Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix By: J. K. Rowling Spencer Schade

2. About the Author • J. K. Rowling was born at Yale General Hospital in July 1965 • She lives with her two children and husband in Scotland • She also wrote The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Quidditch Through the Ages, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them • She got into writing when she thought of Harry Potter on her very full train • Honors she has won: • The Nestlé Smarties Book Prize • The Bram Stoker Award • The British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year • The Whitebread Children’s Book Award • The Hugo Award • many magazine, children’s choice, and state citations J K Rowling

3. Setting Number 4 Privet Drive • Takes place in London • There are multiple settings in London: • Number 4 Privet Drive, where Harry and his aunt, uncle, and cousin live • Number 12 Grimmuald Place is where Sirius Black lives in his parents’ house, headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix, and where Harry, Hermione, and the Weasleys stay for most of the summer • Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is where Harry and his friends go to school • The Ministry of Magic’s Department of Mysteries is where the battle between the Light and the Dark takes place to get Harry’s prophecy • London’s King Cross train station’s platform 9¾ is where Harry gets transported to and from Hogwarts at the beginning and end of each school year

4. Characters Harry Potter • The main characters are: • Harry Potter – is a member of the D. A., goes to the Ministry with Ginny, Hermione, Neville, Ron, and Luna, and wants to fight the Death Eaters and kill Lord Voldemort • Ginny Weasley – is a member of the D. A., a friend of Harry’s, and goes to the Ministry with Harry, Hermione, Neville, Ron, and Luna • Ron Weasley – is a member of the D. A., a friend of Harry’s, and goes to the Ministry with Harry, Ginny, Hermione, Neville, and Luna • Arthur Weasley – is a member of the Order of the Phoenix and gets attacked when he is guarding the weapon by Voldemort in snake form • Hermione Granger – is a member of the D. A., a friend of Harry’s, and goes to the Ministry with Harry, Ginny, Neville, Ron, and Luna • Neville Longbottom – is a member of the D. A., a friend of Harry’s, and goes to the Ministry with Harry, Ginny, Hermione, Ron, and Luna

5. Characters(cont.) Sirius Black • Luna Lovegood, - is a member of the D. A., a friend of Harry’s, and goes to the Ministry with Harry, Ginny, Hermione, Neville, and Ron • Albus Dumbledore – is a member of the Order of the Phoenix, a friend of Harry’s, and the Headmaster of Hogwarts • Sirius Black – is a member of the Order of the Phoenix, Harry’s godfather, and gets killed during the fight between the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters • Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody – is a member of the Order of the Phoenix and a friend of Harry’s • Remus Lupin – is a member of the Order of the Phoenix, a friend of Harry’s, and a werewolf • Professor Severus Snape – is a member of the Order of the Phoenix and teaches Potions at Hogwarts and Occlumency to Harry • Professor Dolores Umbridge – is a servant of Fudge, the High Inquisitor and the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts, and a supporter of Voldemort • Lord Voldemort – is Tom Marvolo Riddle and the darkest and most bad gone wizard of all

6. Plot dementor • Harry gets attacked by dementors sent by the Ministry • Harry learns that Voldemort is after something that he did not have before, such as a weapon used to kill Harry • Dolores Umbridge becomes the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to reassure that students do not believe that the Dark Lord has returned • Harry’s mind gets invaded by Voldemort so that Harry comes to fight Voldemort • Harry fights the Death Eaters at the Ministry of Magic and escapes without being killed, but Sirius does not, who is killed by his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange

7. Conflict/Resolution • Light vs. Dark • Conflict: The Dark wants to use Harry’s prophecy to kill him and the Light wants to stop the Dark from getting and using the prophecy • Resolution: The Dark and the Light fight at the Ministry and the prophecy is broken during the fight and the Dark does not hear it • Believers vs. Non-believers • Conflict: The Ministry (non-believers) wants Defense Against the Dark Arts taught in a safe, risk free way because the Minister does not believe that Voldemort has returned and Dumbledore, Harry, and his friends (believers) want Defense Against the Dark Arts taught normally because they want to be able to defend themselves against Voldemort • Resolution: Harry and his friends form the D. A. (Dumbledore’s Army) so people who want to learn how to defend themselves can

8. Theme • The theme of this story is do not always try to be the hero of everything • This is the theme because when Voldemort invades Harry’s mind, he knows that Harry will try to save Sirius by coming to the Ministry and it will make it easier for Voldemort to kill Harry

9. Personal Book Review I thought Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was awesome. I could have read it many times over and over again and would have never got tired of reading. The action never stops coming. There are spots where you are left hanging, thinking about what is going to happen next. This book inspired me to be the best person I can be. All in all, this book was spectacular. I recommend this book to mature readers.