Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows- Continued: Inquiry question #3

The book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling is the seventh book in a series of seven about a wizard named Harry. This wonderful installation follows Harry and his two best friends Hermione and Ron on their thrilling quest to find and destroy all of the horcruxes made by the evil Voldemort. Their goal is to vanquish Voldemort and stop his terrible schemes of taking over both the wizarding and muggle worlds. In this series, muggles are often seen by the evil characters as an inferior race, and below the wizards. House elves as well are treated this way. This is an allegory for racism, a very real and non fantastical problem that has and still does haunt our world. In the end the problem is solved, as in most storybooks. However, there was a question I asked myself after reading this book; how does justice in the book make me think about justice in the real world? I think that  the justice in this story is the conventional, hero-saves-the-day kind of justice you expect to see in a fantasy novel, but in the real world, this is not typical justice.
 
In Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, there is an element of racism towards the muggles and house elves from the evil characters. In the "real world," we have come across the issue of racism. Racism is the idea that certain cultures are better or more deserving of something than another culture. Sadly, this is still something we encounter in life today. I'd like to think that whenever someone is discriminatory someone is there to bring justice, but sadly some people (mostly those who are racist) don't see racism as a problem., and therefore don't do anything about it. In reality, you can never completely get rid of a problem, especially if it is someone's thoughts or opinions that are causing it, but we can try to serve justice when there is a problem we can fix. 

In this story, a hero saves the world nearly single handedly. In books (mainly fantasy and other types of fiction) there is usually a hero/heroine that steps in, immediately knows right from wrong, and saves everyone from evil. However in real, day-to-day situations of crime and misdemeanor, the government is often the one to step in and serve justice to those who need it. This is what happens in court cases where judges decide whether or not there was wrong doing and, if there was, who should be punished for it and how they should be punished. These two situations are an example of justice being typically served. There are all sorts of people who bring would typically bring justice for a certain situation. The same rule goes for the antagonist. Most traditional storybook plots have an evil force that threatens the main character and his/her friends. This is the case in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. Most real world situations are a group that threatens society or peoples lives on a larger scale. 

In conclusion, you can reflect a lot upon the world by looking at the books around you. Often writers model their problems off of problems society struggles with today. Books and real worlds aren't always completely aligned, but you can still analyze these seemingly fantastical problems for a grain of truth.