Theme and Summary of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Summary- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows  the called Gringotts is about Harry, Ron, Hermione( disguised as Bellatrix) and Griphook(a goblin) braking into the wizard bank Gringotts to get into the Bellatrix's vault to discover and destroy another Horcurx. Once in Diagon Alley they are meet by an unexpected guest-Travers- who is another Death Eater. He questions why Bellatrix is out when all those who were present when Voldemort was summoned to the Malfoy Manor because they had supposedly caught Harry Potter- that is the only reason they should summon him because he was on an important mission. But by the time Voldemort had returned Harry had escaped with the help of Dobby the house elf. So, once they reach Gringotts Harry has to confudle the wizard guards so they don't detect his invisibility cloak which he and Griphook are hiding under. Once inside they face more difficulties. The teller- Bogord- asks for identification which Hermione does not have. So, she impersonates Bellatrix and is snippy and Bogord tells her all he needs to see is her wand, but Harry had stolen her wand from Draco along with Draco's wand when they had escaped from Malfoy Manor. They thought that this would be detected so Harry places an Imperious Curse on both Bogord and Travers who is now interested after Bogord makes a comment about Bellatrix getting a new wand. Harry the proceeds to make Travers climb into a crevice in the wall along the track that leads down to the vaults. Bogord gets the Clackers and leads them to the cart and steers them done to Bellatrix's vault. On the way they pass under The Thief's Downfall which lifts all enchantments and disillusion charms which means Hermione no longer looks like Bellatrix and Ron no longer looks like a foreigner and Harry is now visible. Harry has to put the Imperious Curse on Bogord again for him to use the Clackers to scare the dragon away he can touch the vault and let them in. Upon entering they find that they cannot touch anything because it will multiply and burn you. After searching for several minutes Harry finally spots the Ravenclaw cup on a high shelf that is out of reach of Ron-who's the tallest. Harry figures out that if he uses the Sword of Gryffindor to touch it will not add to the supply of burning metal at their feet. With the help of Hermione who uses one of Snape's spell to lift Harry upside down in the air to reach the cup by hooking it through the handle with the sword. After he has the cup he falls onto the pile of burning metal and loses the sword with the cup and Griphook- who Harry had promised to give the sword to if he helped them with this mission- grabs the sword along with the cup (Horcrux) and runs off with it screaming to the approaching group of goblins and wizards that they are the thieves not him and he disappears. Harry, Ron and Hermione fight their way out by stunning the goblins. Then Harry frees the dragon and the trio climbs onto it's back before it realizes it's free and ride it through the roof which they help destroy to make it easier for the dragon to escape.

Theme- The theme of this chapter is one must be careful where one places their trust. This theme is represented in the text when, " ' There!' It was Griphook who had seen it and Griphook who had lunged, and in an intsant Harry knew that the goblin had never expected them to keep their word. One hand holding tightly to a fistful of Harry's hair , to make sure he did not fall into the heaving sea of burning gold, Griphook seized rhe hilt of the sword and swung it high out of Harry's reach. The tiny gold cup, skewered by the handle on the sword's blade, was flung into the air. The goblin still astride him, Harry dived and caught it, and although he could feel it scalding his felsh he did not relingquish it, even while countless Hufflepuff cups burst from his fist, raining down upon him as the entrance of the vault opened up again he found himself sliding uncontrollably on an expnading avalanche of fiery gold and silverthat bore him, Ron, and Hermioneinto the outer chamber. Hardly aware of the pain from the burns covering his body, and the still borne along on the swell of replicating treasure, Harry shoved the cup into his pocket and reached up to retrive the sword, but griphook was gone. Slinding from Harry's shoulders the moment he could, he had sprinited for coveramgonst the surroundign goblins, and brandishing the sword and crying 'Thieves! Thieves! Help! Thieves!' "
This demonstrates the them because it shows that Harry and Griphook did not trust each other therefore their plan fell apart because Griphook turned on them and took the sword Harry now has no way of destorying the Horcrux he just found. Also, Griphook's lack of trust in Harry caused him to steal the sword in the first place. Harry didn't fully trust Griphook but he had some faith in him, so when Griphook runs away calling them thieves it just shows how much you have to consider who you are going to trust. Harry, Ron and Hermione had put their trust in Griphook for this mission and he failed them just like they think Snape failed Dumbledore by killing him, because Dumbledore had put all his trust in Snape and he had betrayed him just like Griphook had betrayed Harry.

