by Amy Hogan · Published February 19, 2015 · Last modified July 31, 2022
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.
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.
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.
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?
