what we expected/what we got

September 28, 2005 by wfzimmerman | No comments

Here are some of the things that we expected for book six, and what we actually got.
More on the war between Voldemort and the good guys.
“In the fifth and most recent book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the last chapter, titled “The Second War Begins,” started:
‘In a brief statement Friday night, Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge confirmed that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has returned to this country and is active once more.
“It is with great regret that I must confirm that the wizard styling himself Lord - well, you know who I mean - is alive among us again,” said Fudge.’
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry Potter’s sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at this point in the midst of the storm of this battle of good and evil.”(Scholastic press release, December 21, 2004; http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_122104.htm).

What we got:
. Fudge disappeared at the end of the first chapter and was scarcely seen again.  Remarkably, Voldemort was off-stage for the entirety of book six.  And we saw very little of the war … only the “campaign for Hogwarts,” which mainly consisted of reconnaissance and feints by Malfoy and Harry.

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