Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005), continues the story of Harry Potter's maturity and growth as a wizard. He, Hermione, and Ron have taken and received their O.W.L.s (Ordinary Wizarding Levels) and are studying for their N.E.W.T.s (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests). In the meantime, the adult wizarding world is just beginning to cope with Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. The first scene illustrates the anxiety of the wizarding world when Cornelius Fudge and the new Minister of Magic, Scrimgeour, visit the new Prime Minister of England. When asked why the wizards can't just "magic" Lord Voldemort away, Fudge says, "The trouble is, the other side can do magic too, Prime Minister" (18). The bleakness of this statement sets the tone for the rest of the book

Related Essays

Rebellion in Two Plays of Shakespeare .... dishonour stain the brow / of my young Harry [Prince Hal .... Half-human, half beast, and unrepentant, Caliban is an entirely .... New York: Clarkson N. Potter/Crown, 1978 .... (2344 9 )

Miracles Prayer - Provoking Miracles .... prehistoric world, words were only half-formed media .... just the individual, and Dennis Potter's stories have .... Harry Stephenson of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, is sent .... (5761 23 )

Existence of Miracles Prayer - Provoking Miracles .... prehistoric world, words were only half-formed media .... just the individual, and Dennis Potter's stories have .... Harry Stephenson of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, is sent .... (5761 23 )

EXECUTION OF MENTALLY CHALLENGED PERSONS This r .... swing' Justices on the Court, such as Potter Stewart and .... mental age of a six and a half year old .... of the Court, Justices Brennan, Marshall, Harry Blackmun and .... (4835 19 )

Arthur Wisner Rushmore .... Spiegel, Paval Techlitchew, William Makepeace Thackeray, Harry Thayer, Weda .... him and Delight, already a potter of distinction .... by its recipients "About half of my .... (10035 40 )

Category: Literature - H