Khác biệt giữa bản sửa đổi của “Harry Potter dành cho Muggle/Truyện/Phòng Chứa Bí Mật/Chương 9”

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Argus Filch plays an important role in this chapter. First, we see the pay-off to the set-up the author made when Filch's Kwikspell course was previously discovered. Filch is a Squib, which is why he bought a beginner's magic course. Squibs, who are born into wizard families but lack any magical powers, are educated differently than Wizards, and this has left Filch a bitter man. Year after year, he sees children, including some that may have come from his own family, enter Hogwarts, be trained in the magic he can never know, then leave for careers he possibly once dreamed of, while always remaining behind. Being a Squib is a horrible half-life, knowing the magic world exists, but despite being immersed in it, unable to participate magically. And while Filch's attempt to learn magic seems a desperate act, it may not be as entirely futile as it appears; the author has stated in interviews that in rare instances, a person's magical ability can suddenly appear later in life. Filch may be harboring such a hope, though, at his age, that possibility is virtually non-existent. Filch's character also highlights the multi-layered class divisions that exists within wizard society; human wizards top the hierarchy, while Squibs and non-human magical creatures occupy the increasingly lower levels. Readers have also seen that some wizards, like the Malfoys, believe an even finer distinction exists within the wizard strata, with pure-blooded wizards being superior to Half-bloods and Muggle-borns.
 
Filch's actions also focuses attention on a recurring theme throughout the series: how innocent and vulnerable people (and non-humans) can be easily accused of and punished for crimes they never committed. Here, Filch, already biased against Harry (and most students), claims Harry petrified his cat, Mrs. Norris, even though there is virtually no evidence other than Harry's early arrival on the scene. Fortunately for Harry, the Hogwarts faculty dismiss Filch's unfounded accusations. However, later in the series, Harry will again find himself implicated in various incidents based either on faulty evidence or accusations that he is an attention-seeking liar. This injustice later extends to other characters, who, betrayed or manipulated by someone, are either disbelieved and/or punished for crimes they never committed by an indifferent and complacent Ministry of Magic. Harry continually finds himself facing a legal system that seems bent on obtaining image-enhancing results rather than uncovering the truth. He will also learn that individuals who wield power and wealth are usually considered more credible than their everyday counterparts, often enabling them to influence events to their advantage. Readers can also see that merely making an accusation can bias others into accepting it as bona fide fact, as students almost immediately draw pro and con opinions regarding Harry being the Heir of Slytherin.
 
The story's core plot line is also revealed here. Though Binns states the Chamber of Secrets does not exist, and that multiple headmasters spent years searching for it without finding so much as a Broom-closet of Secrets, it is evident to the reader, as well as the students, that the Chamber does exist and a monster dwells within. There could be few, if any, other possible explanations for Mrs. Norris being Petrified.