Last line: “His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux, but in spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with Voldemort he knew must come, whether in a month, in a year, or in ten, he felt his heart lift at the thought that there was still one last golden day of peace left to enjoy with Ron and Hermione.”
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While the series sticks, mostly, with Harry, the affects of the spread of dark magic are far-reaching. By beginning with the British Prime Minister, readers can now see the national scope of the threat of Voldemort’s return. This penultimate first line of Harry Potter shows how the scope of the story has widened even further. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princeįirst line: “It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind.” But, again, in his transition away from Hogwarts, Rowling gives readers hope with Harry’s smile and sunlit farewell. Harry has faced even more tragedy at the end of book five. Last line: “Instead he smiled, raised a hand in farewell, turned around, and led the way out of the station toward the sunlit street, with Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, and Dudley hurrying along in his wake.” However, instead of Harry being the outlier in the neighborhood, soon more threatening creatures from the wizarding world will threaten this silent scene. Rowling emphasizes the “normal” aspects of the neighborhood through words like “drowsy” and “silence” and the square houses. This opening brings us back to Privet Drive and the world of the Dursley family. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixįirst line: “The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive.”
But these words also give a sense that he can handle whatever will happen.
Still, Rowling tries to offer some comfort through the advice of Hagrid. He’s narrowly escaped a duel with Voldemort, and he now understands the dangers of the upcoming days. Inarguably, the darkest novel in the series so far, Harry can’t be as mischief loving as he was in the previous books. Last line: “As Hagrid had said, what would come, would come…and he would have to meet it when it did.” Instead of just being away from Hogwarts, the novel opens away from Harry to raise the stakes and show more of Voldemort’s past and the beginning of his return to power. This opening line introduces a shift in how Rowling decides to open the remaining novels in the series. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fireįirst line: “The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it ‘the Riddle House,’ even though it had been many years since the Riddle family had lived there.” The look on Vernon’s face portrays another power shift between Harry and his old life with his uncle ordering him around. Harry hopes what he’s gained over the year, namely his connection to his father’s best friends Sirius and Lupin, will improve his life at the Dursley’s house. Last line: “And, grinning broadly at the look of horror on Uncle Vernon’s face, Harry set off toward the station exit, Hedwig rattling along in front of him, for what looked like a much better summer than the last.”Īnother hopeful transition back to what we know is Harry’s least favorite place to be.
This tension fuels this dramatic opening where (as readers know) Harry will disastrously blow up his cruel Aunt Marge and run away from home before making it to school this year. He’s weird and he doesn’t belong in the world of the Dursley family. In case you forgot or didn’t read the previous two books in the series: HARRY POTTER IS WEIRD. This is, perhaps, the most on the nose way for Rowling to echo the previous opening Harry Potter sentences. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanįirst line: “Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways.” Harry’s survived another dangerous year at Hogwarts, and he is surrounded by a large group of friends as the story closes. This is another vaguely hopeful line that marks the transition away from Hogwarts back to the summer which Harry must spend with his Aunt and Uncle. Last line: “And together they walked back through the gateway to the Muggle world.” It suggests there have been a number of conflicts and one thing is very clear: Harry Potter is more at home at Hogwarts than with his aunt and uncle. However, this time the beginning sentence emphasizes Harry’s conflict with this world. Again, Rowling starts the second novel away from Hogwarts in the Muggle world of the Dursley family.
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