Wednesday, August 17, 2011

HARRY POTTER 2: CHAMBER OF SECRETS By: J. K. Rowling


No. 7

Summary:
During the summer, Harry was back with the Dursleys, back to being treated like a dog that had rolled into something smelly.
Then, arrived from his 12th birthday, where he met an auspicious guest warning not to go to Hogwarts. It was Dobby, a house-elf. It did everything to not getting again to Hogwarts for something bad will happen. Well, he did it by a punishment given by Dursleys after knowing that magic is not allowed to do by Harry. He was locked up to his room. With his homesickness, Ron, Fred and George came to the rescue, they get Harry and Hedwig away from Dursleys by a flying car. Harry, meanwhile, live to Ron’s house which he was accepted warmly.
The next day, they went to Flourish and Blotts to buy some of the things they need in Hogwarts. But Harry got lost to Diagon Alley; he had gone to Knockturn Alley while using a Floo Powder. Harry get famous in Flourish and Blotts because of Gilderoy Lockhart.
The following day, school has begun and it took Ron and Harry a hard time to go to Hogwarts because they were left by the train, instead they flew with Weasley’s car, and flouted one of the laws of Hogwarts. They were seen by Muggles. Snape and McGonagall caught them and brought them to detention.
Weekend is getting nearer; Wood was giving Gryffindors new lessons. Ron was irritated from Malfoy when he insulted Hermione by saying she’s a Mudblood, then, Ron was given a spell and suffered from vomiting slugs. Then Ron and Harry’s detention came, and it was about doing Muggle work for Filch and Lockhart. The following day, Harry was invited by Headless Nick to his fifth hundred death day. At the middle of the party, a voice leads Harry, Ron and Hermione to see a murdered cat by Filch. The cat had not died but petrified according to Dumbledore. The incident gave Harry, Ron and Hermione some interests to “Chamber of Secrets” and in a way to know the heir of Slytherin. They continue their plan by getting to know the Polyjuice potion.
Quidditch match between Slytherin and Gryffindor has been a deadly one, because of the rogue bludger. Gryffindor won but Harry almost broke a bone in his arm. On the hospital wing, Harry and Dobby met again, revealing the evil deeds that Dobby gave to harry.
Hogwarts have broken the silence, Colin had been petrified. Duelling Club had begun, to this event, Harry’s friends know he’s a Parselmouth. Now, Hufflepuffs are suspecting that Harry should be descendant of Salazar Slytherin because he’s a Parselmouth. Hours later, Justin Fitch-Fetchley and Headless Nick was being petrified, while Harry had seen them.
Christmas came, Harry, Ron and Hermione tried to use Polyjuice Potion, but it not turned well when they didn’t get enough information from Malfoy and Hermione became a cat.
On Valentine’s Day, Harry accidentally found Riddle’s diary which revealed that Hagrid opened the chamber of secrets.
It was the battle between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, when McGonagall cancelled because a double attack had happened to Hermione and Penelope. Harry go to Hagrid as fast as he could. So, was Cornelius Fudge, Dumbledore, Snape and Malfoy. Dumbledore and Hagrid was forced to leave because of weird attacks happening again to his school.
Summer has been smoking, when Harry discovered from Aragog that Hagrid is innocent.
Harry and Ron had known the secret when they unfold the paper from Hermione; the basilisk is the attacker. They begged help from Lockhart and off they go through the girls’ bathroom were hidden the chamber of secrets.
When Harry Potter get into it, he discovered that the heir of Slytherin was truly Voldemort in the form of Tom Riddle conducting Ginny to petrify people. Harry Potter once again defeated Voldemort with the help of the tears of the Phoenix. After the incident, Hogwarts backed to normal and Harry Potter went back to the Muggle world, supposed to be Dobby’s reward.

