Analysis Of Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

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In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire the protagonist Harry Potter experiences wonderful and dangerous things in the wizarding world. From watching the famous quidditch world cup, to meeting wizards from all over the world as well as fighting dangerous dragons, Harry’s experiences help to shape and prepare him as a wizard for things in the future. Harry Potter becomes more mature and confident in his abilities as well as his friends throughout the story’s progression.

Harry Potter gets placed into different tasks and challenges that he was not prepared for. For example, he gets unexpectedly placed into one of the most dangerous tournaments in the wizarding world. The tri wizard tournament is an amazing and famous event that …show more content…

After many unsuccessful attempts of solving the clue, Harry decided to take the advice from a fellow champion. Cedric Diggory was the other Hogwarts champion and Harry had some personal conflict with him due to his house team losing to Cedric's team. “You know that golden egg? Does yours wail when you open it?’ ‘yeah,’ said Harry. ‘Well … take a bath, OK?’ ‘What?’ “Take a bath, and - er - take the egg with you, and - er - just mull things over in the hot water. It’ll help you think … trust me’ “ (p. 375). This advice was hard for Harry to take but it helped him in the end. He managed to solve the clue and was now ready to prepare for the second task. Harry’s best friend Ron Weasley was mad at him for entering the tournament because he also wanted to however he was too young. After the first task, Ron realized that the tasks were very dangerous and that Harry wouldn't have wanted to enter the tournament even if he was old enough. This was a good experience for Harry and it taught him that he needs to put more trust in his friends and not take them for …show more content…

He learns many new spells that will help him get through the deadly maze which is the final task. Harry is given some great advice by Moody early in the tournament and this helped him realize how to succeed in the tournament. “I’m just going to give you some good, general advice. And the first bit is - play your strengths’ “ (p.301). Harry was now feeling that he might have a chance to win the tournament and take home the prize money. At the end of the final task, as Harry and Cedric reach the triwizard cup at the same time, Harry humbles himself and tells Cedric to take it but Cedric tells Harry to take it. It turns out that the cup has been turned into a portkey. As Harry and Cedric touch the portkey at the same time they both get teleported to a graveyard far away from Hogwarts. It is at this graveyard that the dark lord gets reborn. Apparently Harry is a key part of the spell which awakens him. “Lord Voldemort had risen again” (p.558). Harry shows great strength in the face of fear and he does not let the dark lord kill him. In the process, he sees shadows of his parents whom the dark lord killed. This inspires him to escape and return to Hogwarts to tell the others and Dumbledore what happened. This is the most dangerous thing Harry has done so far and he was made a stronger and more mature person because of

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