What are the Hogwarts' houses? The Hogwarts' houses are categories that students who attend the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are sorted into within the Harry Potter series. Students are required to sit on a chair, and then the sorting hat is placed upon the head of the student. The sorting hat decides which Hogwarts' house the student belongs. There are four different Hogwarts' houses that a student may be sorted into, and each house represents different characteristics. The four Hogwarts' houses are Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. The most popular Hogwarts' house is Gryffindor, which was founded by Godric Gryfinndor. The majority of the heroes and heroines in the Harry Potter series were from the Gryffindor house. The Gryfinndor house is represented by a lion and the colors red and gold. The Gryffindor house is known for being being bold and brave. Members of the Gryfinndor house tend to act impulsively and are prone to recklessness. Gryfinndor members' bravery and daringness are the Gryfinndor house's defining characteristic. In addition, the Gryfinndor house also embodies chivalry, determination, and being strong willed. …show more content…
The Slytherin house house the worst reputation due to the consistent pattern of evil witches and wizards that come from the Slytherin house. The Slytherin house is represented by a snake and the colors green and silver. The defining characteristic for the Slytherin house is ambition. Members of the Slytherin house are dangerously ambitious and will not let anything or anyone get in the way of achieving their goals. Slytherin house members, unlike Gryfinndor house members, tend to carefully think about their actions and weigh all the possibilities before going through with those actions. Additionally, the Slytherin house members have the characteristics of being cunning, clever, and strong
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Hermione Granger is one of the most powerful female characters seen in modern fictitious works. She is an appropriate role model for girls growing up as she possesses important qualities that girls need such as wit, intelligence, confidence, bravery, resourcefulness and she’s a clear thinker. Without Hermione Granger’s Knowledge, Harry Potter and Ron Weasly would never have defeated Voldemort (the villain).
However, she is still able to prove herself worthy of the title. As we follow along with her character in the movie, she is not only intelligent, but often times she takes on the role of a leader, as she guides Ron and Harry in the right direction. Also, she has an admirable character development. This can be seen throughout the series as she evolves into a brave, selfless and strong-willed woman. As previously mentioned, most of Hermione's characteristic traits go against the common beliefs that are tied to women as she proves to everyone that she is intelligent, loyal, courageous and is just as good as boys.
Not only this, but over the course of the series almost every Antagonist is also a Wizard (Dolores Umbridge and Bellatrix LeStrange being the only Witches among them.)
Throughout the narrative, Gulliver's encounter with the Yahoos is significant in the way that Swift satirizes human characteristics as a whole. This can be seen through the Yahoos desire to continuously fight with against other groups of people or even each other for no justifiable reason. The Yahoos also have immense greed for things that are not even that useful for them, or have no significant cause for them to posses in the first place, such as stones. They do however want those things as it equivalent to them as jewellery for humans. The Yahoos are used as an example of human greed and selfishness. The Yahoos are not visually appealing to Gulliver as he describes how he feels about them in his first encounter with them, In this journey, Gulliver clearly does not like the Yahoos and Swift satirizes the fact that it is odd that Gulliver is so disgusted by the Yahoos considering how close they are to humans. Gulliver is a human being who does not like a human-like race that is not human. He does not like that they are greedy, selfish, and violent, which is ironic because that is exactly how people of his own race act.
Due to the fact that Harry was treated terribly, he was soft spoken. “I’ll be in my room, making no noise and pretending I’m not there.” (Rowling 6) This quote shows how he just listened to Mr. Dursley and never talked back. He appears to be humble. When Harry is at Hogwarts, he appears as a very popular and well known boy. “D’you think–would it be all right if-can I have a picture?” (Rowling 96) This quote shows how Harry is almost treated like a celebrity because people really want to remember the day they met Harry. Harry is also very athletic because he is one of the star players on the Quidditch team. “Harry flew higher than any of them, squinting around for the Snitch.” (Rowling 167) This quote proves that Harry is a great player. He tries really hard and plays hard for his team. Lastly, Harry Potter is very strong and
...le with those specific traits. First, Gryffindor contains members who are “brave and daring” and represented by a lion, such as Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley. The second house, made up of cunning and sly students like Draco Malfoy and Lord Voldemort, is Slytherin, whose mascot is a snake. Next, the Hufflepuff house is symbolized by the badger and contains students such as Cedric Diggory and Justin Finch-Fletchley. Finally, Cho Chang and Padma Patil of Ravenclaw are signified by the wise and witty badger (Schafer 92-94). The Sorting Hat examines a person’s mind and determines, based on character qualities, which houses they are best represented by. It states in song that “‘there’s nothing hidden in your head/The Sorting Hat can’t see,/So try me on and I will tell you/Where you ought to be’” (Rowling 117), showing how you can’t hide your true self.
