Thursday, October 30, 2008

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 8? (Chapter 22, last blog was chapters 20-21)

In this chapter, Harry and Ron and Hermoine all have escaped Xeno's house. Once they are in a safe spot they debate whether the Hallows are real or not, Hermoine says its a bunch of bologna and Harry says its real and becomes extremely obsessive with it. Then Harry reminicences some times. First, Harry remembers that when he viewed images in Dumbledore's Pensieve of Voldemort's grandfather Gaunt, Gaunt said he was the descendant of the Peverells and claimed that their symbol was on his ring. Harry puts these pieces together and decides that Gaunt must be the descendant of one of the three brothers in the tale, and that the Resurrection Stone is the stone that was in the ring—and that Dumbledore must have hidden it for Harry inside the Snitch, whichthey haven't opened yet. Harry then realizes that Voldemort was tracking Ollivander, Gregorovitch, and now Grindelwald because he wants the Elder Wand.Finally, Harry decides that his Invisibility Cloak must be the cloak in the story, and that he himself must be descended from the third brother in the story. He remembers that in the letter fragment from his mother, she mentions that Dumbledore had borrowed the Cloak. Harry thinks that Dumbledore must have known that it was one of the Hallows and must have wanted to get them all. Harry is seized by the idea that if he gathers the Hallows himself, he will finally be powerful enough to defeat Voldemort, whose Horcruxes will be no match for the Hallows.
Then he thinks that Voldemort didnt know about the wand being an artifact because Voldemort was raised in a muggle place. And because if Voldemort knew about them then he would have chased them instead of making his Horcruxes. Harry is super obessesed and wants to chase after them but Hermoine and Ron told him that Dumbledore's instructions were to destroy the Horcruxes, not go after the Hallows. then Harry obsesses about what he could do with the Resurrection Stone and the Elder Wand. Using the Stone to question Dumbledore and the Wand to free Luna from Azkaban. Over the next few days the bond between Harry and Ron and Hermione weakens.One night, Ron manages to tune into “Potterwatch,” made by members of the Order of the Phoenix. Harry, Hermione, and Ron listen as wizards they know give out news of the outside world . Ted Tonks was killed. Xeno is in prison; Hagrid was almost arrested but escaped and Muggles are being murdered by Death Eaters in great numbers. Then Harry says Voldemort and Death Eaters surround his tent because of the jinx thing on his name. I liked this chapter because the drama is starting up again and more backround has been added to the quest. I think they will barely escape the D.E. this time again.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 7 (Chapter 20)

Harry and the rest of the gang find out about the Deathly Hallows and think it has to do with bad magic, but X(Xenophilius) disagrees and says its about how wizards use the symbol to say "Oh yeah I believe in this legend" etc. Then Hermoine opens her book from Albus Dumbledore and reads about the Deathly Hallow. Here's the story:

Three brothers were traveling when they came to a river. They made a bridge using magic and when they were halfway Death came up and talked to them. Death was pretty angry about being cheated or something but congratulated the 3 by giving them stuff . The oldest brother asked for a wand that would always win duels. Death gave him a special wand. The second asked for the power resurrect. Death gave him a stone. The youngest brother asked for an item that would hide him and let him escape from Death himself. Death gave him his invisibility cloak. Then later on the eldest died because he bragged too much and got murdered in his sleep, the second brother tried to resurrect his old love but found out that it wasn't worth it and killed himself to be with her. The third brother lived on and passed his cloak down to his son and died peacefully.
X explains that the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Cloak of Invisibility are the Deathly Hallows. If you got all three of these items then you would become master of death. Hermoine doesn't believe that they exist and X points out Harry's cloak is exactly like the one in the legend. X doesn't have proof for the stone but there have been rumors of the wand and how it's owner kept getting killed. Hermoine asks if they had to do with these Peverell guys. X says lots of people thought the 3 brothers were them. Then X calls the Ministry and they all get into a fight once the death eaters arrive. X then tries to hit Harry with a spell, then he misses and hits this explosive horn and the death eaters get mad and Hermoine dissaperates everyone.
This chapter was only interesting because of the three brother's story, the rest was boring. In the 3 Bro's story I was thinking that the 2 dead brothers were dumb in thinking that Death would congratulate them and not have any twist to it. Death is a portrayed as tricky and cunnning in basically every story. It just kind of made me mad that the two brothers actually fell for Death's trick. Overall, 3 Bros was good, rest was bad.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (Ch 16-20) Part 6

