shén shān、 shēn jǐng、 dì 'èr tōng dào、 A dà duì、 wáng tài suì、 shǐ yuán tǐ …… zhè xiē shén mì zǔ zhì zhī jiān yòu zhe yī zhǒng mǒ bù diào de guǐ yì lián xì。 dì sān gè zǔ zhì chū xiàn liǎo， wǒ bù zhī dào jiāng huì zhuì luò hé chù， wǒ de rén shēng yě xǔ zǎo yǐ bèi rén shè jì， shèn zhì shì wǒ de líng hún…… ér wǒ shì shuí， shuí yòu shì wǒ？ wèishénme yào ràng wǒ liǎo jiě dào zhè yī qiē？ wǒ shēng cún de mùdì dào dǐ shì shénme？ wǒ shì tú gěi wǒ zì jǐ yī gè shén shān wèishénme yào zhè me zuò de jiě shì， dàn shì hěn kuài jiù wú suǒ wèi qǐ lái， shēng hé sǐ de jiè xiàn yě mó hú liǎo qǐ lái， wǒ běn lái jiù shì “ wú ”， hé bì qù xiǎng“ yòu” de shì qíng ní？ wǒ xiàn zài shì shén， hái shì yī gè rén？ wǒ shì shuí， shuí yòu shì wǒ？
cóng bù tóng de wén zì， yǔ zhòng bù tóng de qíng gǎn， yǔ zhòng bù tóng de qíng jié， yǔ zhòng bù tóng de jié gòu dài gěi nǐ yī gè yǔ zhòng bù tóng de jiāng hú。 guān yú 'ài， guān yú shēng mìng， guān yú zì yóu， guān yú lǐ xiǎng， guān yú pò miè， guān yú gū dú…… běn shū shǒu cì yòng dì yī rén chēng de xù shì fāng fǎ， fēn bié xì nì shēn kè de kè huà liǎo liù míng chuán qí rén wù sè cǎi bān lán de jiāng hú shēng huó。
zhǐ yòu shēngzhǎng zài jiào táng mù dì lǐ de qián má， cái kě yǐ jiù nǐ de qiáo dé 'ān sēn， nǐ dé cǎi jí tā men， tā men huì bǎ nǐ de shǒu shāo dé qǐ pào， nǐ dé yòng chì luǒ de shuāng jiǎo bǎ zhè xiē qián má cǎi suì， yú shì nǐ kě yǐ dé chū má lái， nǐ kě yǐ bǎ tā men cuō chéng xiàn， zhì chū cháng xiù de kuī jiá， pī dào yě tiān 'é shēn shàng， tā shēn shàng de mó lì jiù kě yǐ jiě chú。 cóng nǐ kāi shǐ nà gè gōng zuò kāi shǐ yī zhí dào nǐ wán chéng de shí hòu， jí shǐ zhè quán bù de gōng zuò xū yào yī nián de shí jiān， nǐ yě bù kě yǐ shuō yī jù huà， nǐ shuō chū yī gè zì， jiù huì xiàng yī bǎ fēng lì de duǎn jiàn cì jìn tā de xīn lǐ， suǒ yòu nǐ zuò de yī qiē， dū huì qián gōng jìn qì。 tā de shēng mìng shì xuán zài nǐ shé jiān shàng de。
qīng cháo mò qī， shēn tōng yì lǐ de qí nǚ zǐ lǜ jiāo jiāo kè jū guǎng zhōu， lì yòng zì jǐ de jiā chuán jué xué yīn yáng fēng shuǐ shù suàn mìng móu shēng。 dàn bù jiǔ， tū rán chū xiàn de guān fǔ zhōng rén sōu fān liǎo tā de zhù suǒ， ér tā zuò guān de gē gē yòu zài tóng yī shí kè bù qǐng zì lái， jìn 'ér lǜ jiāo jiāo fā xiàn， tā jìng bèi yī gè méi yòu liǎn kǒng de guài rén mì mì gēn zōng liǎo liǎng nián zhī jiǔ！ wèile duǒ bì guān fǔ de jiū chán， lǜ jiāo jiāo tóng zì jǐ de yì guó qíng rén tà shàng táo wáng zhī lǚ。 tōu kuī， jì yú， jié shā， àn suàn…… yī qiē de máo tóu dōuzhǐ xiàng liǎo yī gè shén mì de jiā chuán zhì bǎo héng héng《 lóng jué》。 tiān xià dì yī de fēng shuǐ shù qí shū， jìng kě zuǒ yòu huáng cháo de gēngtì tiān xià de xīng wáng！
mò mín chū， shēn huái jiā chuán fēng shuǐ jué xué de qí nǚ zǐ lǜ jiāo jiāo， zài guǎng dōng bèi guān fǔ tōng jī héng héng suǒ yòu máo tóu dū zhí zhǐ kě yǐ hàn dòng mǎn qīng jiāng shān de fēng shuǐ qí shū《 lóng jué》； pò shǐ tā bù dé bù běi shàng jiāng xī lǎo jiā。 yī lù shàng lǜ jiāo jiāo xié yì guó nán yǒu zhì pò miè mén cǎn 'àn、 jì qín fēng shuǐ xié shī wán dé bù yì lè hū， kě shì， dāng dǐ dá jiā xiāng shí què fā xiàn wǎng rì ruò dà de jiā yè yǐ bèi shāo chéng yī piàn fèi xū…… yú shì， yīcháng fēng shuǐ shī yǔ fēng shuǐ shī zhī jiān de míng zhēng 'àn dǒu kāi shǐ liǎo。
lì shǐ fēng yān zhōng nà gè jiào zuò“ tài píng tiān guó” de shí dài， guǒ xié bīng fǎ、 yīn yáng、 fēng shuǐ、 shā chǎng， dài zhe rén xìng de cán rěn yǔ zhēn shàn， hào dàng cháng gē， pū miàn 'ér lái。 gù shì fā zhǎn dào zhè lǐ， wǒ men jīng jué， zhè bù zài shì yī běn dān chún de xiǎo shuō héng héng zhè shì yī běn tàn zhī lì shǐ、 kān cè rén xīn， diǎn pò sī shā zhēng zhú gòu xīn dǒu jiǎo de shí yòng shǒu cè！ lì shǐ zài zhè lǐ fēng yún biàn huàn； rén xīn zài zhè lǐ lín lí jìn zhì； shèng bài， zài zhè lǐ bèi qīng qīng bō zhuǎn、 qián kūn lì xiàn！ xīn sī bǎi mì bì yòu yī shū， xiān sī yī bù jí kě néng zhǎng wò qián kūn diān dǎo yīn yáng， màn xíng yī zhāo， jiù kě néng bèi rén zhǎng wò shēng sǐ zhuā zhù mìng mài！ lǎo bù dú sān guó， shǎo bù dú shuǐ hǔ héng héng zài shāng zài zhèng zài zhí chǎng， bù kě bù dú zhǎn lóng！
wǔ rì fā yáng xíng jīng xiàn“ cáng shé fēi dú” fēng shuǐ shā rén jú， hóng mén yòu xiāng yòu xuān xiān shēng、 fēng shuǐ xié shī zhào jiàn xiàn shēn guǎng zhōu shí sān xíng， tóng shí， yīng zhōu xiǎo chéng chū xiàn 'ān lóng 'ér yīháng rén de xíng zōng…… zhè yī qiē kàn sì qiǎo hé de bèi hòu jiū jìng zhé fú zhe tiān mìng de xuán jī hái shì tào dié de yīn móu？ wèile zì yóu 'ér zhuī qiú jí zhì lì liàng de lǜ jiāo jiāo néng fǒu zhèng tuō qīng yuán shān diān fù qīn wéi tā qīn shǒu bù xià de sù mìng？ guān fù yuán zhí de 'ān qīng yuán zuì zhōng néng fǒu zhēn de kào zhǎn lóng xié shù chéng jiù dà yè？ yǐn cáng zài cháng bái shān zhōng de qīng cháo lóng mài， dàngzhēn néng zuǒ yòu tiān xià cāng shēng de mìng yùn？ shēn fù zhǎn lóng shǐ mìng de 'ān lóng 'ér、 shāng xīn lí kāi de jié kè、 dǎ kāi liù shí shén tōng de sūn cún zhēn、 yī wàn liǎng huáng jīn mǎi xià dà qīng jiāng shān de hóng xuān jiāo、 shén xiāo xiá dào dèng yáo， yǐ jí 'ān wèi qiū、 ān qīng yuǎn、 gù sī wén、 cài yuè、 ā tú gé gé…… tā men de sù mìng bèi guǒ xié zài lì shǐ fēng yān zhōng， zuì hòu yī cì， zhǎn kāi yú zhè gè wǔ tái。
liáng hǎo de jiā shì hé tiān shēng cōng huì wǔ mèi de qì zhì， ràng nǚ zhù rén gōng huá líng duì wèi lái de rén shēng chōng mǎn liǎo mèng huàn de xiàng wǎng。 zhè yě zhù dìng liǎo tā shì yī gè jiāng yào bǐ bié rén fēi dé gèng gāo de ##。 rán 'ér， bùqiè shí jì de qīng chūn qī xǔ jiù xiàng wāng yáng dà hǎi zhōng de yī yè piānzhōu， tā bèi suì yuè de dà cháo bù duàn dì pāo xiàng mìng yùn de bō fēng
hēi。 máng rén yī yàng de hēi。 tiān dì hóng huāng、 hùn dùn wèi kāi yī yàng de hēi。
