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Croduction.42. The Pursuit of Equality.42.1Harry and Voldemort s Ways of Treating People and the Non-Human Creatures Equally.52.2Encouraging Equalitarian Treatment of Everyone by Shaping Kind Characters.63. The Praise of the Rebellious Spirit.63.1 Rebellion against Authority.73.2Rebellion against the Secular Concept.73.3Rebellion against Fate.84. Proper Attitudes Towards Life and Death.84.1 Life to Be Cherished and Death to Be Accepted.94.2Things beyond Death.105. .Eulogy of True Love.105.1Salvation of Souls.115.2Consistence and Tolerance.125.3 Mutual Understanding.126. Conclusion.13Acknowledgements.14 论哈利波特中蕴含的价值观 摘 要哈利波特是一本想象力异常丰富的魔幻现实主义小说。作者J.K.罗琳用超凡的想象力加上文学创作为读者呈现了一个与现实世界平行第二世界魔法世界。主人公哈利.波特在11岁之前一直生活在现实世界，过着平凡压抑的童年生活，突然进入了充满魔法的奇幻世界。这个过渡更加突出了魔法世界的神奇有趣。所有的读者都理所当然地被魔法世界所吸引住了，都热切地盼望能在十一岁的时候收到来自霍格沃茨的录取通知书。当然，吸引读者的不只是迷人的魔法世界，还有书中形形色色的人物与人物惊心动魄的冒险历程。最值得分析的是罗琳向青少年传达的价值观。本文将以哈利波特系列小说的价值观为研究对象，通过以下四个角度：对平等的追求，对反叛的赞美，对生死观的思索，对美好爱情的讴歌，对其进行深入探讨与研究，从而对青少年读者进行价值观上的引导。关键词：价值观；自由；反叛精神；生死观；爱情 Analysis of the Values in Harry Potter SeriesAbstract Harry Potter series are imaginative Magical Realism novels.J.K.Rowling , the distinguished English author, created the magical world which was parallel to the real world with extraordinary imagination and literary creativity. The protagonist, Harry.Potter has lived in the real world before eleven , having a depressed and boring childhood. Then one day in his eleven years old, he suddenly entered the fantasy world full of magic . The transition from real world to magical world emphasized the fascination and fun of the magical world . The readers around the world are deservedly captivated by the magical world and eagerly look forward to received the admission letter from Hogwards at the age of eleven. What attracts the readers are of course in addition to the charming magical world and all kinds of characters , the thrilling adventures of those characters . The part which is the most worthy of analysis is the values Rowling tried to convey to the young readers. This paper tries to reveal the values that reside in Harry Potter series from four angles i.e. the pursuit of equality, the praise of the rebellious spirit, the attitude towards life and death ,the praise of good love, then carry on the values guidance for young readers.Key words: Values; Equality; Rebellious Spirit ;life Values; Love Analysis of the Values in Harry Potter Series论哈利波特中蕴含的价值观姓名：方倩 班级：11英语2班 学 号：1105111063 指导教师：胡其林 职称：副教授1. IntroductionSince published in 1999, Harry Potter series has been popular around the world and beloved by readers of all ages. Although it belongs to childrens fiction, Harry Potter is rich of literariness and worthy of research. Academic circles have made extensive and deep studies on this novel with narratology and translatology, but they paid less attention to the values of the novel. So this paper will take the values of Harry Potter as the research object, under the deep and thorough understanding of the original and taking some few previous research for reference. In the hope of having a impact on the education of adolescent, this paper will give all readers a different vision of reading this novel. Meanwhile, I hope this paper also is a small contribution to the study of Harry Potter.2.The Pursuit of Equality The protagonist of this novel ,Harry Potter, has been up to the age of eleven living a normal and ordinary life until a letter from the Hogwarts School send by an owl brought his life upside down. When he entered the magic world, he was totally fascinated by the charm of magic. Our readers were impressed by all sorts of miraculous things with the perspective of the protagonist, but, we also have seen the discrimination which was ingrained in magic world . The reason why the author described this kind of phenomenon is because she felt compelled to express her disgust at racism existed in the real world and her pursuit of freedom and equality. The pursuit of freedom and equality in Harry Potter is basically revealed from the following aspects:2.1 Harry and Voldemort s Ways of Treating People and the Non-Human Creatures Equally Harry Potter series have carried on the profound exposition and the powerful attack on racism. In this novel, Lord Voldemort , on behalf of the dark side, is a typically racist. He argued that only pure-blood wizards can master the magic, and the magic which grasped by the mixed-blood wizards and mudblood ( mudblood is a highly derogatory term for a Muggle-born wizard or witch;that is ,individuals with no wizarding parents or grandparents) was stolen from the pure-blood wizards. When Lord Voldemort was in his most powerful period, his follower ,Death Eater, persecuted like mad the mixed-blood wizards and Muggle-born wizards . Under the violent rule of Lord Voldemort ,people in the magic world lived in constant fear of being killed. The words said by Hagrid in the first book of Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, described the terrible time : all right. Dark days, Harry. Didnt know who ter trust, didnt dare get friendly with strange wizards or witches. terrible things happened. He was takin over. Course, some stood up to him - an he killed em.1 He also never conceal his discrimination