“You all know, of course, that Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago by the four greatest witches and wizards of the age” – Professor Binns (Chamber of Secrets, 150).
he Harry Potter film series exhibit situational, character, and symbolic archetypes. To begin, Harry Potter exhibits situational archetypes such as, The Quest, Death and Rebirth, and the Unhealable wound. The Quest is what the hero must accomplish in order to bring fertility back to the wasteland, which will restore peace, order, and normalcy to a troubled land. Harry is the hero all of the films and his ultimate quest is thorough throughout, to defeat Voldemort, the devil figure, and to save the wizarding world from Voldemort’s ways. Death and Rebirth is a motif that grows out of a parallel between the cycle of nature and the cycle of life. For example, Dumbledore has a bird named Fawkes. Fawkes is continuously loyal and courageous and portrays this archetype well when
He puts the main character, Lemuel Gulliver, through four distinct journeys, which all inadvertently reveal vices in human society. In Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, the theme of corruption is portrayed through the evils of politics, the deceitful nature of humanity, and the characters’ exploitation of pride. Throughout the novel, seizes and retentions of power are always accompanied by corrupt means. “He had heard, indeed, some curious Houyhnhnms observe, that in most herds there was a sort of ruling Yahoo (as among us there is generally some leading or principal stag in a park), who was always more deformed in body, and mischievous in disposition, than any of the rest; that this leader had usually a favourite as like himself as he could get, whose employment was to lick his master's feet and posteriors, and drive the female Yahoos to his kennel; for which he was This favourite is hated by the whole herd, and therefore, to protect himself, always keeps near the person of his leader,” (Swift 241). Some Yahoos observe that the Yahoos often pick terrible leaders who surround themselves with even worse subordinates to make them appear less abysmal.
Young witches and wizards are all placed in houses depending on if you have certain traits. Ron, Harry, and Hermione were all sorted into Gryffindor. The Sorting Hat said that, “[y]ou might belong in Gryffindor, / Where dwell the brave at heart, / Their daring, nerve, and chivalry / Set Gryffindors apart” (117). The main traits that every Gryffindor is supposed to possess is bravery. They are supposed to be people who are “daring” enough to go out and save the day. They are people who have the “nerve” to finish a task or help someone who is in need no matter what they may face as well. Hermione isn’t someone who has those traits yet. She seems to be more fitting as a Ravenclaw. The Sorting Hat said, “Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, / if you 've a ready mind, / Where those of wit and learning, /Will always find their kind” (118). Ravenclaws are incredibly intelligent. Their valued traits are those of “learning”. Hermione definitely has a lot of “wit”, but she just doesn’t have the “nerve” to face the things that come her way. Hermione shows this time after time. She is given a chance to show just how brave she is, but she doesn’t do that. She shows that she just doesn’t quite
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [Sorcerer’s Stone], Harry Potter chooses to be housed in the Gryffindor house despite his potential to be housed in the Slytherin house, due to his foreseen ambition, with Draco Malfoy (Rowling). The house of Gryffindor is known for their bravery, while the house of Slytherin is known for their ambition. Harry exemplifies the trait of bravery in every book through his face-offs with Voldemort, and the Hogwarts’s headmaster, Dumbledore, even recognizes Harry for his bravery. At the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore says to Harry, “You have shown bravery beyond anything I could have expected of you. I ask you to demonstrate your courage one more time.
the bad. The main characters on the good side are Harry Potter and his two friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and on the bad the main character is Lord Voldomort. Harry Potter is a courageous, brave, and kind person. The whole series revolves around Harry Potter and Lord Voldomort. Ron Weasley is Harry’s closest friend and is not always the brightest but he is a good person who always stands with Harry no matter the situation. Hermione Granger is a book worm, straight A student who turns every assignment in on time and always does whatever her teachers tell her to do, and because of her skill and knowledge she has helped the trio out of several tight situations. Lord Voldomort is the most evil of the evil. His goal is to rule the world, kill every muggle (non magical people) so that only wizards are left and, most importantly, to conquer death. Through out the entire series Voldomort has tried to kill Harry a total of eight times but has failed all because of his short-sightedness and un-willingness to admit to his weaknesses.
The novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, is a story about an orphan named Harry Potter who is sent to live with his relatives, the Dursleys. For the first ten years of his life, Harry is hated and ignored by his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon. Harry has never experienced a friendship with anyone until the day he is sent to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Throughout the school year, Harry develops a balance of friendship between Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Neville Longbottom. Each of them, has a need to belong somewhere. Together, they form a balance that make them each feel wanted in way that they have never known until they meet each other.
In the novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J.K Rowling introduces her main character, a 11-year old British wizarding student, Harry Potter. Harry is described to have jet-black hair, green eyes, and to be pale, skinny, and bespectacled. While Harry was still and infant, he was responsible for the downfall of a dark and powerful wizard, as a result his name is known to everyone wizarding world. In the novel, despite all the fame and admiration he has, Harry only recently finds out he is a wizard, and that he is famous. Therefore Harry feels burdened and insecure with all the attention he is receiving, and at the end of the novel, he proves himself to be an incredible wizard. Throughout the novel we learn Harry is brave, curious and modest.