Rowling's Series: Muggle Born Witches And Wizards

1309 Words3 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Immigrant discrimination in the us

In Rowling’s series, muggle born witches and wizards are readily assimilated into the Wizarding world with no barriers, only facing hardship once they arrive in the form of the discrimination discussed previously in this essay. This open-door style of immigration encouraged in Rowling’s series is lacking in most nations, which maintain preservationist laws that make immigration difficult for many individuals. However, Rowling makes some of the most talented characters in her series muggle born witches and wizards such as Hermione Granger and Lily Evans Potter. These characters serve to represent the exceptional immigrants which the home nation, in this case the wizarding world, can benefit from accepting.
The direct interaction between muggles …show more content…

When Harry helps Dobby become a free elf (“Chamber of Secrets” Film), it is portrayed as an obvious triumph and Dobby clearly becomes much happier and lives a more fulfilling life through the time of his death. This optimism does not dampen even when faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles such as the dauntingly low number of free elves, the lack of paying jobs for elves, or having to save Harry from any number of problematic situations. Rowling makes it clear that it is always worthwhile to continue fighting for what one believes is …show more content…

Remus Lupin is chronically incapable of finding work, like most of his peers, because of his condition being considered unmanageable (“Back Matter”). This results in his disheveled appearance and passive manner. When he finally does receive a decent position that he excels in as the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry he finds adversity in his coworker Snape, in spite of his stellar classroom management (“Back Matter”). Lupin later leaves Hogwarts after it is revealed that he is a werewolf. Although the incident isolated and occurs well outside of a normal school situation, he is very much forced to leave. “He understands that others view him as something less than human and begins to adapt his behavior accordingly.” (Green) Harry very clearly voices how unfair this situation is on behalf of Rowling, reminding readers of the overall message that those suffering from chronic illnesses should not be treated as less than

Show More
Related

  • Summary Of The Immigrant Advantage By Claudia Koalker

    678 Words  | 2 Pages

    Furthermore, Kolker writes an informative non-fiction book about immigrants from different parts of the world. In this book she talks about how immigrants have brought their cultural values with them. Those values have been cherished and accepted in the United States. Kolker goes on to tell us, how immigrant’s lives are more

    Read More

  • Use Of Ethos In Amin Ahmad's I Belong Here

    697 Words  | 2 Pages

    In Amin Ahmad’s I belong here, the reader is faced with a sense of sympathy that makes the reader’s view of the world, not only questionable, but alterable. This personal experience, written in the year 2010 shames the fact that this world has and shows how little progress the world has made in the judgment and discrimination of immigrants. These people look differently, speak differently, and live differently; but on the inside they are the same. Nonetheless, they are looked down upon by people from different cultures. The author uses his personal ethos and pathos to support the claim of value that immigrants are not treated fairly. A claim of value is a claim that is based off of what is right and what is wrong.

    Read More

  • Third Book of The Harry Potter Series

    729 Words  | 2 Pages

    When Harry is on the train to Hogwarts with his two best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, the train suddenly stops. The lights start to go out and the train becomes very cold. A Dementor has stopped the train. This causes Harry to faint and Professor Lupin revives him. The next day Harry has his first class, Divination. His teacher, Professor Trelawney, sees a Grim in the bottom of Harry’s cup. The Grim stands for death. His classes then carry on as usual for a little while. Then on Halloween night, Sirius Black breaks into the castle in search of Harry but doesn’t find him. After the holidays, Harry gets trained to fight the Dementors because they affect him the most. They affect him the most because of his past.

    Read More

  • Two Ways to Belong in America

    889 Words  | 2 Pages

    In America, it is a common misconception that all foreigners are similar; it is believed that they all have similar dreams and each of them end up chasing after the same jobs. However, this is not the case. Not only do immigrants from different countries hold different dreams, but those with a shared background even have varying hopes and dreams for the future. This is evidenced in Bharati Mukherjee’s essay, “Two Ways to Belong in America.” She utilizes several rhetorical strategies in order to show that immigrants have the ability to be assimilated into the American culture, but that they should not be deported if they choose not to conform to said culture.

    Read More

  • Harry Potter Controversy

    988 Words  | 2 Pages

    Ever since J.K. Rowling first introduced Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in 1997, children and adults have read and loved the series. It has gained such popularity that all of the books have been made into major motion pictures, and a Harry Potter attraction has been opened in Universal Studios, Florida. Though the readers love Rowling’s intricate and exciting story lines, many controversies have arisen from these stories, not only in the United States, but also in various countries around the world. Perhaps the biggest controversy is the religious implications perceived by some critics. Although these critics believe that the series promotes paganism and encourages evil actions, these theories should not be taken so seriously.

    Read More

  • Becoming American, Becoming White

    1602 Words  | 4 Pages

    Following the 1890’s, the world began to undergo the first stages of globalization. Countries and peoples, who, until now, were barely connected, now found themselves neighbors in a planet vastly resembling a global village. Despite the idealized image of camaraderie and brotherhood this may seem to suggest, the reality was only discrimination and distrust. Immigration to new lands became a far more difficult affair, as emigrants from different nations came to be viewed as increasingly foreign. In the white-dominated society of the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the only way to truly count oneself as American was to become “white”. For this reason, the idea of race, a socially constructed issue with no real physical basis, has become one of the most defining factors which shape immigration and assimilation in the United States.

