The Strength of Weak Ties in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL TIES IN HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF THE FIRE WITH THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE
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Abstract
This essay is a theory-oriented examination of J.K. Rowling’s novel “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” particularly discussing the social network in Harry’s world and how its weak connections impact his success in winning the Triwizard championship in the end. The essay particularly focuses on the climax of the novel where Harry has finally won all the challenges after fighting obstacles to empower him to redesign his country by placing his actions and victory against various sociological theories like conflict, slavery, injustice, and, above all, racism, which is shown to be the driving force of the plot. Besides, the essay incorporates the criticism by various sociologists, scholars, and critics to support the claim that weak social ties lead the protagonist to be the most powerful man in the end. Also, it analyzes their reviews and how all of them contribute to analyzing Harry’s world as the most significant social setting to discuss racism and its importance in building the characters and their development throughout the story. Finally, although all these scholars vary in their opinion, the essay shows how their diversity of opinion joins the same hub, displaying the triumph of Harry in championship deeply connected to the individual-society relationship.
Furthermore, analyzing Miller’s theory of ‘sociological imagination’ and its interpretation by Fields is also a part of the research. Finally, the essay reaches its conclusion through scholarly research of various other scholars like Lyubansk, Nejad, Walters, and Ollivier-Gooch. In the end, it connects back the victory of the protagonist with the weak ties of the social network, which results by racism, which is the underlying theme of the novel from start to the end; and which generates the main conflict, along with strengthening Harry to overcome it by individual freedom of choosing actions and applying magical tricks.
The Analysis of Social Ties in Harry Potter and the Goblet of the Fire with Theoretical Perspective
Like the entire Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire provide a broad platform to critically analyze the social world with a new mythological background. By discussing it theoretically, the story fits in the frame of multiple social connections, particularly based on stratification, racism, socioeconomic status, and gender. Every sociological theory applied in the novel holds much in-depth evaluation by critics. However, racism gains certain value in creating the conflict and defining how people in the novel have weak links to one another, in literally and metaphorically supporting the protagonist to be a winner of the trophy in the end. As the characters of the novel have different ethnic backgrounds, many scholars and critics accentuate the role of different cultural and national backgrounds in building the fictional and wizardry world of J.K. Rowling, where everybody is responsible and fighting for survival for being ethnically differ...