Today, The Morgans have continued visiting Hogwarts guided by Professor Albus Dumbledore,its Headmaster and ProfessorRubeus Hagrid,its Guard.
They have been talking about its four Houses, their history, members, values and rooms. It has been an amazing interesting day.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is divided into four houses: Gryffindor, founded by GodricGryffindor; Hufflepuff, founded by HelgaHufflepuff; Ravenclaw, founded by RowenaRavenclaw; and Slytherin, founded by Salazar Slytherin.
Before the visit, the family has been practising some A2Cambridge Tests.
Hufflepuff
corresponds roughly to the element of earth, and it is for that reason
that the House colours were chosen: yellow represented wheat, while
black was emblematic of soil. The Hufflepuff point hourglass contains yellow diamonds. Students sorted into Hufflepuff often demonstrate exceptional abilities in Herbology, owing to their correspondence to earth.
The emblematic animal is a badger, and yellow and black are its colours.
Hufflepuff
appears to have the least rivalry with the other houses, except in
Quidditch, although the Triwizard Tournament did temporarily put a great
deal of strain on the relationship between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, due to unusual circumstances of the selection of both Gryffindor student Harry Potter and Hufflepuff student Cedric Diggory as Champions. This was mended by 1998, where a majority of Hufflepuffs rose to defend Harry from Pansy Parkinson and later helped to defend Hogwarts.
Hufflepuff
is the house that produced the fewest dark wizards through out its
history. Their cheerful and friendly demeanor can probably account for
this property of the House. Hufflepuff firmly demonstrated its
loyalty during the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998, when they were second
only to Harry Potter's own house of Gryffindor in the number of students willing to stay and fight against Voldemort and his forces in the defence of their school. The Hufflepuff dormitories
and common room have never been seen by outsiders and is the only house
with repelling devices in case of intruders. They are accessed through a
pile of large barrels, found stacked in a shadowy stone recess on a
right-hand side corridor near the kitchens. The barrel two from the
bottom, middle of the second row, will open if tapped in the rhythm of HelgaHufflepuff.
The Hufflepuff's head of house before and during Harry Potter's timewas Pomona Sprout. She was the Herbology professor at Hogwarts Schoolof Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Today, The Morgans have listened to TheTaleof the Three Brothers, a wonderful story explained by XenophiliusLovegood.
This tale is included in The Tales of Beedle the Bard, an amazing book that the family recommends. The Tale of the Three Brothers talks about three brothers and The Deathly Hallows, the magical objects searched by Harry Potter and his friends.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of stories written for young wizards and witches by Beedle the Bard. It was published by Chelf Press and had original illustrations by Luxo Karuzos.
They were popular
bedtime stories for centuries, with the result being that TheWizard and
the Hopping Pot and The Fountain of Fair Fortune were as familiar to
many of the students at Hogwarts, as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are
to various Muggle children.
Death, a cunning liar,
then pretended to congratulate them on being clever enough to evade him,
and offered each of them a powerful magical item.
The first brother, AntiochPeverell,wished
to have the most powerful wand out of his combative personality; Death
broke a branch off a nearby elder tree and created for him the Elder Wand, a wand more powerful than any other in existence.
The second brother, CadmusPeverell,
out of arrogance, wanted to humiliate Death even further, and wished to
have the power to bring loved ones from the grave; Death then took a
stone from the riverbed and created for him the Resurrection Stone, a stone capable of bringing the dead back to the living world.
The third brother, Ignotus Peverell,
who was a humble man, did not trust Death and asked to go on from the
river without being followed by Death; Death then gave him his own Cloak of Invisibility, an invisibility cloak that never lost its power through curses or age. In time, the brothers went their separate ways.
The three legendary objects, (the cloak, the wand and the stone) together make up the Deathly Hallows.
asked for a wand more powerful than any in existence:
a wand that must always win duels for its owner,
a wand worthy of a wizard who had conquered Death!"
