All art is at once surface and symbol

Well, I completely get that it isn't Harry's fault he's acting the way he does. But I do think it's the author's fault that the closest thing to "normal" people we get in the entire series are the hero's abusers. It's not just that Harry's disregarding ordinary people, it's that the author brushes them aside as well. And it would be one thing if it were just Harry but nobody he meets in the wizarding world seems to feel any differently, and this is never addressed. Even the most sympathetic wizards treat non-magic people as though they're beneath their notice, when they're not going on about how they're boring or stupid for getting by without magic. If you think about it, Bella in Twilight unironically believes that she's a victim of the pitiful humans who don't see how superior she is, and that the best thing in the world for her would be to become the strongest, fastest, bestest ninja vampire ever. Does that fact that we only get her perspective mean that we have to agree with her on that score?

I haven't read Coraline but I may have to now. It seems like the kind of fantasy book I'd actually want to read.