Khác biệt giữa bản sửa đổi của “Harry Potter dành cho Muggle/Truyện/Phòng Chứa Bí Mật/Chương 9”
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Although Filch is a minor character, he serves an important function 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, leaving Filch a bitter man. Year after year, he sees children, possibly some 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 surrounded by it, unable to participate magically. And while Filch's attempt to learn magic seems a desperate act, it may not be entirely futile; 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 descending 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 apex. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and other characters continually encounter these social and racial prejudices.
Another recurring theme throughout the series that Filch's character focuses on: how innocent and vulnerable people (and non-humans)
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.
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