There are lots of gender stereotypes in books and magazines. This unconsciously influences young readers and teenagers by applying them to novels.
A very popular a book series in recent decades is the Harry Potter series. The first book of this series, Harry Potter and the sorcerer 's stone, is believed to be acceptable for 6-year-old kids (Rowling, 1999). I remember that I read this at about age 10 and was fascinated by this. The book describes the life of an 11-year-old boy, Harry Potter. On his 11th birthday, he is told that he is a wizard. Harry then learns that his parents were wizards too and were killed by an evil wizard Voldemort. He meets his two good friends Ron and Hermione and find that sorcerer 's stone is hidden somewhere inside …show more content…
Harry is always obtrusive and curious about strange things, and this is the starting point of the story. However, it is not only for boys, as one girl, Hermione, also join in this adventure. While boys love to adventure, Hermione does not really love adventure, shown by her warning while seeing friends’ dangerous action. This confirms the gender stereotype but this character also contradicts other gender stereotypes. For example, she is a quite an independent person and good at resolving the problems. This is far from a stereotypical interdependent female. Another main character who contradicts gender stereotypes is Neville, a boy who is a bit timid. There are quite a lot stereotypical male characters, such as Draco, Harry and Ron. They display their aggressive and adventurous tendency by planning a wizard 's duel and feeling excellent after almost being attacked by a three-headed dog. And there are some stereotypical female characters, such as nurse Pomfrey and Mrs. Weasley. They take the traditional female role, caring …show more content…
As a praised family which is not in lack of love, Charlie’s family generally confirms gender stereotypes—father is the only breadwinner and mother cares the child As for characters, there are more male characters than female and most female characters are used to contrast the main character, Charlie. For example, Veruca and Violet are described as spoiled and arrogant. This is not really stereotyping but shows some preference of this author. On the other side, two main characters Charlie and Wonka—both male—are kind-hearted and genius respectively. Mike, the little boy who watches the violent movie all the day, obviously fits the gender stereotype. However, the traits of Augustus, gluttonous, cannot be classified as masculine or feminine. As this book rarely describes a person’s appearance (except the one who is gluttonous), physical stereotype almost disappears in this
A very popular a book series in recent decades is the Harry Potter series. The first book of this series, Harry Potter and the sorcerer 's stone, is believed to be acceptable for 6-year-old kids (Rowling, 1999). I remember that I read this at about age 10 and was fascinated by this. The book describes the life of an 11-year-old boy, Harry Potter. On his 11th birthday, he is told that he is a wizard. Harry then learns that his parents were wizards too and were killed by an evil wizard Voldemort. He meets his two good friends Ron and Hermione and find that sorcerer 's stone is hidden somewhere inside …show more content…
Harry is always obtrusive and curious about strange things, and this is the starting point of the story. However, it is not only for boys, as one girl, Hermione, also join in this adventure. While boys love to adventure, Hermione does not really love adventure, shown by her warning while seeing friends’ dangerous action. This confirms the gender stereotype but this character also contradicts other gender stereotypes. For example, she is a quite an independent person and good at resolving the problems. This is far from a stereotypical interdependent female. Another main character who contradicts gender stereotypes is Neville, a boy who is a bit timid. There are quite a lot stereotypical male characters, such as Draco, Harry and Ron. They display their aggressive and adventurous tendency by planning a wizard 's duel and feeling excellent after almost being attacked by a three-headed dog. And there are some stereotypical female characters, such as nurse Pomfrey and Mrs. Weasley. They take the traditional female role, caring …show more content…
As a praised family which is not in lack of love, Charlie’s family generally confirms gender stereotypes—father is the only breadwinner and mother cares the child As for characters, there are more male characters than female and most female characters are used to contrast the main character, Charlie. For example, Veruca and Violet are described as spoiled and arrogant. This is not really stereotyping but shows some preference of this author. On the other side, two main characters Charlie and Wonka—both male—are kind-hearted and genius respectively. Mike, the little boy who watches the violent movie all the day, obviously fits the gender stereotype. However, the traits of Augustus, gluttonous, cannot be classified as masculine or feminine. As this book rarely describes a person’s appearance (except the one who is gluttonous), physical stereotype almost disappears in this