Harry Potter's Fight For Normalcy Essay
Harry’s Fight for Normalcy
Abstract I will demonstrate how the combination of Harry Potter’s intellectual curiosity, personable demeanor, and natural talent, paired with a stable 15 months of nurturing care from his biological parents allowed him to combat an abusive upbringing and maintain a normal development. Although Harry does not necessarily qualify as a resilient child, he embodies several characteristics of one and attracts numerous adult mentors throughout his time at Hogwarts that play important factors in his successful development. Observing loving interactions between his parents while they were still alive and then later seeing his aunt and uncle, Vernon and Petunia Dursley’s loving …show more content…
Thanks to his secure internal working model, attractive characteristics, and important adult mentors, Harry is able to blossom into a auspicious figure in society that, in the end, plays one of the most important roles in his community.
References
Siegler, R., DeLoache, J., & Eisenberg, N. (2006). How Children Develop (pp.414-426). 2nd Edition, NY: Worth Publishers.
Talbot, M. (1998, May 24). The disconnected; Attachment theory:the ultimate experiment. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://nytimes.com
Provenzano, D. M., & Heyman, R. E. (2006). Harry Potter and the resilience to adversity. In N. Mulholland (Ed.), The psychology of Harry Potter (pp. 105-119). Dallas: BenBella Books.
Rowling, J.K. (2000). Harry Potter and the goblet of fire. London: Bloomsburg Children’s.
Rowling, J.K. (1999). Harry Potter and the prisoner of azkeban. London: Bloomsburg Children’s.
Rowling, J.K. (1998). Harry Potter and the sorceror’s stone. London: Bloomsburg Children’s.
Werner, E.E. (1989). Children of the garden island. Scientific American, 260,
Abstract I will demonstrate how the combination of Harry Potter’s intellectual curiosity, personable demeanor, and natural talent, paired with a stable 15 months of nurturing care from his biological parents allowed him to combat an abusive upbringing and maintain a normal development. Although Harry does not necessarily qualify as a resilient child, he embodies several characteristics of one and attracts numerous adult mentors throughout his time at Hogwarts that play important factors in his successful development. Observing loving interactions between his parents while they were still alive and then later seeing his aunt and uncle, Vernon and Petunia Dursley’s loving …show more content…
Thanks to his secure internal working model, attractive characteristics, and important adult mentors, Harry is able to blossom into a auspicious figure in society that, in the end, plays one of the most important roles in his community.
References
Siegler, R., DeLoache, J., & Eisenberg, N. (2006). How Children Develop (pp.414-426). 2nd Edition, NY: Worth Publishers.
Talbot, M. (1998, May 24). The disconnected; Attachment theory:the ultimate experiment. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://nytimes.com
Provenzano, D. M., & Heyman, R. E. (2006). Harry Potter and the resilience to adversity. In N. Mulholland (Ed.), The psychology of Harry Potter (pp. 105-119). Dallas: BenBella Books.
Rowling, J.K. (2000). Harry Potter and the goblet of fire. London: Bloomsburg Children’s.
Rowling, J.K. (1999). Harry Potter and the prisoner of azkeban. London: Bloomsburg Children’s.
Rowling, J.K. (1998). Harry Potter and the sorceror’s stone. London: Bloomsburg Children’s.
Werner, E.E. (1989). Children of the garden island. Scientific American, 260,