Post by Dewey on Oct 23, 2004 20:20:04 GMT -5
I had to read a book for English so that I could write a book review and decided to read(well, say I reread) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I thought you gals might get a kick out of it, so here it is.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Author: J.K. Rowling
Genre: Fiction
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth in a series of seven wondrous novels. Rowling does her best to rile the readers and excite them into gathering more informative facts of each character. Harry, the key character from whose point of view the story takes place, is rather vague in his description of particular events. Ron and Hermione, Harry’s best mates, are more complex than Harry in their emotions, yet lack a subtle understanding of the world. They swear to avenge the deaths of many witches and wizards who died warring the dark lord Voldemort.
The tale begins as Rowling describes “The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive. Cars that were usually gleaming stood dusty in their drives and lawns that were once emerald green lay parched and yellowing; the use of hosepipes had been banned due to drought.” But the day is soon to become more than that. As night falls, Harry is caught in a situation with his muggle (non-magical) cousin. Two dementors, which suck the world of all good emotion, memory, and soul, close around the odd duo and attempt to administer their ‘kiss of death’ to Harry’s cousin: Dudley. Harry performs illegal underage magic to save Dudley and is confronted with menacing letters from the Improper Use Of Magic Office of the Ministry of Magic (Britain’s Wizarding Government), that threaten to snap his wand.
Exciting thrills plight the novel and we endure many twists and turns as the story progresses. Harry gets to return to his magic school: Hogwarts, and is reunited with all his friends. More trouble follows Harry as classes begin. A new professor is out to get him, but no one yet knows what great lengths she’d go to rid the world of him. Detentions, a life-ban of his favorite sport: quidditch, and the growing threat of the second war against Voldemort are ascertained to strain Harry’s conscious and unconscious being. Dreams are not an easy thing to come by for most, but Harry is tormented with something not quite that different from divination in his sleep.
Later on into the novel, Harry’s premonitions are sent by none other than Voldemort, who lures Harry into a trap, banking on Harry’s love of “acting the hero” and his “saving-people-thing”. With all members of the elite anti-Voldemort society, Order of the Phoenix, gone, Harry has no one left to turn to for help. He persuades his friends to go with him on a rescue mission to save his only living relation, his godfather, from death by torture. The journey to save him is complicated and turns out to be not at all what was expected. Harry’s vision was proved false and as luck shall have it, the group was lured into Voldemort’s deception. Members of the Order of the Phoenix arrive shortly and an all-out battle is raged. Spells and incantations are sent and dodged, blocked and shielded, and targeted toward one boy in particular. Withholding nothing, Voldemort fights to a bitter finale of year five. The wounded are tended to and an important figure lost. Harry learns that not all things are what they seem and concludes to not let the side of dark go unchallenged.
Rowling captures the raw emotions of each and every single character in a demonstration of absolute creativity. She shows a fair amount of action and drama throughout the course of the book and twists it up a bit with more than a suitable amount of anguish and grave peril. My highest recommendation goes out to anyone willing to second-guess Rowling all the way through. Everyone who likes or is interested in magical beings, large amounts of drama, action, and angst, and complex character personalities will be sure to adore this unwavering plot scheme.
-Kathy
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Author: J.K. Rowling
Genre: Fiction
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth in a series of seven wondrous novels. Rowling does her best to rile the readers and excite them into gathering more informative facts of each character. Harry, the key character from whose point of view the story takes place, is rather vague in his description of particular events. Ron and Hermione, Harry’s best mates, are more complex than Harry in their emotions, yet lack a subtle understanding of the world. They swear to avenge the deaths of many witches and wizards who died warring the dark lord Voldemort.
The tale begins as Rowling describes “The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive. Cars that were usually gleaming stood dusty in their drives and lawns that were once emerald green lay parched and yellowing; the use of hosepipes had been banned due to drought.” But the day is soon to become more than that. As night falls, Harry is caught in a situation with his muggle (non-magical) cousin. Two dementors, which suck the world of all good emotion, memory, and soul, close around the odd duo and attempt to administer their ‘kiss of death’ to Harry’s cousin: Dudley. Harry performs illegal underage magic to save Dudley and is confronted with menacing letters from the Improper Use Of Magic Office of the Ministry of Magic (Britain’s Wizarding Government), that threaten to snap his wand.
Exciting thrills plight the novel and we endure many twists and turns as the story progresses. Harry gets to return to his magic school: Hogwarts, and is reunited with all his friends. More trouble follows Harry as classes begin. A new professor is out to get him, but no one yet knows what great lengths she’d go to rid the world of him. Detentions, a life-ban of his favorite sport: quidditch, and the growing threat of the second war against Voldemort are ascertained to strain Harry’s conscious and unconscious being. Dreams are not an easy thing to come by for most, but Harry is tormented with something not quite that different from divination in his sleep.
Later on into the novel, Harry’s premonitions are sent by none other than Voldemort, who lures Harry into a trap, banking on Harry’s love of “acting the hero” and his “saving-people-thing”. With all members of the elite anti-Voldemort society, Order of the Phoenix, gone, Harry has no one left to turn to for help. He persuades his friends to go with him on a rescue mission to save his only living relation, his godfather, from death by torture. The journey to save him is complicated and turns out to be not at all what was expected. Harry’s vision was proved false and as luck shall have it, the group was lured into Voldemort’s deception. Members of the Order of the Phoenix arrive shortly and an all-out battle is raged. Spells and incantations are sent and dodged, blocked and shielded, and targeted toward one boy in particular. Withholding nothing, Voldemort fights to a bitter finale of year five. The wounded are tended to and an important figure lost. Harry learns that not all things are what they seem and concludes to not let the side of dark go unchallenged.
Rowling captures the raw emotions of each and every single character in a demonstration of absolute creativity. She shows a fair amount of action and drama throughout the course of the book and twists it up a bit with more than a suitable amount of anguish and grave peril. My highest recommendation goes out to anyone willing to second-guess Rowling all the way through. Everyone who likes or is interested in magical beings, large amounts of drama, action, and angst, and complex character personalities will be sure to adore this unwavering plot scheme.
-Kathy
I concur completely with ma soeur and grindylow, yepyep