This document provides an analysis of the representation of society in the Harry Potter book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". It begins with definitions of fact and fiction. It then discusses concepts like the theory of binary oppositions and how the book portrays concepts like love, cruelty, colonialism, racial discrimination, the effect of media, feminism, bribery, honesty, terrorism, and death. It aims to explore the "fact" or real world issues behind the fictional story.

1. Topic : ‘Fact’ behind the ‘Fiction’ ‘Harry
p otter and the Deathly Hallows’
Name: Kunvarani Nidhi k
S.T.D:M.A-Sem-4
paper:”The New Literature”
Submitted to:’ Department Of English’
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji University
Bhavnagar.

2.  What is differences between ‘Fact’ and ‘Fiction’
‘Fact’ : ‘ A thing known to be true’.
- ‘Oxford English Dictionary’
p.198
‘ ‘Fiction’ : Latin ‘fictionary, from
fingere, to shape, fashion. Any
imagined or invented narrative ;
literature consisting of such
narrative, usually in prose.
- Current Literary terms
‘A Concise Dictionary’
by A. F . Scott
p.107
CURRENT LITERARY
TERMS
A CONCISE
DICTIONARY
A.F .SCOTT

3.  ‘Theory of Binary oppositions’
One side
•
Good
Day
Saint
Love
White
Master
Life
Colonizer
Other side
Evil
Night
Satan
Hatred
Black
Slave
Death
Colonized

4.  ‘Representation’ of society

5.  ‘Society’
1). Love
Harry, Lily potter, James potter
2).cruelty
Voldemort, Bellatrix
3)Colonialism
“I have given you your liberty, Lucius is
that not enough for you?”
-’Harry potter and the
Deathly Hallows’
4 ).Racial Discrimination
‘ Mud Blood’
5).Effect of Media

6.  Continue…
Reeta skeeter
6).Feminism
“It lists the pure-blood families that are
new extinct in the male line.”
-p.347
7).Bribe
Kreacher
8).Honesty
Dobby
9).Terrorism
Dementors
10).Death
Bitter truth of life

7. “ „Death‟ is the true, harsh
and the bitter reality for
each and every animate-
being, who takes birth.”
-Nidhi kunvarani
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