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02-10-2011, 03:22 PM | #1 |
Hobbit
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Hobbiton, New Jersey
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Socialist Undertones in the Harry Potter series
Last spring, I had to choose a "seminar" course to fulfill my political science degree requirement and I ended up selecting a seminar called "Socialist Futures", the final grade for which was to be a paper illustrating the socialist ideals that occur in our everyday lives, all around us. Being a MASSIVE fan of HP, I jumped at the chance to write about the socialist themes within HP.
I am aware that JK is involved in the worker's party in the UK and have heard rumors that she has rather socialist tendencies. However, I seem to have alienated myself from a rather popular HP fan site by posting my paper. It seems that people were bothered by the idea that HP could possibly be highlighting the fact that socialism isn't terrible. Any thoughts on socialist themes within HP? If anyone is interested, let me know and I would be happy to post my paper, which I titled "Harry Potter and the Prisoners of Capitalism"- hey, I couldn't resist the word play.
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