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#41. Detour: Harry Potter & the Magic of
Being Human
Just a remark; I don't know if this is significant. For some reason unknown to
me, J. K. Rowling has chosen to separate the pupils of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry into four houses. Each house emphasizes particular character
traits:
Ravenclaw is for those who think bold thoughts.
Gryffindor favours those who do bold deeds.
Slytherin values leadership and ambition.
Hufflepuff is about loyalty and justice.
I am not doing the houses justice here, but my abbreviated presentation should make it clear that I see a strong correlation to the four motivations. As I said, I have no idea if this is significant. For all I know, J. K. Rowling could have been aware of Richard A. Bartle's prior work (identifying and distinguishing the four motivations), then this would be redundancy rather than information. But if she wasn't, it would be interesting to learn why she chose to structure her fictional school like that.
And regardless of where she might have gotten the idea, she describes a culture where pupils from the four houses attend the same classes and can freely mingle. The close knit group of main protagonists covers all houses, if I recall correctly (Harry chose Gryffindor, but it was revealed during the sorting ceremony that he has what it takes for Slytherin, too). Furthermore, even if there may be a non-negligible tendency for Slytherin graduates to be tempted by evil, the houses do not strongly imply any particular morality.
I am not drawing any conclusions; it's just a rose by the wayside, with an interesting smell.
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