Foreshadowings/discoveries in Chamber of Secrets
finwitch
finwitch at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 21 06:46:36 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 113501
Finwitch:
First, two thematic foreshadowings in the Chamber of Secrets.
In the Chamber of Secrets, there's a theme of unrevealing the truth of
the innocence of someone - or being falsely accused; this is what
Prisoner of Azkaban was all about. Harry being falsely accused of
doing underage magic as well as suspecting Draco goes with this as well.
There's also a theme of being a *prisoner* for the sake of your own
security, presented by Dobby's warning and Harry's dream. This
protection goes further to show how one can be protected to death!
Dobby does this to Harry, who is lucky enough to survive.
Thematically, this foreshadows Sirius in Order of the Phoenix.
Thirdly the issue of publicity/trouble with Ministry: This begins with
the letter from the Misuse of Magic Office, is *greatly* covered by
Lockhart... Harry finally deals with publicity in OOP, by giving an
interview!
So what's left for Book #6? A discovery Harry makes in Chamber of
Secrets foreshadows another discovery (sure, we discussed about
discoveries in the Secret Chamber of Slytherin, but Rowling may have
meant the BOOK, giving that clue)?
Harry might find out he has a talent he didn't know he had, a talent
he always had. (Parselmouth in CoS, this time probably
Megamorphmagus(sp?) like Tonks - having grown his hair over night!)
But there is another one, right at the beginning:
Ministry of Magic monitors the Dursley residence and responds quickly
if there's any magic done. They are able to tell what spell was used,
but NOT who made it. House-elves (and all about them) come of this as
well!
I think that Harry's emotions get the better of him and his magic will
"leak" so often that the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad must move
him, because he keeps getting *too* mad at something! (At least that's
one way Harry would spend only few *hours* at the Dursleys!)
Finwitch
More information about the HPforGrownups
archive