Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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| Author | J.K. Rowling |
| Illustrator | Jason Cockcroft (UK), Mary GrandPré (US) |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury (UK), Scholastic (US) |
| Release date | June 21, 2003 |
| Number in series | Five |
| Sales | 13.7 Million (US) |
| Dedicated to | "Neil, Jessica and David, who make my world magical" |
| Story timeline | 1976, 1995-1996 |
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This article is about the book. See Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) for other formats.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. The book was published on 21 June 2003 in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, and several other countries. It sold almost seven million copies in the United States and the United Kingdom combined on that day. It has 38 chapters, and is about 255,000 words long [1].
On 5 April 2006 Warner Brothers announced that the film of the same name, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, will be released in cinemas on 13 July 2007. [1]
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[edit] Editions
- Bloomsbury (United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada etc.)
- ISBN 0-7475-5100-6 Hardback
- ISBN 0-7475-6940-1 Hardback (adult edition)
- Scholastic (United States etc.)
- ISBN 0-439-35806-X Hardback
[edit] Translations and Publishing
The first official foreign translation of the book appeared in Vietnamese on 21 July 2003, when the first of 22 installments was released. The first official European translation appeared in Serbia and Montenegro in Serbian, by the official publisher Narodna Knjiga, in early September 2003. Other translations appeared later, e.g. in November 2003 in Dutch and German. The English language version has topped the best seller list in France; while in Germany and The Netherlands an unofficial distributed translation process has been started on the net [2].
- In the Czech Republic a college student translated the book in July/September, long before its intended release date, and one 14-year old schoolboy made it available on his private website. This led to confusion, with many newspapers stating that this unofficial translation was done by group of teenagers [3] and the official Czech publisher (Albatros [4]) announcing that they would sue the schoolboy. Later they retracted this announcement.
- In Britain, the blind then-Home Secretary David Blunkett complained about the delay of the cassette version of the book, as well as its projected price.
- The Canadian version of the book is made from recycled paper and saved 29,640 trees in the initial print run of 1 million books. J.K. Rowling comments on this in a message written specifically for the Canadian edition of the book.
- The German translation of this book is 300 pages longer than the English version.
[edit] Plot Overview
After a fight with his aunt and uncle, Harry wanders about Little Whinging. He, and also his obnoxious cousin Dudley, are attacked by Dementors. Harry fends them off with a Patronus Charm, but Dudley is hurt. A neighbour, Arabella Figg, arrives to help. She reveals she is a squib (born to a magical family but is unmagical herself) and was asked by Albus Dumbledore to secretly watch over Harry when he came to live with the Durseleys. Back home, Harry receives an owl letter stating he has been expelled from Hogwarts for performing magic outside school and is ordered to appear at a Ministry of Magic hearing.
Several Order of the Phoenix members arrive to escort Harry to their secret headquarters at the Black Family home, 12 Grimmauld Place in London. The Weasleys, Hermione, and Harry’s godfather Sirius Black are there. Harry is upset when he is denied detailed information regarding the Order's plans to fight Lord Voldemort, but he learns that Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge refuses to believe the Dark Lord has returned and has been discrediting Harry and Dumbledore through articles in The Daily Prophet.
Arthur Weasley accompanies Harry to the hearing, but they arrive late, deliberately uninformed that the time and location were changed. Dumbledore arrives with Mrs. Figg, whose testimony that Harry acted in self-defense clears him. As he leaves the Ministry, Harry sees Lucius Malfoy, a known Death Eater, visiting Fudge.
Harry and friends return to Hogwarts aboard the Hogwarts Express, sharing a compartment with the rather unusual Luna Lovegood. Back at Hogwarts, Hagrid is absent, and Dolores Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary to the Minister, has been appointed by the Ministry as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. She is obviously there to spy on and take control of the school and refuses to teach students practical Defense Against the Dark Arts methods. She is soon appointed High Inquisitor, intimidating staff and students. She also harbors an immense dislike for half-breeds, Centaurs, and similar creatures.
