The story of this book is
considerably darker than the first one. The second year of our own main
character, a skinny bespectacled boy named Harry Potter, can be said adventurous.
The story began at number 4 Privet Drive as usual, where Harry spent his summer
holiday with his aunt Petunia, uncle Vernon and cousin Dudley Dursley. The
family never treated him as part of them—they even forgot Harry’s birthday! In
short, it was the worst birthday Harry had ever had; pretending he didn’t exist,
for goodness sake!
Harry was surprised by the
appearance of a house-elf named Dobby who warned Harry of the danger and evil lurking
at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, waiting for him. But Harry was
adamant in going back to school so that Dobby was forced to do something
drastic. He set aunt Petunia’s pudding on the guest with a hovering charm, and
put the blame on Harry. Aunt Petunia and uncle Vernon were livid. They locked
Harry in his room—he became a prisoner in his own home—complete with bars on
the window and cat-flap on the door. Harry was helpless, he couldn’t magic
himself out since he already received a warning from the Ministry of Magic due
to the use of a hovering charm Dobby used on the pudding.
Ron Weasley and his twin
brothers, Fred and George, came unannounced to Privet Drive to free Harry and
brouht him to The Burrow, where Harry spent the remaining of his summer
holiday. Suffice to say, it was the best summer holiday for Harry. Then, of
course, knowing Harry, trouble found him just before he got to Hogwarts
Express: the barrier to the platform 9 ¾ was closed! It meant Harry and Ron
must find another way to get to Hogwarts, and what’s better than a flying car?
Classic! I personally like this part a lot. I mean, flying cars? Come on, it is
very magicy...hahahaaaa....
In Hogwarts—after the flying car
fiasco, of course—somebody or something started attackig the students—even Filch’s
cat Mrs. Norris and the Gryffindor tower’s ghost Nearly Headless Nick couldn’t
escape the attack. The chamber of secrets has been opened again after fifty
years. Who’s behind it? Everyone suspected Harry since he was known as a
parselmouth after a dueling club.
They thought Harry was the ‘heir of Slytherin’.
But how come? Harry was a Gryffindor after all...although the sorting hat
originally wanted to put him in Slytherin...
And dont forget, Harry and
friends’ adventure continued to the forbidden forest where Harry and Ron met
Aragog the Acromantula, finding the truth about the ‘horror within’ the chamber
of secrets, and the actual slaying the giant snake thing with a sword. Really
medieval, heheheee *evil laugh*
This story is epic! Even after
reading it several times, it still blew me away.
One of my favorite parts is when
everybody suspected Harry as the heir of Slytherin just right after the dueling
club, and Harry came to the library to find the Hufflepuffs were talking about
him. I mean, Harry could have left after that but he chose to appear in front
of them and said “Hello, I’m looking fo Justin Finch-Fletchley”. I couldn’t
stop laughing the first time I read that part, and when I read it again, it
still managed to crack me. It really showed another part of Harry we hardly
see: the prankster! He was a son of a Marauder after all.
There was something in my mind
though, while reading the book. Gilderoy Lockhart’s office was in the second
floor (see the part when Harry got a detention with Lockhart), and when in a
Deathday Party Hermione told Harry and Ron that Moaning Myrtle’s toilet was on
the second floor. But, after the deathday party (the part when the trio were in
the wrong place at the wrong time after Mrs. Norris’ attack), they found an
attack outside Myrtle’s toilet (which was on the second floor according to
Hermione earlier). But then Lockhart said his office was nearest because it was
upstairs, which meant the third floor. So where the hell was Lockhart’s office
actually? Second floor, or third floor? Was it a blooper?
Well, it doesn’t matter. I still
love the book anyway. I don’t care how
many bloopers they are, my love for Harry Potter is blind, heheheee....
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This post is published to fulfill 3 reading Challenge:
1)Hotter Potter
2)Fantasy RC
3)Books in English RC