Dean Thomas: We're Fighting Aren't We?

About this episode

This episode explores the character Dean Thomas and his significance in the Harry Potter series.

This IS a Dean Thomas episode, and, if I do say so myself, it delivers. From his quiet refusal to jettison his Muggle identity in a world pressuring him to assimilate, to his year on the run without proof of his blood status, to the moment he walks into the Battle of Hogwarts, Dean Thomas is the character this series didn't give us enough of, and this episode makes the case for why that matters. With 246 listener responses, critical analysis of wand theory, identity, and magical belonging, this is the Dean Thomas episode he always deserved.

People in this episode

Host: Prof. Julian Wamble

Topics covered

• identity
• Muggle identity
• Battle of Hogwarts
• wand theory
• magical belonging

Keywords

• Dean Thomas
• Muggle identity
• Battle of Hogwarts
• wand theory
• magical belonging
• Harry Potter

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