Ron is the new Keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The season starts well, but Umbridge bans Harry and Fred and George Weasley from the team. Ron's younger sister, Ginny, replaces Harry as the new seeker. Meanwhile, Hagrid returns to Hogwarts, revealing that he and Madam Maxine were on a failed secret mission for Dumbledore to recruit the giants against Voldemort. Hagrid's battered appearance alarms Harry, Ron, and Hermione, who discover Hagrid is hiding his giant (and still wild) half-brother, Grawp in the forest. Further complicating matters, both Hagrid and Professor Sybill Trelawney are heavily scrutinized by Umbridge, who views both incompetent. Umbridge's dislike for Hagrid is intensified by her prejudice towards "half-breeds" (Hagrid is half-giant). Umbridge sacks Trelawney, but Dumbledore allows her to remain in residence and replaces her with his own appointment, the centaur, Firenze.
Harry starts having strange dreams, mostly about running down a hallway and attempting to open a door in the Ministry of Magic's Department of Mysteries. In one nightmare, he dreams he is a snake attacking Ron's father, Arthur Weasley, who works at the Ministry. Waking up, Harry raises the alarm, believing he had a true vision, and Arthur is indeed discovered with venonmous snake bites. Harry wonders if he is being possessed and transported by Voldemort to do his bidding, but Dumbledore reassures him he is not. Dumbledore asks Severus Snape to give Harry lessons in the art of Occlumency, the ability to block one's mind from another.
Threatening to expose her as an illegal animagus, Hermione blackmails hack journalist Rita Skeeter into writing an article about Harry and Voldemort's return. Luna Lovegood's father publishes the article in his newspaper The Quibbler. Furious, Umbridge bans the tabloid at the school, but the story spreads rapidly, garnering support for Harry.
Hermione convinces Harry to secretly teach students Defense Against the Dark Arts. They form the D.A. (Defense Association), but this eventually becomes Dumbledore's Army in retaliation against Umbridge. She discovers the secret meetings, and to protect the students, Dumbledore claims he organized the group. When confronted by two Ministry Aurors, Fudge, and Umbridge, Dumbledore is spectacularly disapparated by Fawkes. Umbridge appoints herself Headmistress, although Dumbledore's office is now impenetrable. Meanwhile, the Weasley twins instigate a student revolt, causing mayhem throughout the school. The teachers pointedly do nothing to help the new Headmistress regain control. They are caught, but the fed-up twins hop on their brooms and depart the school for good to start their own joke shop. As a parting gesture, they leave a magical swamp inside the school.
Harry receives a vision that Sirius is being tortured at the Department of Mysteries. He desperately attempts to contact Sirius via the fireplace in Umbridge's office but is caught. Umbridge reveals it was she who sent the Dementors to attack Harry during the summer. As she is about to use an Unforgivable Curse on him, Hermione tells her that Dumbledore has hidden a powerful weapon in the Forbidden Forest. She leads them into the woods where they come upon the centaurs, who Umbridge foolishly insults. Enraged, one carries her off screaming. The other centaurs are about to attack the students, but Hagrid's giant brother, Grawp, crashes onto the scene, scattering the herd.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione, along with Luna, Ginny, and Neville use the school's Thestrals to fly to the Ministry of Magic in London to save Sirius, unaware they are being lured into a trap and that Sirius is not actually in any danger. When Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, and Neville Longbottom arrive at the Department of Mysteries, they are ambushed by Death Eaters. Voldemort seeks a prophecy contained in a glass sphere and needs Harry to retrieve it for him. Only those a prophecy refers to can touch the sphere without going insane, and Voldemort cannot risk exposure.
The students heroically fight the Death Eaters, and just as they are nearly defeated, Order members arrive. During the ensuing battle, the glass sphere is shattered. Sirius is attacked by his cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange, a Death Eater. Her spell blasts him in the chest, tragically killing him, and causing his body to float through a mysterious veiled archway. Soon Dumbledore arrives and most of the Death Eaters are captured.
Harry chases Bellatrix into the atrium as Lord Voldemort appears and duels with Dumbledore. Alerted Ministry of Magic employees arrive on the scene in time to see Voldemort before he disapparates, taking Bellatrix with him. Cornelius Fudge finally admits Voldemort has returned, and Harry's interview with Rita Skeeter is recycled for the Daily Prophet.
Later in his office, Dumbledore apologizes to the furious Harry for neglecting him over the past year. He explains his actions and reveals the meaning of the lost prophecy, which states Harry must kill Voldemort or be murdered by him. Sybill Trelawney predicted, "Either must die at the hand of the other, for neither can live while the other survives." At the end of the year, Harry returns to the Dursleys for another cheerless summer, still grieving his lost godfather.
