Loony Lovegood Research Paper

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At the age of nine, Luna Lovegood witnessed her mother’s death after her mother’s experiment with a new spell went awry (Rowling, 2003). After this accident, her father raised her while he ran a magazine called The Quibbler where he published his eccentric ideas and conspiracy theories. This magazine and her father’s ideas influenced her personal beliefs about the world around her, causing her to often discuss imaginary creatures that the magazine wrote about with others. She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from ages 11 to 17. While there, she was sorted into Ravenclaw house, which is known for its students’ intellectual pursuits. Luna spent much of her time alone or with various magical creatures as her firm belief …show more content…

They also called her “Loony Lovegood” to enforce their ridicule of her eccentricity. However, Luna ignored their unkindness and entertained herself by continuing to read her father’s magazine and practicing her magic on her own. After the return of Lord Voldemort, although many people (including the government) did not believe Harry Potter’s word that the Dark Lord was back, she and her father supported Harry. Soon after, she became a member of Dumbledore’s Army, which was a group of students who focused on training to defend themselves against Lord Voldemort and his army (the members of which are known as Death Eaters) as war began. She excelled at these new magic skills and quickly became friends with the members of this group, including Harry Potter. Luna went with many of the other members of Dumbledore’s Army to the Ministry of Magic when they were tricked by Lord Voldemort to go to the Ministry of Magic. The group walked right into a trap and were forced to battle Voldemort’s followers, who were much more experienced wizards than themselves. During this battle, Luna supported her friends as the teens became incapacitated by their injuries. She was one of the last members of Dumbledore’s Army to be …show more content…

After this battle, the wizarding world acknowledged the return of Lord Voldemort and the Second Wizarding War began, allowing Luna to freely practice her defensive magic as well as express her beliefs about the war under less ridicule from others. She also shared the story of her mother’s death with Harry after this battle because he lost his godfather during the fight, including in her tale that she believed she would see her mother again someday. When Luna returned to Hogwarts for her next year at school, she was disappointed to find that Dumbledore’s Army would not continue now that the war was in full swing and the school itself understood the need for teaching defensive magic. She continued her friendships with the members of Dumbledore’s Army into this year. She attended a professor’s dinner party as Harry’s guest and, although some attendees laughed at her attire, she ignored them and focused on discussing conspiracy theories with other people. During this year, she also became a commentator for quidditch. She refused to comment on the actual score during these matches and focused more on going off on tangents about odd ailments that players may have possessed or discussing topics entirely unrelated to the game. At the end of this school year, Death Eaters attacked Hogwarts, forcing the students and

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