleeds into every other aspect of her life. I think she’s the perfect example of what Slytherins can be at their best.

Ned Stark: I would put Ned Stark in Hufflepuff (most people would probably put him in Gryffindor, but hear me out). The two things that define Ned to me are his loyalty and his refusal to play “the game” in King’s Landing. He believes in being loyal to Robert and doing the right thing all the time. He is brave, of course, but I think that his belief in loyalty and fair play outweighs that and puts him firmly in Hufflepuff.

Jaimie Lannister: I think that Jaimie would be in Slytherin. I don’t think Jaimie is ambitious as his sister, but he values his own life and acts in self-preservation a lot. He’s very resourceful and is good at getting himself out of sticky situations; he can think quickly on his feet and is a good fighter.

Jon Snow: He’s a Gryffindor. Jon Snow is all about being brave and chivalrous. He has a very strong moral compass and he won’t stray from it to the point of self-detriment. He can also be a little reckless and take unnecessary risks, which is a Gryffindor trait.

Sansa Stark: Sansa would be a Hufflepuff. She’s very conflict averse and loyal to her family. She cares about others and values friendship very highly. She is also very trusting, which can sometimes get her in trouble.

Stannis Baratheon: I think that he’s a Ravenclaw. The whole reason that people dislike Stannis is that he isn’t a very good people-person, which is (in my opinion) a very Ravenclaw trait. He’s also an excellent strategist, which requires a lot of intelligence.

Petyr Baelish: I had a hard time picking between Slytherin and Ravenclaw, but I ended up going with Slytherin. Baelish has said that he bases all of his choices off of whether or not the results will bring him closer to the Iron Throne or not, which is something a Slytherin would do. He’s very cunning and ruthless in his actions to get what he wants.

Anna’s Re-Mix

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I would like to respond to Anna’s remix, in which she wrote a fanfiction about what a wizarding school might be like in an urban area. I really enjoyed that she thought through the place that the students would enter the wizarding world from the muggle world, and that she included information that the students would most likely be African American or Latino because of the school’s location. I think that her PowerPoint slide really helped me to visualize the school and its students, and it helped to discern her correct name for the school. As I sit towards the back of the room, I couldn’t hear her very well, and I thought she was saying “Apoxia.” Additionally, the assertion that eagles might be used in America to deliver messages rather than owls is certainly clever, and realistic (considering American pride) in my opinion. Again, it was difficultto hear her while she was reading her excerpt, so most of what I’m responding to is based on the PowerPoint slide. Anna is super intelligent, though, so I have no doubts that her fanfiction, or flash fiction was well-written. It was very clear that she put a lot of time, and work into this project.

Journal 12-Victoria

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The article Harry Potter as a Context or Interdisciplinary Studies written by Tisha Beaton has many intelligent concepts to incorporate Harry Potter in the daily studies and lessons children learn in school. The Harry Potter books not only are a good series for children to read, but they have valuable lessons that incorporated into a lesson plan will help with understanding the content. Beaton stated, “Rowling has built many life lessons into the story of Harry’s first year at Hogwarts School” (103). That has already set up many of lesson plans for Math, Science, Language Arts, and other subjects to work with.

In today’s generation, it is starting to become more difficult to keep student’s interest in their studies. They often find it “dumb” or “useless” for their education because it is not incorporating their generations interest. Harry Potter is an interest that majority of students like to read or watch on their free time and they find it fun and interesting. If schools started to incorporate popular literature into lessons students would pay more attention to their studies.

This article has examples and it has been proven successful. To summarize Beaton’s examples students were engaged in their group work and were willing to work hard in class. Because of this, student could apply this knowledge in new contexts (Beaton 100).

Incorporating Harry Potter into teaching would benefit Language Arts and English greatly. Allowing teachers to teach a topic that all students might find interesting will keep their focus on a subject that many students find difficult. Not many students like to read the required books and some do not read them at all. Speaking from past experiences those students miss out on grades and life lessons. Harry Potter has many of life lessons and stories for students to learn from. Actively teaching Harry Potter and allowing students to write about it will improve students’ knowledge. Beaton stated, “Writing about Harry Potter enabled them to think through issues and develop understanding” (101).

Using Harry Potter as a teaching method will open so many doors for teachers. It gives educators multiple of different pathways to play around with and engage not only the students, but their selves. After teaching the same lesson plan year after year can start to create a rut. Using Harry Potter will create different lessons, projects, homework, and environments each year. Which then keeps it interesting for the teacher and the teacher will not lose their interest.

Lastly, it motivates everyone who is participating in the Harry Potter units. Whether it be the books or the movies, everyone gets a little hyped about Harry Potter. It is fiction and it is fun for everyone. Incorporating Harry Potter into classes of all types will allow students to understand more clearly. It will (hopefully) stick with them for a lifetime and will maybe someday help them with a future situation because of the material that was attached to Harry Potter. Those students will someday thank their teachers and the lessons that came along with the Harry Potter lessons.

 

Journal 6- Edit

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Anna Lang

Dr. Powers

ENGL 281

8 April  2017

“Truth Is Stranger Than Magic: The Marketing of Harry Potter”

I found that this particular article was actually really insightful to how we as Americans love to market and profit from various pop culture. Whether it is the big, greedy corporation of Walt Disney, or Universal Studios building an entire Harry Potter World, one thing is for sure that corporations have noticed: there is money to be made in expanding a whole fictional universe.

Take this into consideration. According to an article from Forbes.com, the box office hit movie “Avatar” raked in $2.7 billion US dollars close to eight years ago. It is one of the most highest grossing films in American culture. It won several Oscars, thanks to the award winning director James Cameron. And yet, up until very recently, ‘Avatar” has left no pop culture footprint. Compared to the Harry Potter films, where there’s a theme park, fanfiction, games, clothes, “wizarding classes,” conferences, and more. But up until the last few months, the most impact that ‘Avatar’ had in our culture, was the knowledge that there were to be additional movies to come out in the future. Whether the cooperation (aka Disney), saw the financial benefit of creating a sequel for the film, or saw the additional benefit of building a theme park in Disney World (which will be opening in early May) isn’t known for sure at this point. But, based upon the facts and figures that Anne Galligan gave readers from her article about Harry Potter I think it is safe to say that ‘Avatar’ may be trying to get to the same level of popularity and marketing ability as the British book series, possibly trying to implement to same marketing tackets.

We can also take a look at the literary phenomena series The Hunger Games. This three book series created a dystopian universe where children are hunted and killed by other children to maintain order in society, as well as to provide entertainment for that society. Other than creating a three book into a four movie series, the Hunger Games franchise has been the launchpad for clothing, accessories, and now, a brand new museum in Louisville, Kentucky. Some scholars have tried to make parallels between Harry Potter and the Hunger Games, often claiming that the Hunger Games is the next Harry Potter, citing similarities between the remarkable, successful marketing of both franchises. Like Harry Potter, the Hunger Games was able to capture the attention of millions of children and teens, whether it be through reading the books, watching the movies, or (most importantly to the franchises) buy the merchandise. Anne Galligan raised interesting viewpoints of how Harry Potter was able to shape America’s culture, and arguably, the Hunger Games accomplished the same goals of having a lasting impact over our culture. I wonder if it is detrimental to arguably exploit these adolescent books to be mass marketed to the entire world. Does the book serie itself lose something when factors for the stories are marketed to to public, or does it add something special to an entire country, or multiple cultures, with its popularity?