[edit] Long Plot Summary
[edit] The Order of the Phoenix
Harry is at the Dursleys for the summer. His teenage angst causes him to become angry and frustrated by the lack of information regarding Lord Voldemort and the wizarding world in general. After an argument with his aunt and uncle, Harry wanders around Little Whinging and spots his obnoxious cousin, Dudley. Dementors suddenly appear and attack, but Harry repels them with a Patronus Charm, although Dudley is severely affected by the encounter. When their neighbour, Mrs. Figg, arrives to help, Harry is astonished to learn she is actually a Squib, placed there by Professor Dumbledore to watch over him.
Vernon and Petunia blame Harry for Dudley's condition and demand he leave. Harry then receives an owl letter stating he has been expelled from Hogwarts for performing magic outside school. Several more letters arrive in quick succession: Arthur Weasley and Sirius Black warn Harry not to leave the house, while another overturns his expulsion and orders him to appear at a hearing at the Ministry of Magic. A Howler for Harry's aunt arrives from Dumbledore, who sternly warns her, "Remember my last, Petunia!" Visibly shaken, she tells Vernon that Harry has to stay.
Soon, Remus Lupin, Mad-Eye Moody and Nymphadora Tonks arrive to escort Harry to 12 Grimmauld Place, Sirius Black's home in London, that now serves as the secret headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix. There he is reunited with the Weasleys, Hermione, and Sirius, who is confined to the house while the Ministry still hunts him (see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). Harry is angry and argumentative with Ron and Hermione for withholding information about Voldemort, but they maintain Dumbledore ordered them to absolute secrecy. Harry nonetheless manages to learn quite a bit about what has transpired but is unhappy to learn that both his friends have been made school prefects while he has not.
Although both Harry and Dumbledore have sworn that Lord Voldemort has returned, few believe them. Indeed, the complacent Ministry of Magic, keen to avoid panic, have discredited them, using the wizarding newspaper The Daily Prophet to imply both Harry and Dumbledore are eccentric liars. Dumbledore's supporters, however, have revived the Order of the Phoenix to renew the battle against Voldemort.
[edit] Harry on Trial
The hearing for Harry's possible expulsion from Hogwarts finally arrives. The household is filled with trepidation, but everyone is confident Harry will be acquitted—underage wizards can use magic in self-defence. Arriving at the Ministry of Magic, Harry and Mr. Weasley discover that the hearing's time and location have been changed without their knowledge. They make it just in time, only to learn that the hearing is actually a trial with the entire Wizengamot assembled.
This appears to be an attempt to intimidate Harry and prevent Dumbledore coming to his defence, but the ancient wizard and headmaster of Hogwarts appears nonetheless. Mrs. Figg is also present and testifies that the Dementors were real and not figments of Harry's imagination or a lie. Harry is exonerated. Strangely, Dumbledore scarcely pays any attention to Harry and leaves without speaking to him. As the young boy leaves the Ministry, he spots Lucius Malfoy conferring with Cornelius Fudge. Harry is shocked, as Malfoy is a suspected Death Eater, but Mr. Weasley alludes to bribery.
[edit] Return to Hogwarts
Harry and his companions return to school. On the Hogwarts Express they share a compartment with Ravenclaw student, Luna Lovegood, a rather odd girl whose father publishes The Quibbler, a quirky tabloid she claims prints important stories, although they are usually ridiculous and untrue. Back at Hogwarts, they discover Hagrid has not yet returned, and their new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher is none other than Dolores Umbridge, one of the Wizengamot panel members at Harry's hearing. Umbridge will not let students practice any magic in her classes, only allowing them to read the textbook. Appointed against Dumbledore's wishes, it is apparent she is there to spy on the school and impose the Ministry of Magic's agenda. In the meantime, the teachers are pushing hard to prepare Fifth-year students for the O.W.L. exams.
Through a succession of Decrees passed by the Ministry of Magic, Professor Umbridge gains more influence at the school, culminating in her appointment as High Inquisitor. She begins intrusive and intimidating inspections of teachers and students alike. In a letter to Ron, Percy Weasley, who now works for Cornelius Fudge, congratulates his younger brother on being made Prefect but advises him to 'sever ties' with Harry, who he says is an unbalanced, dangerous person to fraternise with. He also recommends Ron report anything unusual to Umbridge, "a very lovely, helpful woman." He hints this may be Dumbledore's final year at Hogwarts. Furious, Ron shreds and burns Percy's letter, choosing to remain loyal to Harry.
