Name: 叶铭竹Class: 高二（2））Date: 2016.8.9 Title of the book: Harry Potter and The Chamber Of SecretsChapter_1___● Well-written sentencesNo cards, no presents, and he would be spending the evening pretending not to exist. He gazed miserably into the hedge. He had never felt so lonely.●Main ideaToday is Harry’s 12th birthday. Not only have the Dursleys ignored it, they are focused on a dinner party to be given for a business prospect of Uncle Vernon's that night. Harry is expected to sit silently in his room during the party.Just as Harry is remembering his narrow escape from Lord V oldemort last year at Hogwarts, he sees two enormous green eyes in the hedge!! They disappear just as Dudley waddles over to tease Harry about his birthday. Harry scares Dudley by pretending to cast a spell, but is punished by Aunt PetuniaFinally Harry is given a pitiful meal of bread and cheese and sent upstairs just as the doorbell rings. Harry turns to collapse on his bed, only to find someone sitting on it!!! Chapter_2___● Well-written sentencesThe creature slipped off the bed and bowed so low that the end of its long, thin nose touched the carpet. Harry noticed that it was wearing what looked like an old pillowcase, with rips for arm- andleg-holes.●Main ideaOn the bed is a strange creature named Dobby, a house-elf. He is bound to serve one wizard family forever unless the family sets him free. t Dobby has come to warn Harry that he mustn’t return to Hogwarts. There is a dark plot that would put Harry in mortal danger.Harry won’t promise to quit Hogwarts, so Dobby tips over Aunt Petunia’s fancy dessert and disappears.Uncle Vernon locks Harry in his room around the clock. After several days, Harry dreams of being caged in a zoo. When he wakes, he looks out the window to see Ron staring in!Chapter_3___● Well-written sentencesFor a split second, Uncle Vernon stood framed in the doorway; then he let out a bellow like an angry bull and dived at Harry, grabbing him by the ankle.Ron, Fred, and George seized Harry's arms and pulled as hard as they could.●Main ideaRon and his brothers Fred and George are hovering outside Harry’s window in an enchanted old car. Harry barely manages to escape.They arrive at Ron’s jumbled old house – the Burrow. This is Harry’s first visit to a wizard house, and he loves all the cool and bizarre things.Ron’s little sister Ginny is awestruck by Harry.Chapter_4● Well-written sentencesShe nodded, blushing to the roots of her flaming hair, and put her elbow in the butter dish. Fortunately no one saw this except Harry, because just then Ron's elder brother Percy walked in.●Main ideaTo get to Diagon Alley, Harry is introduced to floo powder. Harry chokes on ash, spins very fast, is deafened by a loud roar, and finally falls out into a wizard’s shop devoted to the Dark Arts. Harry is rescued from a dodgy witch in the alley by Hagrid and then meets up with Hermione and the Weasleys.At the bookstore Gilderoy Lockhart, a vain celebrity wizard, is signing his books. He dragsHarry up for a press photo, then announces that he will be the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. Draco taunts Harry, and then Lucius Malfoy taunts Arthur Weasley. The adults get in a fight which Hagrid breaks up.Chapter_5● Well-written sentencesWith an earsplitting bang of metal on wood, they hit the thick tree trunk and dropped to the ground with a heavy jolt. Steam was billowing from under the crumpled hood; Hedwig was shrieking in terror; a golf-ball-size lump was throbbing on Harry's head where he had hit the windshield; and to his right, Ron let out a low, despairing groan.●Main ideaSummer comes to an end, and Harry and the Weasleys arrive at platform nine and three-quarters for the Hogwarts train. Everyone gets through the barrier except Harry and Ron, who run into solid wall and miss the train.They take the Weasley’s car and fly toward Hogwarts. They nosedive toward the castle wall, swerve out over the grounds, and finally crash into a tree – a tree that fights back. Professor Snape takes them to his dungeon office and informs them that they are in deep trouble because several Muggles saw the flying car. After a stern lecture, Dumbled ore says they aren’t expelled -- this time. After some food they are sent to their dorm. Hermione and Percy are both very upset with them.Chapter_6● Well-written sentencesHarry had only just started his porridge when, sure enough, there was a rushing sound overhead and a hundred or so owls streamed in, circling the hall and dropping letters and packages into the chattering crowd.