First, the author has a hard time with the “chosenness” of the witches who get letters from Hogwarts. You are making it seem as though God handpicked these kids. They have magical blood, they weren’t chosen, magic is in their blood.
Secondly, I do not think that Harry and his friends were shown any special treatment by Dumbledore. Dumbledore grew to love Harry, he did not favour him in PS, he and Ron got into trouble big in CoS. I feel that everything Harry did had a good reason and Dumbledore saw those good reasons. The only time I can see blantant favourtism is when McGonagall gives Harry the Nimbus.
Third- Harry, Ron, Hermione, the Order of the Pheonix are a mismatched group filled with people from different backgrounds. They praise Dumbledore because he is like them. Of course they see him as all-knowing, he’s a teacher. I feel the idolization of Dumbledore is totally justified on Harry’s part. Rowling emphsizes being different because not many societal institutions do so. It gives kids who are different something to look up to.
The comment about all the heroes being pure-bloods themselves makes absolutely no sense.
Oh my God! The books are so obviously NOT created to show the brilliance of Hermione and thereby satisfy the ego of Rowling. Jo has said that when she wants information out, she uses Hermione. I feel like Hermione is the smartest in comparison to everyone, not just the other women in the series.
“In any case it is a horrible thing to be teaching children, that you have to be “chosen”; that the highest places in this world are gained by celestial fiat, rather than by working out how to get there yourself and then busting tail until you succeed.” This is complete garbage. Every single character worked so hard to get to where they were. It blows my mind that someone would misinterpret the series this badly.
I do not understand the connection the author makes between the death of Dobby and Liberal condescention. And since the author is talking about DH, the statement, “There’s nothing in this story of alleged iconoclasts and rebels that would present the slightest challenge to the establishment,” makes no sense! The Death Eaters took over the Ministry ie THE ESTABLISHMENT which Harry is now trying to destroy.
“The Rowling story of the Single Welfare Mom Who Made Good is not exactly accurate, either; her background is solidly middle class, her dad was a Rolls-Royce engineer, she read French and classics at Exeter, and the father of her first child (whom she divorced, rather than the other way around) was a Portuguese TV personality.” WHAT ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT??? This paragraph contradicts itself.
Finally, the language that the author uses is so condescending. It is so falsely whimsical that it insults the intelligence of the reader. Write normally please and maybe your points won’t sounds so pretentious. How did this person get published on a website. Their grammar is terrible, their research is poorly done, and their misinterpretation of the themes of the books is completely insane.
On Harry Potter and the Incredibly Conservative Aristocratic Children's Club
First, the author has a hard time with the “chosenness” of the witches who get letters from Hogwarts. You are making it seem as though God handpicked these kids. They have magical blood, they weren’t chosen, magic is in their blood.
Secondly, I do not think that Harry and his friends were shown any special treatment by Dumbledore. Dumbledore grew to love Harry, he did not favour him in PS, he and Ron got into trouble big in CoS. I feel that everything Harry did had a good reason and Dumbledore saw those good reasons. The only time I can see blantant favourtism is when McGonagall gives Harry the Nimbus.
Third- Harry, Ron, Hermione, the Order of the Pheonix are a mismatched group filled with people from different backgrounds. They praise Dumbledore because he is like them. Of course they see him as all-knowing, he’s a teacher. I feel the idolization of Dumbledore is totally justified on Harry’s part. Rowling emphsizes being different because not many societal institutions do so. It gives kids who are different something to look up to.
The comment about all the heroes being pure-bloods themselves makes absolutely no sense.
Oh my God! The books are so obviously NOT created to show the brilliance of Hermione and thereby satisfy the ego of Rowling. Jo has said that when she wants information out, she uses Hermione. I feel like Hermione is the smartest in comparison to everyone, not just the other women in the series.
“In any case it is a horrible thing to be teaching children, that you have to be “chosen”; that the highest places in this world are gained by celestial fiat, rather than by working out how to get there yourself and then busting tail until you succeed.” This is complete garbage. Every single character worked so hard to get to where they were. It blows my mind that someone would misinterpret the series this badly.
I do not understand the connection the author makes between the death of Dobby and Liberal condescention. And since the author is talking about DH, the statement, “There’s nothing in this story of alleged iconoclasts and rebels that would present the slightest challenge to the establishment,” makes no sense! The Death Eaters took over the Ministry ie THE ESTABLISHMENT which Harry is now trying to destroy.
“The Rowling story of the Single Welfare Mom Who Made Good is not exactly accurate, either; her background is solidly middle class, her dad was a Rolls-Royce engineer, she read French and classics at Exeter, and the father of her first child (whom she divorced, rather than the other way around) was a Portuguese TV personality.” WHAT ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT??? This paragraph contradicts itself.
Finally, the language that the author uses is so condescending. It is so falsely whimsical that it insults the intelligence of the reader. Write normally please and maybe your points won’t sounds so pretentious. How did this person get published on a website. Their grammar is terrible, their research is poorly done, and their misinterpretation of the themes of the books is completely insane.