Changing the WW (was Snape's abuse )

[kiricat4001]

No: HPFGUIDX 131800

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> In any case, what do other people think?  Is change of WW society a 
> goal of JKR's?  If so, how is this going to play out?  Is it 
something 
> we are going to actually see?  Will purebloodism still be acceptable 
> by the last page?  Will someone like Snape still be able to teach at 
> Hogwarts by the last page?  Will the house elves still be in bondage 
> on the last page?  Will Slytherin House still be in existance on the 
> last page?

Marianne:

I think JKR has certainly laid the groundwork to show that there are 
great flaws in the structure of wizard society. She also, to my mind, 
seems to paint the vast majority of wizard society as a group of sheep 
fairly easily herded by the whims of the Ministry through their 
obvious control of The Daily Prophet. Whatever slander (libel?) is 
printed there is apparently accepted as gospel by a great many people. 
It doesn't strike me as a population seeking to change itself. 

I don't think we'll see it play out.  And I hope we don't because I'm 
not convinced JKR can pull it off believably in the course of the 
remaining two books.  I simply can't see the final battle ending and 
all of wizard society suddenly shaking off the prejudices of 
centuries, handing newly pressed suits to their house-elves, embracing 
giants, inviting werewolves to dinner. My answer to your last four 
questions is "yes." All of those attitudes will remain acceptable to 
some wizards. 

What I think JKR can do is to have the thrust of the story line of the 
main characters indicate in what ways the society in general could 
move to make it a more just society. And JKR could leave us with hints 
that change may indeed come and we can turn the final page knowing 
that all will be well in Wizardland eventually. 

Or maybe JKR will show the final downfall of Voldemort but also show 
how that doesn't necessarily change the beliefs of your average wizard 
regarding how elves or squibs or half-humans are treated. Maybe she 
will simply say that the battle goes on, that people must fight evil 
not only when it presents itself via the rise of megalomaniacs, but 
also in its more insidious versions, when it becomes an acceptable 
part of every day life.

Marianne