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 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 Wizardswizards, which has left 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 he always remains behind. Being a Squib is a horrible half-life, knowing the magic world exists, being surrounded by it, but 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 isseems virtually non-existent.