Magic use and witchcraft has always, in history, been considered taboo. If you were suspected of using magic or of being strange in any way that could lead someone to believe you were different; you were automatically persecuted. This includes being eccentric. In the first three novels of the Harry Potter series, Rowling uses the contrast between the wizarding world and the Muggel world to make social commentary about issues that are similar in both. In the first novel of the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, we are introduced to characters such as the Dursleys and the Malfoys. This introduction and description of characters shows the similarities in personality traits between Muggels and wizards. With this Rowing is commenting …show more content…
Rowling does this by having Draco Malfoy call Hermione a muddle blood. This comment shows the discrimination against wizard who do not come from a line on pure wizarding blood such as the Malfoy and Weasely family where everyone is a wizard. Rowling also uses this separation to emphasize not only the separation of classes but also the separation of people. This is similar to racism. Rowling uses this prejudice to show that racism is much more complicated than we thought. 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. Ron Weaselys get very upset when Malfoy calls Hermione a muddle blood, but does not react the same to the treatment of house elf’s. In fact, the Weasleys want a house elf of their own. With this point Rowling comments on the overlooking of discrimination of certain type of people. Rowling also uses this to make a point about not everyone who owns a house elf is a bad individual and believes in the oppression of a certain