“Harry Potter” and “Divergent”: Hogwarts Edition
The grand finale of our series where we sort your favorite “Divergent” characters in honor of “Insurgent” being released on DVD.
Tagged: houses
The Meaning Behind the Animals of Hogwarts Houses: The Hufflepuff Badger
Each of the Hogwarts Houses is associated with an animal emblem along with its colors. While the similarity between Gryffindor’s values and the bravery of lions is one of the more obvious connections when it comes to these mascots, I wanted to explore how all of the Houses’ traits are represented through the emblems they were assigned. I’ve already posted my research about Gryffindor’s lion and Ravenclaw’s eagle, so up next is Hufflepuff’s badger. I myself am a good old loyal Hufflepuff, so I will try to refrain from writing a novel about this fantastic house and its mighty badger.
The Meaning Behind the Animals of the Hogwarts Houses – the Ravenclaw Eagle
Each of the Hogwarts Houses is represented by an animal, but it seems that the only two that have obvious connections to the characteristics valued by their assigned Houses are the Gryffindor lion and Slytherin’s serpent. In this post I’m aiming to find what the connection is between the golden eagle and the values of Ravenclaw House.
The Problem with Hogwarts’s House System
When I was younger, I used to find the idea of being sorted into a house incredibly appealing. I wanted to be a Gryffindor, just like Harry, and grow up with a group of people as amazing as the members of the Gryffindor House. But the concept of being forced to enter a house when you’re still eleven years old has begun to bother me quite a lot for different reasons.
A Theory on the Origins of House Traits
Browsing the various essays on MuggleNet led to a thought about the traits that the four Houses are known for. This, in turn, led to comparisons between medieval jobs and their relevance to the four Hogwarts houses.
Hogwarts Houses: Analysis of Characteristics
Is Slytherin deserving of the ‘dark wizard’ label? Is Hufflepuff really full of duffers? Just which house would work better in the society we live in today?
