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Heyaa all, today I am here with loads of Harry Potter stuff, ‘coz I am a huge fan of the same..So let’s get started. Wait, wait. Here’s one more thing to tell about. Actually, I often failed to write about my week reviews and all, as there’s lot of stuff for me to still do. OK, so I ‘m gonna start writing some new things- Movie fare.1,2,3 and many more, and book reviews. There’s more coming up, so I think I should keep it as a secret. P.S.- I’ll leave a spoiler at the end:)

Harry Potter or the boy who lived, has been written by an extraordinary author- “J.K. Rowling”. The books written by her were famous worldwide and were converted into many languages as well. The movies of the books are still very popular: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (or sorcerer’s) stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and the last, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (in movie form, there are two parts of the same book, because the movie might have become too long to watch, that is why the authorities simply, split the book in two parts, to make conditions more convenient). I am so excited to talk about all the movies in brief-

1. The Philosopher’s (or sorcerer’s) stone-

So, this movie is all about a stone, also called the Philosophers’ Stone, that has eternal powers, and can make a man live really long. Harry the curious, adventurous boy investigated about the package, that Hagrid kept in his coat while returning from Gringotts Bank. He, Hermione Jean Granger, and Ronald Weasley (3 best friends), set out for the stone on the 7th floor, which was strictly prohibited for all the 1st years (actually, for everyone). This, just makes Harry curious and after knowing that Voldemort (the dark lord), was trying to steal the stone to gain its powers and eternity, Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to its rescue. Well, they opened the door and firstly, have to compete a three-headed dog that was protecting the trap door beneath it. They just play an instrument to make him fall asleep, and went through the trap door. Afterwards, they experience themselves to be in huge trouble with the weeds (Devil’s snare), about to strangle them to death, but our brainy Hermione saved them, as she paid attention at the Herbology classes (Harry and Ron were total NERDS). Then, the third challenge is to retrieve a flying key from among hundreds and unlock the door into the next chamber; the fourth challenge is to win a giant-sized game of wizard’s chess; the fifth challenge is to master a wizard’s riddle of poisonous potions; and the sixth and final challenge is to retrieve the Sorcerer’s Stone from within the Mirror of Erised. He, in last met, Professor Quirrel, who betrayed Hogwarts and turned out to be a Death Eater (supporters of Lord Voldemort). He then, finishes him off and he (Professor Quirrel) dies. In the At the very end of the novel, Dumbledore acknowledges that Harry, Ron, and Hermione have passed this impromptu rite of passage by awarding them a total of one hundred and sixty points. This amount allows Gryffindor to win the House Cup and, suddenly, the feast becomes a celebration of the three students’ accomplishments. In the end, Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s successful navigation of the seven challenges and their entry into adulthood proves that they are, indeed, worthy protagonists of the six novels that will follow.

2. The Chamber of secrets-

Spending the summer with the Dursleys, Harry Potter meets Dobby, a house-elf who warns him it’s too dangerous to return to Hogwarts. Dobby sabotages an important dinner for the Dursleys, who lock Harry up to prevent his return to Hogwarts. Harry’s friend Ron Weasley and his brothers Fred and George rescue him in their father‘s flying Ford Anglia. Harry and the Weasley family are joined by Rubeus Hagrid and Hermione Granger at a book-signing by Gilderoy Lockhart, who announces he is Hogwarts’ new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Confronted by Draco Malfoy, Harry notices Malfoy’s father, Lucius, slip a book into Ginny Weasley‘s belongings. When Harry and Ron are blocked from entering Platform Nine and Three-Quarters at London King’s Cross railway station, they take the flying car to Hogwarts; after crashing into the Whomping Willow and breaking Ron’s wand, they receive detention. In detention, Harry hears strange voices and later finds caretaker Argus Filch‘s cat, Mrs. Norris, petrified beside a message written in blood: “The Chamber of Secrets has been opened, enemies of the heir… beware”. Professor McGonagall explains that one of Hogwarts’ founders, Salazar Slytherin, supposedly constructed a secret Chamber containing a monster that only his Heir can control, capable of purging the school of Muggle-born students. Suspecting Malfoy is the Heir, Harry, Ron, and Hermione plan to question him while disguised using forbidden polyjuice potion, which they brew in a disused bathroom haunted by a ghost, Moaning Mrytle. During a Quidditch game, Harry’s arm is broken by a Bludger. Visiting him in the infirmary, Dobby reveals that he closed the portal to Platform 9 3/4 and made the Bludger chase Harry to force him to leave the school. When Harry communicates with a snake, the school believes he is the Heir. Harry and Ron learn Draco Malfoy is not the Heir, but his father had told him a Muggle-born girl died when the Chamber was last opened. Harry finds an enchanted diary owned by former student, Tom Riddle who fifty years prior accused Hagrid, then a student, of opening the Chamber. When the diary is stolen and Hermione is petrified, Harry and Ron question Hagrid. Professor Dumbledore, Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge, and Lucius arrive to take Hagrid to Azkaban, but he discreetly tells the boys to “follow the spiders”. In the Forbidden Forest, Harry and Ron meet Hagrid’s giant pet spider, Aragog , who reveals Hagrid’s innocence and provides a clue about the Chamber’s monster. A book page in Hermione’s hand identifies the monster as a basalisk, a giant serpent that kills people who make direct eye contact with it; the petrified victims only saw it indirectly. The school staff learn Ginny has been taken into the Chamber, and convince Lockhart to save her. Harry and Ron find Lockhart preparing to flee, exposing him as a fraud; knowing Myrtle was the girl the Basilisk killed, they find the Chamber’s entrance in her bathroom. Once inside, Lockhart seizes Ron’s broken wand, but it backfires, wiping Lockhart’s memory and causing a cave-in. Harry enters the Chamber alone and finds Ginny unconscious, guarded by Riddle, who reveals that he used the diary to manipulate Ginny into reopening the Chamber, and that he is Slytherin’s heir and Voldemort’s younger self. After Harry expresses his loyalty to Dumbledore, Fawkes arrives with the sorting hat, causing Riddle to summon the Basilisk. Fawkes blinds the Basilisk, and the Sorting Hat eventually produces the Sword of Griffindor, with which Harry battles the Basilisk, killing it and getting poisoned by one of its fangs in the process. Despite his injury, Harry stabs the diary with the Basilisk fang, defeating Riddle and reviving Ginny. Fawkes’ tears heal him, and he returns to Hogwarts with his friends and a baffled Lockhart, earning Dumbledore’s praise and Hagrid’s release. Harry accuses Lucius, Dobby’s master, of planting the diary in Ginny’s cauldron, and tricks him into freeing Dobby. The Basilisk’s victims are healed, Hermione reunites with Harry and Ron, and Hagrid returns to Hogwarts.

All the other movies are superb and I can’t write everything in this blog so, you all can read it on your own, for extra knowledge… Well, we’ll call it a day, and stay tuned till my next blog. Bye!

~Ayati Sankhyadhar:)