[edit] Umbridge's Oppression
Dolores Jane Umbridge, the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, is a particularly unpleasant character. Her meaningless lessons consist solely of reading the textbook with no magic training whatsoever. Her given reason is that it is too dangerous for young students, although the reality is Fudge and the Ministry fear that Dumbledore is secretly training a wizard army against them. In light of Umbridge's refusal to teach anything useful, Hermione convinces Harry to start secret lessons to students wanting to learn real Defence Against the Dark Arts methods. He reluctantly agrees, and all sign a paper swearing never to reveal "Dumbledore's Army" to Umbridge.
Hagrid finally returns, although he is badly bruised and battered. Although he eventually divulges to Harry his failed secret mission with Madam Maxine to recruit the giants to the Order's side, he is reluctant to explain his injuries. Both he and Professor Sybill Trelawney are under heavy scrutiny by Umbridge, who views both incompetent and is prejudiced against "half-breeds" like Hagrid, who is half-human, half-giant.
As Umbridge convinces Fudge to pass more edicts, activities in the school are severely curtailed. All student activities and organizations are banned until Umbridge reinstates them; the Slytherin Quidditch team is almost immediately reactivated, but the Gryffindor team is held up until Minerva McGonagall goes over Umbridge's head to Dumbledore. This eventually causes Dumbledore's own power as Headmaster to become secondary, in many respects, to Umbridge, via yet another edict and creates more animosity among staff and students—except for some Slytherins who benefit. Meanwhile, Ron becomes the new keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The Slytherins compose a taunting ditty entitled "Weasley is Our King" in an attempt to intimidate Ron into playing poorly. It succeeds, but Harry captures the Snitch in the first game to clinch victory. However, a fight provoked by Draco Malfoy results in Umbridge banning Harry and Fred and George Weasley from playing. Ginny Weasley replaces Harry as Seeker.
[edit] Dumbledore's Army
The Defence Against the Dark Arts classes, led by Harry, secretly continue. The students now call themselves the "D.A.", initially for Defence Association but that becomes Dumbledore's Army. The name expresses the students' defiance against the paranoid and complacent Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, who fears Dumbledore is secretly creating an army against the Ministry. It also expresses their loyalty to Dumbledore, as they would fight for him (especially the major Gryffindors).
Harry begins having strange dreams, mostly about running down a hallway and attempting to open a door in the Ministry of Magic's Department of Mysteries. In one nightmare, he is a snake attacking Ron's father, Arthur Weasley, who works at the Ministry. Waking up, Harry raises the alarm, convinced his dream was a true vision. Arthur is indeed discovered with venomous snake bites and hospitalized, eventually recovering. Harry fears Voldemort is transporting him to do his bidding, but Dumbledore reassure him he is not. Soon, however, Dumbledore places Harry under Severus Snape's tutelage to learn Occlumency, the ability to prevent one's thoughts from being penetrated. Eventually, their mutual animosity causes the training to be discontinued. However, during one session, Harry glimpses one of Snape's memories, revealing that Harry's father, James, and Sirius were school bullies who taunted Snape mercilessly.
Hermione blackmails journalist Rita Skeeter into writing a story about Harry and Voldemort by threatening to expose her as an unregistered animagus (see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). Luna Lovegood's father publishes Rita's story in The Quibbler. Furious, Umbridge bans the paper inside the school, but the story spreads quickly, gathering support for Harry and Dumbledore.
Empowered by Ministry edicts, Umbridge sacks Professor Trelawney, but Dumbledore, citing his remaining authority as Headmaster, allows Trelawney to stay in residence at the castle. He also recruits a replacement Divination teacher, the centaur, Firenze. Umbridge dislikes what she refers to as "half-breeds," wrongly including centaurs in that assessment, and is furious Dumbledore outwitted her with her own rules; Ministry Decrees only give her the power to make appointments when the Headmaster is unable to find a satisfactory candidate.
[edit] A Dating Disaster
Harry is attracted to pretty Ravenclaw Quidditch player Cho Chang, but he is awkward and shy around her. Her intense grief over Cedric Diggory's recent death makes him uncomfortable, although he is elated when they share a kiss under the Christmas mistletoe. During a Valentine's Day outing to Hogsmeade, their fragile relationship is further damaged when Cho becomes jealous over his friendship with Hermione. At first, Harry is amused over her misunderstanding and bursts out laughing, but this deeply offends Cho. Bursting into tears, she runs out of the teashop, much to Harry's embarrassment.
