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

Although Filch is a minor character, he serves an important funcitionfunction in this chapter for several reasons. 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 leftleaving Filch a bitter man. Year after year, he sees children, includingpossibly 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 immersedsurrounded inby it, is 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 spotlights 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 lowerdescending 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 superior to Half-bloods and Muggle-borns. And among purebreds, they believe that those with wealth and power reside at the highest levelapex. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and other characters continually encounter thisthese prejudiceprejudices.

Another recurring theme throughout the series that Filch's character focuses on is: how innocent and vulnerable people (and non-humans) can bebeing 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 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 on faulty evidence or accusations that he is an attention-seeking liar by an indifferent and complacent Ministry of Magic. This injustice later extends to other characters, who, betrayed or manipulated by someone, are disbelieved and/or punished for crimes they never committed . Harry continually finds himself confronting 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 often bias others into accepting it as bona fide fact, as when students almost immediately begin drawing pro and con opinions regarding Harry as the Heir of Slytherin.

We are also granted a bit more insight into Gilderoy Lockhart. Inside his office, his pictures whisk themselves from their frames, hiding, when Harry and the others enter; some, overcome by curiosity, reappear later, and Harry notes a few are wearing hairnets. This may reflect something about Lockhart's true nature. Lockhart himself, rather than helping with the investigation, babbles on about deaths he has supposedly prevented. When Mrs. Norris is found to be merely petrified, Lockhart suggests that he could whip up a restorative potion in short order, though he never does so. This alsoboast irritates Snape, who of course, as Potions master, would assume any potion-making task to be his.