Harry Potter web quest activity
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1) Feminist Reading :
The way J.K.Rowline portrayed women characters is very significant. All the women characters overpowering by Male characters. In the novel Rowling undermine the women characters because he consider Harry as the most important character of the novel.
In compare to other female character only Hermione portrayed as the most intelligent and hard working , brave, honest and smart girl. Though this Portrayal of Hermione as intelligent girl breaks down in several time by considering her knowledge as Bookish Knowledge. The Growth of the character of Hermione is always questionable. Because her growth remains not static. Some part of novel she become the most important character who drives Harry and Ron. She saves the lives of male characters. In some part this strong narrative broken down by showing her as conscious about her looks and as emotional girl . She is consider as strong girl because to save life of her parents she deliberately remove her memories from her parents lives. It shows her strong side. But later on only one incident make her broken down when Ron doubt on Harry and her relationship. At that time Harry takes care of her. In the novel she Portrayed as side kick not as main lead character. She constantly visit her past. She is also conscious about her looks. When she turns out as Balatris at that time she ask about her looks.
The character of Hermione is not portrayed as the protagonist. She becomes most important part of some books but on the large structure of narrative she has not given space. Similarly the character of Ginny portrayed as love object.
2) Discourse on the Purity of Blood :
The term pure blood is used for insulting Muggle blood and half blood people. It used to distinguishes between family trees that have different level of magically endowed member. This thing played vital role in both first and second wizarding war. It focus on one of the social issues that is racial purity as discussed and demonstrate primarily through conflict between those witches and wizards that come from all magical families and those that come from a non- magical background. Pure Blood and Muggle blood. In some cases blood is just as a literal as figurative. The house elves are in slaved by wizard race and sometime horribly abused and treated at the end of their masters.
Draco treated Hermione as Muggle blood not as intelligent and powerful witch. He insulted her by calling her "filthy little Mud -Blood". Voldrmort thinks that pureblood wizard are superior and because of that mud blood and Muggles should serve him. In the Harry Potter good people also offer treat Muggles as inferior. They call them "Muggles" which sounds like a racial sulr. It always shows Muggles as dumb and foolish. Muggle is a word used for insult. It is an insult.
3) Confronting reality by reading fantasy :
The fantasy stories such like Harry Potter can be seen as unrealistic in their setting but the message depicted can be translate into everyday life and reality. The wizard world introduced in the fiction seems very much like the human world and their ways of living. Like human community wizard's community has ministry of magic whose main duty is to control the affairs in the world of wizards.
They also have Newspapers , railway station, shops , market and school.They are using Owls for deliver any Messages. Wizard world is not using computers and technology though they have their own means of communication. Like human world they also following rules and regulations. The atmosphere of fantasy collaborates with the reality. Rowling has created a medical world which is touches the reality. Through the concept of Purity of Blood social reality the racial discrimination reflects in the novel. Wizard world also seems as real because it follows the cosmic changes and cycle of season like real world. So the fiction portrayed many things like exploitation of good by the bad , poor by rich and weak by powerful. Through the fiction it shows jealousy, exploitation, power which are very humanistic. In other words Rowling is pointing out the real life issues and concerns through the fiction.
4) Self Help book :
Self help book is one that is written with the intention to give instruct its readers on sloving their personal problems. So this types of book called as "self help books. Through the Harry Potter it teaches us moral lessons about self. It helping readers to overcome from psychological struggles. Harry Potter teaches basic self lessons. Like self identity in this it teaches us to know our self through the character of Harry. It also teaches us about importance of Mindfulness. The concept of acceptance taught through the character of Harry who accept his death. So like this there are many concepts pain as strength, self compassion , importance of core values in person life and committed action . It also teaches us that in the moment of crises in life person should be relex. In this world no one will come to help you. You have to help yourself rather than depending on others.
