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            Tai Le

People & Politics

09/21/09

Period 3

            For the Political Spectrum Line, I picked the characters from the famous series, “Harry Potter”. Let’s start with Radical. I chose Hermione because she fits the part of favoring extreme change to the society and world of wizards. Hermione plans to prove to pure-bloods, that a muggle-born can be a wizard, and at times, be a better wizard than many pure-blooded wizards. Hermione goes to great lengths to prove herself, and never gives in to change against her ideas. Next, I picked Ron Weasley to represent Liberal, because he is against the change to restore society to dark wizard times even though he is a pure-blooded wizard. Ron may at times not be as radical as Hermione in supporting, and fighting with all his might to change the wizarding world, but he strongly supports it. Harry Potter? I placed Harry under the category of a Moderate because even though he is a believer, and fighter of destroying Voldemort, and the dark wizards, he has belief that he may become a dark wizard himself, and will eventually turn towards the dark side of magic. Next is Draco Malfoy. Yes, the pure-blooded boy, who hates, and ridicules Harry Potter, and his gang of friends. Draco has been taught since he was young to hate all muggle-borns, and that the world must come under the control, and return to the pure-blooded wizards. Whether he believes completely in this or not, his decisions all return to being a Conservative. And lastly, Voldemort or Tom Riddle. I place Voldemort under being a Reactionary because Voldemort is the fighter for all that is bad, and will destroy anyone who gets in his way. Voldemort wants to control the world, destroy all people who aren’t pure-blooded, and bring it back to the dark wizarding times just as Salazar Slytherin intended.