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asher553HARRY POTTER 4 - GOBLET OF FIRE
First HP book where characters die in the story. Limits of magic: death is real, and irreversible. Harry, wrongly accused of defying the underage ban for the Tri-Wizard Tournament, must suffer estrangement from his classmates and even his best friend Ron, all of whom suspect him of seeking personal glory. And amongst all his other adventures, the 14-year-old Harry must deal with the Yule Ball and all the complications of love and relationships. But behind it all, there is a theme of fathers and sons.
As with the other books, there is a good element of the mystery novel here. In an early chapter, Winky is framed for the crime of invoking the Dark Mark - the sign of Voldemort's impending return. Eventually we learn the true identity of the perpetrator, but the machinery of Voldemort's return has been set in motion - with Harry himself as an unwitting instrument. As with any good novel, there's a denouement near the end with a villain's confession - either by way of gloating, or under interrogation, or both (as in this case, in Chapters 33 and 35) - to the crime and his modus operandi.
The movie has significant omissions from the book. The character of Winky is cut from the film entirely, as is the whole subplot of Hermione's mission to help the Elves. The backstory around Crouch Jr. is missing entirely. The fateful scene with Cetric and Harry in the maze plays out a little differently in the film, although I must admit that I liked the film's take on the scene, and the banter between Cedric and Harry, which made Harry a little more human for me.
An interesting side note (well, interesting if you're into languages): while most of the magical words in HP are Latin or pseudo-Latin, the Killing Curse "Avada Kedavra" is Hebrew or Aramaic. It's a variation on the familiar "Abracadabra", which has been glossed as "I will create as I speak" in Hebrew or "I create like the word" [אברא כדברא] in Aramaic. Here the phrase is changed to [אַבַדָא כְּדַברָא] "let the thing be destroyed".
In this middle volume of the series, Harry confronts love, death, and Voldemort. As he moves toward adulthood, we sense that Harry will need to find his own way in a world where the institutions he has come to trust are slowly crumbling. [403]
First HP book where characters die in the story. Limits of magic: death is real, and irreversible. Harry, wrongly accused of defying the underage ban for the Tri-Wizard Tournament, must suffer estrangement from his classmates and even his best friend Ron, all of whom suspect him of seeking personal glory. And amongst all his other adventures, the 14-year-old Harry must deal with the Yule Ball and all the complications of love and relationships. But behind it all, there is a theme of fathers and sons.
As with the other books, there is a good element of the mystery novel here. In an early chapter, Winky is framed for the crime of invoking the Dark Mark - the sign of Voldemort's impending return. Eventually we learn the true identity of the perpetrator, but the machinery of Voldemort's return has been set in motion - with Harry himself as an unwitting instrument. As with any good novel, there's a denouement near the end with a villain's confession - either by way of gloating, or under interrogation, or both (as in this case, in Chapters 33 and 35) - to the crime and his modus operandi.
The movie has significant omissions from the book. The character of Winky is cut from the film entirely, as is the whole subplot of Hermione's mission to help the Elves. The backstory around Crouch Jr. is missing entirely. The fateful scene with Cetric and Harry in the maze plays out a little differently in the film, although I must admit that I liked the film's take on the scene, and the banter between Cedric and Harry, which made Harry a little more human for me.
An interesting side note (well, interesting if you're into languages): while most of the magical words in HP are Latin or pseudo-Latin, the Killing Curse "Avada Kedavra" is Hebrew or Aramaic. It's a variation on the familiar "Abracadabra", which has been glossed as "I will create as I speak" in Hebrew or "I create like the word" [אברא כדברא] in Aramaic. Here the phrase is changed to [אַבַדָא כְּדַברָא] "let the thing be destroyed".
In this middle volume of the series, Harry confronts love, death, and Voldemort. As he moves toward adulthood, we sense that Harry will need to find his own way in a world where the institutions he has come to trust are slowly crumbling. [403]
