Summary:
Provides a book report on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling. Uses the popular "Notecard" format many teachers are beginning to adopt.
- Rowling, J.K.. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. New York: Scholastic, 2000.
- The book is set in a fantasy environment filled with magical wizards, witches and warlocks. Specifically the book focuses on Harry Potter, and is set in a modern-day time period at Hogwarts School of Wizardry. The setting briefly changes near the end of the book while the magical "Triwizard Tournament" is taking place. This was one of the major events in the story which affected characters as well as actions.
- The whole story is mostly all leading up to the ending, when the Triwizard Tournament takes place. Even though he is supposed to be too young to compete, loopholes were found and things worked themselves out (as they always do for Harry Potter), and Harry Potter is allowed to compete in the tournament. This was the main conflict in the story, because there were so many wizards that protested Harry's eligibility. He was entered into the tournament by "Mad-Eye" Moody, who was working for Lord Voldemort (a dead wizard who has come back in attempt to kill Harry). Moody put Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire to enter him in the tournament, and when Harry's name was drawn, Moody and Voldemort knew that Harry would have to fight Voldemort in the final stage.
This conflict was only resolved in the very end during the third, and final,, task of the Triwizard Tournament: the Maze. When Harry reaches the end of the Maze he finds Lord Voldemort in the graveyard. In order to defeat him, Harry uses his mind to block out spells Voldemort casts on him, and since the type of wand Harry and Voldemort have is the exact same, the all the spells discharge and backfire onto Voldemort himself. Voldemort is then destroyed once again, leaving Harry Potter as the hero.
The main character in the story is, of course, Harry Potter. Harry has shaggy dark hair and bright green eyes. He is tall and scrawny, and is most well-known for having a lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead that was given to him by Lord Voldemort when Harry was only an infant. Harry Potter is cunning, heroic, honest and brave, but is noted mostly (in all of the Harry Potter books) for his integrity. He attributes all the goodness in himself to the love between him and his parents, who, sadly, are no longer living because of Lord Voldemort.I thought this book was great! I really enjoyed reading it. This was a Harry Potter adventure at it's best, magical, mythical, and adventurous. Although slow in the beginning, the ending makes up for it all! I really have nothing bad or critical to say about this book. After finishing this, I am very anxious to begin on the fifth Harry Potter book: The Order of the Phoenix.This is the complete article, containing 470 words
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