Slytherins get a bad wrap. While we did once house several of the greatest villains, some refuse to face the fact that it is not only home to the greatest villains, but the heroes as well. If you do recall, Harry Potter himself is a true Slytherin, but chose Gryffindore himself, because he was influenced by some redheaded poor boy with a cold sandwich and a biased opinion. Also, if you'll recall, Draco Malfoy turned out to be a good guy in the end, and his mother, another Slytherin, saved Harry's life. Harry, the true Slytherin, the chosen one, who saved the life of his enemy. Please tell me, what true Gryffindore did that? The answer: None. Another reason why Slytherins are the best is because while yes, they do get carried away, their number one goal is to be perfect. To be pure, and without blemish. Now please tell me, what is better, being perfect, or being brave? Because it certainly takes a lot of bravery to try to be perfect. But it takes no amount of perfection to be brave. Yes, sometimes they get carried away and turn into the Hitler of the wizarding world. However, once Draco realized that what his parents were …show more content…
Yes they can get side-tracked. However, Slytherins are still the best. Because while they produce the strongest villains, they also produce the strongest heroes. The best warriors. Harry himself is a Slytherin, and saved the world from the hands of pure evil. Severus Snape held the secrets of Dumbledore, and tricked even Voldemort into believing he was loyal to him. The Malfoys were merely pretending to be loyal so that they could preserve themselves and those around them. How are these people villains? These are heroes. There are so many heroes that are Slytherin than Gryffindore. They're just “smaller” heroes. Not as recognized. Not as big and bold, and don't call as much attention to themselves. Because they don't do these things for the attention. They don't do it for the glory, and they are happy without
middle of paper ... ... him hesitate before he can act on anything. Another main threshold guardian is Draco Malfoy because Draco is trying to make Harry look bad and himself look good. Draco, coming from a wizarding family, is trying to prove that Harry should not be revered because he did not grow up as a wizard. Harry has many barriers to break to get to the next stage in his journey and he is successful as he gathers more and more self confidence.
The Sorting Hat of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter The Sorcerer’s Stone sings to the students attending Hogwarts in Harry’s first year, “There’s nothing hidden in our head the Sorting Hat can’t see, so try me on and I will tell you where you ought to be. […] You might belong in Hufflepuff, where they are just and loyal, those patient Hufflepuffs are trues and unafraid of toil” (118). This magical hat looks into each student’s minds, putting him or her into the best fitting house for their own personality. If placed into the alternate universe of Harry Potter, Haimon would be placed into Hufflepuff because each the characteristics of the house are quite evident inside the prince of Thebes. In Sophocles’ tragic play, Antigone, Haimon is a loyal individual, faithful to his commitments and will stick with them, which is portrayed through his loyalty to his father, Creon, justice, and Antigone, his fiancé.
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).
On the other hand, Hermione’s character blossoms beautifully. It is agreeable that her character does not match with one’s typical mythic hero and does she not completely follow the “hero’s journey” that defines a hero. Hermione’s origin is nothing special; she is seen growing up in a very loving and supportive family. This is completely opposite to Harry’s tragic childhood. Although, she isn’t magically gifted like Harry, who can command a broomstick to land in the palm of his hand at ease, Hermione has an unwavering desire and commitment to learn, hence the reason why she is so ridiculously smart. At first, Hermione is depicted as outcast for she is a muggle-born, she did not have a wizard as father or a witch as mother, meaning her parents were absolutely average human beings. Thus, she found comfort in books as she is also depicted as a nerd with a
This is why character growth is so important. We can get away with frightened, fool hardy or nerdy heroes. But it is important that they grow. Just as we grow. ‘Flaws are a starting point of imperfection or incompleteness from which a character can grow.’ (Vogler, 2007, p.33). And an underdog character offers a great deal of room for growth. In fact growth is integral to the story. The ‘character must develop in order for the [story] to communicate on a psychological level. (Indick, 2004, p.18). If a character fails at something (which the underdog must do often or they wont be considered an underdog) and then just wallows over it, they wont grow. Harry has to barely escape Voldemort throughout the series so that the stakes are highest during the final confrontation.
for Harry's defeat of Voldemort. Although, Sam and Neville undergo two different routes on their path to heroism; but, share similar experiences that shed light on their transformation.
