ENGB35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Hogwarts, Separate Spheres, Boarding School
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Boarding school useful bc you are getting children away from parents. Freud - when kids have issues with parents, most kids fantasize about being adopted - harry has a reverse family romance where his real parents are dead. Hogwarts gives harry an escape from the mundane and abusive life. Anne of green gables - doesn"t want anne to grow up whereas harry. Potter series - accompanies him as he grows up. Challenges in harry potter are more real -- young boy struggling, learns as he struggles and explores his own autonomy. Harry potter - romance that is going to end happily. Rowling does not make it easy for the reader -- takes things away from. Harry -- hogwarts is a dangerous place - scope increases to encompass the whole community. As you read each book, vocabulary increased, making it harder to read the book.