hēi 'àn zhōng yòu xǔ duō shēng yīn chóngdié zài yī qǐ： fēng“ wū wū” dì kū qì， hé shuǐ yōu yān dì liú tǎng， xiǎo guǐ shuǎi dòng biān shāo qū gǎn wáng hún de shēng yīn…… qióng míng shēng、 niǎo tí shēng， yuǎn yuǎn dì hái yòu qī lì de cǎn jiào shēng， xiàng láng yòu xiàng hǔ， bù zhī shì shénme yě shòu， yě xǔ shì rén。
nà me duō de huā hún niǎo hún， kāi shí shū yǐng héng xié， sǐ hòu 'àn xiāng fú dòng。 wú yán zǒu zài hé 'àn biān 'ér shàng， xún zhe sǐ méi guī de fēn fāng， tīng zhe dù juān hún de wūyè， què kàn bù dào rèn hé guāng liàng。
hēi 'àn zhōng yòu xǔ duō shēng yīn chóngdié zài yī qǐ： fēng“ wū wū” dì kū qì， hé shuǐ yōu yān dì liú tǎng， xiǎo guǐ shuǎi dòng biān shāo qū gǎn wáng hún de shēng yīn…… qióng míng shēng、 niǎo tí shēng， yuǎn yuǎn dì hái yòu qī lì de cǎn jiào shēng， xiàng láng yòu xiàng hǔ， bù zhī shì shénme yě shòu， yě xǔ shì rén。
nà me duō de huā hún niǎo hún， kāi shí shū yǐng héng xié， sǐ hòu 'àn xiāng fú dòng。 wú yán zǒu zài hé 'àn biān 'ér shàng， xún zhe sǐ méi guī de fēn fāng， tīng zhe dù juān hún de wūyè， què kàn bù dào rèn hé guāng liàng。
bèi gōng zhù zá chéng qīng wā zhuàng de dǎo méi wáng zǐ lǐ 'ān zhé， jiǎn zhí bù néng xiāng xìn zì jǐ de 'ěr duǒ。 shénme？ zá tā de yuán yīn shì kàn jiàn tā jiù xiǎng tù！ shì jiè shàng hái yòu bǐ zhè gèng lìng rén jué dé chǐ rǔ de shì má， ǹg？
hǎo bā， bǎ wáng zǐ tù yī shēn yě jiù suàn liǎo， wèishénme lián dǎo huá hàn bīng dōuyào bǎ tā zhuàng fēi？ yào shuō yǎn qián zhè wèi pàng gōng zhù bù shì gù yì de， shuí xìn， ǹg？
hǎo bā hǎo bā， jiù suàn zhī qián dōushì gōng zhù tài mí hú， nà shuí lái gào sù tā， wèishénme zài shǔ yú tā de dì pán yì rán gāo zhōng， tā hái néng yī 'ér zài zài 'ér sān de yǔ tā xiá lù xiāng féng？
hǎo bā， bǎ wáng zǐ tù yī shēn yě jiù suàn liǎo， wèishénme lián dǎo huá hàn bīng dōuyào bǎ tā zhuàng fēi？ yào shuō yǎn qián zhè wèi pàng gōng zhù bù shì gù yì de， shuí xìn， ǹg？
hǎo bā hǎo bā， jiù suàn zhī qián dōushì gōng zhù tài mí hú， nà shuí lái gào sù tā， wèishénme zài shǔ yú tā de dì pán yì rán gāo zhōng， tā hái néng yī 'ér zài zài 'ér sān de yǔ tā xiá lù xiāng féng？
wú xīn shì gè nián qīng de huǒ jū dào shì。 dào fǎ gāo， xīn sī mǐn jié， suī rán yòu tān cái hàosè de máo bìng， dàn dà guān jié shàng hái shì wú kuī de。
qí shí zhèng zhí yuán mò， xié mó sì chù， gèng zāo gāo de shì， yòu rén wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn， dǎ suàn jù qí liù shén zhī lì jiě kāi chī yóu bēi de fēng yìn huò luàn tiān xià， ér qí zhōng de shǒu yào rén wù， jiù shì tā de shī fù， yě shì tā de shēng fù。
hǎo zài hái yòu zōng zhēn zhè yàng de qián bèi guān 'ài tā， wú niàn、 zhě lián wǔ zhè yàng de péng yǒu hé zhàn yǒu hé tā bìng jiān zuò zhàn， hái yòu yì guó hóng yán zhī jǐ suō lín nà xiāng bàn。 chī yóu bēi shì bì， tā de shēng fù hé zōng zhēn dū zài zuì hòu yī zhàn zhōng shēn sǐ， tā chàng rán chū hǎi， hù sòng suō lín nà huí guó。
qí shí zhèng zhí yuán mò， xié mó sì chù， gèng zāo gāo de shì， yòu rén wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn， dǎ suàn jù qí liù shén zhī lì jiě kāi chī yóu bēi de fēng yìn huò luàn tiān xià， ér qí zhōng de shǒu yào rén wù， jiù shì tā de shī fù， yě shì tā de shēng fù。
hǎo zài hái yòu zōng zhēn zhè yàng de qián bèi guān 'ài tā， wú niàn、 zhě lián wǔ zhè yàng de péng yǒu hé zhàn yǒu hé tā bìng jiān zuò zhàn， hái yòu yì guó hóng yán zhī jǐ suō lín nà xiāng bàn。 chī yóu bēi shì bì， tā de shēng fù hé zōng zhēn dū zài zuì hòu yī zhàn zhōng shēn sǐ， tā chàng rán chū hǎi， hù sòng suō lín nà huí guó。
wú xīn shì gè nián qīng de huǒ jū dào shì。 dào fǎ gāo， xīn sī mǐn jié， suī rán yòu tān cái hàosè de máo bìng， dàn dà guān jié shàng hái shì wú kuī de。
qí shí zhèng zhí yuán mò， xié mó sì chù， gèng zāo gāo de shì， yòu rén wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn， dǎ suàn jù qí liù shén zhī lì jiě kāi chī yóu bēi de fēng yìn huò luàn tiān xià， ér qí zhōng de shǒu yào rén wù， jiù shì tā de shī fù， yě shì tā de shēng fù。
qí shí zhèng zhí yuán mò， xié mó sì chù， gèng zāo gāo de shì， yòu rén wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn， dǎ suàn jù qí liù shén zhī lì jiě kāi chī yóu bēi de fēng yìn huò luàn tiān xià， ér qí zhōng de shǒu yào rén wù， jiù shì tā de shī fù， yě shì tā de shēng fù。
《 dào kě dào》 xì liè de zhùjué wú xīn， chū shēn zhèng yī jiào。 zhèng yī jiào shǔ dào jiào fú lù pài， yě jiù shì dōng hàn zhāng dào líng suǒ chuán de wǔ dǒu mǐ dào， lì dài dū yóu tiān shī zhí zhǎng， míng dài hào chēng tiān xià sān dà shì jiā， fèng yáng zhū shì guó xìng， qū fù kǒng shì zhì shèng xiān shī， jiāng xī zhāng jiù shì tiān shī miáo yì liǎo。 zhè yī pài dào shì dà duō bù jì hūn jiǔ jià qǔ， yīn cǐ yě bèi chēng wéi huǒ jū dào shì。 huǒ jū dào shì hé sú rén wú yì， kě hūn qǔ， píng shí jū jiā， xí chuī dǎ tánchàng， yù yòu sāngzàng děng shì， qún wǎng huà fú niàn zhòu， dǎo yǐn wáng líng。
gōng yuán 1592 nián shì fēng yún biàn huàn de yī nián，， zhèng zhì yīn móu， wáng cháo zhàn zhēng， fù zá gǎn qíng， yī xīn xiǎng zài míng cháo fā zhǎn zī běn zhù yì de shǐ chū shān zài zhuī qiú shèng lì yǔ róng yào de dào lù shàng yuè zǒu yuè yuǎn
běn piàn jiǎng shù de shì mó fǎ shī de hòu dài xiǎo nán hái hā lì bō tè de gù shì。 cóng xiǎo fù mǔ shuāng wáng de xiǎo nán hái hā lì bō tè shì mó fǎ shī de hòu dài。 tā de fù mǔ dōubèi yī gè mó fǎ jiè de huài wū shī suǒ shā， rán 'ér dāng huài wū shī yě qǐ tú shā sǐ hā lì bō tè shí què bèi yī zhǒng jù dà de lì liàng gěi zǔ zhǐ， hā lì bō tè yīn cǐ dé yǐ xìng cún。 zhī hòu tā yǔ 'ā yí yī jiā rén tóng zhù， ér qiě bèi sòng wǎng mó fǎ shī xué xiào jiù dú， fā shēng xǔ duō yòu qù yòu bù kě sī yì de jīng lì。