Antioch Peverell receiving the Elder Wand
Antioch Peverell travelled to a wizarding village where he killed the man he once duelled with, he then boasted of the power of the Elder Wand,
that it was unbeatable and in his possession, invoking envy amongst the
many wanting to possess it for themselves. His throat was slit in his
sleep by another wizard who stole the Elder Wand.
Then the second brother, who was an arrogant man,
decided that he wanted to humiliate Death still further,
and asked for the power to recall others from Death.
Cadmus Peverell receiving the Resurrection Stone
CadmusPeverell travelled back home and used the Resurrection Stone
to bring back the woman he loved, but was dismayed to find that it was
only a pale imitation of her: the dead did not belong in the living
world and could not truly be brought back.
He found that she was cold, lifeless, and miserable in the land of the living, nothing like she used to be. In the end CadmusPeverell committed suicide by hanging himself so he could truly join her.
It was only when he had attained great age
that the youngest brother finally
took off the Cloak of Invisibility and gave it to his son.
Ignotus Peverell passing on the cloak
Ignotus Peverell
used the cloak to remain hidden from Death for a long time. When he was
an old man, he passed the cloak onto his son, greeted Death as an old
friend, and went with him to the next world.
The cloak continued
to be passed down through the descendants of the Peverells, although the
name became extinct in the male line. The wand passed from wizard to
wizard, nearly always by the murder of its previous owner. The wand,
during its passing from wizard to wizard, has been called The Death Stick and the Wand of Destiny.
On an
interesting note, no witch is ever stated to have held possession of the
wand. The stone was also passed down through the Peverells'
descendants.
It eventually ended up in the possession of the House of Gaunt, and was later stolen by Tom Riddle, neither Tom nor Marvolo Gaunt were aware of the powers of the stone, nor that it was a Hallow.
Marvolo was solely concerned with the noble origins of the stone, made into a ring, and thought that the Hallows symbol on it was the family coat of arms.
Lord Voldemort could not have been aware of the stone's true origin either, as he transformed the stone into a Horcrux.
Overtime, the legend of the DeathlyHallows was dismissed by most as a mere fairy tale, and the few who desired to reunite all three misunderstood the title Master of Death
is a form of immortality. The quest for these fabled items were
considered a lure for fools, and many have died in their quest for them.
The Hallows played a particularly important role in the lives of AlbusDumbledore, Gellert Grindelwald, and Harry Potter.
Harry Potter is the only known Master of Death,
having gathered and mastered all three Hallows and most importantly,
accepted death, as the true master understands that death is inevitable
and that there are worse things in life than dying. He did not unite all
three of them physically at the same moment, as he possessed no more
than two at the same time.
Albus Dumbledore had also gathered all three, though physically owning no more than two at the same time, and did not master the usage of the Cloak, but he could qualify for the title of the Master of Death as he fulfilled the most important criteria needed by accepting death. With the Stone lost, it is unlikely there will ever be another to hold the title.
Today, The Morgans have started an amazing adventure. They are
going to help HarryPotter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley and the
members of the Order of the Phoenix to find the seven horcruxes of Lord
Voldemort to destroy them and help Hogwarts to live in peace forever.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the Harry Potter series.
It was
released on 21 July 2007 in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing,
in the United States by Scholastic, and in Canada by Raincoast Books. The novel chronicles the events directly following Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) and the final confrontation between the wizards HarryPotterand Lord Voldemort.
Deathly Hallows shattered sales records upon release, surpassing marks set by previous titles of the Harry Potter series. It holds the Guinness World Record for most novels sold within 24 hours of release, with 8.3 million sold in the US and 2.65 million in the UK.
