When talking about Harry Potter, one might wonder how this series represents our lives and times. As much as some, if not most of us, might wish otherwise, magic isn't real, however there are many elements of Hogwarts and the Harry Potter world are very much relatable to our lives.
One way that Harry Potter is relatable to students is the bullying that occurs in both worlds. In the series, Hermione is made fun of both for being a know-it-all and because both of her parents are muggles, which makes her what characters such as Draco Malfoy call her "mud-blood." Another reason that the Harry Potter world is relatable to our own is that there our teachers in the series, as well as in real life, that we can't stand or that seem to be out to get us. Examples in Harry Potter are Severus Snape and Delores Umbridge who went as far as saying in the fifth film in the series The Order of the Pheonix "I really hate children."
A Nov. 11, 2001 New York Times article by Marcelle Clements titled "Film- Wizardry Practiced on a Wizard" stated that 60% of American children between the ages of 6 and 17 had read at least one of the then four books in the series.
Link to article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/movies/film-wizardry-practiced-on-a-wizard.html
Citation:
Clements, Marcelle. "Film; Wizardry Practiced on a Wizard." The New York Times Nov 11 2001.
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