by Aseem Gupta | Aug 14, 2019 | Book Summaries and Analysis
In the seventh and final Harry Potter novel, the structures that protected Harry throughout his childhood begin to disappear. Privet Drive is no longer safe. Hogwarts is no longer a refuge. The Ministry of Magic has been infiltrated. Dumbledore is dead, and the...
by Aseem Gupta | Aug 8, 2019 | Book Summaries and Analysis
This article contains complete spoilers for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth and penultimate novel in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. The book occupies an unusual position in Harry’s story. It still looks, at first, like another year at Hogwarts:...
by Aseem Gupta | Aug 4, 2019 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Voldemort has returned, Cedric Diggory is dead, and Harry Potter has witnessed both events with his own eyes. Yet when Harry’s fifth year begins, the greatest immediate obstacle is not Voldemort himself. It is the refusal of almost everyone in authority to admit that...
by Aseem Gupta | Jul 26, 2019 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire begins with the promise of a larger world. Harry leaves Privet Drive, attends the Quidditch World Cup, meets students from foreign magical schools and enters a prestigious international tournament. For much of the novel, the...
by Aseem Gupta | Jul 16, 2019 | Book Summaries and Analysis
The first two Harry Potter books are built around hidden enemies. Someone is trying to steal the Philosopher’s Stone. Something inside Hogwarts is attacking students. Harry’s task is to uncover the threat before it reaches him. The third novel changes that pattern. In...
by Aseem Gupta | Jul 3, 2019 | Book Summaries and Analysis
A voice moves through the walls of Hogwarts. Students are found petrified in corridors. A warning written in blood announces that a hidden chamber has been opened, and the school begins searching for an enemy who may already be among them. At first, Harry Potter’s...
