I made this for my mini viva

1. TITLE:
HARRY POTTER’S MORAL CHOICES IN J.K. ROWLING’S
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
&
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
PREPARED BY:
NUR ATIKA LAILA ZAINAL
(0843003)

2. OUTLINE OF THE
PRESENTATION
i. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
ii. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
iii. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
iv. METHODOLOGY
v. DISCUSSION
vi. CONCLUSION

3. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
• Authors like Steve Vender Ark (The Harry Potter Lexicon,
2007) and Janet Scott Batchler (What Will Harry Do, 2006)
wrote books based on the researches they made on the
series.
• Other independent scholar like John Granger, wrote
Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the
Serious Reader (2007), The Deathly Hallows
Lectures: The Hogwarts Professor Explains the
Final Harry Potter Adventure (2008) and The
Hidden Key to Harry Potter: Understanding
the Meaning, Genius and Popularity of
Joanne Rowling’s Harry Potter Novels (2002).

4. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
• Most of the books mentioned previously spelled
out the themes and Christianity symbolism
behind the Harry Potter series; some of them
were written by critics, like Michael D O’Brien.
• This research is a study on Harry’s
moral choices and is supported with
details from other journals and books.
• Messages hidden in the two chosen
books in the series were also analyzed.

5. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
(a) To identify the moral choices made by the character
Harry Potter from the books Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban (1999) and Harry Potter and the
Order of the Phoenix (2003).
(b) To justify the messages the author wants to convey
through these books.
(c) The two particular books were chosen
because of the emergence of an important
character; Sirius Black, his relationship
with Harry and influences on Harry.

6. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
a) Behind every moral choice, there is a message
woven neatly into a spectacular storyline.
b) With this study conducted, Harry’s moral
choices and Rowling’s messages
in both books have been revealed.
c) This research will be crucial for other
Harry Potter scholars and students
who are learning literature.

7. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
d) Other readers or students of other fields can
make use of this research as well; like
psychology, philosophy and even law.
e) There are universities that offer
courses where Harry Potter books
are used in the same standard as
that of Shakespeare’s works.

8. METHODOLOGY
a) Qualitative research / library research.
b) A selection of books, journals & articles
in the field of psychology and
philosophy were analyzed to
achieve the study objectives.

9. METHODOLOGY
c) The examining of texts took the form of close
textual reading; to expose the relevant textual
qualities.
d) Supporting data are in the form of the studies
that had been done by a number of
philosophers, psychologists, and
Harry Potter scholars.

10. DISCUSSION
Harry Potter’s Moral Choices
i. To Have Free Will & Hard Determinism: To have a free will
means to be free of all control, free to act as we choose to act &
not giving up easily.
ii. To Be Impulsive & Self-sacrificing: Not thinking thoroughly &
desiring the happiness of others, the concerns about self
disappear when we have any genuine interest
in persons and things outside of ourselves.
iii. To Love: It involves things like whether we
really try to help one another, and whether
each member of the partnership genuinely
tries to promote the welfare of the other
person.

11. DISCUSSION
Analysis on Harry Potter’s Moral Choices in
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
i. First Moral Choice: To Have Free Will & Hard
Determinism
- Harry stood up for Prof Hagrid; being half-giant
and not of pure-blood wizard lineage,
he was looked down on by some.
- Harry chose to believe and help
an escaped prisoner who was
wrongly accused.

12. DISCUSSION
Analysis on Harry Potter’s Moral Choices in
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
ii. Second Moral Choice: To Be Impulsive
- Harry couldn’t tolerate his aunt’s rudeness
and had literally blown up
his aunt.
- Harry attacked the innocent
prisoner blindly without giving
him a chance to explain.

13. DISCUSSION
Analysis on Harry Potter’s Moral Choices in
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
iii.Third Moral Choice: To Love
- Harry had spared the life of the real culprit
for the sake of his father’s
best friends.
- They wanted to kill the traitor but
Harry didn’t want them to
become murderers.

14. DISCUSSION
Analysis on Harry Potter’s Moral Choices in
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
i. First Moral Choice: To Have Free Will & Hard
Determinism
- Harry chose not to be constrained by the
Minister of Magic who refused to
believe him (out of fear) and made
unreasonable decrees to stop him
from spreading the terrifying
truth—that the Dark Lord;
Voldemort had risen back to power.

15. DISCUSSION
Analysis on Harry Potter’s Moral Choices in
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
ii. Second Moral Choice: To Be Impulsive & Self-
sacrificing
- Harry, not wanting others to be
in danger because of his
inexplicable connection with
Voldemort, decided hastily that
he should leave at once for good.

16. DISCUSSION
Analysis on Harry Potter’s Moral Choices in
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
iii.Third Moral Choice: To Love
- Harry struggled to accept the truth that his
godfather was dead and would never
come back.
- To be able to love had deprived
Harry from being scared of death
or even as evil as Voldemort.

17. DISCUSSION
J. K. Rowling’s Hidden Messages in
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban &
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
The Importance of Friendship Love Conquers Death
• Choosing between what • The lessons we learnt
is right and easy is from pain are the ones
important and we are that make us the
not capable of doing strongest; Rowling has
that alone sometimes— made much emphasis
we need allies. on love that never dies
in the books.

18. CONCLUSION
• Harry Potter’s moral choices in both books
are to have free will & hard determinism, to
be impulsive & self-sacrificing and to love.
• The messages are the importance of
friendship and love conquers death.
• As we follow Harry and the other
characters, ones do not merely
become better readers, but better
and wiser individuals.