In these chapters, Harry and Hermoine try not to think of Ron and wait for him because if they dissaperate they will lose him, and they start to talk to Phineas' portrait and find out that Ginny and the rest of them back at Hogwarts are trying to keep Dumbledore's Army alive. Then Hermoine shows Harry the triangle-eye sign and Harry decides that they should go to Godric's Hallow. Hermoine agrees because she thinks that is where the sword of Gryffendor is and Harry wants to go see Bathilda Bagshot. Harry and Hermione go to Godric's Hollow disguised as Muggles—wearing the Invisibility Cloak. It is Christmas Eve and they go to the graveyard and see Dumbledore's parent's graves. Hermione finds a grave that has the triangular symbol on it, beneath the name Ignotus Peverell But Harry goes and looks for the grave of Lily and James Potter. Then Harry puts something o n his parents grave and they leave. Then an old woman beckons them into her house. Harry and Hermoine think that is Bathilda but when she brings him into her house they start to wonder. Then she takes Harry upstairs and Harry has a vision that this is a a trap and he is correct. Bathilda was actually Nagini, Voldemort's snake. Then Hermoine comes upstairs and saves Harry. Voldemort arrives just as Harry and Hermoine dissaperate and he is pretty mad. Harry has a vision about the day that his parents die. Harry wakes up and his wand is broken and angrily stands watch. Then Harry gets mad at Dumbledore for not telling him enough. Then Harry reads Rita Skeeters book on Dumbledore and after that Hermoine reminds him that Rita is a liar and that Dumbledore loved Harry. Then Harry sees a doe and is led to a lake where the Gryffendor sword is at the bottom. Harry tries to go in but the Horcrux chokes him and Ron saves him and gets the sword. Then Ron destroys the Horcrux and Hermoine asks how he found them. Then Ron says he followed the deluminator and Hermoine accepts his apology. Ron tells them about the trace on Voldemort's name and they decide to go to Luna's dads house where he agrees to help and tells them that the sign is the sign of the deathly hallows. These chapters were full of drama and they were so far the best of the chapters. I think Luna's dad will betray them and they will confront Voldemort again soon and that Ron and Hermoine will make up.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Blog part 5 (ch 12-15)

In these chapters, Kreacher becomes a very helpful house elf, cleaning, cooking etc. And Snape becomes Headmaster of Hogwarts and 2 deatheaters are placed as teachers there. Hermoine quickly remembers the painting of Phineas Black and how he could go from his painting to the one at Hogwarts and puts it away in her bag so that people wont be able to spy on them. Then the group of HRH (Harry, Ron, Hermoine) stalk ministry staff and Harry anounces that they should break into it the next day. Then Harry has a vision that Voldemort kills more people, while on his search for Gregorovitch. Hermoine yells at him again and the next day they invade the ministry with the polyjuice plan. ROn is mistaken for someone and is sent to the court that his "wife" is in. Then Umbridge takes Hermoine out of the group and Harry is confonted by Thicknesse. Harry then sneaks into Umbridge's office and looks for the locket. Then he leaves to the court where Ron and Hermoine are. Umbridge has the locket on her, and Harry gets mad and shoots spells at people and they take the locket and save some people and leave. Harry wakes up in the forest where he finds out Ron is injured and that the safe house has been captured by Yaxley. After that they make a tent and put protective charms around it and they question how to break the horcrux and where the other ones are. Again Harry has a vision that Voldemort kills someone, this time its Grgorovitch. They take turns holding the Horcrux because it makes whoever wears it really grumpy. A couple days later Hermoin and Ron argue and then they hear Tonk's father and 2 goblins talking about how Genny, Neville and Luna tried to steal the Gryffendor's sword but got caught and punished and the sword was a fake and was sent to Gringots. They interrogate Phineas and then Ron gets frustrated at Harry's lack of a plan and decides to leave. Ron leaving really made me sad and how he was actually a very big part in their adventures. These last chapters have been really sad but very exciting. I personally hate the parts where Harry has visions because to me they are really boring and kind of stupid. I know that they are essential to the plot but it's just not enjoyable to read. That concludes Harrry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Blog Part 5.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Blog Part 4 (chapters 8-11)

Harry attends Bill's wedding disguised as a relative of Ron's. Then Viktor Krum comes and talks to Harry about the wand maker Grindelwald and Viktor is offended by Lovegood. Harry then goes to talk to Doge and tries to get some info but Ron's aunt Muriel interrupts them and goes on about Dumbledore's past life and Harry is appalled. Then the wedding is cut short by a silver lynx patronus saying that the death eaters are coming and the Ministry is down. Then Harry, Ron, and Hermoine dissaperate and go into a bar where 2 death eaters attack them. They escape and decide to go to Sirius' old house. The Harry has a vision again. After that, Harry goes into Sirius' room and looks around and finds a letter to Sirius from his mother and finds out that his parents knew a woman named Bathilda Bagshot and Harry makes his mind up that he wants to go and find out more about her. Then the group finds out about Sirius' brother R.A.D. and how he was the one who took the lock, then Kreacher tells them a story about R.A.D and the lock. Kreacher leaves and Lupin arrives and Harry gets into a fight with Lupin about him being a coward and Lupin leaves. Then Kreacher arrives with Mudungus and he admits he had the lock but then Umbridge confiscated it. I didn't really like these chapters because again, there wasn't enough action in it, which is a big part in why I still read HP books. I think that Hermoine will get caught up in something because of the new Mudblood hunt and I think that something bad will happen between the realtionships of Harry and Ron and Hermoine.