Sunday, November 3, 2019

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(Round 2)




    The book I am writing about this week is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling. I have read 241 pages of this book so far. So far, it is about Harry and his friends in their third year at Hogwarts, learning new subjects and fearing Sirius Black, an escaped prisoner coming to Hogwarts. Harry also faces dementors, who make him hear his mom's voice the day she died and cause him to pass out.
   Two characters in my novel are Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. They are good friends who are both studying at Hogwarts. They are in the same house, Gryffindor, so they are in all the same classes. I know they are good friends because they are always talking after classes. Also, they go shopping for supplies and spell books together before school starts.
    The story uses third person limited narration. We know about Harry's thoughts and feelings and he is the character that we follow throughout the story. We always know where Harry is, and the story only narrates things that are in his proximity or things that he knows. We don't know anything Harry doesn't know. The narrator is very thoughtful, and we clearly know how Harry is feeling at all times, allowing us to understand the story well.
    A main location in the story is Hogwarts. This is where almost all of the main plot happens. Hogwarts is important to Harry because he never had a home where he felt comfortable and happy. The Dursleys were always tormenting Harry and hated him, so Hogwarts is like an escape where he can be himself.
    An obstacle that Harry faces is falling off his broom during Quidditch because he sees dementors. This affects Harry going forward because he is frustrated that the dementors cause only him to have this reaction. When the dementors come near Harry, he feels "as though freezing water were rising in his chest, cutting at his insides." All this frustration makes Harry very determined to beat the dementors when Professor Lupin gives him lessons on how to ward them off.
    A part of the story that I liked was when Harry went through a secret passage to Hogsmeade. Fred and George Weasley had given him a map that showed the secret parts of Hogwarts, and Harry wanted to see what Ron and Hermione were doing in Hogsmeade. I enjoyed this part because I was wondering how there could be a passage from Hogwarts to Hogsmeade and I was wondering if Harry would get caught or not. It was also fun to read about all the shops and food in Hogsmeade, and I found myself wanting to go there.
 

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