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1.  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-part 2 ( 2011) 

 

1) Feminist Reading :

All the women characters overpowering by Male characters. In the novel Rowling undermine the women characters because he consider Harry as the most important character of the novel.

                                               
Though this Portrayal of Hermione as intelligent girl breaks down in several time by considering her knowledge as Bookish Knowledge. The Growth of the character of Hermione is always questionable. Because her growth remains not static. Some part of novel she become the most  important character who drives Harry and Ron. She saves the lives of male characters. In some part this strong narrative broken down by showing her as conscious about her looks and as emotional girl . She is consider as strong girl because to save life of her parents she deliberately remove her memories from her parents lives. It shows her strong side. But later on only one incident make her broken down when Ron doubt on Harry and her relationship

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It is true that she is brilliant among all but she yet not got enough space like the other female characters and especially like Lily potter. She was also strong and stronger than Harry’s father and it her love which was creating armour around Harry and was protecting Harry till the end.

 2) Discourse on the Purity of Blood : 

The term pure blood is used to insult the blood and half the blood. It is used to differentiate between family trees that have a different level of magical recognition. This thing played an important role in the first and second magical battles. It focuses on one of the social issues that are purity of the race and are mainly displayed by the struggle between magicians and wizards that come from all magical families and non-magical backgrounds. Pure blood and blood clot. In some cases the blood is literally the same. The home's illware wizard is in slavery by race and at the end of their masters, terrible abuse and treatment is done.
Draco explained Hermione as a blood that was not as intelligent and powerful witch. She insulted her as a "dirty mood-blood". Voldramart thinks that the pure blood wizard is superior and that the sludge's blood and muggles should serve him. Good people in Harry Potter also offer moguls as intimidation. They call them "muggles" who feel like an ethnic sular. It always shows the muggles as stupid and stupid. The mugal is a word used for humiliation. That's an insult.

3) Confronting reality by reading fantasy :

 J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the philosopher's Stone introduces one of the most loved and traditional hero in the character of Harry Potter. Harry is an ordinary orphaned male child who is first unaware of the complicated hereafter that awaits him in Howgarts' school of Witchcraft and wizardry.

In the series of Harry Potter, J. k. Rowling introduces the fantasy universe of Howgarts but the novel also beyond that fantasy because Rowling gives message of real universe like good and evil, love and death and adulthood, morality, power and politics. The fiction character of harry Potter is an 11 year old orphan life with his typical tough of a cousin Dudley Dursiey together with similarity cruel aunt and uncle. Petunia and Vernon Dursley. His charming destiny begins when he is summoned to the Howgarts's School 

4) Self Help book :

Self help book is one that is written with the intention to give  instruct its readers on sloving their personal problems. So this types of book called as "self help books. Through the Harry Potter it teaches us moral lessons about self. It helping readers to overcome from psychological struggles. Harry Potter teaches basic self lessons. Like self identity in this it teaches us to know our self through the character of Harry. It also teaches us about importance of Mindfulness. The concept of acceptance taught through the character of Harry who accept his death. So like this there are many concepts pain as strength,  self compassion , importance of core values in person life and committed action . It also teaches us that  in the moment of  crises in life person should be relex. In this world  no one will come to help you. You have to help yourself rather than depending on others.

5) The Discourse of power and politics : 

Harry Potter very deeply making statement on the power and politics. Foucault's power and knowledge. knowledge is always an exercise of power and power always a function of knowledge and knowledge is created by those who are in power position. In Harry Potter the ministry of Magic which has power and rules over the Hogwarts school. Prof. Dolores Umbridge declares theoretical education rather than practical. Voldemort and his death eaters has ultimate. The power of deciding things came in the hands of Umbridge. However , she misusing this power by controlling and changing  the education system. Whoever trying to raise their voice against her he will be punished by her. It shows that power always tries to controlling over others. It shows the power dynamics in the politics. Power of politics which shows that power can do anything on the name of reformation. The conflict between Voldrmort and Harry can be also seen as conflict of evil power and Good power. 

 Children 's Literature:

Rowling's Harry Potter is masterpiece children literature, she used magic and fantasy because it is said that we can explore many life lesson from children literature. Rowling explored reality through fantasy. We can connect our day today experiences with the characters of the novel. How to make our own decision, how to overcome our emotional attachment and be ready to  tackle ever problem of life. So, in this way we can say that Harry Potter series is for children to old age people.

The characters tortured  by using curse level of pain, Murder. So in the Harry Potter series is not fall under the classic children literature because it is beyond then that. It has more philosophical, moral , political depth.

7) Speculative Fiction: 

The Harry Potter consider as Speculative fiction because it is mixture of horror, science fiction, fantasy and historical elements. In the Harry Potter there is fantasy elements by showing the magical world which is not exist in real world.  The characterizations of Evil characters, Animals have horror effects. Everything happens in the fantasy world it has no reality in it. Like magical wond , sorcerer's stone , hoarcruxes, liquid of luck, Draught of living death position. There are many liquid position for different purposes. So this all things never happened in reality. Therefore Harry Potter series is fall under the genre of Speculative fiction.

8) Choice and Chance : 

Though Voldemort is so powerful he would also unable to defeat Harry even if he had gained ownership of the Elder Wand.Choice and chance played equal role.Harry’s Chosen self -sacrifice broken Voldemort’s power but his personal triumph and survival result from his chance ownership of Elder Wand so both important choice and chance.choices and actions define our moral character.Every individual has a choice to accept or deny their mortality. Tom Riddle means Voldemort decision or choices make him dark/ evil wizard. In other hand Harry ‘s choices make him good wizard.

Voldemort and Harry Different from each others because of their choices. Every human has good and evil inside them. Harry has also evil part inside him in the form of Voldemort. The thing differs Harry from Voldemort is only of his power of Good choices.

9) Theme of Love and Death :

Harry Potter demonstrates that to understand the meaning of life, we must accept and praise our inevitable death.Harry had the presence of love from a young age which led him to accept the virtue. His parents sacrificed themselves to save Harry from the murderous hands of Voldemort.Harry’s acceptance of the death is universal truth that allows him to embrace love and recognize the sacrifice and defeat Voldemort. The Love of Mother remains the protection for Harry because of her love Voldemort not able to Killed Harry.

Harry Accept the death because the  love he felt of his friends, the love Snape had for Harry’s mother in his memories, his love of Dumbledore, the love of Hogwarts. Harry ‘s Acceptance of death shows his love towards his friends and Hogwarts school.

10) Moral and Philosophical Reading of Harry Potter :

Harry Potter series deeply connected with morally and philosophically. It teaches us very important moral life lessons. Harry accept his death ,he is not like Voldemort.Harry consider as immortal because he accept the reality of life that is ultimate Death. Each and Every character teach some moral values of life. Lucius Malfoy taught us that money will only let you choose your form of misery. Dumble Dolores Umbridge taught us that education should never have a political agenda. Harry taught us that our choices make us different from others.Harry’s inheritance  morality taught Harry to don't be like voldemort. The Last conversation between Dumbledore and Harry is very important.It also teaching us the importance of morality in person life. Harry and Voldemort differs from each other on the basis of morality they have chosen. It also deals with Death and life. Death consider better than life. 

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