In Sorcerer’s Stone
and Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling
does a magnificent job at keeping you on the edge of your book, as I call it.
You constantly want more information than given. Which causes you to cook up
your own thoughts on the matter at hand. For instance, in Chamber of Secrets the conversations that Harry, Ron and Hermione
have about who opened it up makes you think that it was possibly Draco Malfoy
due to them believing he is the heir of Slytherin. Since I, like most readers,
am on Harry’s side they believe it to have been Draco. But then when Harry and
the rest of Hogwarts find out that he is a Parselmouth, the student’s start to
second guess him and think that he is the heir of Slytherin who opened up
Chamber of Secrets and is out to get certain people.
With all these different events happening with not a lot of
details, you begin to be determined to figure out who it is and what all is
happening in the book. But J.K. Rowling does so well with not giving too much
away. So you believe what you think is true then when you find out the full
truth with all the details your jaw drops. Like mine did when I found out that
Ginny was the one who opened up Chamber of Secrets. In reality it was Ginny but
she was tricked by Tom Riddle, aka Voldemort and his journal into opening it
up.
By raising an expectation and then failing to fulfill it you
are able to see the beauty in the plot of the story and the writing of the
author. For instance, when students at Hogwarts were thinking Harry was the
heir of Slytherin you were able to see at the end that things are not always
what they may seem. When Dumbledore explains to Harry about him having some of
Voldemorts powers from the night he gave him the scar it made you look at the
previous readings in such a different way. So, perspective truly is everything.
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