Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “it is not possible to be in favor of justice for some people and not be in favor of justice for all people.” This is a reoccuring theme in the book series Harry Potter by JK Rowling. Although Harry Potter was written for children, it is riddled with inequality, injustice, and prejudice of all sorts. From bloodstatus, to interhouse bullying, to laws and acts made against groups of people, Martin Luther King Jr’s words echo as the story evolves.
The wizarding world consists of witches, wizards, werewolves, and all sorts of mythical citizens. As all societies do, there are three social classes, or blood status’: Purebloods, those from all magical families. Half-bloods, those that have half magical families. Lastly, Muggleborns, who come from non-magic families. Muggleborns are viewed as less by some of the so-called “Pureblood” families; because they come from muggle families- this hatred spawned the foul name “Mudbloods”. Thus, the Pureblood class was split in two: those who regarded themselves Superior, and those who did not agree with the ideology of the …show more content…
The Gryffindor House loathed the House of Slytherin because it had a history of producing dark wizards; completely ignoring the fact that all the houses have had their fair share of dark witches and wizards. The Head of Slytherin, Severus Snape, encouraged bullying between the houses by publically favoring Slytherin and taking an outrageous amount of points from Gryffindor. Headmaster Dumbledore is not innocent in taking part of the inequality of houses as every year he awards Gryffindor points for stupid, mundane things like playing chess really well. The Slytherins deserved better as no one gets to choose their own parents or their lives, so why punish the children because they are ambitious? That being said, all four houses fall under this
The wizarding world consists of witches, wizards, werewolves, and all sorts of mythical citizens. As all societies do, there are three social classes, or blood status’: Purebloods, those from all magical families. Half-bloods, those that have half magical families. Lastly, Muggleborns, who come from non-magic families. Muggleborns are viewed as less by some of the so-called “Pureblood” families; because they come from muggle families- this hatred spawned the foul name “Mudbloods”. Thus, the Pureblood class was split in two: those who regarded themselves Superior, and those who did not agree with the ideology of the …show more content…
The Gryffindor House loathed the House of Slytherin because it had a history of producing dark wizards; completely ignoring the fact that all the houses have had their fair share of dark witches and wizards. The Head of Slytherin, Severus Snape, encouraged bullying between the houses by publically favoring Slytherin and taking an outrageous amount of points from Gryffindor. Headmaster Dumbledore is not innocent in taking part of the inequality of houses as every year he awards Gryffindor points for stupid, mundane things like playing chess really well. The Slytherins deserved better as no one gets to choose their own parents or their lives, so why punish the children because they are ambitious? That being said, all four houses fall under this