Money, Money Money, Does It Really Make The Wizarding World Go Round?, By You_Won't_Know_Who |
 Jul 29 2006, 07:16 PM
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Money, Money Money, Does it Really Make the Wizarding World go Round? By You_Won't_Know_Who Biography: You_won’t_know_who enjoys her life as a part time teacher and a translator, although she is an economist by education. That choice proved to be wrong – if you are a teacher your holidays are thrice as long. She lives in Poland in a middle sized town near the German border, have no family of her own, two cute dogs (I wish the bio was about THEM...it would be easier) and...That’s all. Oh yes, hobbies. Her hobbies are: reading, listening to classical music or good music in general, browsing the Internet, and hiking in the mountains, chocolate and coffee. Snape is a nasty git. Abstract: The essay tries to find out if the money issues are as important in the Potterverse as in the real world. In short, yes, there are. We learn about it through Harry’s eyes and his experience. Wizards’ money is in form of metal coins – the author explains why and what the etymology of their names is. There is a very diminutive banking system, led for wizards by goblins, small creatures but wise enough to stand up to the wizards. Wizards have to work, although they can conjure many objects up and they are concerned about their job. The author takes a closer look at the jobs in the wizarding world and she mentions the question of poverty, analyzing two families, the Weasleys and the Gaunts. There are some figures too, it’s a must when we speak money – how high are some salaries in the wizarding world, what would be the exchange rate if you wanted to exchange dollars for galleons, how much the cursed necklace would cost in your shop... Acknowledgements: The author would like to thank SeverineSnape for her friendly support, incredible suggestions, time and trouble; clunycat for her insightful remarks about the style; RacingGreen and Marielle for reading. This essay can be found here. --------------------  Avatar by Aislinn "Run mad as often as you chuse; but do not faint." Love and Friendship, J. Austen |
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