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Society and Class
The wizards in Harry Potter's world stand separate from the Muggles—they live in a magical world hidden out of our sight in order to avoid that whole "burn them at the stake" thing.
But within the world of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, there are still class divisions—the Weasleys are poor and struggle to make ends meet, while Malfoy's perfect awfulness comes from generations of aristocratic inbreeding.
And then there's Hogwarts: it's divided into four houses based on individual temperament, which separates the good guys from the bad ones pretty neatly in the process.
Societal differences are stronger in the Wizarding World than they are in ours.
Societal differences are weaker in the Wizarding World than they are in ours.
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