Exploring:

• Infant mortality in the wizarding world and why there is so little evidence for it
• How wizarding society functions
• Why having a large family is beneficial
• Why wizards/witches may have a very different attitude to family planning

In previous essays, I have explored how infectious disease can create high death rates in wizarding society. This ( Read more... )

I actually wrote this *gasp* research paper for my literary theory class -- basically it examines the importance of race and class distinctions that are present in Harry Potter. It even has secondary sources! And I got an A.

( Follow the fake lj-cut)

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