In Harry Potter, I hate the way the Wizard and Muggle worlds are so separated?

Question

You have some wizard kids who have Muggle parents (like Hermione) and when they're asked if they want to live most of the year at a boarding Wizard school they all say yes. But wouldn't they miss things like their Muggle friends from their original schools? Or their favorite movies, TV shows, music, Muggle books, etc?

Answer 1

We must remember that Muggle-borns like Hermione and Lily Potter would have been tremendously awed with their magical powers and with the wizarding world in general. They're only 11 when they go to Hogwarts, and remember that is quite an impressionable stage for a kid. During that first year they would have been wowed by the new things they see and the people they meet that the past 10 years of their Muggle life would have paled in comparison. I would bet that after their first year, when they're back home for the summer, all they think about is the past year at Hogwarts and wanting more and more.

I also think that with their newly-understood powers, they would find difficulty going back to their ordinary lives. They could invent stories of sorts but somethings would eventually slip.

Answer 2

I'm sure the Muggle-born kids would miss their old friends and favorite TV shows, but wouldn't it be worth it if you could learn to do real magic? And of course they can make new friends at Hogwarts, and catch the summer reruns when they go home for vacation.

We know from Harry's own experiences that wizard children sometimes cause weird things to happen by magic without meaning to. It may be that many Muggle-born wizards are considered "creepy" by other kids and tend not to have a lot of friends anyway.

Muggle electronic devices wouldn't work at Hogwarts, but I'm sure students could bring their own Muggle books if they wanted to. Didn't Dean Thomas bring a poster of his favorite soccer team?

Answer 3

That depends on how they were treated before they found out about Hogwarts and the fact that they could attend. Though Harry's a half-blood, he was raised as a muggle-born until his eleventh birthday. Ignoreing the way the Durselys treated him, he certainly wasn't treated to well by anyone else. Mrs. Figg was about the only mentioned who might have treated him well, but she explains that she had to treat him poorly because of what would happen if the Durselys found out if Harry enjoyed going to her place.

Harry's experince is not typical of what those raised as Muggle-borns could expect. Both Dean and Hermione came from families that loved them very much, though Rowling has confirmed Dean was actually a half-blood like Harry but his wizard father left him and his mother when he was still a baby to protect them from Voldemort. Dean's mother remarried, this time to a muggle, and Dean was raised basically as a muggle-born. Again , both he and Hermione came from loving families, but that doesn't speak to what the rest of their lives were like before Hogwarts. Like Harry they probably manifested things they could never explain, so they might not have had any friends as the other kids might have shunned them. Or they could have had plenty of friends but been seen as a little odd. Course muggle-borns might not even have been given the chance to make friends as their parents, quite possibly having witnessed strange things surrounding their children and afraid what others might say if they found out, might not have enrolled them in school if they could help it.

Though in Hermione's case it seems unlikely she had many friends, if any, before Hogwarts. Ron's comments just before the Halloween feast really struck a nerve with her. True, she didn't seem to have any friends in the wizarding world and she was certainly upset about that, but it also seems she didn't have any friends in the muggle world as well. Being totally friendless in both would have made her far more lonely than anyone could imagine.

Answer 4

THe muggle world and the Magical World all exist in the same space. THe wizards just use magic to cover it up, such as the brick wall. Its like the leaky cauldron. Its always there. Muggles just don't notice it there. There are all sorts of ways that the wizards use to avoid notice, and its why the ministry of magic has so many division devoted to the control and use of magic.

Answer 5

harry potter hate wizard muggle worlds separated

Answer 6

Well, I would disagree with you that the worlds are so separate. They are in fact interloping and very close. Well, they are only 11 when contacted, and I'm sure it might be a bit of an issue but then again the child might've been a bit of an outcast due to any weird coincidences of magic. But otherwise they could just say they were going to a far off school.

Answer 7

I'm sure there would have been students who did not want to leave their muggle world behind. However they were not main characters so J.K. probably did not feel the need to discuss it. Interesting question though. I had never really thought about that before.

Answer 8

I'm sure they would miss all that stuff....but would you pass up a chance to go to Hogwarts and learn to use your magical ability. They can always return to the muggle world if they want and keep their magic to themselves, but if they decide not to go to Hogwarts at all then they may never get a chance to master use of their magic ever!

Answer 9

Yes, they probably would :P I always wondered if she would put in about muggle children's explanations to their friends of where they were going, but she didn't :( Oh well, guess we'll never know!

Answer 10

they would be out casted in real society,it is a racism linked thought the smuggles would have,look at history on how witches or should i say,false wichtes have been persecuted and given death,then theirs the jealousy factor imagine someone can do more special things than you could,as lo the writer never really talked about the inter action except with the dursley,it would be impossible to talk about all the other story lines,but i bet they did mingle,it just wasn't important.