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Moral and Philosophical reading of Harry Potter: How does the concept of ‘evil breeds evil’ unfold in Harry Potter? What is the significance of Harry being one of the Horcruxes?
One of the morals of the story is that you never know what you are capable of until you try. Harry was faced with extraordinary circumstances, and he was able to rise to the challenge. He found reserves of bravery within himself, as well as special abilities.
Harry Potter had no idea that he was a wizard, of course. When he was eleven years old, he found out he was a wizard and was whisked off to wizarding school. That was pretty unusual. Until then, he had no idea he was “The Boy Who Lived” or that he had famous parents.
From the beginning, Harry exhibited traits of bravery and curiosity. He saw Hagrid take something from a vault at Gringotts, and he wanted to protect it. He thought that it was Snape who was after it, and about that he was wrong, but at least he tried to protect Hogwarts. Harry made friends based on their character traits and not prestige. He discovered that he had talents he never knew he had, including an aptitude to play the sport Quidditch.
Harry risked his life to follow the Sorceror’s Stone deep into the castle to stop anyone from taking it. He thought it was Snape, but it turned out to be Quirrell. Harry was brave enough to fight off Quirrell, even though he was harboring Voldemort.
Harry jumped to his feet, caught Quirrell by the arm, and hung on as tight as he could. Quirrell screamed and tried to throw Harry off – the pain in Harry's head was building -- he couldn't see -- he could only hear Quirrell's terrible shrieks and Voldemort's yells of, "KILL HIM!... (Ch. 17)
Harry is later told by Dumbledore that he saved the stone because he wanted to rescue it, and not use it. In this way, the person who took the stone had to have good intentions. Harry had good intentions, whereas Quirrell and Voldemort did not.
In contrast to the stoic moral teaching Kern (2001, 2003) finds in the Harry Potter series, the analysis presented here finds evidence of an Aristotelian account of virtue in J.K. Rowling’s works. Like Aristotle, Rowling recognizes the centrality of friendship to moral development. In short, the friends we have go a long way to making us the person we are to become. Rowling teaches her reader that doing the right thing is not always easy, but that we can do the right thing with the help of our friends. She also reinforces Aristotle’s conclusion that the only friendships worthy of this title are those grounded on virtue. Moreover, Rowling shows us that we are not isolated individuals, but members of a community really committed to good or just principles. Rowling drives these moral lessons home when Dumbledore reminds the students of Hogwarts that “we are only strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. Lord Voldemort’s gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing an equally strong bond of friendship and trust”
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