/lit/ - Literature

1. Harry Potter is not progressive at all. Here are my thoughts on the right wing themes or anti liberal themes of Harry Potter.

In Harry Potter, nature trumps nurture. Harry Potter is not great at Quidditch because of any hard work, he is good simply because he is a natural. Also, we can see other examples of nature trumping nurture in other areas. Harry is better at Defense Against the dark arts because of his natural ability. Voldemort is naturally powerful and can be seen to be very powerful at a very young age by Dumbledore. Dumbledore also has always been a talented wizard due to his natural talent. We can even see this when we look at the Malfoy family. The Malfoys gave Draco every advantage in life yet Harry who never even knew about magic until 11 is able to best Draco in everything due to Harry simply being better.

We can see another right wing theme in regards to leadership. The government leaders are shown to be inadequate compared to Dumbledore. It doesnt matter that politicians have legitimate power due to Democracy or however it works, Dumbledore is shown to be the better leader simply because Dumbledore is the best of the wizarding community. He is the most powerful wizard and thus is shown as the one who people should put their loyalty towards, not a government politician.

We can see a distaste of the media. How journalists are willing to lie and manipulate events just to get a story and that they are enemies of the good people. Rita Skeeter is the best example of this.