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Jefferson Reid Mrs. Braynon 09/24/09 Book Report

This story follows the life and adventures of Harry Potter in his quest to seek and destroy his arch nemesis Voldemort. It is told (primarily) in a first person point of view, from Harry himself. This happens to be the 5th continuation in a seven part book series. This series is set in the fictional wizarding underground of Great Britain. This book in particular chronicles Harry's struggle to find himself and to get over his current hurdle: puberty. Harry becomes increasingly emotional and distressed during the course of the story marking a drastic change in theme for the normally less heavy Harry Potter books. The book is set right after the return of the world’s most feared dark wizard: Voldemort, he has a special connection to Harry in more than one way. Harry happened to be the downfall of Lord Voldemort a year after his birth when Voldemort attempted to kill him. Harry also happens to be an unwilling contributing factor to his return to full power as evidenced in the conclusion of the fourth book.

The book begins with Harry and his cousin Dudley Dursley being attacked by Dementors (fictional creatures that thrive off of human happiness that can only be seen by wizards) in a Muggle (non-magical) community which is highly suspicious. As Harry makes his journey back to the wizarding school of Hogwarts and meets up with his friends and is presented with a few new problems. One of which is having to cope with his rising and uncontrollable anger at the Hogwarts Headmaster Dumbledore's not connecting with Harry well enough as well as being an outcast at the school. The reason being for his outcast status Another is his godfather's seclusion in the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, which is a secret organization dedicated to bringing about the downfall of Voldemort.

Harry also has to go through the year avoiding the suspicious eye of the Ministry of Magic while preparing for his inevitable future battles with Voldemort and his various dark servants the Death Eaters by trying to become a more powerful wizard. Incidentally in the process Harry garners a following of young students who wish to learn more to defend themselves from Voldemort and his followers, eventually leading to a creation of young students dubbing themselves Dumbledore’s Army or the D.A. for short. This threat is increased as the aforementioned "followers" manage to escape from the wizarding prison Azkaban to wreak extensive and untold havoc on the world alongside their master. The students work diligently to learn to defend themselves at the risk of being expelled by the ministry of magic in the D.A. They are aided (albeit unintentionally) by the teachers and staff who happen to be passively resisting the ministry's dictatorial regime within the walls of Hogwarts at the time.

Along with these situations tensions mount further with the dismissal of Albus Dumbledore, the most powerful wizard the world has ever known as headmaster of Hogwarts leaving Harry and friends to take matters into their own hands. It is further aggravated by the fact that the entire world does not believe that Voldemort has returned, due to the Ministry's stringent control of the media which makes Harry out to be a liar and a maniac. The school is left under the control of the unctuous and simpering Delores Umbrige who oppresses the students to an outrageous degree. With the world in denial, the school under ministry control Harry must learn to master himself mentally and continue the work of Dumbledore within the school of Hogwarts right under Umbriges’ nose.

The story reaches new heights when Umbrige discovers Harrys' secret defense force is uncovered by Umbrige and Harry is scheduled to be disciplined by Umbrige. Harry makes a narrow escape only to find that his godfather Sirius Black is being held by Lord Voldemort and tortured. Harry arrives at the Ministry for a rescue only to find that it was a trap to lead Harry into delivering a weapon into Voldemorts very hands. After an escape from Voldemort with the help of Dumbledore’s Army, Harry is just in time to witness Sirius's actual death at the hands of his own cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange. The conclusion comes with Harry trying to come to terms with his Godfathers death as the term ends and Harry must return home.