Harry Potter Reading List

[pokerfan]

Oh, this is brilliant. From the measure of doubt blog...

In the Harry Potter world, Ravenclaws are known for being the smart ones. That’s their thing. In fact, that was really all they were known for. In the books, each house could be boiled down to one or two words: Gryffindors are brave, Ravenclaws are smart, Slytherins are evil and/or racist, and Hufflepuffs are loyal.

But while reading Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, I realized that there’s actually quite a lot of potential for interesting reading in each house. Ravenclaws would be interested in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and mathematics; Gryffindors in combat, ethics, and democracy; Slytherins in persuasion, rhetoric, and political machination; and Hufflepuffs in productivity, happiness, and the game theory of cooperation.









http://measureofdoubt.com/2013/03/18/what-would-a-rational-gryffindor-read/

[n2doc]

1. Slytherins weren't all evil or bad

As the final book and movie made abundantly clear. They are clever and devious, however.

[Myrina]

2. would "power hungry" be appropriate?

.... or perhaps, " possessing a sense of superiority"? (I know that doesn't apply to early Snape, though).

[n2doc]

4. I don't know

I just know that they were made out to be a bit more complex and even noble (some of them, or at least Snape) in the end. It is not clear at all that all of the bad guys were Slytherins. Remember the sorting hat teased Harry that he could be one of the great slytherins....

[NewJeffCT]

6. Not to mention

Horace Slughorn was a good guy, too.

[demwing]

7. How about ambitious? /nt

[Demeter]

9. Ambitious

that was the Sorting Hat's criterion

[savebigbird]

11. Really, really Type A...

[pokerfan]

5. They're just misunderstood! (nt)

[daleanime]

8. Self-centered?

The "What's in it for me?" Type?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. Actually, it showed them as never being at peace with themselves....

The classic "tortured soul". Malfoy finds peace and redemption at the end.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

3. Fascinating choices...

I have read a few from the library of each house... What amazed me is that I have read almost all of those in Gryffindor's library!

Special thanks for the link...