No book in the 21st century has been discussed more than the Harry Potter series. JK Rowling's masterpiece has been published in more than a dozen different languages ​​and has sold more than a billion copies. The film adaptations have shattered box office records over the past decade and have grossed over $7.7 billion worldwide. While Harry's adventures at Hogwarts have intrigued thousands of young readers, it hasn't been without controversy. The series was so widespread in our society and had such an impact that many scholars began to compare it to Harriett Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, which is believed to have fueled anti-slavery sentiments that led to the American Civil War. Time Magazine asked about the politics and message of Harry Potter, Rowling explained: "I wanted Harry to leave our world and find exactly the same problems in the wizarding world." Harry and his readers can better see these similarities in the 2007 film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The reason we chose this film over the other eight in the series is because there isn't an element of the book that isn't political. accused. Rowling places her characters in the midst of a sort of "civil war" in which their leader, Cornelius Fudge, uses the media and other means to hide the existence of any unrest brought to light by the citizens of the society the film is faithful to everything Rowling wanted it to be, it reflects our society in all areas of political science. At the beginning of the film we see Harry Potter and his muggle (non-magical) cousin Dudley Dursley being attacked. of Dementors in a small suburb of London. Dementors, being magical monsters, do not create them... middle of paper... is equivalent to the rise of Adolf Hitler. Death Eaters and Nazis are similar; their actions. Both parties killed in the name of purity and power. At the end of both wars we have a community that rose up and overturned injustice. From Watergate to the Occupy movement Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix takes us out of our world, but doesn't allow us to forget its problems. At the end of this lesson we can be sure that your students will never see films the same way. Harry Potter was the center of many childhood worlds. The series and films brought us joy and developed our imagination. Looking back years later, as adults and political science graduates, we see that what we were swept up in was much bigger than we thought. While we thought Harry was simply slaying dragons, he was actually slaying governments and bringing about a new order.