Cas Schellekens | ELC | TA2B | 12-11-2019

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of

Azkaban
Author

JK Rowling

Information about the author

JK Rowling was born on 31st July 1965. She has won multiple awards with the Harry Potter series. It is
the best-selling book series in history.

Fiction – Non-fiction?

The book is Fiction, because the things that happen in the book can’t happen in real life.

Genres

Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Novel

Themes

Education, Revenge, Deception, Friendship, Innocence, Jealousy, Self-Discovery, Hatred

Plot

It all started at Harry’s house. Harry lives with his aunt and uncle since his parents died. At the house,
he lives with his uncle Vernon, his aunt Petunia, and his nephew Dudley. This summer, his aunt
Marge came to visit their house. Aunt Marge said something not nice to Harry, so he got mad. When
he got mad, Aunt Marge slowly blew up. Harry was so angry he walked away from his house. Then he
almost got ran over by a bus called The Knight Bus. The bus brought him to London where he stayed
at the Leaky Cauldron. At the 1st of September, he went back to Hogwarts, his magic school. When he
was on the train to Hogwarts, the train suddenly stopped. It was getting very cold and after some
minutes, there came a dementor inside the train. A dementor is a dark creature and they are the
guards of Azkaban, a prison for wizards. The dementor attacked Harry and Harry fainted. When Harry
was back again, he was helped by a man who was a new teacher. In Harry’s first lesson of Care of
Magical Creatures, he flew on the back of a Hippogriff, which is a fable animal. At the end of the
book, Harry, Ron and Hermione went to Hagrid’s house, because the Hippogriff was getting
executed. They visited him and went away. Then Ron’s rat Scabbers escaped from his pocket, but
Ron caught him. Then, a black dog came, and he bit in Ron’s leg and took him with him to a big
punching tree called the Whomping Willow. There was an entrance in the roots. Harry and Hermione
followed Ron and the black dog. At the end of the tunnel, there was a house where the dog turned
into Sirius Black, a man who escaped from Azkaban. When they got out, there was also a teacher
who turned into a werewolf because it was full moon. Sirius fought with him and he was laying at the
lake. Then there came many dementors to catch Sirius Black and Harry tried to save him, but he
fainted. When Harry, Ron and Hermione were in the hospital wing, Harry and Hermione went back in
time to do better.
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Subplot

In this story, most of the time the sub characters are with the main character. So, there is not much
to say in the subplot. Sometimes, Ron and Hermione go to Hogsmeade, which is a small town near
Hogwarts. Harry couldn’t go there because his uncle and aunt didn’t sign a form. When Harry and
Hermione go back in time, they first go to Hagrid’s house to save the Hippogriff. After that, they
taunt to the werewolf to save Sirius. They must run away because the werewolf goes after them.
They get saved by the Hippogriff. Then they go to the lake to save Sirius and Harry. At last, they fly
with the Hippogriff to the tower where Sirius is being kept. They save him and Harry is very happy
that they saved him. Then Sirius can fly away on the Hippogriff. Harry and Hermione come back in
the hospital wing just at the right time.

Characters

 Harry Potter is brave, confident and stubborn.

 Hermione is intelligent, studious and sometimes she is a bit arrogant.
 Ron is self-confident, happy and clumsy