Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince- 6

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince….. First half of the story is the arrival of a new teacher at Hogwarts, Horace Slughorn, who is helpful to Harry. Next, Harry obtains a Potions book which teaches him a few helpful and dangerous spells along the way.

Harry is starts private lessons with Professor Dumbledore, during which Harry learns the dark secrets of Voldemort's past.

Harry's gets even more stressful with the distrustful actions of Draco Malfoy. Harry becomes determined, and slightly obsessed, to find out exactly what Malfoy has been up to and putting an end to it.

Ron gets a new girlfriend, Lavender Brown, Gryffindor student, and Hermione is unhappy about it. Harry, meanwhile, is facing a romantic quandary of his own- he falls for his best friend's sister, Ginny Weasley, but Ginny Weasley is unfortunately dating Harry's classmate, Dean Thomas. Harry's longing for Ginny and Ron's comical relationship with Lavender give the story a huge dose of reality.

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