against those non-human creatures ,such as centaurs, goblins, house-elf, the giant and so on . Voldemort wanted to set up his own regimes where he was the King of all wizards and all species. Voldemort never needed a friend, his followers all are his slaves. On the contrary ,Harry sincerely get along with everyone, never feel superior, although what he did enough to let him have a superiority complex in front of his peers . He respect all non-human creatures, treated them as friends. In the final battle between Harry and Voldemort, Voldemort got his reword of his attitude towards the non-human creatures. These non-human creatures joint Harrys camp one after another and helped Harry win the battle. There are specific words described that: Chaos reigned. The charging centaurs were scattering the Death Eaters, everyone was fleeing the giants stamping feet, and nearer and nearer thundered the reinforcements that had come from who knew where; Harry saw great winged creatures soaring around the heads of Voldemorts giants, the strals and Buckbeak the hippogriff scratching at their eyes while Grawp punched and pummeled them. The house-elves of Hogwarts swarmed into the entrance hall, screaming and waving carving knives and cleavers, They were hacking and stabbing at the ankles and shins of Death Eaters, their tiny faces alive with malice, and everywhere Harry looked Death Eaters were folding under sheer weight of numbers, overcome by spells, dragging arrows from wounds, stabbed in the leg by elves, or else simply attempting to escape, but swallowed by the oncoming horde.2 Besides Voldemort ,some other characters of the novel also have a certain tendency of racism. Such as the family of Draco Malfoy ,the classmate of Harry, felt superior to other wizards for their pure-blood born. As well as Harrys Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher of the fifth grade ,Dolores Umbridge, not only despise Hagrid who has the blood of giant but also called the centaurs ,lived in the forbidden forest ,filthy half-breeds, beasts ,and uncontrolled animals. These plots happened in this novel are the reflect of racism of the real world.2.2 Encouraging Equalitarian Treatment of Everyone by Shaping Kind Characters The Weasleys treated people equally in spite of their pure blood. Arthur Weasley ,the patriarch of the family ,was gentle and friendly. When the magic world commonly regarded the contact with Muggles as a shame, Arthur still can fully respected Muggles and acknowledged the wisdom of Muggles. Hermione Granger, the heroine of Harry Potter ,although she was born in a Muggles family. She never let her birth limited her development. She was smart and hardworking, as well as the best student in most peoples minds. when almost all people took the hard work of the house-elf for granted ,only Hermione stood out for their unfair treatment and fought for the rights and interests of them. She even established the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Wealfare(S.P.E.W) and tried to struggle freedom for the house-elf. Hagrid, the gamekeeper of Hogwarts, who was the first friend of Harry in the magic world, was very kind and friendly in nature. In fact, Hagrid concealed his true identity, he was a mixed-blood giant . Because the nature of giant was cruel and violent , Hagrid was isolated by other people after his identity was exposed to the public. However Harry, Ron, Hermione, didnt abandon him or keep far away from him because of fear. These three people still cherished their friendship with Hagrid and kept sincere and genuine rapport with this kind big guy. Remus Lupin, Harrys Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in third year. When he was at the age of three years old ,he was bite by a werewolf. After that, he became a werewolf. Being a werewolf means he would suffer the discrimination and harm and injustice from other normal people . Before he became Harrys teacher, he was down and out. He bore so many negative things, but he never become a bad people although he had enough reasons to become bad. He was warm ,kind and friendly in all readers mind. It is him who taught Harry how to use the Patronus Charm which saved Harry many times when facing the Dementors. He didnt dare to love with Tonks ,an auror( the aurors are an elite group of witches and wizards who battle against the Dark Arts). He feared that he couldnt create a happy life for Tonks for his werewolf identity. But Tonks never care about that. He finally abandoned the fear and bravely loved with Tonks. Abandon all worldly fetters and bravely love ,which is the truth that Tonks and Lupin proved for us with their pure love .3.The Praise of the Rebellious Spirit The typical characteristic of the adolescents is that they are full of rebellious energy. They rebel against the rules of the school and parents, as well as everything that made them feel depressed. The damage caused by the adolescents rebellious deed remind us that we should guide the adolescents in the deed of rebellion, in what they should rebel against. Harry Potter series is of instructive significance in rebellion. This novel depicts a lot of characters with great rebellious spirit. Some rebel authority, some rebel secular concept, some rebel fate.3.1 Rebellion