Generally
well received by critics, the book won the 2008 Colorado Blue Spruce
Book Award, and the American Library Association named it the Best Book
for Young Adults. A film adaptation of the novel was released in two
parts: Harry Potterand the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 in November 2010
and Part 2 in July 2011. The
title of the book refers to three mythical objects featured in the
story, collectively known as the Deathly Hallows -an unbeatable wand
(the Elder Wand), a stone to bring the dead to life (the Resurrection
Stone), and a cloak of invisibility. When
asked during a live chat about the other titles she had been
considering, Rowling mentioned Harry Potter and the Elder Wand and Harry
Potter and the Peverell Quest.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published by Bloomsbury, the publisher of all Harry Potter books in the United Kingdom, on 30 June 1997.
It was released in the United States on 1 September 1998 by Scholastic -the American publisher of the books- as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,
after Rowling had received US$105,000 for the American rights—an
unprecedented amount for a children's book by a then-unknown author.
The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998, and in the US on 2 June 1999.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999, and in the US on 8 September 1999.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
is the longest book in the series at 766 pages in the UK version and
870 pages in the US version. It was published worldwide in English on 21
June 2003.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was published on 16 July 2005, and it sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. Shortly before releasing the title, J. K. Rowling announced that she had considered three titles for the book. The final title was released to the public on 21 December 2006, via a special Christmas-themed hangman puzzle on Rowling's website, confirmed shortly afterwards by the book's publishers.
Rowling
completed the book while staying at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh in
January 2007, and left a signed statement on a marble bust of Hermes in
her room which read: J. K. Rowling finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in this room (552) on 11 January 2007. In a statement on her website, she said, I've never felt such a mixture of extreme emotions in my life, never dreamed I could feel simultaneously heartbroken and euphoric.
Academics and journalists have developed many other interpretations of themes in the books, some more complex than others, and some including political subtexts. Themes such as normality, oppression, survival, and overcomingimposing odds have all been considered as prevalent throughout the series. Similarly, the theme of making one's way through adolescence and going over one's most harrowing ordeals -and thus coming to terms with them has also been considered.
J. K. Rowling has stated that the books comprise a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry
and that also pass on a message to "question authority and ... not
assume that the establishment or the press tells you all of the truth".
Some political commentators have seen J. K. Rowling's
portrayal of the bureaucratised Ministry of Magic and the oppressive
measures taken by the Ministry in the later books, like making
attendance at Hogwarts School compulsory and the registration of Mudbloods with the Ministry, as an allegory of criticising the state.
Sales for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were record-setting.
A two-part film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is directed by David Yates, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman, David Barron and J. K. Rowling. Part 1 was released on 19 November 2010, and Part 2 on 15 July 2011.
Filming
began in February 2009, and ended on 12 June 2010. However, the cast
confirmed they would reshoot the epilogue scene as they only had two
days to shoot the original. Reshoots officially ended around December
2010. Part 1 ended at Chapter 24 of the book, when Lord Voldemort regained the Elder Wand.
On 4 December 2008, J.K. Rowling released The Tales of Beedle the Bard both in the UK and US. The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a spin-off of DeathlyHallows and contains fairy tales that are told to children in the Wizarding World. The book includes five short stories, including The Tale of the Three Brothers which is the story of the Deathly Hallows.
Today, The Morgans have continued visiting Hogwarts guided by Professor Albus Dumbledore,its Headmaster and ProfessorRubeus Hagrid,its Guard.
They have been talking about its four Houses, their history, members, values and rooms. It has been an amazing interesting day.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is divided into four houses: Gryffindor, founded by GodricGryffindor; Hufflepuff, founded by HelgaHufflepuff; Ravenclaw, founded by RowenaRavenclaw; and Slytherin, founded by Salazar Slytherin.
Before the visit, the family has been practising some A2Cambridge Tests.
Ravenclaw is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Its founder was the medieval witch Rowena Ravenclaw.
Members of this house are characterised by their wit, learning, and wisdom. Ravenclaw
House prizes learning, wisdom, wit, and intellect in its members. Thus,
many Ravenclaws tend to be academically motivated and talented
students. They also pride themselves on being original in their ideas,
and methods. It's not unusual to find Ravenclaw students practising especially different types of magic that other houses might shun. Ravenclaws tend to be curious about the world and pay attention to the world around them. Ravenclaws are known to be logical and rational.