Harry’s fighters, however, are but a fraction of that size and admit they are counting on a hope and a prayer to defeat their opponents. How did Voldemort, such an evil person at heart, amass so many followers when Harry and his cause could not? Conformity. The power of social influence is strong, especially when there is a particularly compelling individual calling the shots. A leader like Voldemort, who is both authoritative in nature and insistent about people believing in his message, is a very powerful force of social influence. In addition to social influence, the blanket of disappointment is a smothering one, and people hate to be trapped underneath it, even if it is created by someone like Voldemort. The pressure of letting others down can sometimes trump desires to stand up for personal views. And even if people come to the conclusion that they have conformed to the wrong norm, in this case joining Voldemort, they are more likely to justify their actions so they do not feel cognitive dissonance over what they have done. Conformity, especially in such a life or death situation, is a very difficult to thing to fight, and the people who joined Voldemort succumbed to its
Since we are at the pet store buying a new pet the obvious choice is a hamster. I would want a little fuzzball running around than a scaly slithery creature. I really want a hamster. I would cuddle the hamster,and take pictures of it and talk to it. No one in my family has bad allergy issues.
In the beginning, two witches, Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw, and two wizards, Godric Gryffindor and Salzar Slytherin, came together to form a place, in present-day Europe, where people with magic could learn the ways of their powers free of people who don’t understand magic. The creation of Hogwarts was not easy for each founder had their own idea of what principle should lead the school. In the end, the four founders reached an agreement: for each founder to create their own suborder, also known as a house, in the school named after each founder and with their own set of principles. Gryffindor house was led by courage and bravery, Hufflepuff with loyalty and kindness, Ravenclaw was fully led with their minds and intellect, while Slytherin took a darker path leading with slyness and cunning wit. After each
One quality of character is compassion. Harry Potter shows great compassion throughout the Harry Potter series. In the end, he was able to forgive Snape, who made his school years awful, and Dumbledore, the man who betrayed him. This is shown because Harry named one of his children after them. Harry was also ready to die just so his friends wouldn’t have to suffer. He was willing to sacrifice himself for the good of everyone else. Harry also shows perseverance.
Narcissa knew that, at some point in the future, the older and established wizarding families would make another move to exert control over their world. Likely not for several decades and doubtful during her lifetime, but the Malfoys were perfectly willing to make a soon forgettable sacrifice and to be patient. The intelligent Miss Granger was now the obvious and much more suitable choice for Draco. Lucius was just going to have to get used to the idea and then to voice his support of the young couple, especially once the paparazzi got a hold of the
I should receive a passing grade in this class because I can write now. Not just an exaggeration, but after another semester of English I finally feel confident that can write. Three of the reasons behind my confidence is I learned, I experienced and best of all I repeated. These three values helped prepare me for what is in store in English 1302 and here is why.
The Harry Potter film series was theoretically meant to be produced as a series where success is achieved through people’s abilities and is oblivious to their race. But throughout the film series, the audience discovers that beneath the surface there are still many underlying themes of racial prejudice forms and vilification. The film series of Harry Potter displays traditional racial attitudes though the majority of all main actors/ characters who are classed as ‘white’ and Anglo-Saxon. To complement this theme traditional stereotypes are also exposed throughout the films, for example character’s names holding an underlying meaning exercising the idea of “white” being good and “black” being bad. The most powerful, “evil” wizard, Lord Voldemort
Atticus is exemplary throughout the book. He teaches the children lessons on how everyone should be treated. At the end of the novel, his son and daughter are attacked and almost killed. Afterwards he reads to his daughter about a bad man who she believes to be nice. He then states, “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them (376).” Even after the attack he still sees only the good in people. He reminds his children of the good in the world. Atticus positively influences the children's lives through his daily actions.
Harry and Malfoy come from families with bug reputations. Harry's father was a star Quidditch player, and mother was a star student. Draco's father is a known and feared Ministry of Magic worker and death eater, while his mother comes from the famous Black family. Even though they are in different houses they are both well respected and looked up to as strong leaders. Slytherins use their name, connections, and money to their advantage, while Gryffindors would rather succeed on their own (Blair). Also, they are on their house quidditch team as seakers. Though they may be rivals Harry and Draco save each other. When snatchers find Harry, Ron, and Hermione they are brought to Draco to be identified. Draco knows that it is Harry, but does not say so. When the room of requirement was on fire Harry saved Draco from the flames. This shows despite their differences they still care about one another. Both have a connection and mark from Lord Voldemort. When Harry first defeated Lord Voldemort a part of him went into to Harry and created a lighting bolt shaped scar on his forehead and a unique connection between the two. Draco follows in his father's footsteps and becomes a death eater and received the dark mark tattoo on his forearm. Then was chosen for a special mission by Lord Voldemort (Blair). One thing that Draco and Harry happily share is that they both become father and are seen