The book was published on 30 June 1997 by Bloomsbury in London, while in 1998 Scholastic Corporation published an edition for the United States market under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The novel won most of the UK book awards that were judged by children, and other awards in the USA. The book reached the top of the New York Times list of best-selling fiction in August 1999, and stayed near the top of that list for much of 1999 and 2000. It has been translated into several other languages and has been made into a feature-length film of the same name.
Most reviews were very favourable, commenting on Rowling's imagination, humour, simple, direct style and clever plot construction, although a few complained that the final chapters looked rushed. The writing has been compared to that of Jane Austen, one of Rowling's favourite authors, of Roald Dahl, whose works dominated children's stories before the appearance of Harry Potter, and of the Ancient Greek story-teller Homer. While some commentators thought the book looked backwards to Victorian and Edwardian boarding school stories, others thought it placed the genre firmly in the modern world by featuring contemporary ethical and social issues.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, along with the rest of the Harry Potter series, has been attacked by several religious groups and banned in some countries because of accusations that the novels promote witchcraft. However, some Christian commentators have written that the book exemplifies important Christian viewpoints, including the power of self-sacrifice and the ways in which people's decisions shape their personalities. Educators regard Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and its sequels as an important aid in improving literacy because of the books' popularity. The series has also been used as a source of object lessons in educational techniques, sociological analysis and marketing.
Synopsis
Plot
Just before the start of the novel, Voldemort, the most powerful evil wizard in living memory, killed Harry's parents but mysteriously vanished after trying to kill Harry. While the wizarding world is celebrating Voldemort's downfall, Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and Hagrid place the one year-old orphan in the care of his Muggle (non-wizard) aunt and uncle, Vernon and Petunia Dursley.
For ten years, they and their son Dudley bully Harry. Shortly before Harry's eleventh birthday, a series of letters arrive, addressed to Harry but destroyed by his uncle before Harry can read them. As a result, a torrent of letters pour into the house through every opening, however small, and to escape this, Vernon Dursley takes the family to a lonely island. As they are settling in, Hagrid bursts through the door to tell Harry what the Dursleys have kept from him: Harry is a wizard and has been accepted at Hogwarts for the coming year.
Hagrid takes Harry to Diagon Alley, a magically-concealed shopping precinct in London, where Harry is bewildered to discover how famous he is among wizards as "the boy who lived." He also finds that in the wizarding world he is quite wealthy, since a bequest from his parents has remained on deposit at Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Guided by Hagrid, he buys the books and equipment he needs for Hogwarts - and finds that the only wand that works well for him is effectively the twin of Voldemort's.
A month later, Harry leaves the Dursleys' home to catch the Hogwarts Express from King's Cross railway station. There he is befriended by the Weasley family, who show him how to pass through the magical wall to Platform 9¾, where the train is waiting. While on the train Harry makes friends with Ron Weasley, who tells him that someone tried to rob a vault at Gringotts. Another new pupil, Draco Malfoy, accompanied by his beefy but dim sidekicks Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, offers to advise Harry, but Harry dislikes Draco's arrogance and prejudices.
Before the term's first dinner in the school's Great Hall, the new pupils are allocated to houses by the magical Sorting Hat. The Hat assigns most pupils instantly – particularly when sending Draco, Crabbe and Goyle to Slytherin – but telepathically discusses with Harry about whether the boy's ambition would make Slytherin the best choice for him. When Harry silently but vehemently objects, the Hat sends him to join the Weasleys in Gryffindor. While Harry is eating, Professor Snape catches his eye and Harry feels a sudden stab of pain in the scar Voldemort left on his forehead, which fades as quickly.
After a traumatic first Potions lesson with Snape, Harry and Ron visit Hagrid, who lives in a rustic house on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. There they learn that the attempted robbery at Gringotts happened the day Harry was withdrawing money, and Harry remembers Hagrid removing a small package, emptying a vault that was later broken into and searched.
During the new pupils' first flying lesson, Neville Longbottom breaks his wrist and Draco takes advantage to throw the forgetful Neville's fragile Remembrall high in the air. Harry gives chase on his broomstick, catching the Remembrall inches from the ground. Professor McGonagall dashes out and appoints him as Gryffindor's new Seeker.
Draco tricks Ron and Harry into a midnight excursion, and Neville and the bossy Hermione Granger, both also in Gryffindor, accompany the pair to keep them out of trouble. All four accidentally enter a forbidden corridor and find a room containing a huge three-headed dog. The group beats a hasty retreat, and only Hermione notices that the dog is standing over a trap-door. Harry concludes that the monster guards the package Hagrid retrieved from Gringotts.
