Journal Draft- Gabby

 

The Harry Potter series showcases a world of magic and wonder for a young boy who never knew he had such powers. For some, the world of witches and wizards is a fun realm of fantasy meant as a harmless escape from reality. For others, the series is a dangerous and slippery slope that leads young children to actually make a pact with the devil and become witches and wizards themselves. Further, some of those people decide that the proper way to handle the evil they see in the book is to ban and/or burn the Harry Potter books. However, burning is less about preventing evil, and more about having and maintaining power. Continue reading

Infatuation or Obsession: When is the Love of a Character Too Much

Within Hannah Schmidt’s article, A Magically Nice Guy: Parasocial Relationships with Harry Potter Across Different Cultures, the idea of parasocial relationships are discussed. Parasocial relationships are defined as a one sided relationship in which one party doesn’t know that the other person exists. This is seen mainly in your every day person becoming infatuated with a fictional character, or a famous person. These relationships can be healthy in helping a person to lead a better life, but they can also turn into an unhealthy obsession. This leads us to ask at what point we draw the line between infatuation and obsession.

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Gabby’s Remix Idea

So I’m going to write a piece of fan fiction about how Bellatrix became all demented and evil.

Ginny will use oclemency when Bellatrix and Molly are battling to look into Bellatrix’s past and see that it was her upbringing and social surroundings that warped her into the evil person she is today. I plan on having a semi-abusive father, and peer pressure from those who later became death eaters play a large role in shaping Bellatrix into a cruel person, showing that becoming evil isn’t necessarily inherent, but can be the result of a twisted past.

Thoughts?

Reading Journal 3

 

The struggle of man versus animal is one that we have noted down in history as age long. We are constantly battling against our animalistic instincts in order to be classified as civilized human beings. Those who give in to their urges and instincts are often deemed as lesser humans. This is all clearly seen in the use of werewolves within Harry Potter’s world.. Continue reading

Journal 1

Reading Journal 1

One of the elements necessary for a book to be deemed fantasy literature is a secondary world. However, for a book to be considered good fantasy literature that secondary world must be relatable in the struggles the characters are presented with. The secondary world of the Harry Potter series presents us with a vast and complex world that suffers from injustice, intolerance, and violence much like our own. The struggle between good and evil is present and we see a villain that looks remarkably like one from our own world. But just how similar is Voldemort to Hitler? Within the chapter “Was Voldemort a Nazi? Death Eater Ideology and National Socialism” Nancy Reagin explores this idea and shows that the biggest similarity did not fall in the Hitler-Voldemort comparison, but in the ideas propagated by their supporters. Continue reading

Reading Journal Questions

Hey guys! I know it’s kinda late the day before they’re due, but do you guys know if there is a max cap on the journals? I’m not intending to go crazy or anything. I’m just nearing the 500 word mark and am not done making my point or using the three quote minimum (it was three right?).

Thanks guys <3