Ravenclaw
corresponds roughly to the element of air, and it is for that reason
that the House colours were chosen; blue and bronze represent the sky
and eagle feathers respectively, both having much to do with air. The Ravenclaw points hourglass contains blue sapphires.
The emblematic animal symbol is an eagle, andblue and bronze are its colours.
Ravenclaw
House appears to have little rivalry with the other houses, except in
Quidditch. Harry Potter believed that they tended to side with
Gryffindor in its rivalry with Slytherin, as did Hufflepuff house.
The Ravenclaw
common room is in one of the castle's towers and is wide and circular.
You have to climb a tight spiral staircase to get there. It has graceful
arched windows, and the walls are hung with blue and bronze silks. The
domed ceiling is painted with stars, which are echoed in the
midnight-blue carpet. Tables, chairs, and bookcases cover the expanse of
the floor, and a white marble statue of Rowena Ravenclaw sits
next to the door that leads to the dormitories above. Harry Potter
entered the common room in 1998 while searching for clues to the
location of one of Voldemort's Horcruxes. Unlike the other common rooms
in the school, a logical riddle given by a bronze eagle-shaped knocker
must be answered to enter.
The Head of Ravenclaw is Filius Flitwick and the house ghost is the Grey Lady, otherwise known as the daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw, HelenaRavenclaw.
Today, The Morgans have discovered who the Half-Blood Prince is. Half-blood is the term commonly given towizards and witches who had known MuggleorMuggle-born parents or grandparents.
Half-bloods were the most common type ofwizard or witch,as the pure-blood wizarding population would have become extinct had they not inter-married with Muggles and Muggle-borns.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a fantasy novel written by Britishauthor J.K. Rowling and the sixth and penultimate novel in the Harry Potter series.
Set during Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores the past of Harry's nemesis, Lord Voldemort, and Harry's preparations for the final battle against Lord Voldemort alongside his headmaster and mentor AlbusDumbledore.
The
book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury and in the United
States by Scholastic on 16 July 2005, as well as in several other
countries. It sold nine million copies in the first 24 hours after its
release, a record that was eventually broken by its sequel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
There were
many controversies before and after it was published, including the
right to read copies delivered before the release date in Canada.
Reception to the novel was generally positive, and it won several awards
and honours, including the 2006 British Book of the Year award.
Reviewers
noted that the book took on a darker tone than its predecessors, though
it did contain some humour. Some considered the main themes to be love,
death, trust, and redemption. The considerable character development of
Harry and many other teenage characters also drew attention.
The film adaptation of Harry Potterand the Half-Blood Prince was released 15 July 2009 by Warner Bros.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth book in the Harry Potter series.
The first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,
was first published by Bloomsbury in 1997, with an initial print-run of
500 copies in hardback, 300 of which were distributed to libraries. By
the end of 1997, the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold
medal in the 9- to 11-year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book
Prize.
The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and in the US on 2 June 1999.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the longest novel in the HarryPotter series, was released 21 June 2003.
After the publishing of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,
was released 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies within 24
hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in
the US.
J.K. Rowling stated that
she had Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princeplanned for years, but
she spent an entire two months going over her plan before she began
writing the story seriously.
This was a lesson learned after she did not check the plan for Goblet of Fire
and had to rewrite an entire third of the book. She started writing the
book before her second child, David, was born, but she took a break to
care for him.
The first chapter, The Other Minister, which features meetings between the Muggle Prime Minister, Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge, and his successor, Rufus Scrimgeour, was a concept J.K. Rowling tried to start in Philosopher's Stone, Prisoner of Azkaban, and Order of the Phoenix, but she found it finally works in Half-Blood Prince.