After Ron criticizes Hermione's ostentatious proficiency in Charms, she hides in tears in the girls' toilet. Professor Quirrell reports that a troll has entered the dungeons. While everyone else returns to their dormitories, Harry and Ron rush to warn Hermione. The troll corners Hermione in the toilet but when Harry sticks his wand up one of its nostrils, Ron uses the levitation spell to knock out the troll with its own club. Afterwards, several professors arrive and Hermione takes the blame for the battle and becomes a firm friend of the two boys.
The evening before Harry's first Quidditch match, he sees Snape receiving medical attention from Filch for a bite on his leg by the three-headed dog. During the game, Harry's broomstick goes out of control, endangering his life, and Hermione notices that Snape is staring at Harry and muttering. She dashes over to the Professors' stand, knocking over Professor Quirrel in her haste, and sets fire to Snape's robe. Harry regains control of his broomstick and catches the Golden Snitch, winning the game for Gryffindor. Hagrid refuses to believe that Snape was responsible for Harry's danger, but lets slip that he bought the three-headed dog, and that the monster is guarding a secret that belongs to Professor Dumbledore and someone called Nicolas Flamel.
Harry and the Weasleys stay at Hogwarts for Christmas, and one of Harry's presents, from an anonymous donor, is an Invisibility Cloak. Harry uses the Cloak to search the library's Restricted Section for information about the mysterious Flamel, has to evade Snape and Filch after an enchanted book shrieks an alarm, and slips into a room containing the Mirror of Erised, which shows his parents and several of their ancestors. Harry becomes addicted to the Mirror's visions and is rescued by Professor Dumbledore, who explains that it shows what the viewer most desperately longs for.
When the rest of the pupils return for the next term, Draco plays a prank on Neville, and Harry consoles Neville with a sweet. The collectible card wrapped with the sweet identifies Flamel as an alchemist. Hermione soon finds that he is a 665-year-old man who possesses the only known Philosopher's Stone, from which can be extracted an elixir of life. A few days later Harry notices Snape sneaking towards the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest. There he half-hears a furtive conversation about the Philosopher's Stone, in which Snape asks Professor Quirrell if he has found a way past the three-headed dog and menacingly tells Quirrell to decide whose side he is on. Harry concludes that Snape is trying to steal the Stone and Quirrell has prepared a series of defences for it.
The three friends discover that Hagrid is raising a baby dragon, which is against wizard law, and arrange to smuggle it out of the country around midnight. Draco arrives, hoping to raise the alarm and get them into trouble, and Neville comes to warn them of Draco's mischief. Although Ron is bitten by the dragon and is sent to the infirmary, Harry and Hermione spirit the dragon safely away. However, they are caught, and Harry loses the Invisibility Cloak. As part of their punishment, Harry, Hermione, Draco and Neville are compelled to help Hagrid to rescue a badly-injured unicorn in the Forbidden Forest. They split into two parties, and Harry and Draco find the unicorn dead, surrounded by its blood. A hooded figure crawls to the corpse and drinks the blood, while Draco screams and flees. The hooded figure moves towards Harry, who is knocked out by an agonising pain spreading from his scar. When Harry regains consciousness, the hooded figure has gone and a centaur, Firenze, offers to give him a ride back to the school. The centaur tells Harry that drinking a unicorn's blood will save the life of a mortally injured person, but leave them only barely alive. Firenze suggests Voldemort drank the unicorn's blood to gain enough strength to make the elixir of life from the Philosopher's Stone, and regain full health by drinking that. On his return, Harry finds that someone has slipped the Invisibility Cloak under his sheets.
A few weeks later, while relaxing after the end-of-session examinations, Harry suddenly wonders how something as illegal as a dragon's egg came into Hagrid's possession. The gamekeeper says he was given it by a hooded stranger who bought him several drinks and asked him how to get past the three-headed dog, which Hagrid admits is easy – music sends it to sleep. Realising that one of the Philosopher's Stone's defences is no longer secure, Harry goes to inform Professor Dumbledore, only to find that the headmaster has just left for an important meeting. Harry concludes that Snape faked the message that called Dumbledore away and will try to steal the Stone that night.
Voldemort on the back of Professor Quirrell's head at the climax of the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Covered by the Invisibility Cloak, Harry and his two friends go to the three-headed dog's chamber, where Harry sends the beast to sleep by playing a flute. After lifting the trap-door, they encounter a series of obstacles, each of which requires special skills possessed by one of the three, and one of which requires Ron to sacrifice himself. In the final room Harry, now alone, finds Quirrell rather than Snape. Quirrell admits that he let in the troll that tried to kill Hermione in the toilet, and that he tried to kill Harry during the first Quidditch match but was knocked over by Hermione. Snape had been trying to protect Harry and suspected Quirrell. Quirrell serves Voldemort and, after failing to steal the Philosopher's Stone from Gringotts, allowed his master to possess him in order to improve their chances of success. However the only other object in the room is the Mirror of Erised, and Quirrell can see no sign of the Stone. At Voldemort's bidding, Quirrel forces Harry to stand in front of the Mirror. Harry feels the Stone drop into his pocket and tries to stall. Quirrell removes his turban, revealing the face of Voldemort on the back of his head. Voldemort/Quirrell tries to grab the Stone from Harry, but simply touching Harry causes Quirrell's flesh to burn. After further struggles Harry passes out.
He awakes in the school hospital, where Professor Dumbledore tells him that he survived because his mother sacrificed her life to protect him, and Voldemort could not understand the power of such love. Voldemort left Quirrell to die, and is likely to return by some other means. Dumbledore had foreseen that the Mirror would show Voldemort/Quirrell only themselves making the elixir of life, as they wanted to use the Philosopher's Stone; Harry was able to see the Stone in the Mirror because he wanted to find it but not to use it. The Stone has now been destroyed.
Harry returns to the Dursleys for the summer holiday, but does not tell them that under-age wizards are forbidden to use magic outside Hogwarts.
After ten years, Harry became an eleven year-old boy. The Dursleys have kept the truth about Harry's parents from him, but it is revealed in the form of Rubeus Hagrid, who tells Harry that he is a wizard and has been accepted at Hogwarts for the autumn term. Harry takes the train to Hogwarts from King's Cross Station. On the train, Harry sits with and quickly befriends Ron Weasley; the two are also briefly visited by Neville Longbottom and Hermione Granger. Later on in the journey, Malfoy comes into Harry and Ron's compartment with his friends Crabbe and Goyle and introduces himself. After Ron laughs at Draco's name, Draco offers to help Harry distinguish the wrong sort of wizards, but Harry declines.
Upon arrival, the Sorting Hat places Harry, Hermione, Neville and Ron into Gryffindor House, one of the school's four houses, while Draco and his cronies are placed in Slytherin. After a broom-mounted game to save Neville's Remembrall, Harry joins Gryffindor's Quidditch team as their youngest Seeker in over a century.
Shortly after school begins, Harry and his friends hear that someone broke into a previously emptied vault at the wizarding bank, Gringotts. The mystery deepens when they discover a monstrous three-headed dog, Fluffy, who guards a trapdoor in the forbidden third floor passageway. On Halloween, a troll enters the castle and traps Hermione in one of the girls' lavatories. Harry and Ron rescue her, but are caught by Professor McGonagall. Hermione defends the boys and takes the blame, which results in the three becoming close friends.
Harry's broom becomes jinxed during his first Quidditch match, nearly resulting in Harry falling from a great height. Hermione believes that Professor Snape has cursed the broom and distracts him by setting his robes on fire, allowing Harry to catch the Golden Snitch and win the game for Gryffindor.