Things unravel further after the DA meetings are exposed and Umbridge catches Harry. When he is taken to Dumbledore's office, he discovers that Cho's friend, Mariette Edgecombe is the informer. To protect the students, Dumbledore panders to Fudge's paranoia by telling him and Umbridge that he formed the DA (Dumbledore's Army) to depose Fudge as Minister of Magic. Dumbledore spectaculary stuns the Ministry officals and is disapparated away by his pet phoenix, Fawkes, before he is able to be arrested. After his departure, Umbridge is appointed Headmistress. She quickly forms the Inquisitorial Squad, which cause the Weasley twins to lead a revolt, creating mayhem throughout the school with their magical pranks while the Hogwarts teachers pointedly do nothing to help the new Headmistress. Both Harry and Cho defend their respective friends' actions, which leads to a heated argument. Seeing tears in Cho's eyes, Harry warns her that he won't tolerate her crying anymore. Stung, Cho storms off angrily, after which, the two stop speaking, ending their relationship.
Fred and George set off a decoy prank so Harry can sneak into Umbridge's office to talk to Sirius via the fireplace—the only one not under surveillance. The twins are caught, but they jump on their brooms and depart the school for good, leaving behind a magical swamp inside the school. (Using the Triwizard Tournament prize money that Harry gave them, they start their own joke shop, 'Weasley's Wizard Wheezes', in Diagon Alley.)
[edit] Sirius in Trouble
During the nightime Astronomy O.W.L. exam, Harry witnesses unknown persons attempting to capture and expel Hagrid. Professor McGonagall attempts to intervene but is hit by Stunning Spells, incapacitating her and sending her to the hospital. During a later O.W.L. exam, Harry has a vision that Voldemort is torturing Sirius in the Department of Mysteries.
Harry desperately attempts to contact Sirius via the fireplace in Umbridge's office, but the Black family's house-elf, Kreacher, tricks Harry into believing Sirius has vanished, when he is, in fact, tending to Buckbeak. Umbridge and her minions—mainly Slytherin students—capture Harry and the DA group. Unaware Snape is an Order of the Phoenix member, Umbridge asks him for Veritaserum to use on Harry, but he claims he has none left. Harry uses Sirius' code name ("Padfoot") to warn Snape that he is in danger, but Snape seemingly ignores him and leaves. Umbridge tells Harry that it was she who ordered the Dementors to attack him during the summer and prepares to use an Unforgivable Curse on him. Thinking fast, Hermione concocts a story that Dumbledore has a powerful weapon hidden in the forest. She says that she and Harry will lead Umbridge to it.
[edit] Escape to London
Hermione, along with Harry, leads Umbridge to where she told her Dumbledore hid a "weapon" in the forest. There they encounter the haughty centaurs, who are furious that one of their brethren now works for humans. Hermione knows they are disposed to hate adult wizards, and when Umbridge foolishly insults them, they break her wand and carry her off screaming into the woods. The other centaurs are about to attack Harry and Hermione when Hagrid's half-brother - a "small" giant named Grawp that Hagrid has been hiding in the woods, suddenly appears, scattering the creatures. Ron, Ginny, Luna, and Neville arrive, having escaped their "Inquisitorial Squad" captors, and the group flies to the Ministry on the school's thestrals, winged, horse-like creatures visible only to people who have witnessed a death.
Arriving at the Department of Mysteries, they find the room in Harry's dream. There is no sign of Sirius, but Harry sees rows of shelves containing glass balls, one of which has his and Voldemort's name on it, with the note "A.P.W.B.D to S.P.T." (This is actually "Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore to Sibyll Patricia Trelawney", as it was the latter who made it and the former who heard it). Death Eaters suddenly appear and demand the glass sphere. These include: Lucius Malfoy; MacNair, the Ministry executioner (appeared in the third book as Buckbeak's executioner); former Department of Mysteries employee, Rookwood; Bellatrix Lestrange, Sirius' cousin and torturer of Neville Longbottom's parents.
Harry discovers that the glass orb contains the prophecy of who might kill Voldemort. Voldemort only partially knows the prophecy, and he hopes the full contents will reveal how he can kill Harry. Only those who are the subject of a prophecy can touch the sphere without suffering insanity. Unwilling to risk exposing his revived existence, Voldemort lured Harry to the Ministry to retrieve it for him. Realising there was a mental connection between him and Harry, Voldemort implanted a false vision that Sirius was being tortured, knowing Harry would try to rescue him.