Characters:
Dobby – house-elf
Arthur Weasley – had job in Ministry of Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
Colin Creevey
Moaning Myrtle – moaning ghost girl who haunts the girls’ bathroom
Godric Gryffindor
Helga Hufflepuff
Rowena Ravenclaw
Salazar Slytherin – a Parselmouth
Mrs. Norris
Argus Filch
Gilderoy Lockhart
Madam Pince
Headless Nick
Tom Riddle

Vocabulary:
1.      Hiccoughing – hiccupping
2.      Haggle – to cut clumsily, to exhaust or annoy wrangling
3.      Rips – tears
4.      Roguish – being vicious and destructive
5.      Resplendent – splendid
6.      Banshee – a female spirit in Gaelic folklore whose appearance or wailing warns a family that one of them will soon die
7.      Brandishingly – to shake or wave menacingly
8.      Befide – to happen to, befall
9.      Bickering – to move with a rapidly repeated noise
10.  Balaclava – a knit cap for the head and neck
11.  Beacon – as signal for guidance
12.  Shooed – to scare away as if by crying
13.  Soggy – soaked in water
14.  Swig – quantity drunk at one time, drinking in long drafts
15.  Slobbering – to let saliva dribble away from the mouth
16.  Snide – dishonest
17.  Cajolingly – to deceive with soothing words
18.  Skittering – to skip lightly
19.  Pigsty – pig pen
20.  Praffle – empty talk, sound that is meaningless
21.  Pasty – meat pie, turnover
22.  Guffaw – loud or boisterous boost of laughter
23.  Mauve – a strong purple
24.  Whomping – to strike with sharp noise or thump
25.  Willow – any of a genus of trees and shrubs bearing catkins of a petalous flowers
26.  Cistern – artificial reservoir of liquids
27.  Ebb – to recede from a flood
28.  Vermin – an offensive person

Chapters:
#1: Worst birthday
#2: Dobby’s Warning
#3: The Burrow
#4: Flourish and Blotts
#5: Whomping Willow
#6: Gilderoy Lockhart
#7: Mudbloods and Murmurs
#8: The Deathday Party
#9: The Writing on the Wall
#10: The Rogue Bludger
#11: Duelling Club
#12: Polyjuice Potion
#13: The Very Secret Diary
#14: Cornelius Fudge
#15: Aragog
#16: Chamber of Secrets
#17: Heir of Slytherin
#18: Dobby’s Reward

Operational Definition:
·         Phoenix – red and gold plumage carrying heavy immense loads, it’s tears have healing powers. “Faithful Pets”.
·         Azkaban – wizards’ prison
·         Aparecium – Revealer of the Riddle
·         Morale-booster – wash away memories
·         Lumos – emitting light
·         House-elf – had large ears and bulging green eyes the size of tennis balls. Bound to serve one home and one family forever
·         Section 13 of International Confederation of Warlock Statue of Secrecy – magic is a serious offence, noticed by Muggles
·         Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Under Age Secrecy, 1875, Paragraph C – under-age wizards are not allowed to make spells outside the school
·         Misuse of Muggles Artifacts Office – bewitching Muggle-made things
·         Second Year Students will require:
The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 by Miranda Goshawk
Break with a Banshee by Gilderoy Lockhart
Gadding with Ghouls by Gilderoy Lockhart
Holidays with Hags by Gilderoy Lockhart
Travels with Trolls by Gilderoy Lockhart
Voyages with Vampires by Gilderoy Lockhart
Wanderings with Werewolves by Gilderoy Lockhart
Year with the Yeti by Gilderoy Lockhart
·         Wattlebird – new password to get through second year Gryffindors
·         Mandrake – gives some sort of an antidote. It’s cry is fatal (Mandrigora)
·         Lilac – Gilderoy’s favorite color
·         Harmony between all magic and non-magic people – Gilderoy’s ideal birthday gift
·         Rid the world of evil and market his own range of hair-care potions – Gilderoy’s secret ambition
·         Perskipiksi Pesternomi
·         Mudblood – Muggle-born
·         Squib – born from a wizarding family but has no magical powers
·         Medieval Assembly of European Wizards
·         Polyjuice Potion – can transform to any to Slytherin
·         Transmogrifian Torture – spell that petrified Mrs. Norris, Headless Nick, Justin Fitch-Fetchley, Hermione, Penelope and Colin Creevey
·         Expelliarmus – Disarming Charm
·         Rictusempra – Tickling Charm
·         Tarantallegra – legs began to jerk in a kind of quickstep
·         Finite Incantatum – Counter-curse for tarantallegra
·         Serpensortia – transforming wand to enormous snake

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