At Christmas, Harry receives his father's Invisibility Cloak from an unknown source. Later, he discovers the Mirror of Erised, a strange mirror that shows Harry surrounded by his parents and the extended family he never knew. Later, Harry learns that Nicolas Flamel is the maker of the Philosopher's Stone, a stone that gives the owner eternal life.
Harry sees Professor Snape interrogating Professor Quirrell about getting past Fluffy, seemingly confirming the suspicion that Snape is trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone in order to restore Lord Voldemort to power. The trio discover that Hagrid is hiding a dragon egg, which hatches; since dragon breeding is illegal, they convince Hagrid to send the dragon to live with others of its kind. Harry and Hermione are caught returning to their dormitories after sending Norbert off and are forced to serve detention with Hagrid in the Forbidden Forest. In the forest, Harry sees a hooded figure drink the blood of an injured unicorn. Firenze, a centaur, tells Harry that the hooded figure is Voldemort.
Hagrid accidentally tells Harry, Ron, and Hermione how to get past Fluffy; and they rush to tell the headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, what they know, only to find that he has been called away from the school. Convinced that Dumbledore's summons was a red herring to take him away while the Philosopher's Stone is stolen, the trio set out to reach the Stone first. They navigate a series of complex magical challenges set up by the school's faculty, and at the end of these challenges, Harry enters the inner chamber alone, only to find that it is the timid Professor Quirrell, not Snape, who is after the Stone. The final challenge protecting the Stone is the Mirror of Erised. Quirrell forces Harry to look into the mirror to discover where the Stone is hidden; and Harry successfully resists, and the Stone drops into his own pocket. Lord Voldemort reveals himself: he has possessed Quirrell and appears as a ghastly face on the back of Quirrell's head. Quirrell tries to attack Harry, but merely touching Harry proves to be agony for him. Voldemort flees and Quirrell dies as Dumbledore arrives back in time to save Harry.
As Harry recovers, Dumbledore confirms that Lily had died while trying to protect Harry as an infant. Her pure, loving sacrifice provides her son with an ancient magical protection against Voldemort's lethal spells. Dumbledore also explains that the Philosopher's Stone has been destroyed to prevent Voldemort from ever using it. He then tells Harry that only those who wanted to find the Stone, but not use it, would be able to retrieve it from the mirror, which is why Harry could acquire it. When Harry asks Dumbledore why Voldemort attempted to kill him when he was an infant, Dumbledore promises to tell Harry when he is older.
At the end-of-year feast, where Harry is welcomed as a hero. Dumbledore gives a few last-minute additions, granting enough points to Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville for Gryffindor to win the House Cup, ending Slytherin's six-year reign as house champions.
Main characters
Harry Potter is an orphan whom Rowling imagined as a "scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard." She developed the series' story and characters, including Voldemort, to explain how Harry came to be in this situation and how his life unfolded from there. Apart from the first chapter, the events of this book take place just before and in the year following Harry's eleventh birthday. Voldemort's attack left a lightning bolt-shaped scar on Harry's forehead, which produces stabbing pains when Voldemort or a close associate of the dark wizard feels any strong emotion. Harry has prodigious natural talent for Quidditch and the ability to persuade friends by passionate speeches.
Petunia Dursley, the sister of Harry's mother Lily, is a thin woman with a long neck that she uses for spying on the neighbours. She regards her magical sister as a freak and tries to pretend that she never existed. Her husband Vernon is a heavily-built man whose irascible bluster covers a narrow mind and a fear of anything unusual. Their son Dudley is an overweight, spoilt bully.
Despite being the school's jokers, identical twins Fred and George Weasley get good marks in examinations and are excellent Quidditch players. Their younger brother Ron is Harry's age and Rowling describes him as the ultimate best friend, "always there when you need him." Ron lacks confidence in his prospects of matching his three oldest brothers' achievements or the popularity of Fred and George, but his skill and bravery in a magical chess game where lives are at stake help Harry past one of the obstacles on the path to the Philosopher's Stone.
Hermione Granger, the daughter of an all-Muggle family, is a bossy girl who has apparently memorised most of the textbooks before the start of term. Rowling described Hermione as a "very logical, upright and good" character with "a lot of insecurity and a great fear of failure beneath her swottiness". Despite her nagging efforts to keep Harry and Ron out of trouble, she becomes a close friend of the two boys, and her magical and analytical skills play a vital part in finding the Philosopher's Stone.
Draco Malfoy is a slim, pale boy who speaks in a bored drawl. He is arrogant about his skill in Quidditch, and despises anyone who is not a pure blood wizard – and wizards who do not share his views. His parents had supported Voldemort, but changed sides after the dark wizard's disappearance. Draco avoids direct confrontations, and tries to get Harry and his friends into trouble.
Neville Longbottom is a plump, diffident boy, so forgetful that his grandmother gives him a Remembrall. Neville's magical abilities are weak and appeared just in time to save his life when he was eight. Despite his timidity, Neville will fight anyone after some encouragement or if he thinks it is right and important.
Dumbledore as portrayed by the late Richard Harris in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Professor Dumbledore, a tall, thin man who wears half-moon spectacles and has silver hair and a beard that tucks into his belt, is the headmaster of Hogwarts, and thought to be the only wizard Voldemort fears. Dumbledore, while renowned for his achievements in magic, finds it difficult to resist sweets and has a whimsical sense of humour. Although he shrugs off praise, he is aware of his own brilliance. Rowling described him as the "epitome of goodness".
Professor McGonagall, a tall, severe-looking woman with black hair tied in a tight bun, teaches Transfiguration, and sometimes transforms herself into a cat. She is in charge of Gryffindor House and, unlike Professor Snape, shows no favouritism towards pupils in her House, but seizes any opportunity to help Gryffindor by fair means. According to the author, "under that gruff exterior" is "a bit of an old softy".
Twitching, stammering Professor Quirrell teaches Defence Against the Dark Arts. Reputedly he was a brilliant scholar, but his nerve was shattered by an encounter with vampires. Quirrell wears a turban to conceal the fact that he is voluntarily possessed by Voldemort, whose face appears on the back of Quirrel's head.
Professor Snape, who has a hooked nose, sallow complexion and greasy black hair, teaches Potions, but is eager to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts. Snape praises pupils in Slytherin, his own House, but seizes every opportunity to humiliate others, especially Harry. Several incidents, beginning with the shooting pain in Harry's scar near the end of the first dinner, lead Harry and his friends to think Snape is a follower of Voldemort.
Hagrid, a half-giant nearly 12 feet (3.7 m) tall, with tangled black hair and beard, was expelled from Hogwarts and his wand was broken, but Professor Dumbledore let him stay on as the school's gamekeeper, a job which enables him to lavish affection and pet names on even the most dangerous of magical creatures. Hagrid is fiercely loyal to Dumbledore and quickly becomes a close friend of Harry, Ron and later Hermione, but his carelessness makes him unreliable.
The school's caretaker, Filch, knows the school's secret passages better than anyone else except possibly the Weasley twins. His cat, Mrs. Norris, aids his hunts for misbehaving pupils. Other members of Hogwarts staff include: the dumpy Herbology teacher Professor Sprout; Professor Flitwick, the tiny and excitable Charms teacher, who is discreetly friendly towards Harry; the soporific History of Magic teacher, Professor Binns, a ghost who has not yet noticed his own death; and Madam Hooch, the Quidditch coach, who is strict but a considerate, methodical teacher. The poltergeist Peeves wanders around the buildings causing trouble for whomever he can.