against Authority It takes a great deal of courage for people to rebel against the authority who can affect and control our life. Fred and George, the twins of the Weasleys, were very brave men. They rebelled against their mom when their mom strongly opposed their dream of opening a joke shop after they graduated from Hogwards, because Molly, their mom, thought that ideal was very unserious. They rebelled against the ruler of their school . At the sixth grade of them, the Ministry of Magic began to intervene the management of Hogwards. Dolores.Umbridge ,as the represent of the Ministry of Magic , developed a variety of stringent rules and regulations ,most of which seriously violated the rights and interests of students. Students only can depress their anger and disgust for Umbridge without the courage to stand out and revolt. It was Fred and George that stand out to revolt against the dominance of Umbridge although the cost was droping out of school.“Very good, Argus,” she said. “You two,” she went on, gazing down at Fred and George, “are about to learn what happens to wrongdoers in my school.” “You know what?” said Fred. “I dont think we are.” He turned to his twin. “George,” said Fred, “I think weve outgrown full-time education.” “Yeah, Ive been feeling that way myself,” said George lightly. “Time to test our talents in the real world, dyou reckon?” asked Fred. “Definitely,” said George.3 The rebellion against the authority needs the courage to fight with them and the psychological preparation of paying the price. The adolescent must receive this experience from the rebellion of George and Fred.3.2 Rebellion against the Secular Concept Everyone has their own values. When the secular concept dont conform to your values, do you have the courage to rebel against the secular concept and stick to your own values?In real life the public consider those who deviate from the mainstream concept as alien. Dobby was such a alien. Dobby , an adorable house-elf, was kind and brave. Elves also appear(in general )to prefer a life of service to being free . however Dobby was a notable exception. He loved freedom and persistently fought for his freedom . Although other house-elf showed obvious disgust for Dobby ,Dobby never submit to the ingrained perception of the elf world that freedom is shameful. Dobby was a hero to rebel against the mainstream concept, so was Hermione. When most wizards including almost all house-elves themselves thought the house-elf was born to service for wizards and they were not qualified to enjoy freedom, Hermione didnt yield to the secular concept. She established S.P.E.W and tried to improve the living environment of the house-elves. She bravely became an alien. The society need this kind of alien ,which can remind us of the importance of stick to ourselves.3.3 Rebellion against Fate what is fate? Fate is like a pair of invisible hands which dominate our lives. When facing the fate, man is infinitesimal and helpless. When the majority of people accept the fate as they are , only a small proportion of people boldly challenge the fate and choose to be the masters of their own destiny. In Hemingways The Old Man and The Sea ，there is a great saying which says that man is not made for defeat .A man can be destroyed but not defeated! Maybe the fate has already arranged the end for us, but we can choose how to get there. We must make our own choices. The life of Harry was continuously governed by a prophecy. The prophecy predicts that Harry will have a fight with Lord Voldemort ,which will result in one casualty.( in fact, the person who will have a cruel battle with Voldemort as the prophecy foretold may refer to two people, Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom. It is Voldemort himself that selected Harry as his opponent.) The prophecy was just like fate ,waiting Harry walked down to his end step by step. The helpless feeling Harry felt that was caused by the manipulated life was deeper than all characters in Harry Potter. However ,he was not ,as some people said ,the marionette pushed by the fate. The paragraph which impressed me most is that: Id want him finished,” said Harry quietly. “And Id want to do it.” “Of course you would!” cried Dumbledore. “You see, the prophecy does not mean you have to do anything! But the prophecy caused Lord Voldemort to mark you as his equal. . . . In other words, you are free to choose your way, quite free to turn your back on the prophecy! But Voldemort continues to set store by the prophecy. He will continue to hunt you . . . which makes it certain, really, that ” “That one of us is going to end up killing the other,” said Harry. “Yes.” But he understood at last what Dumbledore had been trying to tell him. It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents that there was all the difference in the world.4 A true warrior has the courage to face up to his miserable life and flood dripping even the death, and make his own choice in the face of almost inevitable destiny.4.Proper Attitudes Towards Life and Death Death is the destination we all human share. No one has ever escaped it. Although, we can realize this ,face to face with death is still an extremely difficult thing. Harry Potter series expressed the authors attitude tow