●Main ideaThe next morning as Harry is sitting with his friends at breakfast, Ron receives something called a Howler in the mail. In the afternoon, Harry meets his own fan, a young boy named Colin Creevey whois enamored with Harry. Later, in Lockhart's class, he gives the students a test on his books. Then Lockhart teaches a lesson on pixies, and Lockhart can't even manage his own lesson. The class ends with Harry and Ron criticizing Lockhart's teaching, and Hermione standing up for him.Chapter_7● Well-written sentencesAll seven of them held out their broomsticks. Seven highly polished, brand-new handles and seven sets of fine gold lettering spelling the words Nimbus Two Thousand and One gleamed under the Gryffindors' noses in the early morning sun.●Main ideaHarry is dealing with the stresses of school and looking forward to the weekend. As the team practices,the Slytherins show up. It turns out that Draco is their new seeker. Draco bullies members of the Gryffindor team, and Ron ends up on the bad end of a spell. As Harry and Hermione rush him off to Hagrid, they see Lockhart talking to Hagrid who offers them some refreshments and shows them his garden of pumpkins. McGonagall tells Harry that he will be serving his detention with Lockhart. As Harry helps him with his fan mail, he hears a whispering voice talking about killing. Lockhart doesn't hear anything, and the chapter closes with Harry and his friends wondering about what Harry heard.Chapter_8● Well-written sentencesThe rest of Harry's sentence was drowned out by a high-pitched mewling from somewhere near his ankles. He looked down and found himself gazing into a pair of lamp-like yellow eyes. It was Mrs. Norris, the skeletal gray cat who was used by the caretaker, Argus Filch, as a sort of deputy in his endless battle against students.●Main ideaHarry runs into Nick , and Nick tells him that he will be having a 500th deathday party. On Halloween, Harry, Ron, and Hermione go to Nick's Deathday party in the dungeon. They mingle with the ghosts for a while, then Harry hears the whispering voice again, saying "time to kill." They run to the hall, and they find Mrs. Norris the cat hanging, dead, near words that read, "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir, Beware."Chapter_9● Well-written sentencesMyrtle gave a tragic sob, rose up in the air, turned over, and dived headfirst into the toilet, splashing water all over them and vanishing from sight, although from the direction of her muffled sobs, she had come to rest somewhere in the U-bend.●Main ideaWhen a very upset Filch arrives, he accuses Harry of murdering Mrs. Norris. During the next few days, Hermione tries to remember what she's heard about the legend of the Chamber of Secrets. In class, she knows Salazar Slytherin built a hidden chamber in the school that was sealed until an heir would unseal it. The students begin their own detective work, and discover that the message about the chamber is near a women's bathroom that is inhabited by the ghost Moaning Myrtle. They also begin to suspect that Malfoy is the heir of Slytherin. The students come up with a plan to get some Polyjuice Potion that will disguise them as other people, so they can find out about Malfoy.Chapter_10● Well-written sentencesIt had started to rain; Harry felt heavy drops fall onto his face, splattering onto his glasses. He didn't have a clue what was going on in the rest of the game until he heard Lee Jordan, who was commentating, say, "Slytherin lead, sixty points to zero.'●Main ideaThe three ask Lockhart for permission to take out the restricted book in the library on potions.They discovering that it will take them a month to prepare and gather all the hard to find ingredients. On Saturday, Harry plays in the the Quidditch match. During the game, it appears that someone has tampered with the bludger. It hits him and breaks his arm ,making him falls to the ground. That night Dobby shows up and admits the Bludger was his, to persuade Harry to go home. Dobby leaves when Dumbledore shows up at the infirmary with a Petrified Colin Creevey, who had been on his way to visit Harry in the infirmary. Dumbledore figures that this must mean the Chamber of Secrets has opened again, but there are many more questions than there are answers.Chapter_11● Well-written sentencesThe news that Colin Creevey had been attacked and was now lying as though dead in the hospital wing had spread through the entire school by Monday morning. The air was suddenly thick with rumor and suspicion.