Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Book Six- Chapter One.

I'm not here to make fun of anything having to do with Harry Potter, nor am I out to spoil things. Except, i will spoil things. sorry.
let's get started.

I chapter one, we hear about every single thing that's happened in the other books of the series. For those of you that haven't read the books, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIED. Actually, let's go through a check list, shall we?
-Prison escapees? CHECK.
-Nine million mentions of You-Know-Who? CHECK. Also, to the uneducated reader, you most certainly do not know who You-Know-Who is.
-'A spot of bother at the Kwidditch...World Cup?' CHECK.
-Three foreign dragons and a sphinx? CHECK.
-MORE prison escapees? CHECK.
-Giants, and murder, and death? OH MY.
All of these things are introduced to us by Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic. It's some sort of flashback from the Muggle Prime minister. It begins with the escape of Sirius Black from the prison island of Azkaban, which is defended by dementors, horrible things that suck out your soul. Then we hear about You-Know-Who.

Welcome to YOU-KNOW-WHO for dummies!
The guide for muggles that don't know who.

You-Know-Who is the cover name for the darkest wizard known to our planet. His real name, Voldemort, must not be said aloud under penalty of death! He was killed by Harry Potter, when Lily Potter's love for her son acted like a mirror against You-Know-Who's killing curse.
You-Know-Who's followers are still active today, and are called Death Eaters. One of the most notable of these is Sirius Black, who was found dead in the Ministry of Magic two years after escaping a life sentence in Azkaban. He was proved to be a member of the Order Of The Pheonix, a wizarding group against the return of You-Know-Who.
You-Know-Who returned to walk and kill and dance again on the night of Black's death.

The 'spot of bother' was just Death Eaters doing their. Three foreign dragons and a sphinx were imported for the Triwizard Tournament, which was this big thing that Harry won because he's Harry-freaking-Potter. In the last book, there was a mass breakout of Azkaban, where all of the convicted Death Eaters broke out and wrecked havoc, and now we hear that they caused a bridge to collapse, let a giant rampage through the West Country, and killed two aurors. Aurors are secret ninja-spy-warriors that take out the bad guys.
Ah, there's a question in the back?
Yes, I believe they can juggle too. The Longbottoms could juggle twelve chainsaws and pass them to each other. Quite a spectacle, let me tell you.
Continuingon, the giant was covered up as a hurricane, and the bridge was said to just... collapse.
All the meek action leads into the muggle minister meeting the new Minister of Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour. The muggle minister is protected by Kingsley Shacklebolt, who works in the office. Herbert Chorley, who was under the imperius curse (it makes you follow whatever orders the issuer gives), is transferred to Saint Mungo's hospitol. I'm pretty sure that you never hear of him again.
As the wizards leave via fireplace, the chapter ends.

Then onto chapter two.
Predictions:
Harry Potter will be mentioned about eight times in the next chapter, without even being in it.

Number of 'Harry Potter's: 1.
I'm going to keep a count of how many times his name is said by other characters, not including JKR.

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