    Read More

  • The Irish Potato Famine and Emigration

    2150 Words  | 5 Pages

    Lunn, Kenneth. Hosts, Immigrants, and Minorities: Historical Responses to Newcomers in British Society 1870-1914, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Constructing Normalcy

    1111 Words  | 3 Pages

    Much of Lupin’s description, even before he reveals his lycanthropy to Harry, focuses on his physical appearance, mental health, and socioeconomic status, all of which his lycanthropy severely impacts. When Lupin first appeared in the series in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, he was “wearing an extremely shabby set of wizard’s robes that had been darned in several places. He looked ill and exhausted. Though quite young, his light brown hair was flecked with gray” (Rowling 74). In this scene, he was sleeping, and his name had not even been revealed yet. He was also on the train to Hogwarts with the students, though no other professor ever rode the Hogwarts Express in the entire series. The first thing we learned about Lupin, therefore, is that he was fundamentally different than other wizards. We were not told why, but his shabby robes, illness, exhaustion, gray hairs at a young age, and riding the Hogwarts Express with students already indicate a low socioeconomic status within the Wizarding world accompanied by some sort of mental or physical

    Read More

  • Intercultural Interview Paper

    2171 Words  | 5 Pages

    The subject of this paper is Liz, a 52-year old, 1.5 generation female immigrant from Hong Kong. What this means is that she immigrated to the United States when she was a child, around 7-years old (Feliciano Lec. 1/4/2016). As a child of a family that consists of five siblings and two parents that did not speak any English prior to immigrating, the focus of this paper will be on the legal processes that the family went through to become legal immigrants and the various factors that aided in her path towards assimilation.

    Read More

  • Assimilation into the United States

    1819 Words  | 4 Pages

    Immigrants leave their countries in search for a better life and improvement of their situation. There is no singular reason for immigration; motivations range from better economic prospects to political safety. As of late, the number of immigrants living in the United States is an estimated 11 million. Those who immigrate are expected to contribute to the United States culturally, politically, and economically. Yet, full assimilation becomes difficult to achieve when the immigrant is made into “the other” by the country of reception.

    Read More

  • Immigration Policy in the United States

    2028 Words  | 5 Pages

    There is not doubt that the United States is a nation of immigrants; however for many immigrants who come to this country today there experiences are often not what they expected. More times then not many people find themselves...

    Read More

  • The Melting Pot Theory

    1450 Words  | 3 Pages

    Often America is referred to as “The large melting pot.” The idea that the United States is a land of opportunity, where anyone can come and blend into a new breed that is uniquely American. However, the cultural diversity in America is clearly evident, from physical characteristics to different religious beliefs and customs. As minorities immigrate to America and attempt to assimilate in society, they are forced to live a pluralistic lifestyle of blending with the current society, while struggling to maintain their heritage and identity “Minority individuals must learn to function in two environments: their own culture and that of the mainstream society” (de Anda, 1984: p101). There are some who successfully leave their

    Read More

  • Lessons In Harry Potter

    728 Words  | 2 Pages

    One of the main lessons the Harry Potter series teaches readers is that it is acceptable to desire something, but there are limitations that need to be taken into account. At the end of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Professor Quirrell looks into the Mirror

    Read More

  • The Story of J.K. Rowling

    2098 Words  | 5 Pages

    Creator of the most famous and best loved character in contemporary fiction, J.K Rowling is also the author of her own escape from a depressing existence on the verge of destitution. On the one hand, there is J.K Rowling who wrote the ‘Harry Potter’ novels, ‘The Casual Vacancy’ and ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’; the literary phenomenon of the nineties and present day. On the other, there is Joanne Rowling (the ‘J.K’ was her agent’s marketing notch), a dreamy, rather shy, but passionate woman whose brilliance in translating her dreams into prose changed her life. In January 1994, she was broke and jobless, struggling to bring up a young child in a small rented flat in Edinburgh. Just six years later, with her first book transformed into a major Hollywood film, she was reportedly worth £65 million (Smith 2001).

    Read More

  • Cultural Hybridity In Zadie Smith's White Teeth

    1231 Words  | 3 Pages

    In the middle of the 20th Century, London became the epicentre of immigrant activity from all around the world. It became the land of opportunities that did not seek to assimilate them, but did not fully accept them either. The Britishness and the various other cultures being brought to its territory morphed together into a phenomenon of cultural hybridity that can rarely be found anywhere else in the world. In her 2000 debut novel White Teeth, 24-year-old Zadie Smith depicted the life experiences of the immigrants and the natives at that point in time and the struggles of both on the road to coexistence. She wrote,“This has been the century of strangers, brown, yellow, and white. This has been the century of the great immigrant experiment.”

    Read More

More about Rowling's Series: Muggle Born Witches And Wizards

Open Document