Harry is a misfit in the muggle world of his aunt, uncle and cousin (and their neighbors); but at Hogwarts he is accepted and admired. How does this suggest the importance of tolerance of those who may fit in one place but not another?

they encountered severe weather for which they were poorly prepared.

i believe your answer is mountains.

the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.