Web Quest activity on Harry Potter
- What is Web- Quest ?:-
"A Web-Quest," according to Bernie Dodge, the originator of the WebQuest concept, "is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. Web-Quests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than on looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation."
"Harry potter is not only children literature but it's universal literature", It's prove when I read some part of original book and watched all seven series of Harry potter. Harry potter has lot of connection among the all subject, religion, reality, universality...etc. It's also given solution of my life questions so I have to say that It's work like Hindu's book " Bhagavat Gita" or " Mahabharata". So here I don't talked about Harry potter but I suggested that You must read all parts and watch all series with specific observation. So that as a a academic purpose I work on following topic which I try to found into Harry potter.
There are some kind of racial discrimination in the novel like casteism, racism and class conflict. There are three kind of class Mud blood, Pure blood and Half blood. Blood status also called purity of blood is a concept in the wizarding world that distinguishes between family trees that have different levels of magically-endowed members. It often results in prejudice towards those who have a large numbers of muggles in their families. As Sirius black informed Harry Potter, almost all wizards of their time have Muggles in their family trees, though some claim not to. The concept played a key role in both the first and second Wizarding wars. Families that claim to be pure, to whatever extent they ever really were are dwindling in number.
3. Confronting reality by reading fantasy
Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's struggle against Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic, and subjugate all wizards and Muggles. Sir has told us to make two tables,
1. Feminist Reading in Harry Potter
Hermione is one of the main female character of Harry Potter series. She is intelligent, fierce and a loyal friend The portrayal of her character is not static in all series. The character is changing from very beginning to the end. Like in the first part most of the tasks were done by Harrry only and she remains behind the wall. Then suddenly her character change in the third part where most of the task performed by her. Or she supports Harry and Ron in every task. Her presence is significant without her it becomes difficult to reach to the conclusion.
2. Discource on the purity of blood and Harry potter
1. Feminist Reading in Harry Potter
Hermione is one of the main female character of Harry Potter series. She is intelligent, fierce and a loyal friend The portrayal of her character is not static in all series. The character is changing from very beginning to the end. Like in the first part most of the tasks were done by Harrry only and she remains behind the wall. Then suddenly her character change in the third part where most of the task performed by her. Or she supports Harry and Ron in every task. Her presence is significant without her it becomes difficult to reach to the conclusion.
2. Discource on the purity of blood and Harry potter
There are some kind of racial discrimination in the novel like casteism, racism and class conflict. There are three kind of class Mud blood, Pure blood and Half blood. Blood status also called purity of blood is a concept in the wizarding world that distinguishes between family trees that have different levels of magically-endowed members. It often results in prejudice towards those who have a large numbers of muggles in their families. As Sirius black informed Harry Potter, almost all wizards of their time have Muggles in their family trees, though some claim not to. The concept played a key role in both the first and second Wizarding wars. Families that claim to be pure, to whatever extent they ever really were are dwindling in number.
3. Confronting reality by reading fantasy
Fantasy stories are commonly used to represent a particular reality that is present and visible in the society.
Harry 's frustration, desires and loneliness are based on emotions and feelings that is very typical for real people to experience.
Social moral issues such as greed , power, fame and superiority became one of the dark theme also present in current society. Discriminatioin Gryffindor , Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin ,in school house produces that also in our society and culture.
The idea of Racism in the novel , ' Muggles ' & 'Wizards ' distinct in culture and abilities than regular people , sense of superiority over ordinary and powerless people still manifesting in the world. Desire is a major element of one's life and to control it become frustration as like Harry 's wish to meet his parents. Rowling uses the fantasy genre to further elaborate and criticise , what is currently happening in our society , rooted in real life events.
4. Self-help culture and Harry Potter
There are politics, court and their influences also introduced. In chamber of secrets Malfoy says that Daily Prophet don't print about attacks because Dumbledore must have settle it down. This happen in our world also. Powerful institutions and persons can control media also and right news never known to people. There is ministry of magic who control everything. They make laws and punish them who break them. Ministry of magic interrupt school also, they appointed Umbridge to the post of Howgarts high inquisitor to control Howgarts from inside. When Harry told Voldemort has returned ministry of magic don't believe it and tries to stop students from learning magic. So, politics is present in the novel and it affects school affairs.
5. The discourse of power and politics
"Imagine that Voldemort's powerful now. You don't know who his supporters are, you don;t know who's working for him who isn't; you know he can control people so that they do terrible things without being able stop themselves. You're scared for yourself, and your family, and your friends. Every week news comes of more deaths, more disappearances, more torturing...The Ministry of Magic's in disarray, they don't know what to do, they're trying to keep everything hidden from the Muggles, but meanwhile, Muggles are dying too.
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