Podcast Question of the Week – Episode 21
Here’s the Question of the Week from our second episode analyzing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban!:
We know that Dementors make you dwell on your deepest darkest thoughts, and that makes them useful tools of torture in the Wizard World prison, Azkaban. They also disincentivize no-good magic folk to commit crimes by instilling fear.
But what if, hypothetically, Dementors were changed, and they made victims feel uncontrollable bliss or relive happy memories. Do you think this would function better for the prison – i.e. less breakouts? Are there any ethical concerns with Dementors being changed in this way, and which would you prefer if happiness were being used on you as an imprisoning force instead of fear?
Write your answers in the comments below and some will be selected and read on the next episode of Alohomora! Alohomora!
