The World of Harry Potter Defies but Supports Boys and girls have different roles in this world. Or do they? Can boys and girls have the same gender roles? Boys can be just as preppy as girls and girls can be just as tough as boys. Harry Potter is a series that supports and defies these roles so we can see that the same gender roles can apply to both sides and not just the one. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone both supports and defies basic stereotypical gender roles, when Ron sacrifices himself for his friends, when Hermione saves Harry, and when Harry fought Voldemort. Ron Weasley supports the gender roles or stereotypes that are put on boys. When Hermione, Harry, and Ron go to save the sorcerer's stone toward the end of the book they are put through several different rooms. They come across a room that to get through they had to play wizard chess. As they are playing the game, Ron
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Ron wanting to save his friends says “ it’s the only way . . . I’ve got to be taken” (Rowling 283). Saying this Ron fulfills the stereotype that boys have to be tough and save the girl and their friends. Ron knew this meant his friends could go on so he sacrificed himself to help. The typical boys have to be stronger and help whenever someone needs help stereotype is one of the most common and shows up in almost all situations that have a boy and a problem. J.K. Rowling supports this stereotype most likely because she believes it is just something that comes with being a boy. They usually have to be the bigger person and do the hard things they may not want to but need to. In a thesis by Fillippa Tsatsa called “Gender roles in Harry Potter”, she says “Men are viewed as rational, strong, protective and decisive” (Tsatsa 3). In
Ron wanting to save his friends says “ it’s the only way . . . I’ve got to be taken” (Rowling 283). Saying this Ron fulfills the stereotype that boys have to be tough and save the girl and their friends. Ron knew this meant his friends could go on so he sacrificed himself to help. The typical boys have to be stronger and help whenever someone needs help stereotype is one of the most common and shows up in almost all situations that have a boy and a problem. J.K. Rowling supports this stereotype most likely because she believes it is just something that comes with being a boy. They usually have to be the bigger person and do the hard things they may not want to but need to. In a thesis by Fillippa Tsatsa called “Gender roles in Harry Potter”, she says “Men are viewed as rational, strong, protective and decisive” (Tsatsa 3). In