In the book, Rowling introduced an eclectic cast of characters. The first character to be introduced is Vernon Dursley, Harry's uncle. Most of the actions centre on the eponymous hero Harry Potter, an orphan who escapes his miserable childhood with the Dursley family. Rowling imagined him as a "scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard", and says she transferred part of her pain about losing her mother to him. During the book, Harry makes two close friends, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger. Ron is described by Rowling as the ultimate best friend, "always there when you need him". Rowling has described Hermione as a "very logical, upright and good" character with "a lot of insecurity and a great fear of failure beneath her swottiness".
Rowling also imagined a supporting cast of adults. Headmaster of Hogwarts is powerful but kind wizard Albus Dumbledore, who becomes Harry's confidant; Rowling described him as "epitome of goodness". His right hand is severe Minerva McGonagall, who according to the author "under that gruff exterior" is "a bit of an old softy", the friendly half-giant Rubeus Hagrid, who saved Harry from the Dursley family and the sinister Severus Snape. Professor Quirrell is also featured in the novel.
The main antagonists are Draco Malfoy, an elitist, bullying classmate and Lord Voldemort, the most powerful evil wizard who becomes disembodied when he tries to kill baby Harry. According to a 1999 interview with Rowling, the character of Voldemort was created as a literary foil for Harry, and his backstory was intentionally not fleshed-out at first:
The basic idea... Harry, I saw Harry very very very clearly. Very vividly. And I knew he didn't know he was a wizard. [...] And so then I kind of worked backwards from that position to find out how that could be, that he wouldn't know what he was. [...] When he was one year old, the most evil wizard for hundreds and hundreds of years attempted to kill him. He killed Harry's parents, and then he tried to kill Harry—he tried to curse him. [...] And—so—but for some mysterious reason, the curse didn't work on Harry. So he's left with this lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead and the curse rebounded upon the evil wizard, who has been in hiding ever since.
Development, publication and reception
Development
In 1990 Jo Rowling, as she preferred to be known, wanted to move with her boyfriend to a flat in Manchester and in her words, "One weekend after flat hunting, I took the train back to London on my own and the idea for Harry Potter fell into my head... A scrawny, little, black-haired, bespectacled boy became more and more of a wizard to me... I began to write Philosopher's Stone that very evening. Although, the first couple of pages look nothing like the finished product." Then Rowling's mother died and, to cope with her pain, Rowling transferred her own anguish to the orphan Harry. Rowling spent six years working on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and in 1996 obtained a grant of £4,000 from the Scottish Arts Council, which enabled her to finish the book and plan the sequels. She sent the book to an agent and a publisher, and then the second agent she approached spent a year trying to sell the book to publishers, most of whom thought it was too long at about 90,000 words. Barry Cunningham, who was building a portfolio of distinctive fantasies by new authors for Bloomsbury Children's Books, recommended accepting the book, and the eight-year-old daughter of Bloomsbury's chief executive said it was "so much better than anything else."
UK publication and reception
Imitation of the fictional Platform 9¾ at the real King's Cross railway station, with a luggage trolley apparently half-way through the magical wall
Bloomsbury accepted the book, paying Rowling a £2,500 advance, and Cunningham sent proof copies to carefully-chosen authors, critics and booksellers in order to obtain comments that could be quoted when the book was launched. He was less concerned about the book's length than about its author's name, as the title sounded like a boys' book and boys prefer books by male authors. Rowling therefore adopted the nom de plume J.K. Rowling just before publication. In June 1997, Bloomsbury published Philosopher’s Stone with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, three hundred of which were distributed to libraries. The short initial print run was standard for first novels, and Cunningham hoped booksellers would read the book and recommend it to customers.
Lindsey Fraser, who had supplied one of the blurb comments, wrote what is thought to be the first published review, in The Scotsman on 28 June 1997. She described Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as "a hugely entertaining thriller" and Rowling as "a first-rate writer for children". Another early review, in The Herald, said, "I have yet to find a child who can put it down." Newspapers outside Scotland started to notice the book, with glowing reviews in The Guardian, The Sunday Times and The Mail on Sunday, and in September 1997 Books for Keeps, a magazine that specialised in children's books, gave the novel four stars out of five. In 1997 the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9 to 11 year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. The Smarties award, which is voted for by children, made the book well-known within six months of publication, while most children's books have to wait for years.
The following year, Philosopher's Stone won almost all the other major UK awards that were decided by children. It was also shortlisted for children's books awards adjudicated by adults, but did not win. Sandra Beckett comments that books which were popular with children were regarded as undemanding and as not of the highest literary standards – for example the literary establishment disdained the works of Roald Dahl, an overwhelming favourite of children before the appearance of Rowling's books.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone won two publishing industry awards given for sales rather than literary merit, the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year and the Booksellers' Association / Bookseller Author of the Year. By March 1999 UK editions had sold just over 300,000 copies, and the story was still the UK's best-selling title in December 2001. A Braille edition was published in May 1998 by the Scottish Braille Press.
Platform 9¾, from which the Hogwarts Express left London, was commemorated in the real-life King's Cross railway station with a sign between tracks 9 and 10 and a trolley apparently passing through the wall.
USA publication and reception
Scholastic Corporation bought the USA rights at the Bologna Book Fair in April 1997 for US$105,000, an unusually high sum for a children's book. They thought that a child would not want to read a book with the word "philosopher" in the title and, after some discussion, the American edition was published in October 1998 under the title Rowling suggested, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Rowling claimed that she regretted this change and would have fought it if she had been in a stronger position at the time. Philip Nel has pointed out that the change lost the connection with alchemy, and the meaning of some other terms changed in translation, for example from UK English "crumpets" to US English "muffin". While Rowling accepted the change from both standard UK English "mum" and Seamus Finnegan's Irish variant "mam" to "mom" in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, she vetoed this change in the later books. However Nel considered that Scholastic's translations were considerably more sensitive than most of those imposed on UK English books of the time, and that some other changes could be regarded as useful copyedits. Since the UK editions of early titles in the series were published a few months earlier than the American versions, some American readers became familiar with the British English versions after buying them via the Internet.
At first the most prestigious reviewers ignored the book, leaving it to book trade and library publications such as Kirkus Reviews and Booklist, which examined it only by the entertainment-oriented criteria of children's fiction. However, more penetrating specialist reviews (such as one by Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices, which pointed out the complexity, depth and consistency of the world Rowling had built) attracted the attention of reviewers in major newspapers. Although The Boston Globe and Michael Winerip in The New York Times complained that the final chapters were the weakest part of the book they and most other American reviewers gave glowing praise. A year later the US edition was selected as an American Library Association Notable Book, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998, and a New York Public Library 1998 Best Book of the Year, and won Parenting Magazine's Book of the Year Award for 1998, the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and the American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults.
In August 1999 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone topped the New York Times list of best-selling fiction, and stayed near the top of the list for much of 1999 and 2000, until the New York Times split its list into children's and adult sections under pressure from other publishers who were eager to see their books given higher placings. Publishers Weekly's report in December 2001 on cumulative sales of children's fiction placed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 19th among hardbacks (over 5 million copies) and 7th among paperbacks (over 6.6 million copies).
In May 2008, Scholastic announced the creation of a 10th Anniversary Edition of the book to be released in September 2008 to mark the tenth anniversary of the original American release.
The book was published on 30 June 1997 by Bloomsbury in London, while in 1998 Scholastic Corporation published an edition for the United States market under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The novel won most of the UK book awards that were judged by children, and other awards in the USA. The book reached the top of the New York Times list of best-selling fiction in August 1999, and stayed near the top of that list for much of 1999 and 2000. It has been translated into several other languages and has been made into a feature-length film of the same name.
