Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling

The Story  This book is when the teenage teenage wizard Harry James Potter starts starts to explore explore the darker side of the magical world. The story is abot !iris "lack# the best friend of Harry$s father James and only person granted the knowledge of the Potter$s whereabots when %oldermort was at his height. According to rmors that ha&e gone nbonded for thirteen years# !iris betrayed James and 'ily Potter to the (ark 'ord and cased their death# he then went on to mrder a fellow wizard and se&eral other mggle citizens in some kind of mad rage.  The night after after his thirteenth thirteenth birthday birthday Harry storms storms ot of his ncle$s hose hose in Pri&et dri&e# dragging his trnk# broomstick and caged owl with him. )hilst storming down the street he *nds himself seeing a dark shape in the shadows# a hge black dog that seems to stalk him throgh the rest of the book. A trip to a bookshop in (iagon Alley re&eals to Harry that the menacing creatre is in fact a +rim# a magical omen# the sight of which marks the &iewer as soon to die. !iris is a resident at the wizards ,ail- Azkaban. An island rled o&er by inhman and terrifying magical creatres called dementors. Howe&er# !iris manages to escape the prison# a feat ne&er achie&ed by any other wizard. !iris is trying to hnt down Harry# so he can *nish the work his master started. eanwhile at Hogwarts all sorts of things are going on# like a /idditch 0 a magical sport played on brooms in the air 0 match is in&aded by dementors that cases Harry to crash and destroy his 1ying broomstick# whilst Hermione$s cat eats Ron$s rat which lea&es Ron e&en grmpier than e&er and their friendship seemingly o&er. Harry$s new (i&ination teacher foresees his death# whilst Hagrid# now teaching 2are of agical 2reatres# introdces them to a ma,estic creatre that is a strange cross between an eagle and a horse# whilst Hermione seems to ha&e taken on more sb,ects than can physically *t into a day. Harry is gi&en the gift of an enchanted map that shows him the secret passage ways ot of Hogwarts and begins taking lessons in how to defend himself against dementors and the painfl and terrifying memory they bring when in Harry$s presence. Harry is gi&en a second gift# this time a mysterios package that arri&es on 2hristmas day# which trns ot to be a 3irebolt# an en&iable racing broom.  Then as if ot ot of nowhere nowhere !iris "lack "lack breaks into Hogwarts# Hogwarts# not once# bt bt twice# e&ading the dementors and threatening both a portrait and Harry$s &ery own dorm4 mate Ron# with a knife. All of this# along with a few passing comments that on re1ection are so ob&ios and tonge4in4cheek they$re hilarios# clminate in Harry# Ron and Hermione# !iris "lack# a dead wizard and a werewolf in a creaky old shack that$s been hanted for years. This is when the trth *nally comes ot and Harry$s world is changed fore&er. y 5pinion

 The dementors open p a new facet of darkness and horror to the magical world# which ,st can$t be matched by the earlier incidents with the giant spiders and the basilisk. The description of the rotting hand that reaches toward their &ictim and the fate that greets yo from beneath a dementor$s hood is really /ite hanting.  The book$s biggest 1aw is it$s ending# which althogh gripping# is &ery rshed. Harry is brie1y renited with his godfather and can feel a genine family connection for the &ery *rst time# yet this emotional connection isn$t backed p in anyway. 6&ery other relationship and emotional tie in the series are bilt p pretty mch from the word go# e&en the gentle and warm4hearted Rems 'pin 0 the most recent (efence Against the (ark Arts teacher 0 has more of an opportnity to connect with Harry# and yet after no time at all Harry and !iris are beha&ing as if they ha&e known each other their whole li&es The Prisoner of Azkaban is dark and psetting in a lot of ways- it looks into horrible aspects of re&enge and spite throgh !iris "lack# who despite staying relati&ely sane o&er his years in Azakban has been twisted by hate and blood lst. The nbridled fear that the dementors bring ot in Harry is also almost distrbing# yet his experience with them cases a heart4breaking dilemma that really resonates from the book. 7t also addresses se&eral interesting concepts abot responsibility and growing p- where Harry and his peers are faced with the kind of moments that seem so small bt nonetheless de*ne who yo are for the rest of yor life.