Reading Journal 3- Maddie Rogers
In our reading, “Why the Statute of Secrecy, Real Historical Oppression of Witches and Wizards” Birgit Wiedl highlights the abundance of accusations against people supposedly practicing witchcraft in seventeenth-century Europe, and the severity of this crime. While reading the Harry Potter series it’s common for us to think, why wouldn’t these people with magical […]
Hannah McCracken Reading Journal #3
Magic in Harry Potter vs. Magic in the Real World: Who’s the Real Witch? In our reading “Magic for Daily Use and Profit” Birgit Wiedl highlights one of the main differences between the fictional witches and wizards of Harry Potter and the real world pagans of today. Wiedl says, “This concept is the exact opposite […]
Joel Kremer – Reading Journal #3
Reading Journal #3 – Does Voldemort Have A Silver Bullet Handy? In Eveline Brugger’s, “Hairy Snout, Human Heart?” she delves deep into the biology, history, and different variations of werewolves (both in the muggle world and in the wizarding world). Once becoming a werewolf (through a spell, curse, or being bitten), the path a person […]
Reading Journal #1
Nancy Reagin draws many similarities between WWII and Harry Potter in her chapter “Was Voldemort a Nazi?” It is clear to see the similarities between the death eaters and Nazi members at the time, but also it gives insight into the actions of current leaders today. In this chapter, she goes into detail about how […]
Advice from Krista Shellhammer, or, Dr. Powers is bad at technology
Hi guys! When I made a new page for my reading journal, it showed up as a link above the house banner, but there isn’t an option to comment on pages. To fix this issue, and make all of the reading journals accessible, I’ve created a new category titled “Reading Journals” for us to post […]
Joe Kukula- Reading Journal #1
Marx, Magic, and a Mixed Bag Susan Hall’s take on social stratification in the wizarding world draws important comparisons to the historical class divides in the muggle world of Great Britain. Hall claims that those in the muggle world benefit from social mobility based on inventiveness and ingenuity in a way that wizards generally do […]
Joel Kremer – Reading Journal #1
“Marx, Magic, and Muggles” In Susan Hall’s chapter on “Marx, Magic, and Muggles”, she discusses how the Industrial revolution changed the lives of people from Great Britain. The severity of the situation pre-revolution was so bad, as she says, “that the only possible outcome must be a bloody revolution” (269). However, the steam that was […]
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