THE SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION REPRESENTED IN J.K ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE AND HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS

Abstract

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows are two last novels of Harry Potter series written by J.K Rowling. This thesis is conducted to explore the social discrimination described in the two novels which occur within the social class. The social class in the novel is determined by the blood status, those are: Pure-blood as the upper class, Halfblood as the middle class, and Muggle-born as the lower class. Those class disparity is created by a group of people as their political intention to dominate the society by putting the minority/lower class in hard condition