Rowling also addresses parent readers with the risks of heavily instilling certain views on their children. She demonstrates this by creating Draco Malfoy, a typical schoolyard bully based on the bullies she had dealt with during her own childhood. His character gives everyone else a hard time with his elitist, racist and spoilt manner, and holds qualities that can be seen in many children, such as pettiness and jealously. As adults we recognise, through Draco’s constant habit of reiterating his father’s words and general opinions of the world, that this rather spiteful boy himself is a product of circumstance, and as a result it had cost him the social ability to make genuine friends and distorted his views of the world before making discoveries …show more content…
For example, in chapter 15: The Forbidden Forest, Harry, Ron and Hermione sneak out of their rooms on their own to visit Hagrid at night. When they return they are spotted by the caretaker, Mr Filch. Draco Malfoy, who had spotted them earlier, attempted to report them only to end up getting into trouble himself for sneaking out of his room. All four of them are punished with detention. The author introduces the game of chess to uncover the wisdom and benefits of strategy, a skill in which Ron uses to help his friends in their adventure. This particular teaching can be compared to the learning tendencies in children. Children have a reputation to disregard the educational system and in general are not very interested to learn, but this book combines the school system with the genre of fantasy and, as a result, learning is represented it in a more fun and exciting way. With Ron’s aptitude for Chess, Rowling shows that learning can have a positive and useful impact in a person’s life; learning can be