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How does the change of setting for the beginning of this book affect the tone of the book? Why do you think Rowling departed from the expected setting for the beginning? Characterization Discuss how this affects your appreciation of the books.īook 4, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, opens in Tom Riddle, Sr.'s parents' home, unlike the previous three books which opened in the Dursley's home.
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The world of Hogwarts is not entirely separated from the everyday "muggle" world, but is more a magical world-within-a-world, a world that exists in the real world, although ordinary people are unaware of it. In another way, though, the Harry Potter books are a mixture of these two styles. Compare these with other works that take place entirely in a fantasy world, such as The Prydain Chronicles and The Hobbit. What other fantasies follow this same pattern? Consider classics such as Peter Pan and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. In a way, Rowling follows the classic fantasy formula of beginning each book in the real world (the Dursleys' home), moving into the fantasy world (Hogwarts School), and then returning to the real world (the Dursleys again). "You place too much importance.on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!" ( The Goblet of Fire, p.
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