She stated that she was seriously upset writing the end of the book, although Goblet of Fire was the hardest to write. When asked if she liked the book, she responded, I like it better than I liked Goblet, Phoenix or Chamber when I finished them. Book six does what I wanted it to do and even if nobody else likes it and some won't, I know it will remain one of my favourites of the series. Ultimately you have to please yourself before you please anyone else!"
J.K. Rowling revealed the title of Half-Blood Prince
on her website on 24 June 2004. This was the title she had once
considered for the second book, Chamber of Secrets, though she decided
the information disclosed belonged later on in the story.
On 21
December 2004, she announced she had finished writing it, along with the
release date of 16 July. Bloomsbury unveiled the cover on 8 March 2005.
The
film adaptation of the sixth book was originally scheduled to be
released on 21 November 2008 but was changed to 15 July 2009. Directed
by David Yates, the screenplay was adapted by Steve Kloves and produced
by David Heyman and David Barron.
The
film grossed over $934 million worldwide, which made it the
second-highest-grossing film of 2009 worldwide and the fifteenth-highest
of all time. Additionally, Half-Blood Prince gained an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.
Today, The Morgans have joined TheOrder of the Phoenix, a secret society founded by AlbusDumbledore to oppose LordVoldemort and his Death Eaters. The family thinks their personal skills will be useful for the Order and they want to help it in its fight between Hogwarts and the Death Eaters.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fifth novel in the Harry Potter series. It follows HarryPotter's struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts SchoolofWitchcraft and Wizardry, including the surreptitious return of the antagonist LordVoldemort, O.W.L. exams, and an obstructive Ministry of Magic.
The novel
was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom,
Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada. It sold five
million copies in the first 24 hours of publication. It is the longest
book of the series.
Harry Potter
fans waited three years between the releases of the fourth and fifth
books. Before the release of the fifth book, 200 million copies of the
first four books had already been sold and translated into 55 languages
in 200 countries.
As the
series was already a global phenomenon, the book forged new pre-order
records, with thousands of people queuing outside book stores on 20 June
2003 to secure copies at midnight. Despite the security, thousands of
copies were stolen from an Earlestown, Merseyside warehouse on 15 June
2003.
Harry Potter and the Order ofthe Phoenix was met with mostly positive reviews and received several awards.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the Harry Potter series.
The first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,
was first published by Bloomsbury in 1997 with an initial print-run of
500 copies in hardback, 300 of which were distributed to libraries.
The second novel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published in the UK on 2 July 1998.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published 8 July 2000, simultaneously by Bloomsbury and Scholastic.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the longest book in the series, yet it is the second shortest film at 2 hours and 18 minutes.
After the publishing of Order of the Phoenix, the sixth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was published on 16 July 2005.
The seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published 21 July 2007.
In 2007, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
was released in a film version directed by David Yates and written by
Michael Goldenberg. The film was produced by David Heyman's company,
Heyday Films, alongside David Barron. The film opened to a worldwide 5-day opening of $333 million, the third best of all time.
The Order of the Phoenix was a secret society founded by Albus Dumbledore to oppose Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters.
The original Order was created in the 1970s.
It was constructed after LordVoldemort returned to England from abroad and started his campaign to take over the Ministry of Magic and persecute Muggle-borns.
The Order worked with the Ministry to oppose the Dark Lord and his followers, and played a crucial role in the First Wizarding War. Their first victory came in 1981, with Lord Voldemort's first defeat at the hands of Harry Potter. The victory came with the high cost of many of their members.
The Order disbanded but was reconvened after Harry Potter informed Dumbledore of Lord Voldemort's return.
The Ministry refused to admit that the Dark Lord had returned, thus the Order alone worked to protect Harry Potter and the prophecy concerning him and Lord Voldemort in the Department of Mysteries.
After an intense battle occurred there between the Order, Dumbledore'sArmy, and the Death Eaters, the Ministry finally admitted the truth.
The following year would see the Order losing their leader and the Ministry being conquered by Lord Voldemort. The Order
remained an underground resistance, trying to protect Muggles and
broadcast the truth during the worst days of the Second Wizarding War.
