Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Published: 2, July 1998

Author: J.K. Rowling

Book 2 of 7: Harry Potter

Genres: Adventure, Children's, Comedy & Humor, Coming of Age, Epic, Fantasy, Family Life, Fiction, Friendship, School, Magic, Teen, Witches, Wizards, Young Adult

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Summary

Harry, who is twelve years old, is visited by a house-elf named Dobby while spending the summer with the Dursleys. He informs Harry that he is in danger and must leave Hogwarts immediately. Dobby spoils Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's dinner party when Harry refuses. Harry is accused of unlawfully practicing magic by the Ministry of Magic. In response, Harry is locked in his room by a furious Uncle Vernon.

Ron Weasley and his brothers, Fred and George, come in their father's charmed Ford Anglia to retrieve Harry and transport him to their house. Harry and the other Weasleys—Molly, Percy, and Ginny—go to Diagon Alley for school supplies. They encounter Hermione Granger and Lucius Malfoy, the father of Harry's arch-enemy Draco, as well as Gilderoy Lockhart, a pretentious autobiographer adventurer and the new Defense against the Dark Arts professor.

Harry and Ron are unable to enter Platform 93/4 at King's Cross station, and so miss the Hogwarts Express. They fly Mr. Weasley's automobile to school, colliding with the Whomping Willow on school grounds and destroying Ron's hand-me-down wand. The automobile then makes its way into the woods.

Harry learns that some wizards despise Muggle-born wizards like Hermione, believing that pure-bloods are superior. The only person who hears a voice coming from within the castle walls is Harry. Mrs. Norris, Mr. Filch's cat, is discovered frozen on a wall, along with a bloody written warning: "The Door to the Chamber of Secrets has been unlocked. Be wary of the heir's foes "... Salazar Slytherin, one of the school's founders, is said to have founded the Chamber following a disagreement with other founders over the admission of Muggle-born pupils. The Chamber is said to be home to a creature that can only be controlled by the Heir of Slytherin.

A rogue Bludger attacks Harry during a Quidditch match, shattering his arm. When Lockhart tries to mend it, he makes a mistake, and Harry is admitted to the hospital for the night. Dobby pays Harry a visit and admits to charming the Bludger and sealing the doorway at King's Cross. He claims that the Chamber of Secrets has been unlocked previously. When another attack happens, the pupils are forced to attend a dueling session, where Harry reveals that he is a 'Parselmouth,' with a unique ability to communicate with snakes.

Given Draco's antipathy for Muggle-borns, Harry, Ron, and Hermione think Draco is the Heir after another attack. Harry and Ron can imitate Draco's lackeys Crabbe and Goyle with Hermione's secret concoction of Polyjuice Potion. Draco is discovered to be uninvolved. A journal left in her stall is shown to them by Moaning Myrtle, a ghost that haunts a girls' restroom. The diary belonged to Tom Riddle, a student who had seen the death of a fellow student in the previous installment. Within the journal, Riddle's mind declares to Harry that Hagrid is to blame. In the following attack, Hermione is terrified, and the school is put on lockdown. Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster, and Hagrid, the Hagrid, were forced to leave Hogwarts.

Harry and Ron pursue spiders into the Forbidden Forest, following Hagrid's directions. They come into a massive Acromantula named Aragog, who denies any participation and maintains that spiders are afraid of the true monster. Aragog tries to feed Harry and Ron to its offspring, but they are saved by Mr. Weasley's automobile. Hermione has concluded that the monster is a basilisk, a huge serpent that kills with a gaze and petrifies when seen indirectly, as Harry and Ron find. The basilisk, Harry decides, is the voice he has been hearing, and it moves via the school's plumbing system. He also realizes that Moaning Myrtle was the student who was slain in the first attack.

Ginny Weasley is led inside the Chamber of Secrets. When Harry and Ron find the door in Myrtle's bathroom, they compel Lockhart to accompany them inside the Chamber. Lockhart admits to being a con artist and uses Ron's broken wand to wipe the lads' memories. The spell backfires, obliterating his own memory and separating Ron and Harry with a rockfall.

Harry enters the Chamber and discovers Ginny unconscious. Tom Riddle's apparition reveals that he is Lord Voldemort and the Heir of Slytherin. He had already framed Hagrid and unlocked the Chamber. Through his diary, he has been possessing and influencing Ginny, who has been acting oddly. The basilisk is then released. Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix, appears and brings Harry the Sorting Hat. Harry takes the Sword of Godric Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat after Fawkes blinds the basilisk. He kills it, despite being poisoned in the process. Fawkes' tears heal Harry while Riddle teases him. Harry stabs Riddle's journal with a basilisk fang, destroying it and Riddle, and returning Ginny.

Returning to the castle are Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Lockhart. Dumbledore, who is interested in Ginny's journal, saves her. Lucius Malfoy storms in, enraged by Dumbledore's reappearance. Dobby, the Malfoys' servant, is accompanying him. The journal was in the Malfoys' hands, and Lucius snuck it into Ginny's cauldron to unlock the Chamber when they were at Diagon Alley. Harry deceives Lucius into releasing Dobby; Lucius strikes Harry in retaliation, but Dobby magically deflects him.

The petrified students are healed, Gryffindor reclaims the House Cup, Hagrid reappears, Lockhart is sent to a mental institution for the rest of his life, and Harry returns to Privet Drive in great spirits.

Rating: 100/100

Recommended: 100/100 Yes.

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