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J. K. Rowling
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Harry Potter: An Ancient or Modern Hero?

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Evaluates the question of whether Harry Potter should be regarded as a modern or ancient hero.

What would you do if you awoke one morning to find that you were a living legend. That for the past twenty years your family has been known to all, as one of the most prominent wizarding families in the wizarding world. What would YOU do if you were regarded as ... a modern HERO. The only wizard ever to survive a powerful curse cast by Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard; Harry was just a baby when he was attacked by the evil wizard. But he escaped the curse and had somehow managed to reverse it and take away Voldemort's power. This story was told for 11 years past only making the story of Harry Potter grow to become an even greater living legend.

Most see Harry Potter as a modern hero, one whom acts.....

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