There's the death and heartbreaking funeral of a major character. ![]() ![]() Some negative language around the size of Dudley and his father, Malfoy's Slytherin friends Crabbe and Goyle, plus Professor Slughorn is described as "enormously fat," and a witch named Hepzibah Smith is described as an "immensely fat old lady." Women have prominent roles at Hogwarts: Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout are both heads of houses, plus there are plenty of girls on the Quidditch house teams. Some diverse family structures are described: Harry lives with his aunt and uncle, Neville with his grandmother, and memories of Tom Riddle show him in an orphanage. Characters in the wizarding world face lots of discrimination, especially for not being "pure-blood," or in Hagrid's case, for being part-giant. Cho Chang and the Patil twins are more minor characters in this book, but still around. So is Kingsley Shacklebolt in the Order of the Phoenix. A Slytherin named Blaise Zabini is Black.
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