The Harry Potter Essay
Introduction
The story of Harry Potter begins with Harry as a young, orphaned boy, who is left on the Dursley family’s doorstep. He is taken in by this family who he later realizes to be his aunt and uncle, however, he is not treated as family during his stay in the household. While living with this family he begins to notice that when he becomes angry or upset, some peculiar, maybe even magical, things happen. Eleven years into his life, he receives a letter saying he has been invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Shortly after receiving the letter, a giant by the name of Hagrid arrives to take Harry to Hogwarts. That very moment was when Harry’s whole world was turned upside down. He soon meets friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, is sorted into the Gryffindor house, and experiences some of the exciting, and sometimes dangerous, adventures of the wizarding world.
Although the story is clearly fiction, there are numerous metaphors that bring to attention some of the real life issues seen in the world. Racism is the word used to define the prejudice and discrimination directed against someone of a different race. There have been many issues in the past, as well as present, where racism has brought upon much violence in society. Another social issue that the Harry Potter books bring to attention is the stigma against illnesses such as HIV and AIDS. HIV/AIDS are sexually transmitted diseases that prevent the body’s immune
The first main idea comes right from the first sentence. Harry states, “[as] young as I was, I knew it was all a lie.” This is a very important thing to keep in mind of how a boy at a young age is able to know that this is not real. This shows that he is an intelligent child. That is until the next line in which he reveals his naïve personality.
This type of racism displayed is not because of the color of someone’s skin, but because of their bloodline. Another example of racism and discrimination that Rowling creates is by introducing the character Dobby. Dobby is a house elf. When Dobby meets Harry he describes the condition of the house elf’s treatment, which is not so good.
Chapter 8: Hanseldee and Greteldum Harry Potter reflects the fairytale Cinderella. Both main characters have awful relationships with their step parents and are desperate to get out of their house. In Cinderella a fairy godmother comes to save her. In Harry Potter, Hagrid shows up as a fairy godmother of sorts and rescues him from his step parents.
Harry Potter sighed sullenly as he plopped himself on his bed at the sixth year dorms in Gryffindor tower while thoughts about the events that transpired in the few weeks that have passed since the start of his sixth year rushed through his mind. It seems that like every year since he started his education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry when he was at the tender age of eleven his upcoming sixth year would not be uneventful as he hoped. The raven-haired boy came to this conclusion when Professor Dumbledore himself came to visit him at the Dursleys' during the summer to take him to the Burrow.
In ‘By the River’ by Steven Herrick the novel focuses on Harry’s coming of age and furthermore the events that progress him from childhood into adulthood. This coming of age novel portrays the circumstances that impact Harry, and serve as stepping stones on his journey to adulthood and maturity. The most significant milestones that advanced him from youth to adulthood are the multiple losses that have had a severe impact, the many responsibilities that have been inflicted upon him and the flourishing friendships that helped Harry experience life’s greatest lessons. Subsequently this novel also displays that responsibility has also been a stepping stone for Harry, he has to step up to many strenuous tasks and positions throughout the novel.
But what is racism? It is an interaction in society with a race-based worldview. The newspaper The Sunday Independent published an article Racism is a pervasive poison that takes root deep in people’s hearts defining what is racism. “Racism is a deadly disease and a mental disorder which has caused many disasters, such as the Holocaust, apartheid and many wars.” (Benoni, 2011)
This division of humanity has sparked several social conflicts, with racism being the most prominent. As defined by the Oxford dictionary, racism is “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own
Harry is a master of virtue according to everything from scripture to business ethics. The focus of harry becomes many symposia such as Nimbus and Prophecy and an expected session topic at scholarly gatherings such as The International Conference on the fantastic in the Arts and Meetings of the pop culture Association. While newspaper and magazine critics tented to focus on the social aspects of the Potter phenomenon scholars looked as well as literary person’s ancestors and social background, structures and theme. Rowling’s books are both praised and criticized as fairy tale, which deals with someone’s formative years and schooldays series with their author justly laude for her gift at creating charming details that sweeps readers through a range of literary
Harry Potter’s narrative follows Campbell’s pattern. In Harry’s case, he is living with his Muggle relatives, when letters from Hogwarts arrive to notify him that he has been accepted to the wizarding school (cf. Ahmed, 2012,
Harry’s life isn’t very bright in the beginning of our story; he is forced to sleep in a cupboard under the stairs, never gets anything for his birthdays (except a pair of Uncle Vernon’s old socks, and coat hangers ) and he is constantly being bullied by his 12 year old nephew, Dudley. One fine morning, Harry starts receiving strange letters adressed to his cupboard and is rescued by a giant man. Harry discovers his parents hadn’t died in a car crash (as his uncle and aunt always told him), but that they were wizards, and that he’s one as well. Though that’s not all; Harry isn’t just an ordinary wizard, but a famous one. The reason behind this is when, At the time of Harrys’ birth, a dark wizard roamed the country, and this wizard so happened to be at his prime (strongest).
Having read the story it is evident that some details written here are not in the short story, but they are in the Harry Potter book. Most of the references are from the Deathly Hallows book, many of the terms are going will be explained, explicitly, in case, a reader
Harry always puts his friends first, and in this book one of the people who are put in danger is his close friend Hermione, and in the end his best friend’s sister is abducted. The book’s theme can be compared to many other books, for example The Hunger Games. Katniss, the main character in that book, volunteers to be a part of a dangerous game so that she can protect her little sister. But the book is also about character development and being a good person.
Racism: a curse for the society INTRODUCTION:- "Racism is an ideology that gives expression to myths about other racial and ethnic groups that devalues and renders inferior those groups that reflects and is perpetuated by deeply rooted historical, social, cultural and power inequalities in society." Racism is one of the oldest truth around the world .Racism, is said to be as old as the human society. Racism is nothing but only the belief that all members of each race possess the characteristics, abilities, or qualities which are specific to that race, especially, so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. And this differentiation change the people’s mentality and bring death among themselves.
The Harry Potter series have been an interesting series for me ever since I have enrolled in Professor Fox’s class. I personally have not read any of the Harry Potter series during my childhood, but once I have enrolled in Professor Fox’s class I have recently just finished Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Throughout my readings of these two books I have had many observations on certain aspects of the story that I would not have noticed when I was younger. These three aspects that I can’t imagine as a child noticing is how the Dursleys abused Harry, the stance on gender, and prejudgement based on appearance.
Racism is one of the darkest, deepest and disgusting social issues of the world, existing throughout the history of mankind. It is a social construct created by humans to categorise the world. Racism is learned, we are not born with it. The most traditional form of this is discrimination based on one’s skin colour.