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Examples Of Muggleborns

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Hermione, who has non-magical parents, is considered a muggleborn, or in derogatory terms, “mudblood.” Those who are pureblood, or come from magical families, tend to believe that they are superior and more deserving of certain privileges than muggleborns. Characters like Draco Malfoy and Tom Riddle are so arrogant that they treat muggleborns as less than and use hateful language when speaking to them. This is similar to our society and the way America treats people of color. “Mudblood” is like calling a person of African American descent “nigger.” Draco Malfoy makes a point of calling Hermione Granger a “mudblood” the moment he sees her. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, he states, “My father did say this; it's been fifty years since …show more content…

Rowling writes, “A group of golden statues stood in the middle of a circular pool. Tallest of them all was a noble-looking wizard with his wand pointing straight up in the air. Grouped around him were a beautiful witch, a centaur, a goblin, and a house-elf. The last three were looking adoringly up at the witch and wizard” (Rowling, Order of Phoenix 162). The reason why the three magical creatures are looking up so adoringly at the witch and wizard is because the witch and wizard are considered superior. In the seventh book, it shows that wizards and witches are also considered to superior to muggles - humans without the ability to perform magic. Rowling writes, “Harry looked more closely and realized that what he had thought were decoratively carved thrones were actually mounds of carved human: hundreds and hundreds of naked bodies, men, women, and children, all with rather stupid, ugly faces, twisted and pressed together to support the weight of the handsomely robed wizards. “Muggles,” whispered Hermione. “In their rightful place. Come on, let’s get going” (Rowling, Deathly Hallows …show more content…

Rowling used Harry’s scar as a symbol too. Foster states, “More often than not, physical markings by their very nature call attention to themselves and signify some psychological or thematic point the writer wants to make” (Foster 208). Rowling uses Harry’s scar to symbolize two things: identity, and maturity. All the characters are able to identify Harry Potter as Harry Potter because of the lightning shaped scar on his forehead. The scar symbolizes maturity because it caused Harry more pain as he transitioned into an adult. From the fourth book and on, pain seared through Harry’s scar because of Voldemort. Voldemort’s emotions often passed on to Harry because of it, and it was in those moments that readers realized that Harry wasn’t a little boy anymore, but a teenager transitioning into an adult who had to learn to how to be independent and how to defend

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