Most reviews were very favourable, commenting on Rowling's imagination, humour, simple, direct style and clever plot construction, although a few complained that the final chapters looked rushed. The writing has been compared to that of Jane Austen, one of Rowling's favourite authors, of Roald Dahl, whose works dominated children's stories before the appearance of Harry Potter, and of the Ancient Greek story-teller Homer. While some commentators thought the book looked backwards to Victorian and Edwardian boarding school stories, others thought it placed the genre firmly in the modern world by featuring contemporary ethical and social issues.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, along with the rest of the Harry Potter series, has been attacked by several religious groups and banned in some countries because of accusations that the novels promote witchcraft. However, some Christian commentators have written that the book exemplifies important Christian viewpoints, including the power of self-sacrifice and the ways in which people's decisions shape their personalities. Educators regard Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and its sequels as an important aid in improving literacy because of the books' popularity. The series has also been used as a source of object lessons in educational techniques, sociological analysis and marketing.
Synopsis
Plot
Just before the start of the novel, Voldemort, the most powerful evil wizard in living memory, killed Harry's parents but mysteriously vanished after trying to kill Harry. While the wizarding world is celebrating Voldemort's downfall, Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and Hagrid place the one year-old orphan in the care of his Muggle (non-wizard) aunt and uncle, Vernon and Petunia Dursley.
For ten years, they and their son Dudley bully Harry. Shortly before Harry's eleventh birthday, a series of letters arrive, addressed to Harry but destroyed by his uncle before Harry can read them. As a result, a torrent of letters pour into the house through every opening, however small, and to escape this, Vernon Dursley takes the family to a lonely island. As they are settling in, Hagrid bursts through the door to tell Harry what the Dursleys have kept from him: Harry is a wizard and has been accepted at Hogwarts for the coming year.
Hagrid takes Harry to Diagon Alley, a magically-concealed shopping precinct in London, where Harry is bewildered to discover how famous he is among wizards as "the boy who lived." He also finds that in the wizarding world he is quite wealthy, since a bequest from his parents has remained on deposit at Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Guided by Hagrid, he buys the books and equipment he needs for Hogwarts - and finds that the only wand that works well for him is effectively the twin of Voldemort's.
A month later, Harry leaves the Dursleys' home to catch the Hogwarts Express from King's Cross railway station. There he is befriended by the Weasley family, who show him how to pass through the magical wall to Platform 9¾, where the train is waiting. While on the train Harry makes friends with Ron Weasley, who tells him that someone tried to rob a vault at Gringotts. Another new pupil, Draco Malfoy, accompanied by his beefy but dim sidekicks Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, offers to advise Harry, but Harry dislikes Draco's arrogance and prejudices.
Before the term's first dinner in the school's Great Hall, the new pupils are allocated to houses by the magical Sorting Hat. The Hat assigns most pupils instantly – particularly when sending Draco, Crabbe and Goyle to Slytherin – but telepathically discusses with Harry about whether the boy's ambition would make Slytherin the best choice for him. When Harry silently but vehemently objects, the Hat sends him to join the Weasleys in Gryffindor. While Harry is eating, Professor Snape catches his eye and Harry feels a sudden stab of pain in the scar Voldemort left on his forehead, which fades as quickly.
After a traumatic first Potions lesson with Snape, Harry and Ron visit Hagrid, who lives in a rustic house on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. There they learn that the attempted robbery at Gringotts happened the day Harry was withdrawing money, and Harry remembers Hagrid removing a small package, emptying a vault that was later broken into and searched.
During the new pupils' first flying lesson, Neville Longbottom breaks his wrist and Draco takes advantage to throw the forgetful Neville's fragile Remembrall high in the air. Harry gives chase on his broomstick, catching the Remembrall inches from the ground. Professor McGonagall dashes out and appoints him as Gryffindor's new Seeker.
Draco tricks Ron and Harry into a midnight excursion, and Neville and the bossy Hermione Granger, both also in Gryffindor, accompany the pair to keep them out of trouble. All four accidentally enter a forbidden corridor and find a room containing a huge three-headed dog. The group beats a hasty retreat, and only Hermione notices that the dog is standing over a trap-door. Harry concludes that the monster guards the package Hagrid retrieved from Gringotts.
After Ron criticizes Hermione's ostentatious proficiency in Charms, she hides in tears in the girls' toilet. Professor Quirrell reports that a troll has entered the dungeons. While everyone else returns to their dormitories, Harry and Ron rush to warn Hermione. The troll corners Hermione in the toilet but when Harry sticks his wand up one of its nostrils, Ron uses the levitation spell to knock out the troll with its own club. Afterwards, several professors arrive and Hermione takes the blame for the battle and becomes a firm friend of the two boys.
The evening before Harry's first Quidditch match, he sees Snape receiving medical attention from Filch for a bite on his leg by the three-headed dog. During the game, Harry's broomstick goes out of control, endangering his life, and Hermione notices that Snape is staring at Harry and muttering. She dashes over to the Professors' stand, knocking over Professor Quirrel in her haste, and sets fire to Snape's robe. Harry regains control of his broomstick and catches the Golden Snitch, winning the game for Gryffindor. Hagrid refuses to believe that Snape was responsible for Harry's danger, but lets slip that he bought the three-headed dog, and that the monster is guarding a secret that belongs to Professor Dumbledore and someone called Nicolas Flamel.
Harry and the Weasleys stay at Hogwarts for Christmas, and one of Harry's presents, from an anonymous donor, is an Invisibility Cloak. Harry uses the Cloak to search the library's Restricted Section for information about the mysterious Flamel, has to evade Snape and Filch after an enchanted book shrieks an alarm, and slips into a room containing the Mirror of Erised, which shows his parents and several of their ancestors. Harry becomes addicted to the Mirror's visions and is rescued by Professor Dumbledore, who explains that it shows what the viewer most desperately longs for.
When the rest of the pupils return for the next term, Draco plays a prank on Neville, and Harry consoles Neville with a sweet. The collectible card wrapped with the sweet identifies Flamel as an alchemist. Hermione soon finds that he is a 665-year-old man who possesses the only known Philosopher's Stone, from which can be extracted an elixir of life. A few days later Harry notices Snape sneaking towards the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest. There he half-hears a furtive conversation about the Philosopher's Stone, in which Snape asks Professor Quirrell if he has found a way past the three-headed dog and menacingly tells Quirrell to decide whose side he is on. Harry concludes that Snape is trying to steal the Stone and Quirrell has prepared a series of defences for it.
The three friends discover that Hagrid is raising a baby dragon, which is against wizard law, and arrange to smuggle it out of the country around midnight. Draco arrives, hoping to raise the alarm and get them into trouble, and Neville comes to warn them of Draco's mischief. Although Ron is bitten by the dragon and is sent to the infirmary, Harry and Hermione spirit the dragon safely away. However, they are caught, and Harry loses the Invisibility Cloak. As part of their punishment, Harry, Hermione, Draco and Neville are compelled to help Hagrid to rescue a badly-injured unicorn in the Forbidden Forest. They split into two parties, and Harry and Draco find the unicorn dead, surrounded by its blood. A hooded figure crawls to the corpse and drinks the blood, while Draco screams and flees. The hooded figure moves towards Harry, who is knocked out by an agonising pain spreading from his scar. When Harry regains consciousness, the hooded figure has gone and a centaur, Firenze, offers to give him a ride back to the school. The centaur tells Harry that drinking a unicorn's blood will save the life of a mortally injured person, but leave them only barely alive. Firenze suggests Voldemort drank the unicorn's blood to gain enough strength to make the elixir of life from the Philosopher's Stone, and regain full health by drinking that. On his return, Harry finds that someone has slipped the Invisibility Cloak under his sheets.
