The secrecy motif

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 179961

> lizzyben:
> And I know that Gryffs are the good guys because they're not 
> prejudiced against Muggle-borns, but that always seemed a bit 
> bizarre to me, because they ARE prejudiced against Muggles. It's 
> like someone telling an immigrant that they accept him, even though 
> they think his foreign parents & family are a totally inferior 
> species. Ugh. Prejudice against Muggles won't go away because the 
> wizards have this deep-seated need to believe that they are superior 
> to & stronger than Muggles; so the prejudice against Muggle-borns 
> will remain as well. IMO the prejudice against Muggle-borns is a 
> natural result of the way this society has been set up. It's 
> inevitable & it won't go away. Because this is a society that is 
> rotten at its core, created and based upon a foundation of secrecy & 
> lies. 

Montavilla47:
You're reminding me, Lizzyben, of a rumor that JKR had to squash 
early on--that the series would end with the Wizards doing away with
the Statute of Secrecy and reintegrating with the Muggle world.

I think that rumor may have started because that is the natural
happy ending, isn't it?  The bigotry can't really start to heal until the
Wizards and Muggles really start to mix together.  

I've heard people compare the Wizarding World to Apartheid, only instead
of living in gated communities, the Wizards live in even better than 
gated areas.  Their homes are so gated that they can't be seen.  Once
behind their wards, they don't have to even think about the Muggles as
anything but a possible source of groceries.  They don't even need to
let Muggles in to clean their toilets, because they have a slave race to
do this.

Harry, as a half-blood raised in the Muggle world would be a grand 
position to bring about positive change in the Wizarding world.  But,
of course, Harry has been conditioned to hate the Muggle world
because of his horrible family.  

Montavilla47