The background to Hogwarts and the 4 wizards and witches who founded it, is described, where each house was named after them: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. The relationship between Ginny and Harry is kindled in this book and we also meet Dobby and “Dobby is Harry Potter’s friend.” To drip actions and comments that at some point in the future you’re saying “Oh, That’s what that was for.” – Genius. I love Rowling’s patience, the ability to subtly drop a piece of information that may not mean anything for a few books. The background behind Hogwarts and the major divisions that shaped their history become apparent, and how they drive the plot over the entire series, is intelligently, delicately and profoundly imagined. Certainly, the first book and now the second, primarily introduce us to the extensive cast of characters that inhabit this magical world. Here I am with The Chamber of Secrets, the second book of the Harry Potter series feeling the tightening grip of adoration, as I get ensnared in the glorious bewitching world created by JK Rowling. Could it be Draco Malfoy, Harry's most poisonous rival? Could it be Hagrid whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one person everyone at Hogwarts most suspects: Harry Potter himself? But all of these seem like minor concerns when someone starts turning Hogwarts students to stone: an evildoer said to be the fearsome Heir of Salazar Slytherin, on of the founders of the school. Harry is also shocked to discover that he can speak Parseltongue, the language of snakes - a rare ability that Lord Voldemort also possessed - and that anti-Muggle prejudice exists in the Wizarding world, even affecting Harry's friend Hermione. Soon other worries accumulate: the outrageously stuck-up new professor Gilderoy Lockhart a ghost named Moaning Myrtle, who haunts the girls' bathroom the strange behavior of Ron's little sister, Ginny Weasley rumors about the "Chamber of Secrets," a cavern buried deep below Hogwarts and a magical diary owned by Tom Riddle, a Hogwarts student of long ago. Harry and Ron miss the Hogwarts Express, so they fly to school in a blue Ford Anglia, crash landing in the notorious Whomping Willow. But just as he’s packing his bags to return to school, a creature named Dobby the house-elf announces that if Harry goes back to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the summer after Harry’s first year at Hogwarts has been his worst summer ever… the Dursleys more distant and horrible than ever before.
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