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588: The Chamber of Drills (Chamber of Secrets, Chapters 1 and 2)

MuggleCast: the Harry Potter podcast

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Animal Cruelty in Sorcerer's Stone

Hedwig is locked in a cage for an entire summer. This is animal cruelty if we want to look at it that way. It harkens back to some themes we saw earlier in book one, where Harry felt like he was able to identify with the snake at the zoo. And now we see Hedwig locked away with Harry, who is also being locked away. So these themes of isolation and imprisonment continue into this book. Totally. 100%.

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