Links and Displays for Harry Potter

This is the trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One. From the trailer you can tell that the director decides to stick to the book and not really go and do their own thing. We see Harry, Ron and Hermione when the infiltrate the Ministry at the beginning of the book. We also see part of the Death Eater meeting that was held in the very first chapter of the book. We see bits and pieces of Harry, Ron and Hermione traveling to find the Horcurxes. We also, see bits and pieces of Bill and Fluer's wedding and when Kingsley's Patronous comes and warns them that the Ministry has fallen. Another seen from the book that we see is the Lovegood's house being destroyed after he summoned the Death Eaters saying that he had Harry Potter, but after they arrive Harry, Ron and Hermione make an escape. I think that this movie will be a great representation of the book just from seeing this trailer and seeing a lot of the scenes from the book being incorporated.

Harry Potter Legacy
This article walks through the release of the books and movies and questions whether in 20 years will our childern or grandchildern will know Harry Potter or will they consider it an old trend like we think Chicken Soup books are. But it says that Harry Potter will leave a legacy, and I belive that it has. It also discusses the different pieces of the book like the use of magic and how it plays a role in the book. It also mentions that Quidditch is actually played here in the U.S!




This is a picture of when Harry was getting moved from number four Privet Drive to the Burrow at the beginning of  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In this scene Fred, George, Hermione, Ron Fleur, and Mundagus take Polyjuice Potion causing them to appear to look like Harry to confuse the Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort in case their plans had some who been leaked them. They eventually change into Harry's clothes so they are all in the same outfit and look exactly alike.




This is a snapshot of when Harry and Hermione travel to Grodric's Hallow after Ron left them. This is the place where sixteen years ago Harry's parents had sacrificed themselves to save their son and where Harry had defeated the Dark Lord at the age of one. In this scene they are looking at the grave of Harry's parents they are trying to figure out what the saying on the tombstone might mean. The tombstone reads, "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."

J.K. Rowling

This article explains what Rowling's situation was like before writing Harry Potter. It talks about how she wanted to be a writer when she was little and what had gotten her interested in writing. It explains her schooling and how at first out of college she had been a secretary and how she didn't like the job very much, but it gave her a computer to type her stories up on during her breaks.

Analysis

In  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows it reads, " 'So, why are you still here?' Harry asked Ron. 'Search me,' said Ron. 'Go home then,' said Harry.  'Yeah maybe I will!' shouted Ron, and he took several steps toward Harry, who didn't back away. 'Didn't you hear what they said about my sister? But you don't give a rat's fart, do you, it's only the Forbidden Forest, Harry  I've-Faced-Worse Potter doesn't care what happens to her in here- well, I do , all right giant spiders and mental stuff-' 'I was only saying - she was with the others, they were with Hagrid-' 'Yeah, I get it, you don't care! And what about the rest of my family, 'the Weasleys don't need another kid injured,' did you hear that?' 'Yeah I-' 'Not bothered what it meant, though?' 'Ron!' said Hermione, forcing her way between them. ' I don't think it means anything new happened, anything we don't know about; think, Ron, Bill's already scarred, plenty of people must have seen that George has lost an ear by now, and you're supposed to be on your deathbed with spattergoit, I'm sure that's all he meant-'Oh, you're sure are you? Right then, I won't bother myself about them. It's alright for you two, isn't it, with your parents safely out of the way-' 'My parents are dead!' Harry bellowed." (Rowling

