The Harry Potter villain has risen again over the past couple of years, as fans have drawn comparisons, often humorously, between a world under threat from a narcissistic autocrat and that of the Harry Potter books. Hermione had no wizard blood and was by far the most capable.”The broad central message of the Potter books is diversity and acceptance of difference. It aimed to answer the question of whether the Harry Potter story had influenced the politics of millennials. In the case of Trump, Gierzynski suggests, a better reference point would be an incompetent Ministry of Magic, Cornelius Fudge-type figure. “Stories can sway people’s views; Harry Potter is just one that happens to have been read and viewed by a massive number of people.

Source: The Guardian March 13, 2017 16:52 UTC