Imagining books and music in quirky and creative ways
What if your favorite Pride and Prejudice characters lived in the world of Harry Potter? What houses would they be sorted into and what can that tell us about the similarities between (and functions of) various characters?
Jane Bennett = Hufflepuff
She is incredibly kind. She can’t think ill of anyone! The reader also has a sense of her loyalty to Bingley.
Mr. Bingley = Hufflepuff Continue reading “Pride and Prejudice Characters Sorted Into Hogwarts Houses”
(Classical Music Stories is a series where music is listened to as though it were the soundtrack to your favorite books.)
During Harry’s first trip to Diagon Alley he finds the most amazing and magical things everywhere! This place is a far cry from where he spent his dreary, non-magical childhood. Just like a kid in a candy store, he gawks at everything from spell books and cauldrons to owls!
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A little while ago, I had a pretty phenomenal (but stressful) dream.
In this dream, I had to kill Voldemort. But I had time travelled to the future with Beyoncé as my traveling companion.
In this future, we were in an outdoor marketplace trying to hide form Voldemort. We figured we’d blend into the scenery, so we started dancing among a group of Beyoncé robots. (Beyoncé was doing pretty well keeping up with them, but I was flailing about as I tried to match their steps.)
At one point, Beyoncé started singing as Continue reading “Voldemort and Beyoncé Robots (Or a Dream I Had)”
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GRYFFINDOR: Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland
This short piece practically bleeds courage.
SLYTHERIN: Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Both the Slytherins and this music are determined at all costs.
1) Being able to hire a hero (J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit)
2) Perpetual tea time (Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland)
3) Amateur sleuths choosing you as their companion (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes)
4) Mysterious strangers who have only one name (Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights) Continue reading “Top 8 Things From Books That I Wish Were Real”
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