Analysis-
Ron seems to be very insensitive to the current situation. He feels left out and is a little jealous that Hermione is giving Harry more attention and siding with Harry on decisions. Ron feels inferior to Harry and the locket (Horcurx) is only making matters worse because the Horcurx makes you feel dark and like your carrying extra weight because the piece of Voldemort's soul is giving off that aura. Ron also, feels kind of useless since he was injured when they Apparated away from the Ministry into the Quidditch World Cup field. Another thing that is contributing to Ron's mood id the fact that he just heard news about his family that is not the most reassuring his sister has been punished by Snape for trying to steal the Sword of Gryffindor even though it'd a fake and Ginny, Snape and the other don't know that. And when Phineas comments that no more Weasely kids need injured he fears the worse even though that might not be the case. So, when Harry and Hermione comment on this as though it's not too terrible he explodes on them and says some unforgivable things like that their parents are safe and out of harms way unlike his parents. This is a major blow not only to Harry but Hermione as well because Harry no longer has parents. He never even got the chance to know them like Ron and Hermione got to know theirs. This is a major blow to Hermione because she had to physically remove all of her parents memories of her and watch them go live a new life without her. Harry and Hermione are trying to be patient with Ron but for Harry and Ron this was the last straw they have been insulting each other even though they are best mates. Hermione is trying to keep them calm and from tearing each other to pieces but Ron is determined to make Harry and Hermione feel as guilty as possible.(Rowling 306-307)

Inferences-

I can infer that Harry will have internal conflict with this moment and the rest of the argument that ensued before this snippet of text because he wants to be furious with Ron for being inconsiderate and only thinking about himself and his problems, but Harry also wants to forgive him for being rude because he is so loyal and him and Ron have been through so much together it would be silly to let an argument ruin their friendship.

From this I can infer that the Horcrux is tearing the trio apart and that even though they are taking turns wearing the Horcrux that some of these feelings are true, I can infer this because Ron has always been some what jealous of Harry for getting all the attetion and I think that here is where Ron lets it all out espically when he calls Harry , Harry I've-Faced- Worse Potter.  When Ron does this and accuses him of not caring about what happens to the Weasleys and that Harry's parents are safe this sets off Harry causing Hermione to chose a side which is a very though spot to be in.

Check point #3 Reading Skills

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows it says, "Lupin had been right about magic they had never encountered or imagined. Why hadn't Dumbledore explained more? Had he thought that there would be more time; that he would live for years, for centuries perhaps, like his friend Nicholas Flamel? If so, he had been wrong...." (Rowling  278)

From this text I can predict that Harry will continually struggle to understand why Dumbledore never told him how to defeat Voldemort like how to possibly find the rest of the unknown Horcuxes. What kinds of spells could destroy Horcuxes? Harry feels that he should have or would gotten a step by step How to Kill Voldemort pamphlet from Dumbledore. I can also predict form this piece of text that they are encountering and experiencing magic they have never before imagined or encountered that there will be some close calls for the trio and they will have to improvise a lot more then usual to survive because they don't know all the spells that they need to know since they decided that they wouldn't be attending Hogwarts for their final year of schooling in magic.

Some questions that I have from looking at this text are, like Harry I too wonder why Dumbledore did not keep Harry more informed about how to defeat Voldemort ? If he had would he still be alive? Because if he had kept Harry more in the loop he would have killed Voldemort a lot faster right? In the text Harry says that Dumbledore had been wrong,  but in earlier books Harry had never seconded guessed Dumbledore only in the last two books has Harry really questioned Dumbledore and his actions. Harry had looked up to Dumbledore and thought he could never be wrong and he wasn't the only one the majority if not all the wizarding community had held Dumbledore to the highest respect and thought he was the wisest wizard alive, so how can he go from that to being dumb enough to think he can live basically forever or as long as he wants? Even if he didn't think he could live for ever did he suspect he was going to die? If so why would he not tell Harry everything then so he could easily and successfully understand what he must do, how he must do it and why?

Text to World connection
As citizens of a country we all have a government in Harry Potter it's the Ministry or Hogwarts Staff for students. But, the point is they don't always give us all the information we need to hear to understand a situation or dilemma and why that situation / dilemma is happening and we know it too. Like in Harry Potter when Dumbledore doesn't tell Harry everything he needs to know about destroying Horcuxes and Voldemort.