5) The Discourse of power and politics :
6) Children 's Literature:
Children 's Literature means the literature contains stories like fairy tales , poems and some books which can entertain children with some beautiful moral message. But according to some critics it is quite difficult to consider Harry Potter as Children's literature. This whole series covers many elements like fantasy, mystery, thriller, magical realism , supernatural elements. In the children literature there is happy ending. Similar like in Harry Potter Good wins over evil so it's like Happy ending. The fantasy touch makes Harry Potter central attraction of the story. Like the children's literature here Harry is child in the beginning of the novel. Harry Potter not consider as just children literature only it also consider as real literature with philosophical reading. In the novel shows innumerable death of people , child abuse , racial discrimination as pure blood and half blood. The characters tortured by using curse level of pain, Murder. So in the Harry Potter series is not fall under the classic children literature because it is beyond then that. It has more philosophical, moral , political depth.
7) Speculative Fiction:
Speculative fiction is an umbrella term under which many fiction gathered like science fiction , fantasy , horror , magic realism , history superhero fiction. In this them imagination or fantasy is more important rather than reality. The Harry Potter consider as Speculative fiction because it is mixture of horror, science fiction, fantasy and historical elements. In the Harry Potter there is fantasy elements by showing the magical world which is not exist in real world. The characterizations of Evil characters, Animals have horror effects. Everything happens in the fantasy world it has no reality in it. Like magical wond , sorcerer's stone , hoarcruxes, liquid of luck, Draught of living death position. There are many liquid position for different purposes. So this all things never happened in reality. Therefore Harry Potter series is fall under the genre of Speculative fiction.
8) Choice and Chance :
Our choices make us what we are good or bad. Voldemort and Harry Different from each others because of their choices. Every human has good and evil inside them. Harry has also evil part inside him in the form of Voldemort. The thing differs Harry from Voldemort is only of his power of Good choices.
Dobby helps harry and his friends by saving their lives. Harry choice to acceptance of death. Though Voldemort is so powerful he would also unable to defeat Harry even if he had gained ownership of the Elder Wand.Choice and chance played equal role.Harry’s Chosen self -sacrifice broken Voldemort’s power but his personal triumph and survival result from his chance ownership of Elder Wand so both important choice and chance.choices and actions define our moral character.Every individual has a choice to accept or deny their mortality. Tom Riddle means Voldemort decision or choices make him dark/ evil wizard. In other hand Harry ‘s choices make him good wizard.
“It is our choices, Harry , that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
9) Theme of Love and Death :
Harry Accept the death because the love he felt of his friends, the love Snape had for Harry’s mother in his memories, his love of Dumbledore, the love of Hogwarts. Harry ‘s Acceptance of death shows his love towards his friends and Hogwarts school.Harry Potter demonstrates that to understand the meaning of life, we must accept and praise our inevitable death.Harry had the presence of love from a young age which led him to accept the virtue. His parents sacrificed themselves to save Harry from the murderous hands of Voldemort.Harry’s acceptance of the death is universal truth that allows him to embrace love and recognize the sacrifice and defeat Voldemort. The Love of Mother remains the protection for Harry because of her love Voldemort not able to Killed Harry. Love and Death are interconnected with each other.
"But know this; the ones that love us never really leave us."
10) Moral and Philosophical Reading of Harry Potter :
Harry Potter series deeply connected with morally and philosophically. It teaches us very important moral life lessons. Harry accept his death ,he is not like Voldemort.Harry consider as immortal because he accept the reality of life that is ultimate Death. Each and Every character teach some moral values of life. Lucius Malfoy taught us that money will only let you choose your form of misery. Dumble Dolores Umbridge taught us that education should never have a political agenda. Harry taught us that our choices make us different from others.Harry’s inheritance morality taught Harry to don't be like voldemort. The Last conversation between Dumbledore and Harry is very important.It also teaching us the importance of morality in person life. Harry and Voldemort differs from each other on the basis of morality they have chosen. It also deals with Death and life. Death consider better than life.
"Do not pity the dead , Harry. Pity the living , and above all,
those who live without love." - Dumbledore
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