●Main ideaFear is sweeping the school. Harry creates a diversion in Potions class by making Goyle's potion explode while Hermione slipped into the storeroom and took the rest of the ingredients. They sign up for aDueling Club. Harry and Malfoy are partnered.Malfoy sets a snake on Harry, and Harry uses his talent for talking to snakes and tells it to stop. Everyone is shocked that he is a Parcelmouth, and they are afraid of him.Harry overhears a group of students in the library who suspect he is the Dark Wizard. As he storms off to find Justin and explain what really happened with the snake, he runs into a Petrified Justin and Nearly Headless Nick on the stairs. As everyone rushes to the victims, it appears that Harry is caught in the act.Chapter_12● Well-written sentencesHarry hesitated. He cast a wary eye around the sleeping witches and wizards on the walls. Surely it couldn't hurt if he took the hat down and tried it on again? Just to see ... just to make sure it had put him in the right House.●Main ideaOver Christmas, almost everyone leaves except Malfoy and his henchmen Crabbe and Goyle. On Christmas day Hermione tells them that the potion is ready, and after the Christmas feast, they drug Crabbe and Goyle and steal some hair. Hermione has hair from a Slytherin girl Millicient Bulstrode. Harry and Ron (as Crabbe and Goyle) find Malfoy.Malfoy makes fun of Colin, and wishes aloud that he knew who the heir was. He says his father won't tell him about the time 50 years ago when the chamber was opened. When the boys begin to change they run back to the bathroom to find Hermione was accidentally turned into a cat.Chapter_13● Well-written sentencesMoaning Myrtle was crying, if possible, louder and harder than ever before. She seemed to be hiding down her usual toilet. It was dark in the bathroom because the candles had been extinguished in the great rush of water that had left both walls and floor soaking wet.●Main ideaHermione stays in the hospital wing for a week while the potion wears off. Myrtle said someone threw a book at her. Harry picks up the book and finds it is a blank diary that belongs to T.M. Riddle, a name Ron recognizes as someone who won an award for service to the school 50 years ago. Hermione suspects that Riddle had something to do with the Chamber of Secrets. Alone, Harry tries writing in the diary, and the diary writes back! Tom Riddle brings Harry into his memory. Harry is thrown out of the memory and back into his dorm just as Ron enters. Harry quickly tells Ron that the boy Rubeus from the memory was Hagrid: Hagrid had opened the Chamber 50 years ago!Chapter_14● Well-written sentencesHarry smiled grimly to himself at the thought of what Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia would say if he tried to discuss his career in wizardry with them. Not that he didn't get any guidance: Percy Weasley was eager to share his experience.●Main ideaHarry returns to his room one day to find that someone has ransacked his things and stolen Riddle's diary. Hermione has an epiphany,so all extracurriculars are cancelled and students are carefully escorted everywhere by teachers. Harry takes out his Invisibility Cloak and Ron and him visit Hagrid, just as Hagrid gets a visit from Dumbledore, Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, and Lucius Malfoy. The government wants to remove Hagrid and replace Dumbledore with a government appointed headmaster.Dumbledore agrees to step down, but Hagrid is more reluctant. He tells them that if anyone wants to know anything, they should follow the spiders. As they all leave Hagrid's hut, Ron and Harry have a sinking feeling that more attacks will happen with Dumbledore gone.Chapter_15● Well-written sentencesSummer was creeping over the grounds around the castle; sky and lake alike turned periwinkle blue and flowers large as cabbages burst into bloom in the greenhouses. But with no Hagrid visible from the castle windows, striding the grounds with Fang at his heels, the scene didn't look right to Harry; no better, in fact, than the inside of the castle, where things were so horribly wrong.●Main ideaWith Dumbledore gone, the school is terrified. Harry notices some spiders heading into the Forbidden Forest. Later that night they put on the invisibility cloak again to sneak out and go into the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid's dog, Fang. Harry tell Aragog that they are friends of Hagrid, who is in trouble. Aragog explains that everyone thought he was from the Chamber, but that was a monster, not him, because he would not kill in the school out of respect for Hagrid. Harry and Ron sneak back into the castle, and think about what this means -- the monster is so terrible that not even other monsters will speak it's name. Harry comes to a realization about the murdered girl: it is Moaning Myrtle!Chapter_16● Well-written sentencesLockhart, who had so often assured them that all danger had passed, only to be proved wrong right away, was now wholeheartedly convinced that it was hardly worth the trouble to see them safely down the corridors. His hair wasn't as sleek as usual; it seemed he had been up most of the night, patrolling the fourth floor.