The first book was about an orphan child who discovers he’s a wizard goes to a magic school and has to save the day from the Big Bad. And while I like it quite a bit that’s a fairly by the numbers plot.
The second book reveals that there is a certain darkness that lies within Harry because he and Tom the Dark Lord are not so different only for it to be revealed that Dark Is Not Evil as Harry learns the Aesop that it is our choices that define us, not our abilities.
Voldemort threatened to kill Peter Pettigrew, so he betrayed his best friends to save his own skin like the Dirty Coward that he is. And after that he continued to serve him as a spy for an entire year before exposing the secret and getting the Potters murdered. And he escapes Justice by becoming Scabbers and assuring Black be falsely imprisoned the next 12 years.
And Sirius himself feared that Lupin was a traitor and feared that he couldn’t protect the Potters therefrom leading to his convincing Wormtail to take his place thus getting them killed.
The Dementors cause people to reexperience their most frightening memories and are impressive antagonists. The Boggarts transform into your worst fear and as such are used by Lupin to help students conquer fear.
That would suggest that your worst fear is fear, very wise Harry
The first book was about an orphan child who discovers he’s a wizard goes to a magic school and has to save the day from the Big Bad. And while I like it quite a bit that’s a fairly by the numbers plot.
The second book reveals that there is a certain darkness that lies within Harry because he and Tom the Dark Lord are not so different only for it to be revealed that Dark Is Not Evil as Harry learns the Aesop that it is our choices that define us, not our abilities.
The theme upon which Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban relies is fear and how to respond to it.
Voldemort threatened to kill Peter Pettigrew, so he betrayed his best friends to save his own skin like the Dirty Coward that he is. And after that he continued to serve him as a spy for an entire year before exposing the secret and getting the Potters murdered. And he escapes Justice by becoming Scabbers and assuring Black be falsely imprisoned the next 12 years.
And Sirius himself feared that Lupin was a traitor and feared that he couldn’t protect the Potters therefrom leading to his convincing Wormtail to take his place thus getting them killed.
The Dementors cause people to reexperience their most frightening memories and are impressive antagonists. The Boggarts transform into your worst fear and as such are used by Lupin to help students conquer fear.
I also like how it explores the backstory of Snape’s hatred of Harry for the first time setting up an eventual Broken Pedestal. And Harry’s arc of going from You killed my father to If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him. I like Neville as The Woobie. I find Trelawney immensely entertaining.
And I like how the book sets the stage for the sequel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.