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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry returns to Hogwarts-- though with some difficulty-- feeling relieved to be back in a place where he is treated like a person. He also visits the...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets starts at Privet Drive, where Harry's Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia are preparing for a meeting with one of Vernon's potential clients. For the meeting,...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Many fantasy novels deal in pure fantasy, meaning that they invent entire worlds. In the typical fantasy novel, the world inhabited by the characters may resemble our own, but it will generally be...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The major difference between the book and the movie is that the movie has a number of scenes that are added as a way to make the movie more visually exciting. For example, in the book Ron and...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
No! Unequivocally no. Severus Snape is not Harry’s father. J. K. Rowlings, author of the Harry Potter series, went to a great deal of trouble creating unique characters who shared common...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Although there are a number of locations in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the most important setting is the one that is shared by most of the novels: Hogwarts University, the school...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Perhaps you could narrow your question down a bit as this is a very broad question to ask. Even though Harry Potter is a character originally written for children, I have enjoyed all of the books...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Yeah, I don't think it's any accident that one of Dumbledore's greatest accomplishments was against a dark wizard in 1945... I don't think there's any question that there are many similarities....
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
I assume that when you say "the 'M' word," you mean "magic." Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia are very strongly against the use of magic and even against its existence. They are both ashamed of the...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
It's sort of up to interpretation who counts as main characters, but here goes: Harry Potter -- 12 year old wizard Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger -- his best friends and fellow Gryffindors Dobby...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The wizardry and the fact that the kids, despite their magical talents, experience the same headaches as adolescents all over make the subject matter quite appealing. Sensing their own challenges...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
It is a symbol that was bestowed upon him after his parents died. Lord Voldemort knew that this "Wizard King" was born and would destroy him. In his efforts to kill him first, Harry's parents gave...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
In the "Chamber of Secrets" Harry can't see the thestrals because he did not actually see the death of his mother. He was a newborn baby and his mother was covering his body to protect him. She...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
In the office, Harry tells the Weasleys, McGonagall, and Dumbledore (who is back) everything that happened. Harry gives Dumbledore Tom Riddle's diary, and Dumbledore tells them all that Tom Riddle...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
In the Chamber, Harry finds Ginny, still alive, but unresponsive. Tom Riddle steps out of the darkness and Harry asks for his help. Tom, a memory from the diary, has been corresponding with Ginny...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Unfortunately, with everyone being watched so carefully, the boys cannot get to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. In class, it is announced that exams are a week away, and that the mandrakes are almost...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
With Dumbledore gone, the school is terrified. Harry and Ron try to think of what Hagrid's statement about the spiders might mean, but they can't find any spiders in the castle. Malfoy is the only...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry, Ron, and Hermione don't want to believe that Hagrid was responsible for opening the Chamber. Over Easter, the students choose their classes for the next year, and Harry doesn't know what...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Hermione stays in the hospital wing for a week while the potion wears off. Harry and Ron visit her, and on the way out they find Filch upset about water coming from Moaning Myrtle's bathroom....
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry is left in Dumbledore's office, and sees the Sorting Hat. He puts it on to find out if he was put in the right House, and the hat tells him that he would have done really well in Slytherin....
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry is released from the infirmary and finds Ron and Hermione in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom working on the potion, which is only half finished. Fear is sweeping the school, and people are buying...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Lockhart makes Harry his teacher's pet, and begins bringing him up to the front of the class to act out stories from his books. Capitalizing on Lockhart's vanity, the students ask him for...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
When a very upset Filch arrives, he accuses Harry of murdering Mrs. Norris. Harry and his friends, Filch, and the professors go to Lockhart's office and Dumbledore examines Mrs. Norris, determining...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
School continues and by October, everyone is into the routine. Harry is heading in from Quidditch practice when he runs into Nearly Headless Nick, who is upset about not being accepted into the...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry is dealing with the stresses of school and looking forward to the weekend. He is awaken by Oliver Wood early on Saturday morning for Quidditch practice. As he heads to the practice, Colin...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The next morning as Harry is sitting with his friends at breakfast, Ron receives something called a Howler in the mail. Mrs. Weasley's angry voice fills the Great Hall as she yells at him for...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Chapter 5: The Whomping Willow Summer comes to an end, and Harry and the Weasleys arrive at platform nine and three-quarters for the Hogwarts train. Everyone gets through the barrier except Harry...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Chapter 4: At Flourish and BlottsEveryone gets a book list from Hogwarts, and Ron has a letter from Hermione suggesting they meet in Diagon Alley. Ron’s older brother Percy – a Hogwart’s...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Chapter 3 – The BurrowRon and his brothers Fred and George are hovering outside Harry’s window in an enchanted old car. This doesn’t violate the no underage magic rule, since Ron’s Dad is...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Chapter 2 – Dobby’s WarningOn the bed is a small, excitable creature with large, bat-like ears, a long thin nose and bulging big green eyes – the eyes Harry’d seen in the hedge. Named...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Chapter 1 – The Worst BirthdayThe second Harry Potter book begins at the Dursleys – Harry’s Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and Cousin Dudley. Harry, who is “home” for the summer holidays,...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
There are several settings in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Broadly speaking, there are two: the Muggle world of ordinary humanity (where you and I live), and the world of magic. Within...
