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Harry Potter Character Analysis

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serves to accentuate Hagrid's maternal role throughout the series. Hagrid serves not only as a mother to these dangerous, isolated magical creatures, but he also serves as a maternal figure to Harry who shows some of the same characteristics. Throughout the series, there are several points where Harry is seen as dangerous. For example, in The Chamber of Secrets, Harry is suspected to be the heir of Slytherin because he can speak parseltongue, and everybody thinks he is dangerous. Also, in the fifth book, The Daily Prophet promotes that Harry and Dumbledore are dangerous and manipulative because they're trying to draw attention to the fact that Lord Voldemort had returned. The Care of Magical Creatures class formed many other connections with characters, but it also connects to and shows several real-world political styles.
It was mentioned earlier that this magical institution connects not only to the characters and events throughout the Harry Potter series, but also to real-world political styles and lessons. One of the real-world political styles that the Care of Magical Creatures class exemplifies is that of populism. The populist political style is exemplified through the intervention of the Ministry of Magic in the incident between Draco Malfoy and Buckbeak. Normally the Ministry will not interfere if a student gets injured. For example, when Harry's arm was broken because of his jinxed broom, the Ministry never jumped in to try and solve what happened or to inflict a

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