They answered the call to arms by Dumbledore's Army, fighting LordVoldemort and his Death Eaters for the final time at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Today, The Morgans have started to prepare their participation in The Goblet of Fire, an interesting tournament that it is going to be celebrated in Hogwarts. The Morgans have been invited by AlbusDumbledore and it has been a great honour for them to have this chance. The rivals are very powerful and strong but The Morgans are
going to offer their best result.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a fantasy book written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series. It follows Harry Potter, a wizard in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the mystery surrounding the entry of Harry's name into the Triwizard Tournament, in which he is forced to compete.
The
book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury and in the United
States by Scholastic. In both countries, the release date was 8 July
2000. This was the first time a book in the series was published in both
countries at the same time. The novel won a Hugo Award, the only Harry Potter
novel to do so, in 2001. The book was adapted into a film, released
worldwide on 18 November 2005, and a video game by Electronic Arts.
Throughout the three previous novels in the Harry Potter series, the main character, Harry Potter, has struggled with the difficulties of growing up and the added challenge of being a famed wizard. When Harry was a baby, Lord Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard in history, killed Harry's parents but was mysteriously defeated after unsuccessfully trying to kill Harry, though his attempt left a lightning-shaped scar on Harry's forehead. This results in Harry's
immediate fame and his being placed in the care of his abusive Muggle,
non-magical, aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon Dursley, who have a son
named Dudley.
On Harry's eleventh birthday, he learns he is a wizard from RubeusHagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts School of Witchcraftand Wizardry,and enrols in Hogwarts. He befriends RonWeasley and Hermione Granger andconfronts Lord Voldemort,who is trying to regain power.
In Harry's first year, he has to protect the Philosopher's Stone from Voldemort
and one of his faithful followers at Hogwarts. After returning to
school after summer break, students at Hogwarts are attacked by the
legendary monster of the Chamber of Secrets after the Chamber is opened.
Harry ends the attacks by killing a Basilisk and thwarting another
attempt by Lord Voldemort to return to full strength.
The following year, Harry hears he has been targeted by escaped mass murderer Sirius Black. Despite stringent security measures at Hogwarts, Harry encounters
Black at the end of his third year and learns Black was framed and is
actually Harry's godfather. He also learns that it was his father's old
school friend Peter Pettigrew who betrayed his parents.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in the Harry Potter series. The first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published by Bloomsbury on 26 June 1997.
The second, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published on 2 July 1998. The third, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, followed on 8 July 1999. Goblet of Fire is almost twice the size of the first three books, the paperback edition was 636 pages.
Rowling stated that she knew from the beginning it would be the biggest of the first four. She said there needed to be a proper run-up for the conclusion and rushing the complex plot could confuse readers. She also stated that everything is on a bigger scale, which was symbolic, as Harry's horizons widened both literally and metaphorically as he grew up. She also wanted to explore more of the magical world.
Until the official title's announcement on 27 June 2000, the book was called by its working title, Harry Potter IV. Previously, in April, the publisher had listed it as Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament.
However, J. K. Rowling expressed her indecision about the title in an Entertainment Weekly interview. I changed my mind twice on what the title was. The working title had got out -Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament. Then I changed Doomspell to Triwizard Tournament. Then I was teetering between Goblet of Fire and Triwizard Tournament. In the end, I preferred Goblet of Fire because it's got that kind of cup of destiny feel about it, which is the theme of the book.
Rowling mentioned that she originally wrote a Weasley relative named Malfalda, who, according to Rowling, was the daughter of the second cousin who's a stockbroker mentioned in Philosopher's Stone. This
stockbroker had been very rude to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley in the past, but
now he and his (Muggle) wife had inconveniently produced a witch, they
came back to the Weasleys asking for their help in introducing her to
wizarding society before she starts at Hogwarts.
Malfalda was supposed to be a Slytherin and was to fill in the Rita Skeeter subplot, but she was eventually removed because there were obvious limitations to what an eleven year old closeted at school could discover.
