Fahrenheit 451 Week 3 Discussion Questions

My first example is located in one of the film’s first couple of scenes, where Voldemort and his fellow Death Eaters are meeting to discuss plans, this is when Voldemort states that it is only him who can kill Harry and needs someone else’s wand to do this. During this meeting Voldemort begins playing with his “guest,” Charity Burbage, a professor who used to work at Hogwarts who studies Muggles, or people born into families that are non-magical and are not able to perform magic. This is where he says “It is Ms. Burbage’s belief that Muggles are not so different from us, she would given her way have us mate with them. To her the mixture of magical and Muggle blood is not an abomination, but something to be encouraged” (0:08:36). She then begins …show more content…
One huge example of this hate being the scene in which Bellatrix, a known Death Eater tortures Hermione by using the Cruciatus Curse on her, lashing her with a whip and then using a knife to engrave the word “Mudblood” into her arm. As stated before, Mudblood is a derogatory term used toward half-blood and Muggleborn wizards. It is used as hate speech and means dirty blood. This scene is such an important example because it shows just how bad racism and hate has become in the world this myth has created. It raises ethnic concerns and answers them by forcing its audience to realize just how bad hate and racism is. It opens the eyes of anyone watching this film and makes them feel awful for the recipients of hate in this film. Such as Hermione Granger who is literally tortured and belittled just because of where she came from. She was born the way she was and had no choice in it. This allows the audience to grasp the importance of accepting this myth and what it has to offer, which is universal acceptance of all people. No matter where their roots may lie. Because no one deserves to be treated the way anyone related to Muggles was in this film.