●Main ideaHermione has a paper in her hand that talks about the Basilisk, the King of Serpents. Hermione has written "pipes" below it, and Harry realizes that the snake was traveling through the pipes, and that his how Harry was hearing the voice. Ginny Weasley has been taken by the heir into the chamber. Harry and Ron run to Lockhart, who is supposed to fight the monster. Lockhart is packing up to leave, and admits that he didn't do anything that was written in his books. They drag him to Moaning Myrtle.Harry finds the passage and opens it using Parceltongue. They find a snakeskin and Lockhart tries to escape, and in doing so blasts the tunnel, separating Harry and Ron. Harry continues on alone.Chapter_17● Well-written sentencesSomething huge hit the stone floor of the Chamber. Harry felt it shudder - he knew what was happening, he could sense it, could almost see the giant serpent uncoiling itself from Slytherin's mouth. Then he heard Riddle's hissing voice: "Kill him."●Main ideaIn the Chamber, Harry finds Ginny, still alive, but unresponsive. Tom Riddle steps out of the darkness and Harry asks for his help. Tom, a memory from the diary, has been corresponding with Ginny through his diary. Tom gained power over Ginny and used her to open the Chamber of Secrets. Riddle tells him "I am Lord V oldemort." Fawkes, the phoenix, flies in and drops the sorting hat. Riddle calls the Basilisk, and the phoenix pokes out the snake's eyes. Harry fights but is bitten by the poisonous snake right before he kills it. Harry plunges the Basilisk fang into Riddle's diary, and Riddle disappears. Ginny wakes up, and they leave the chamber, finding Ron and a confused Lockhart outside. Fawkes flies them through the pipe back to Myrtle's bathroom, and they run to McGonagall's office.Chapter_18● Well-written sentencesThere was a loud bang, and Mr. Malfoy was thrown backward. He crashed down the stairs, three at a time, landing in a crumpled heap on the landing below. He got up, his face livid, and pulled out his wand, but Dobby raised a long, threatening finger.●Main ideaIn the office, Harry tells the Weasleys, McGonagall, and Dumbledore everything that happened. Ginny is sent to the hospital wing, where the petrified patients are being dosed with mandrake juice and are waking up. Harry and Ron are given "Special Awards for Services to the School" and a feast is to be held to celebrate. Then Lucius Malfoy walks in, with Dobby behind him. Lucius is angry that Dumbledore is back, and Harry realizes that Lucius gave the diary to Ginny in Flourish and Botts. He denies it. Hogwarts celebrates, and the students head home for the summer.The whole book●Draw the relationship between the main characters.● Brief summary of the plot:This year at Hogwarts, spiders talk, letters scold and harry's own unsettling ability to speak to snakes turns his friends against him. From dueling clubs to rogue Bludgers, it's a year of adventure and danger when bloody writing on a wall announces: 'The Chamber of Secrets has been opened". To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage. Tom Riddle comes to life, and he's the 16 year old V oldemort. Ginny opened the Chamber of Secrets though not of her free will as she was being possessed by Riddle (V oldemort.) Harry destroys the memory of Riddle by stabbing the basilisk tooth through the diary. Lockhart is a really a fraud and he loses his memory and ends up in St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. Dobby belongs to Lucius Malfoy, and Harry tricks Lucius into setting Dobby free.● Book review:Professor Dumbledore presents the all-important message of the Harry Potter series: "it is our choices ...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities". Starting in this novel, I being to realize that though Harry and V oldemort have a lot of in common, it is their choices that define them and make them truly different.Choice is vital to determining a person's character.Yet, while we admire this theme, we also realize that there are lots of limitations on people's choices that they can't control. For example, Harry can't choose not to face V oldemort because V oldemort won't let him. Even when Harry isn't looking for V oldemort at Hogwarts, he still encounters him by chance thanks to a cursed diary in Ginny Weasley's hands. So the question of choice versus fate is a bit more ambiguous than Professor Dumbledore's idealistic statement might make it seem.。
