Session Information
HPEF - Azkatraz 2009
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Harry Potter and the Sins of the Parents
Track : Monday, July 20, 2009
Program Code: 1010
Date: Monday, July 20, 2009
Time: 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM  EST
Location: Mission I (60)
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Ray Almand
Emma Drummond
Jennifer Campbell
Description
Harry spent a large part of the series finding father figures to look up to and emulate before becoming disenchanted and growing beyond them. Yet if we look at the series, Harry was hardly the only character to have issues with his parents or parental figures. Other students, such as Ron, Draco, Neville, Snape, Sirius, and Dumbledore, struggled with the influence and legacies of their parents. Some of them constantly lived in the shadow of their parents while others would change their ideas of family as they grew. Some were marked, even scarred, by their parents at a very young age while others learned lessons from them that would save their lives and shape their futures for the better. This panel seeks to analyze the influences and effects that these parents had on their children and determine whether their traits and actions were a result of nurture or nature.