THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATIONS IN J.K. ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN

Abstract

The result of this research is that the characters’ social statifications are presented in the way of revealing the characters’ class, status, and power. Character’s class is the ownership of property, characters’ status is the respectful title of a character from others, and characters’ power is the ambition of characters. The result also reveals the representation of the characters’ social class consisting of the upper class, middle class, and lower class. The upper class is described through the characters of Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Albus Dumbledore, Sirius Black, Vernon and Marge Dursley, and Cornelius Fudge. The middle class is described by the characters of Minerva McGonagall, Remus Lupin, Arthur Weasley, Severus Snape, and Peter Pettigrew. And the lower class is described through the characters of Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Rubeus Hagrid. Researchers used qualitative research methods with problem formulation (1) How is the social stratification of the figures presented in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban? (2) How is the representation of social stratification of the characters in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban? With the aim of (1) To analyze how the social stratification of the characters shown in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. (2) Explain the representation of social stratification of the characters in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban