In my senior thesis, I'm trying to show the correlation between the Harry Potter storyline and American policy/history since the end of WWI. I've got the first five books done. Now all I need to figure out what the six Horcruxes stand for. I argue in my paper that a person that dies in the series represents not an actual entity, but an ideology. These can be political or social. If that is so and I tell you Voldemort represents Germany (imperial in World War I and Nazi Germany is World War II), does anyone have any ideas as to what the Horcruxes stand for? Riddle's diary (Book II and VI) represents Hitler's Mein Kampf and the world's (German and American) response to it. We've got Hufflepuff's cup, Slytherin's locket, Marvolo's ring, Nagini the snake, and something of Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. any ideas? Serious answers please.
2007-03-09 06:33:44 · 3 answers · asked by comitern9 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Maybe Hufflepuff's Cup could be the League of Nations or something- it strikes me as a very Hufflepuff idea. Marvolo's ring could be big bussiness/government favoring big business- the ring is a historic object (policy) which kills Dumbledore's hand (worker's rights) but is eventually destroyed. I can't think of anything for Slytherin's locket off the top of my head, maybe something to do with communism?
I wouldn't use Nagini in your paper, since she's not a confirmed Horcrux. See the reference for the confirmed vs. possible Horcruxes.
2007-03-09 07:13:04 · answer #1 · answered by maoseh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
interesting. i have trawled my bookshelves and characteristic arise with a itemizing i will likely disagree with day after today; yet (confining myself to fiction, that you do not specify). 1900s The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle 1910s won't be able to discover one on my cabinets 1920s The Trial - Franz Kafka Thirties Brighton Rock - Graham Greene Forties 1984 - George Orwell Nineteen Fifties The Lord of the rings - J R R Tolkien Nineteen Sixties seize-22 - Joseph Heller Nineteen Seventies The Godfather - Mario Puzo Nineteen Eighties lifeless night's babies - Salman Rushdie Nineties Harry Potter and the logician's Stone - J ok Rowling playstation - i began to do an same exercising for the 19th century, yet stumbled on that for the 1840s I had to elect from The count number of Monte Cristo, vanity honest and Wuthering Heights; even as the 1860s boasted Les Miserables, conflict and Peace, Crime and Punishment and massive expectancies. I gave up. strange that i do not look to own a unmarried e book revealed between 1911 and 1920...
2016-12-05 11:29:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must go to a state school!
The only way your analysis would work is by the hurcruxes steming from Germany. Since Germany is Voldermort, The soul of Germany would need to be split into 7 parts.
Maybe Nagini is a Brazilian anaconda that swallowed Hiltler's head when it was shipped there?
However, this would be world and not just American politics.
Anyway, you are not going to get this approved!
2007-03-09 09:02:23 · answer #3 · answered by betterthanrating 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