Funny, I didn’t see the slavery thing the way you did. Fantasy worlds are full of sub-races doing all the grunt work. It would be surprising if the world of Hogwarts had no such beings.
The interesting part is that it is Hermione who gets up and works toward liberation. Tell me, if there is a character in the books who is J K Rowling's avatar do you really think it is Harry or Ron or Neville?
The movies stripped that out entirely. A good decision in storytelling but a lost opportunity.
I see Rowling as standing up for the exploited, avoiding the fashionable dogma, getting to the real human problems. Her book “The Casual Vacancy” may not have the excitement and colour of Hogwarts or even the dangers and odd characters of her detective fiction, but it has her heart.
Funny, I didn’t see the slavery thing the way you did. Fantasy worlds are full of sub-races doing all the grunt work. It would be surprising if the world of Hogwarts had no such beings.
The interesting part is that it is Hermione who gets up and works toward liberation. Tell me, if there is a character in the books who is J K Rowling's avatar do you really think it is Harry or Ron or Neville?
The movies stripped that out entirely. A good decision in storytelling but a lost opportunity.
I see Rowling as standing up for the exploited, avoiding the fashionable dogma, getting to the real human problems. Her book “The Casual Vacancy” may not have the excitement and colour of Hogwarts or even the dangers and odd characters of her detective fiction, but it has her heart.