A huge success in both bookshops and cinemas the Harry Potterseries has drawn millions of readers and viewers into its magical world. In constructing this world however J. K. Rowling has created Harry and his friends in sharp contrast to other members of the magical and nonmagical world. Creating Magical Worlds Otherness and Othering in Harry Potter argues that the identities of the heroes are mainly based on delimitation from and rivalry to other characters the Slytherins and Deatheaters fore