Introducing the Research Paper

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/09/hufflepuff-rules/405937/

Based on the appearance of this article, it looks as if It is presenting the importance of the most unpopular Hogwart’s House of the Harry Potter Series, Hufflepuff. I can only imagine somebody who is very dedicated and interested in the series to write the article about why Hufflepuff is truly very important. This could be motivated by the popular trend of novels such as Harry Potter and others that are based in a fantasy land, with a lot of “world building” within the story. These type of novels allow the reader to be drawn into the world and imagine what they would like if they were in this mystical land as well. These readers would be the audience of an article such as this because this world can be as real as anything else to them, and therefore those who believe they fall under the Hufflepuff category would defend it, just as they would defend any other characteristic of themselves. I picked this piece because I am part of this group of people that love Harry Potter and believe that aspects such as the Hogwarts Houses do have real world implications, such as the Hogwarts Houses being similar to personality taxonomies and trait combinations such as the Meyers-Brigg Personality Inventory. I hope to learn what the author believes makes the Hufflepuff very special because for a long time, I have defended this group because I appreciate the very kind qualities that make them special.

“In Defense of Hufflepuff,” was written by David Sims, who appears to be a big fan of Harry Potter, or in other words he is a ‘Potter Head.’ This article is written to defend the Harry Potter house Hufflepuff, which is considered by the majority of fans, or anyone who reads the book or sees the movie to be the weakest and “lamest” of all the houses. David Sims appears to be very passionate when it comes to the fictional grouping of wizard students. I would go out on the limb to argue that Sims is most likely a Hufflepuff, whether it’s by his own determination or resulted from a quiz. This article begins with a quote by a celebrity who said, “Nobody wants to be a Hufflepuff.” This is done to show how common of a phrase this is within the fan base of Harry Potter. Sims makes several points to show why this phrase shouldn’t be accurate and that people really should want to be like a group of students who are kind, hardworking, selfless, and who make great friends. The article is finished by a quote from the author of Harry Potter herself, saying that this era is going to be the era of the Hufflepuff, expressing their importance once more. Those that are quoted within this article are celebrities, and this was specifically done in order to display this anti-hufflepuff attitude as a popular belief. This article uses egos in order to argue why those who are good and kind people are picked upon within a fictional school, by appealing to our emotions that these kids are only trying to do the best for society. It gives these students the appearance of the underdog, and this always receives sympathy from viewers because this is human nature. This is an appropriate appeal because this article is written to defend a group of people that have been ridiculed relentlessly, especially for being made up, and this gives people the idea that nobody is worse than anyone else and that we are all just different.