Rowling considered Rita Skeeter to be much more flexible. Rowling
also admitted that the fourth book was the most difficult to write at
the time because she noticed a giant plot hole halfway through writing.
In particular, Rowling had trouble with the ninth chapter, The Dark Mark, which she rewrote 13 times.
It was pointed out that bigotry is a big theme in the Harry Potter novels and Goblet of Fire in particular. it was mentioned how Voldemort and his followers are prejudiced against Muggles and how, in Goblet of Fire, Hermione forms a group to liberate Hogwarts' house-elves who have been indentured servants so long they lack desire for anything else.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was adapted into a film, released worldwide on 18 November 2005, which was directed by Mike Newell and written by Steve Kloves.
Today, The Morgans have received uncomfortable news in Hogwarts. A dangerous man has escaped from Azkabanprison, a fortress on an island in the middle of the North Sea, for convicted criminals built in the 15th century. Azkaban is one of the darkest places of the magic world.But they do
not believe this story and have decided to meet and help this supposed
criminal.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by British author J.K. Rowling and is the third in the Harry Potter series.
The book follows Harry Potter, a young wizard, in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Along with friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, Harry investigates Sirius Black, an escaped prisoner from Azkaban, the wizard prison, believed to be one of Lord Voldemort's old allies.
The
book was published in the United Kingdom on 8 July 1999 by Bloomsbury
and in the United States on 8 September 1999 by Scholastic, Inc. Rowling
found the book easy to write, finishing it just a year after she began
writing it. The book sold 68,000 copies in just three days after its
release in the United Kingdom and since has sold over three million in
the country. The book won the 1999 Whitbread Children's Book Award, the
Bram Stoker Award, and the 2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and
was short-listed for other awards, including the Hugo.
The
film adaptation of the novel was released in 2004, grossing more than
$796 million and earning critical acclaim. Video games loosely based on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban were also released for several platforms, and most obtained favourable reviews.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter
series. The first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US, was published by Bloomsbury
on 26 June 1997 and the second, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,
was published on 2 July 1998.
Rowling started to write thePrisoner of
Azkaban the day after she finished The Chamber of Secrets.
Rowling's favorite aspect of this book was introducing the character Remus Lupin, Rowling additionally said in 2004 that Prisoner of Azkaban was the best writing experience I ever had... I was in a very comfortable place writing number three. Immediate financial worries were over, and press attention wasn't yet by any means excessive.
The New York Times said, So far, in terms of plot, the books do nothing new, but they do it brilliantly...so far, so good.
In a newspaper review in The New York Times, it was said that The Prisoner of Azkaban may be the best Harry Potter book yet. A reviewer for KidsReads said, This crisply-paced fantasy will leave you hungry for the four additional Harry books that J.K. Rowling is working on. Harry's third year is a charm. Don't miss it. Kirkus Reviews did not give a starred review but said, a properly pulse-pounding climax... The main characters and the continuing story both come along so smartly... that the book seems shorter than its page count: have readers clear their calendars if they are fans, or get out of the way if they are not.
The Horn Book Magazine said that it is quite a good book. In addition, a Publishers Weekly review said, Rowling's wit never flags, whether constructing the workings of the wizard world... or tossing off quick jokes... The Potter spell is holding strong.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
was released in hardcover in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8
September. The British paperback edition was released on 1 April 2000,
while the US paperback was released 2 October 2001.
The film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
was released in 2004 and was directed by Alfonso Cuarón from a
screenplay by Steve Kloves. The film débuted at number one at the box
office and held that position for two weeks. It made a total of $796.7
million worldwide, which made it the second highest-grossing film of
2004 behind Shrek 2.
However, among all eight entries in the Harry Potter franchise, Prisoner of Azkaban
grossed the lowest, yet among critics and fans, the film is said to be
one of the best in the franchise. The film ranks at number 471 in Empire
magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time.
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