o Harry Potter
• “I invited J.K. Rowling, we’re using Harry Potter to teach social and behavioral sciences. She said no.”
• Four Houses:
Hufflepuff, the dumb ones, are SB?
Re-read: Gryffindor is group-serving, or at least willing to subordinate personal desires to the good of all (Harry’s desire to be normal, or to escape the conflict with Voldemort, not to die if that is necessary to defeating Voldemort) whereas Slytherin is self-serving above all (and therefore cast as evil)
• Draco Malfoy – born into Slytherin
Cast as a dark wizard – WHOA. Spoiler alert.
Malfoy’s actions are more due to the actions of the house he’s assigned to than to his personal convictions
• Someone brings up the Harry-in-Slytherin possibility
Internal struggle with the external world
• Group-level or individual-level explanation for behavior
• Group-level Muggle vs. Group-Level Wizard is a better comparison
• Pansy Parkinson
The ugly one. Malfoy’s girlfriend?
• (With Crabbe and Goyle?)
These characters are “foils”
Slytherin attached to monied families – rich people are evil?
Fabulous Prize for our expert: Harry Potter 20Q. Does it only know Harry Potter objects or answers? Siegel is amazed. (His first answer was spaghetti. Is it flat? Yes. Aren't spaghetti round? Cylindrical, if possible?) (Snake is next. Is there a theme here? Snakes, noodles?) (Public Health: Machine answers "sunshine." Siegel's mind is blown.)