[edit] The Battle at the Ministry
A fight erupts between the students and the Death Eaters. Most of the students are injured and nearly defeated. Tipped off by Snape, Order of the Phoenix members, including Sirius, arrive in time. During the ensuing battle, the prophecy sphere is shattered, against the Death Eaters' wishes. Tragically, Sirius is struck by a curse from his cousin, the Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange. His body falls through a mysterious veiled archway and vanishes.
Seeking revenge, Harry chases Bellatrix into the atrium, attempting to jinx her. Bellatrix blocks every spell and demands the prophecy. Lord Voldemort apparates inside the atrium, and his terrible anger causes Harry's scar to hurt too intensely for him to be able to fight. However, Dumbledore suddenly appears and blocks the killing curse Voldemort hurled at Harry. Voldemort and Dumbledore duel, and after a dramatic fight, Voldemort disapparates with Bellatrix. He isn't completely gone, however; he possesses Harry's body and forces him to beg Dumbledore to kill him, but the force of Harry's love makes the possession unbearable to Voldemort, who finally relents. Meanwhile, Ministry employees arrive in time to see Voldemort. Among them is Cornelius Fudge, who finally believes Voldemort has returned. In turn, The Daily Prophet reverses its hostile attitude towards the pair, restoring their reputations and praising them for warning the wizarding community of Voldemort's return.
[edit] The Prophecy
Safely back at Hogwarts, Dumbledore explains to Harry why he distanced himself from him during the year. He had sensed Voldemort's growing power over Harry—indeed, on more than one occasion, Harry was filled with a desire to strike down Dumbledore. Dumbledore also realised that Voldemort could learn about the Order of the Phoenix's plans through Harry, and deliberately concealed information from him. He tells Harry he regrets not teaching him Occlumency himself and underestimated Snape's deep-seated resentment towards his father, James. He also reveals the entire prophecy to Harry. When Dumbledore interviewed Sybill Trelawney for the Divination post sixteen years ago at the Hog's Head Inn in Hogsmeade, she unknowingly lapsed into a trance and prophesied that:
The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies...and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not...and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives...the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies...
This was interpreted to mean that Voldemort would kill either Harry or Neville Longbottom who were both born at the end of July, or one of them would kill him. However, Voldemort only heard part of the prophecy, as his spy, who was eavesdropping on the conversation between Trelawney and Dumbledore, was thrown out before Trelawney completed the prediction. (The eavesdropper is later identified in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.) After Voldemort attacked baby Harry, the latter part of the prophecy was realised, and Harry, not Neville, became his foe and would kill or be killed by him. Had Voldemort heard the entire prophecy, he would have known that by attacking Harry he would transfer some of his own powers to him. Dumbledore remarks to Harry that this was Trelawney's first true prediction. The one in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was her second.
Harry also learns why he must stay with the Dursleys each summer. When Harry's mother died protecting him, her sacrifice cast a protective spell on him that is sustained as long as he lives among his maternal blood relatives. Aunt Petunia, Lily's sister, therefore acts as Harry's protector, a role Dumbledore reminded her of when he sent her the howler.
Dumbledore goes into the Forbidden Forest and retrieves Dolores Umbridge from the centaurs. She is confined to the hospital wing in a severely traumatised state, although she is expected to recover.
Harry returns to the Dursleys', but not without Vernon and Petunia receiving a stern warning from a menacing Alastor Moody to treat Harry better. Changes are brewing in the wizarding world. Indeed, the last chapter of the book is entitled "The Second War Begins."
[edit] Notes
Professor Dumbledore's full name is Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. The Death Eaters captured at the ministry were: Lucius Malfoy, Nott, Jugson, Rodolphus Lestrange, Antonin Dolohov, Crabbe, Rabastan Lestrange, Walden Macnair, Avery, Augustus Rookwood,and Mulciber. Lord Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange were also at the Ministry, but they escaped. This list includes most death eaters who we know the names of, though Narcissa Malfoy, Peter Pettigrew, and Goyle are all missing (and likely a few others as well).
[edit] External links
- Mistakes in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix from bookmistakes.com
- Fans of Fantasy, One of the largest Fantasy sites on the web with Eragon, Potter, and much much more.
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