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
The former is whose tattoos are visible by everybody, while the latter one gets the tattoos are easy to hide by cloth. He finds more than ninety percent of American belong to “the people who have tattoos”. So, there is a principal reason for tattooing, demonstration. For me, If my parent allows me to tattoo, maybe I will want to get a Leo symbol to show myself, or a little picture about something I like, such as rose, sunflower, or a new moon. We can summarize three purpose for people tattooing. First, some people are simplex for art, who just paint a small pattern or a big picture for good looking. Moreover, many people said every tattoo has its own story. That sort of pattern is for commemoration. Usually people like to remember their past, so they put something they don’t want to forget. According my personal survey, Xuanzheng, a sophomore student in University of London, got his first tattoo just few days, and that is several Roman numerals, which means his two twin sisters’ birthday. Another group get tattoo for a virtue. Yue Fei, who is a hero in Chinese history, bear four Chinese characters “Jin Zhong Bao Guo” on his back. Those four words, which means he was willing to devoted to his country, signifies his loyal and patriotic heart. Similarly, in the United States, there are many people getting a flag or totem to
First, Many people choose to get a tattoo to commemorate a loved one who has passed or celebrate a special event in their lives. "Tattoos are a wonderful way to keep the memory alive of that special person". When getting a tattoo, people should take the reason into consideration and decide whether it is something they want for a lifetime. Tattoos are very personal and should be treated as such.
People, a lot of times get tattoos to express themselves. Tattoos may also be very important to someone, meaning it may represent the loss of a loved one or their religion. “If a woman in New Guinea has a swirl design on her face it indicates her family’s ancestors. Dark scrawls on a Cambodian monk’s chest reflect his religious beliefs. A gang member’s sprawling tattoos describe his street affiliation.”(Tucker) Tattoos show who you are and what you’ve experienced in life. People
The connotation with a scar is often a mark of physical damage to one’s skin, but a scar can also be psychological or emotional damage. Scars are seen as that something bad or wrong has happened but every scar also tells a story, a lesson even. We usually do not think the ones we love, or used to love, could be the ones who can scar us. In my last relationship, I loved the girl with all of my heart. I loved her so much that her views soon became my own and I began to lose my sense of self. What I learned from that relationship is what has shaped me into the person I am today.
Other marks such as a scar or tattoo may have some meaning behind it such as what the person had experienced or endured.
The marks are both a permanent reminder of a horrible time in someone’s life. They were used to identify someone as part of a bad group of people. It also showed that someone ‘owned’ you and everyone will always see you as your mark, no matter if you willing recieved it like some rebels or not.
In the fictional world of Harry Potter Giants are vicious creatures that have killing in their nature, house-elves are born into slavery and compelled to serve a wizarding family until they die, and mudbloods (wizards born by non- magical parents) are untalented low class wizards, which are unworthy of representing the wizarding community. Now although all these statements might ring true in the ears of many wizards these statements are questioned and all proven unjust throughout the Harry Potter series. Throughout the Harry Potter novels J.K. Rowling presents discrimination as an ideology throughout the novels to show how discrimination is evident in the real world.
Starting on my mother’s side of the family, I will start with her mother background. My great grandmother, was black, and as far as we know he parents were black as well. However, my great-great grandmother, the mother of my great grandfather was Panamanian and my great-great grandfathers, the father of my great grandfather had a Panamanian mom and a Spanish Indian and Jamaican father. My great grandfather however called himself a British subject, he was born in Panama however lived in the British west indies. My great grandfather followed his aunt to Boston because allegedly his mother died giving birth to a younger sibling and his father remarried and the step mother and my great grandfather were unable to get along. Therefore, my grandmother would be considered
The Birthmark is about a Scientist named Aylmer. Aylmer has dedicated his life to his work. His wife, Georgina is a beautiful, undesirable women. Georgina has a little birthmark on her left cheek. The birthmark is her only imperfection. On the first page of the story, it describes that the birthmark is the color of a deeper crimson, and the mark has some similarity to the human hand. Thus takes the nickname, the "Crimson hand". In paragraph eight it tells us that the birthmark is a "symbol of his wife's liability to sin, sorrow, decay, and death". It showed that Georginaʻs impurity was looked down upon or frightened by the community and even her own husband. Because of his wife's birthmark, Aylmer was continuously bothered by itsʻ presence. It bothered him because the
In real life, a distinguishing marking such as a scar or disfigurement can reveal an aspect of its bearer’s history. A crooked nose recounts the time when a throw went astray in little league. A veteran with a missing limb lets his or her injury speak for itself about the brutality of war and the sacrifice soldiers make for their country. A blotch left by frostbite unearths memories of a long winter adventure. Markings have the ability to tell stories without using words.
For example he has a scar running from his forehead down to the side of his cheek.
If prejudice from non-magical folk exists, so must prejudice from magical folk. Non-magical people are called “Muggles” by the wizard community. There are no negative implications to the word, unless there is intent. Draco Malfoy is a boy who comes from a pure wizard family who uses the term “Muggle” in a negative connotation; to him anyone who is not pure-blood is inferior. Readers are first confronted with prejudice in this form when Harry meets Malfoy in Diagon Alley and is asked about his family: “...they were our kind weren't they?... I really don’t think they should let the other sort in do you? They are just not the same, they’ve never been brought up to know our ways” (60-61). Anyone who is not of wizard descent in Malfoy’s view is inferior and unworthy of not only entering Hogwarts but of interacting with wizards at all.
The so called “scar or disability” can be used to delve deeper into the studies of the character and their intentions. A scar can be the symbol of the character’s drive toward heroism and prosperity for this great earth. In the epic series by J.K. Rowling, the main protagonist is a young man by the name of Harry Potter.
Endearment, something that endears: an action or utterance showing affection and to makes dear, esteemed, or beloved. These terms all have a positive connotation and are seen in an affectionate view when used in any setting. In comparison, the "n" word is defined as a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of any racial or ethnic origin regarded as contemptible, inferior, ignorant, etc. and a victim of prejudice similar to that suffered by blacks; a person who is economical, politically, or socially disenfranchised. These two words are in no way viewed, in the literary sense, on the same end of the spectrum yet in this particular article those involved see them as interchangeable. The feelings and emotions that accompany this term are
Harry's face contains huge round eyes and brows surrounded by his signature wire-rimmed glasses. A small triangular nose and wisps of bangs complete the face. Like all Funko Pops,