Text to Text
Harry Potter is very much like Percy Jackson. Both protagonist have green eyes with black hair. Both have a mentor that the protagonist looks up to but sometimes has anger towards for not explaining more about their fate. For Percy that mentor is Chiron the trainer of heroes and his father Poseidon. For Harry it's Dumbledore. Both have a prophecy that dictates their future and the fate of mankind. Percy has several mini prophecies for when he goes on quests but since he is a Child of the Big Three ( Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades) he is also, the subject of -at the time -the current Great Prophecy that says he will make a choice to preserve or raze Olympus and if Olympus is destroyed so is Western Civilization which basically means man kind.Chiron won't tell him the prophecy until the fifith and final book of the Percy Jackson and the Oylpians series when he is fifiteen almost sixteen which is almost four years of keeping Percy in the dark. Poseidon gives Percy vauge advice like Dumbledore when at the end of Sea of Monsters he tells percy to "Brace himself" not telling him what to brace himslef foror how to brace himself.  Harry's prophecy is about him defeating Voldemort which will in turn have the wizarding and muggle communities from disasters and mass murder from Voldemort . Dumbledore gives Harry vauge advice as well like "I open at the close," which is on the snitch he left to Harry after he died with the belief that Harry would eventually figure out what he means.

Text to Self
This piece of text relates to me because I don't always get all the information I want on certain things either and it too irritates me because I know I could have more information that would be useful for what I'm doing but the person either won't tell you or is dead and unable to be reached to communicate how to handle the situation at hand.

Analyizing Ron and Hermione

Ron and Hermione are both extremely loyal even if at times they get furious with one another whenever the other or Harry is in danger they will always be there for one another. They spend almost every moment together unless one of them is in detention or when Harry must return back to number four Privet Drive every summer for a short time to ensure that he up holds his mother's charm which will protect him from Voldemort until Harry is of age-seventeen. Ron and Hermione are so loyal that they want to go on every adventure with Harry even if Harry doesn't want them to because he cares and is loyal to them and doesn't want them to die because of him. For example in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows  it says, " 'Listen,' said Harry. He sat up straight. Rona and Hermione looked at him with similar mixtures of resignation and defiance. 'I know you said after Dumbledore's funeral that you wanted to come with me,' Harry began. 'Here he goes,' Ron said to Hermione, rolling his eyes. 'As we knew he would,' she sighed, turning back to the books. 'You know, I think I will take Hogwarts, a History. Even if we're not going back there, I don't think I'd feel right if I didn't have it with-' 'Listen!' said Harry again. No, Harry you listen, ' said Hermione. We're coming with you. That was decided moths ago- years really.' 'But-' 'Shut up' Ron advised him. '- are you sure you've thought this through?' Harry persisted. ' Let's see,' said Hermione, slamming Travels with Trolls onto the discarded pile with a rather fierce look. ' I've been packing for days, so we're ready to leave at a moments notice, which for your information has included doing some pretty difficult magic, not to mention smuggling Mad-Eye's whole stock of Polyjuice Potion right under Ron's mum's nose. 'I've also modified my parents memories so that they're convinced they're really called Wendell and Monica Wilkins and that their life's ambition is to move to Australia, which they have now done. That's to make it more difficult for Voldemort to track them down and interrogate them about me- or you, because unfortunately, I've told them quite a bit about you.'" (Rowling 96-97)  This shows their loyalty because they aren't backing down from this challenge no matter how dangerous it is because they have been there since the beginning  and it wouldn't be the same if they let Harry finish the journey on his own.

 At the beginning of their journey together Ron and Hermione were more timid and afraid, but now they aren't recluctant to go with Harry and stand up to Harry when he tries to shove them off because he doesn't want them to go with him and be put in more danger than they would be for just being friends with him. They also, trust each other with their lives and they have to trust the Order and those around them to kee them safe which develops the theme of one must trust others.

Their loyalty advances the plot becasue if they weren't loyal and trusting with one another Harry would most likely be dead or failing at Hogwarts since they do everything together form homework to saving each from trolls, helping Harry get the Sorcer's Stone, or helpingirus escape from Hogwarts helping Hary train for the Triwizard Tournament or organizing a group to "study" defense against the Dark Arts. They have saved each others lives and put their lives on the line for each other so many times that if you took away that loyalty there wouldn't be any adventures of Ron, Hermione, and Harry to talk about becasue they'd all be dead because the others weren't there to back them up or help them figure out how to get out of a situation or to tell them what spell to use.


