Chapter 3 The Advance Guard
After Harry being trapped in his room, only receiving food from the cat flap in his room door, he sends three-letters to his friends and godfather. Hermione, Ron, and Sirius. Hermione and Ron had been his best friends at Hogwarts. Sirius was his godfather; although certain circumstances existed. Eventhough Sirius was innocent, he was misunderstood as a murderer and had been trapped into Azkaban(The wizard prison) for years. He finally succeeded in escaping in the third book, and currently was on the run. Although, he is the only person Harry could call as his "Familly." "I've just been attacked by dementors and I might be expelled from Hogwarts. I want to know what's going on and when I'm going to get out of here." As Harry waits for his own owl, "Hedwig," to return from his previous journey, he feels furious with his friends. During the summer vacation, he reviewed several letters from his friends, Hermione and Ron, explaining that they were currently staying in the same place, "We're quite busy but can't give you details here...there's a fair amount going on, we'll tell you everything when we see you." All the Summer, Harry had been trapped in his aunt and uncle's house while his friends were having fun together, without him. In addition, they seemed to know and been hiding something Harry did not. As Hedwig returns from his journey, Harry vents his spleen on his owl too, commanding him to keep on pecking his friends until they write a decent-length letter to explain exactly what was going, on and what were they hiding from him. "Get, going then," he said, as he forcing his owl, but feeling guilty the moment she leaves. Hedwig had been his only friend in his house.
Hedwig did not return for the following four days. Harry had been stuck in his room, constantly restless and unable to settle anything. However, on the days night, his uncle, aunt, and Dudley visit his room, explaining that they would be going out for the day. He was curious about where they were heading but seemed to have no energy to ask. As he lies alone in the house on his bed, he hears a crash downstairs in the kitchen. In a moment, his room door is opened and a group of wizards stood in front of him. "P-Professor Lupin?." Says Harry, familiar with one of them. Professor Lupin had been one of his teachers at Hogwarts, although he retired in one year, due to certain reasons. Following wizards called Alastor Moody, Nymphadora, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Elephas Doge, Emmeline Vance, Stirgus Pridmore, and Dedalus Diggle rambled into his room. The wizards explain that they were the ones who sent the decent tickets of "All England Best Kept Suburban Lawn Competition," to the Dursleys to lure them outside, and came to take Harry away from his house.
After several minutes with the help of them, Harry packed all of his things for the following year, just in case he does not get expelled, and was on his broom with all the others. Alastor Moody, in other words, mad-eye had been the leader of the group; however, he seemed to have a character to feel suspicious and anxious towards almost everything. "We will be flying in a formation...If one of us is killed," he says as Harry interrupts "Is that likely.?" mad-eye ignores him, and continues "-Keep flying and don't stop. Don't break ranks." After a rather peaceful broom ride (In the wizarding world, they fly on brooms) without any fatality as well, they arrive in London, in front of an old department. Seeing Harry confused, mad-eye gives him a piece of paper that noted, "The Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix may be found at number twelve, Grimmauld Place, London."
I was a little surprised by Harry's attitude in this chapter; In the other books, he always was always rather calmer. In addition, I was curious about why the author decided to create a miserable setting where Harry always had to be trapped in his Aunt and Uncles house, every summer before school starts. After researching about JK. Rowling, I found an article that explained her own childhood. She explained that her teenage age being rather difficult. "I wasn't particularly happy," says JK. Rowling in the interview from the new york times. Her mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and died a decade later before she became a writer. Therefore, I thought that perhaps Harry's miserable days in the Dursleys were inspired by her own childhood. In spite of this, the escape of Harry from his aunt and uncle's house in this chapter felt somehow more refreshing, after knowing the background. I am looking forward to the next chapter as well.
Hedwig did not return for the following four days. Harry had been stuck in his room, constantly restless and unable to settle anything. However, on the days night, his uncle, aunt, and Dudley visit his room, explaining that they would be going out for the day. He was curious about where they were heading but seemed to have no energy to ask. As he lies alone in the house on his bed, he hears a crash downstairs in the kitchen. In a moment, his room door is opened and a group of wizards stood in front of him. "P-Professor Lupin?." Says Harry, familiar with one of them. Professor Lupin had been one of his teachers at Hogwarts, although he retired in one year, due to certain reasons. Following wizards called Alastor Moody, Nymphadora, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Elephas Doge, Emmeline Vance, Stirgus Pridmore, and Dedalus Diggle rambled into his room. The wizards explain that they were the ones who sent the decent tickets of "All England Best Kept Suburban Lawn Competition," to the Dursleys to lure them outside, and came to take Harry away from his house.
After several minutes with the help of them, Harry packed all of his things for the following year, just in case he does not get expelled, and was on his broom with all the others. Alastor Moody, in other words, mad-eye had been the leader of the group; however, he seemed to have a character to feel suspicious and anxious towards almost everything. "We will be flying in a formation...If one of us is killed," he says as Harry interrupts "Is that likely.?" mad-eye ignores him, and continues "-Keep flying and don't stop. Don't break ranks." After a rather peaceful broom ride (In the wizarding world, they fly on brooms) without any fatality as well, they arrive in London, in front of an old department. Seeing Harry confused, mad-eye gives him a piece of paper that noted, "The Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix may be found at number twelve, Grimmauld Place, London."
I was a little surprised by Harry's attitude in this chapter; In the other books, he always was always rather calmer. In addition, I was curious about why the author decided to create a miserable setting where Harry always had to be trapped in his Aunt and Uncles house, every summer before school starts. After researching about JK. Rowling, I found an article that explained her own childhood. She explained that her teenage age being rather difficult. "I wasn't particularly happy," says JK. Rowling in the interview from the new york times. Her mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and died a decade later before she became a writer. Therefore, I thought that perhaps Harry's miserable days in the Dursleys were inspired by her own childhood. In spite of this, the escape of Harry from his aunt and uncle's house in this chapter felt somehow more refreshing, after knowing the background. I am looking forward to the next chapter as well.
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