Being poor in JK Rowling world is not a hardship at all. At worst you get some funny patches on your robes and you can't afford chocolate frogs. There is no portrayal or acknowledgement of destitute poverty in the Harry Potter books. In fact, wealth and "poverty" are contrasted in the books several times, but as analogous ways of describing intimacy. The "poor" characters are more humble, have a more vibrant family life, and only ever have aesthetic hardships. The wealthier characters (except the protagonist of course) are all sneering manipulative parasites who seem to all hate one another, including their own family, plus they're mostly a bunch of racists. Plus they engage in actual chattel slavery.
I cannot describe how much I despise JK Rowling and the damage she's done to the world. I read all those books several times through as a kid and I take it as a personal offense when someone praises them.
Being poor in JK Rowling world is not a hardship at all. At worst you get some funny patches on your robes and you can't afford chocolate frogs. There is no portrayal or acknowledgement of destitute poverty in the Harry Potter books. In fact, wealth and "poverty" are contrasted in the books several times, but as analogous ways of describing intimacy. The "poor" characters are more humble, have a more vibrant family life, and only ever have aesthetic hardships. The wealthier characters (except the protagonist of course) are all sneering manipulative parasites who seem to all hate one another, including their own family, plus they're mostly a bunch of racists. Plus they engage in actual chattel slavery.
I cannot describe how much I despise JK Rowling and the damage she's done to the world. I read all those books several times through as a kid and I take it as a personal offense when someone praises them.