The fact that Hermione modified her parents memory so that they think they are totally different people so that Voldemort won't harm them for information about them is huge and it goes on to say that she modified their memories so much that they don't know or think they have a daughter. She and Ron are not putting themselves on the line, but they are also putting their friends and family in danger and there's a potential  to be tortured for information or just flat out murdered for helping them in their journey to find the remaining horcurxes to destroy them. They have sacrificed so much. That's how they show their loyalty to each other I think is by sacrificing for one another like when Harry broke up with Ginny because he wanted her to be safe and out of the danger of Lord Voldemort. But is anyone ever safe from the wrath of Lord Voldemort?

Harry Potter in 99 Seconds

 

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This video is a creative way to summarize the entire series in a short amount of time. It is humorous and entertaining. If you haven't read these books you probably will not want to watch this because he hits major points of each book giving away deaths of characters and important events that happen in the series. But he does a really good job, he has another one like this for Lord of the rings and he has a movie villain medley and a Disney princess spoof you can check out if you thought this was cool.

Theme and Summary Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Theme-The theme of the Half Blood Prince is one must trust others. This can be seen through out this book and several of the other Harry Potter books.  In the text when Harry is questioning Snape's loyalty to the Order and Dumbledore replies with this statement, "I am sure. I trust Severus Snape completely."  Dumbledore has put his complete trust into Snape that he is no longer a Death Eater and that he is truly changed to the good side.  Dumbledore also put much trust in Harry to retrieve Slughorn's memory which was the key to moving on in Harry's private lessons with him. These lessons are very important as stated here, " 'I shall tell you , Harry, when you have retrieved that memory from Professor Slughorn,' said Dumbledore. 'When you have that last piece of the jigsaw, everything will, I hope, be clear... to both of us.' " This shows just how much trust Dumbledore is putting into Harry to get this memory because it not only effects Harry's future, but it could effect the future of everyone because this memory could contain some sort of hint to the number or what objects Lord Voldemort  has selected for his horcuxes.
Summary- A summary of the chapter The Seer Overheard -Chapter 25- is Ginny and Harry have started dating. Hermione thinks she has figured out who the Half Blood Prince is a girl named Eileen Prince but she can not yet prove that it truly is her who is the Half Blood Prince. Harry disagrees with Hermione completely and is still hot on the trail of Malfoy trying to figure out what he and Snape are supposedly up to. Harry receives a note from Dumbledore he's all excited because this means that Dumbledore has found another horcuxe and he wants Harry to come with him to destroy it. As Harry makes his way to Dumbledore's office he hears Professor Trelawney scream and he investigates and finds that she was in the Room of Requirement and she heard whooping and then was thrown out of the room when she was hit with a spell by an unseen person. Then Trelawney lets it slip that Snape was the one who overheard Harry's prophecy and told Voldemort what he had heard of the prophecy which caused him to come and kill his parents and attempt to kill him but of course he failed. So , Harry is furious and goes on Dumbledore about trusting Snape and how Snape is up to no good with Malfoy etc. Dumbledore tells Harry to get his Cloak of Invisibility and meet him at the entrance hall. Harry does so but also grabs his Felix Felicis -Liquid Luck- and Marauder's  Map and tells Hermione and Ron to watch Snape and Malfoy while he's gone and to alert members of their group -Dumbledore's Army- if they had any problems. Then he meets Dumbledore and they apparate to a cave where the horcuxe is hidden.

Half Blood Prince Article

This article discusses how in 24 hours that Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince destroyed book sale records. The article includes a summary of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince without spoilers. The author also discusses how they think J.K Rowling shouldn't be gaining new readers, but losing old ones. They also believe that things are rushed and abrupt unexplained. I to some degree agree with this like when Harry brought up the fact that Tonks' patronous had changed, but who ever Harry was talking to whenever he brought it up shoved it to the side and changed the subject not really explaining what her patronous changed into and the significance of that change and what her patronous was to begin with. The author of this article also thinks that the book isn't really centered around Harry as much which I can see since they are so focused on the security increase at Hogwarts, and getting the memory from Slughorn , and figuring out what Darco Malfoy is up to and if he is in fact a Death Eater, but Harry is involved in solving and or causing these situations. Also, the book still revolves around Harry and his thoughts, actions, etc. Harry is just focused on the events listed about along with some other personal struggles through out the book.