who will be the next significant half-blood?

ravibaby1 aparnakam at hotmail.com
Wed Dec 21 02:39:20 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 145088

This is my first time seeing this interest group.  I hope this didn't 
come up earlier.

>From the beginning of the HP books, there has been a clear lesson about 
intolerance and (for want of a better term) racism.  The good 
characters are the most tolerant and embrace differences, while the bad 
ones are those who are most intolerant, race-proud, zenophobic 
(obviously LV, but Malfoys/DE's in general, Umbridge, Kreacher).  In 
this context, the half-bloods are clearly significant.  LV's power is 
probably mitigated by the fact that he hates his mud-blood father.  
Snape is clearly more proud of his full-blood origin.  Harry has love 
for both his full-blood and mudblood parents, and his love may give him 
a stronger power (no self-hatred to motivate him or weaken him).  Lily 
Potter, a mudblood, I think, is one of the most significant characters 
in the book, even though it's her death that starts it all.  Now the 
mudblood in the center is Hermione, and she and Ron Weasley will likely 
have a half-blood heir.  However, doubtful that this will happen in 
book 7.  Who are the other half-bloods to note?

Ravibaby1







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