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asher553HARRY POTTER 5 - ORDER OF THE PHOENIX: to Chapter 12. Harry's world is changing. First, an encounter with a Dementor on the streets of Little Whinging puts Harry on notice that the old boundaries between the magical world and the mundane one have begun to fall. Then (with the Dursleys safely distracted), he is spirited away, not to Hogwarts directly but to the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix - a secret organization founded to fight the resurgent Voldemort, in defiance of official denials of the Voldemort threat. Harry, returning to classes at Hogwarts, narrowly escapes politically-motivated prosecution for defending himself against the Dementor, but does not escape his classmates' distrust and suspicion following the deadly events of last year.
The mood of the book is distinctly somber and menacing. Fear and isolation are taking a toll on Harry, and his lines of dialog are often abrupt and irritable. He has gone from rock star to pariah among his classmates at Hogwarts, and the arrival of hostile meddling from the Ministry - in the person of Dolores Umbridge - bodes ill for Harry's relations with the leadership there.
The Deep State takeover of Hogwarts has an eerily familiar feel to it. Students of the Defense Against Dark Arts class are now confined to studying theory only - and not practice - because "Who do you imagine wants to attack children like yourselves?" It is insolence bordering on treason to acknowledge the existence of any threat from Voldemort - who, after all, may not even be named. [258]
The mood of the book is distinctly somber and menacing. Fear and isolation are taking a toll on Harry, and his lines of dialog are often abrupt and irritable. He has gone from rock star to pariah among his classmates at Hogwarts, and the arrival of hostile meddling from the Ministry - in the person of Dolores Umbridge - bodes ill for Harry's relations with the leadership there.
The Deep State takeover of Hogwarts has an eerily familiar feel to it. Students of the Defense Against Dark Arts class are now confined to studying theory only - and not practice - because "Who do you imagine wants to attack children like yourselves?" It is insolence bordering on treason to acknowledge the existence of any threat from Voldemort - who, after all, may not even be named. [258]
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