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  1. Jan 1, 2001 · Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2), J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets begins when Harry is spending a miserable summer with his only remaining family, the Dursleys. During a dinner party hosted by his uncle and aunt, Harry is visited by Dobby, a house-elf.

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    • Addressing Discrimination and Slavery
    • Free Will, Determinism, and Identity
    • Tom Riddle’s Diary and Manipulation
    • Dealing with Fame

    One major triumph of ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets‘ is its open criticism and illustration of discrimination. While the first book is heavily involved in world-building and keeping its repute as a kid’s book for entertainment, this book delves right into the struggle of being discriminated against when it introduces Salazar Slytherin’s c...

    ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets‘ has a very interesting argument that questions the nature of identity. It delves deeply into the human condition and its struggles and alludes to the constant doubt that we all possess about our lives – Do we exist for a reason, or do we create reason as long as we exist? It is famously known as the debate ...

    Manipulation has always been a major difficulty to oversee. When people are in power or have enough resources to create an elusive reality, they tend to make other people believe what they want them to believe. Tom Riddle’s diary is a major example of manipulative entities. It could be powerful governments, excessively capitalistic companies, media...

    Harry Potter is undoubtedly one of the most famous wizards in all of Great Britain. However, he is not someone who seeks attention. He even faces a lot of challenges dealing with too much fame and attention. But as soon as Gilderoy Lockhart graces his presence in this book, we are treated with a very different representation of fame. Lockhart is ve...

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    • Harry begins displaying signs that he’s a Horcrux. A major part of the series and an especially dramatic reveal in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is that Harry is one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes.
    • Chamber of Secrets gives us our first introduction to Voldemort as a character. Harry first learns about Voldemort and his role in Harry’s life in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, a year before Chamber of Secrets.
    • Harry gets his first taste of the public’s flip-flopping opinion of him. A theme that follows Harry around throughout the books is a difficult relationship with the public and their flip-flopping feelings about him.
    • Gilderoy Lockhart – need I say more? Ah, Lockhart. Quirrell was mysterious, Lupin was wonderful, Umbridge was horrible, and Snape was, well, Snape. Of all the Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers Harry had while attending Hogwarts, Lockhart was one of the most memorable, if only for his complete incompetence as a teacher and his laugh-out-loud moments of self-indulgence.
  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the second novel in the Harry Potter series. The plot follows Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, during which a series of messages on the walls of the school's corridors warn that the "Chamber of Secrets" has been opened and that the "heir of Slytherin" would ...

    • J. K. Rowling, Klaus Fritz
    • 1998
  3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets‘ J. K. Rowling is a significantly different book than its predecessor in that it tackles a lot of strong and politically charged themes. After ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,‘ this book delves deeper into the world of magic and brings into the spotlight the struggles and unequal treatment of different magical beings as well as the ...

  4. Jun 1, 1999 · Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets by J.K Rowling, review The sequel to The Sorcerer's Stone is just as magical and thrilling as the first, and from there it keeps getting better and better. The new characters, exciting plot twists and valuable lessons just make you want to turn the page again and again, until you reach the very end of the book.

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  6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Summary. Spoiler Alert: Important details of the novel are revealed below ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets‘ by J. K. Rowling begins with Harry’s ‘Solitary Confinement’ as punishment for dropping the pudding on Uncle Vernon’s guests, something Harry didn’t do.

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