Continuing on to the fourth book in the series, I have been
re-reading and re-watching the Harry Potter series, after more than a decade,
from a different perspective. I’m much
older and one would hope, wiser. I also wanted to re-read the series for more details of the much overshadowed
Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff houses.
I first came across the Harry Potter series right as the
Book Four was coming out. My younger
cousin had the first two books with him, the weekend my dad and stepmom got
married. I finished both in no time,
found the third book and was all set when the fourth book came out later that
year. Interestingly, the beginning of
Book Four does a good job of describing the past plot-lines in the first few
chapters, making it seem as though it was designed to bring in new readers
right away, setting them up to understand the story, and letting them read the
first three books at another time, if they chose to do so.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire gets right into the trio’s
growing pains and we experience Ron, Harry and Hermione going through the ugly emotions of
jealousy, fear, isolation, awkwardness, and unrequited love. This book also established the pattern of a
heart-breaking death for each of the remaining books in the series. Book Four launches head-long into puberty and
emerges on the other side more mature due to darker themes.
As always, spoilers ahead.
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