A few weeks later, while relaxing after the end-of-session examinations, Harry suddenly wonders how something as illegal as a dragon's egg came into Hagrid's possession. The gamekeeper says he was given it by a hooded stranger who bought him several drinks and asked him how to get past the three-headed dog, which Hagrid admits is easy – music sends it to sleep. Realising that one of the Philosopher's Stone's defences is no longer secure, Harry goes to inform Professor Dumbledore, only to find that the headmaster has just left for an important meeting. Harry concludes that Snape faked the message that called Dumbledore away and will try to steal the Stone that night.
Voldemort on the back of Professor Quirrell's head at the climax of the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Covered by the Invisibility Cloak, Harry and his two friends go to the three-headed dog's chamber, where Harry sends the beast to sleep by playing a flute. After lifting the trap-door, they encounter a series of obstacles, each of which requires special skills possessed by one of the three, and one of which requires Ron to sacrifice himself. In the final room Harry, now alone, finds Quirrell rather than Snape. Quirrell admits that he let in the troll that tried to kill Hermione in the toilet, and that he tried to kill Harry during the first Quidditch match but was knocked over by Hermione. Snape had been trying to protect Harry and suspected Quirrell. Quirrell serves Voldemort and, after failing to steal the Philosopher's Stone from Gringotts, allowed his master to possess him in order to improve their chances of success. However the only other object in the room is the Mirror of Erised, and Quirrell can see no sign of the Stone. At Voldemort's bidding, Quirrel forces Harry to stand in front of the Mirror. Harry feels the Stone drop into his pocket and tries to stall. Quirrell removes his turban, revealing the face of Voldemort on the back of his head. Voldemort/Quirrell tries to grab the Stone from Harry, but simply touching Harry causes Quirrell's flesh to burn. After further struggles Harry passes out.
He awakes in the school hospital, where Professor Dumbledore tells him that he survived because his mother sacrificed her life to protect him, and Voldemort could not understand the power of such love. Voldemort left Quirrell to die, and is likely to return by some other means. Dumbledore had foreseen that the Mirror would show Voldemort/Quirrell only themselves making the elixir of life, as they wanted to use the Philosopher's Stone; Harry was able to see the Stone in the Mirror because he wanted to find it but not to use it. The Stone has now been destroyed.
Harry returns to the Dursleys for the summer holiday, but does not tell them that under-age wizards are forbidden to use magic outside Hogwarts.
After ten years, Harry became an eleven year-old boy. The Dursleys have kept the truth about Harry's parents from him, but it is revealed in the form of Rubeus Hagrid, who tells Harry that he is a wizard and has been accepted at Hogwarts for the autumn term. Harry takes the train to Hogwarts from King's Cross Station. On the train, Harry sits with and quickly befriends Ron Weasley; the two are also briefly visited by Neville Longbottom and Hermione Granger. Later on in the journey, Malfoy comes into Harry and Ron's compartment with his friends Crabbe and Goyle and introduces himself. After Ron laughs at Draco's name, Draco offers to help Harry distinguish the wrong sort of wizards, but Harry declines.
Upon arrival, the Sorting Hat places Harry, Hermione, Neville and Ron into Gryffindor House, one of the school's four houses, while Draco and his cronies are placed in Slytherin. After a broom-mounted game to save Neville's Remembrall, Harry joins Gryffindor's Quidditch team as their youngest Seeker in over a century.
Shortly after school begins, Harry and his friends hear that someone broke into a previously emptied vault at the wizarding bank, Gringotts. The mystery deepens when they discover a monstrous three-headed dog, Fluffy, who guards a trapdoor in the forbidden third floor passageway. On Halloween, a troll enters the castle and traps Hermione in one of the girls' lavatories. Harry and Ron rescue her, but are caught by Professor McGonagall. Hermione defends the boys and takes the blame, which results in the three becoming close friends.
Harry's broom becomes jinxed during his first Quidditch match, nearly resulting in Harry falling from a great height. Hermione believes that Professor Snape has cursed the broom and distracts him by setting his robes on fire, allowing Harry to catch the Golden Snitch and win the game for Gryffindor.
At Christmas, Harry receives his father's Invisibility Cloak from an unknown source. Later, he discovers the Mirror of Erised, a strange mirror that shows Harry surrounded by his parents and the extended family he never knew. Later, Harry learns that Nicolas Flamel is the maker of the Philosopher's Stone, a stone that gives the owner eternal life.
Harry sees Professor Snape interrogating Professor Quirrell about getting past Fluffy, seemingly confirming the suspicion that Snape is trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone in order to restore Lord Voldemort to power. The trio discover that Hagrid is hiding a dragon egg, which hatches; since dragon breeding is illegal, they convince Hagrid to send the dragon to live with others of its kind. Harry and Hermione are caught returning to their dormitories after sending Norbert off and are forced to serve detention with Hagrid in the Forbidden Forest. In the forest, Harry sees a hooded figure drink the blood of an injured unicorn. Firenze, a centaur, tells Harry that the hooded figure is Voldemort.
Hagrid accidentally tells Harry, Ron, and Hermione how to get past Fluffy; and they rush to tell the headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, what they know, only to find that he has been called away from the school. Convinced that Dumbledore's summons was a red herring to take him away while the Philosopher's Stone is stolen, the trio set out to reach the Stone first. They navigate a series of complex magical challenges set up by the school's faculty, and at the end of these challenges, Harry enters the inner chamber alone, only to find that it is the timid Professor Quirrell, not Snape, who is after the Stone. The final challenge protecting the Stone is the Mirror of Erised. Quirrell forces Harry to look into the mirror to discover where the Stone is hidden; and Harry successfully resists, and the Stone drops into his own pocket. Lord Voldemort reveals himself: he has possessed Quirrell and appears as a ghastly face on the back of Quirrell's head. Quirrell tries to attack Harry, but merely touching Harry proves to be agony for him. Voldemort flees and Quirrell dies as Dumbledore arrives back in time to save Harry.
As Harry recovers, Dumbledore confirms that Lily had died while trying to protect Harry as an infant. Her pure, loving sacrifice provides her son with an ancient magical protection against Voldemort's lethal spells. Dumbledore also explains that the Philosopher's Stone has been destroyed to prevent Voldemort from ever using it. He then tells Harry that only those who wanted to find the Stone, but not use it, would be able to retrieve it from the mirror, which is why Harry could acquire it. When Harry asks Dumbledore why Voldemort attempted to kill him when he was an infant, Dumbledore promises to tell Harry when he is older.
At the end-of-year feast, where Harry is welcomed as a hero. Dumbledore gives a few last-minute additions, granting enough points to Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville for Gryffindor to win the House Cup, ending Slytherin's six-year reign as house champions.
Main characters
Harry Potter is an orphan whom Rowling imagined as a "scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard." She developed the series' story and characters, including Voldemort, to explain how Harry came to be in this situation and how his life unfolded from there. Apart from the first chapter, the events of this book take place just before and in the year following Harry's eleventh birthday. Voldemort's attack left a lightning bolt-shaped scar on Harry's forehead, which produces stabbing pains when Voldemort or a close associate of the dark wizard feels any strong emotion. Harry has prodigious natural talent for Quidditch and the ability to persuade friends by passionate speeches.
Petunia Dursley, the sister of Harry's mother Lily, is a thin woman with a long neck that she uses for spying on the neighbours. She regards her magical sister as a freak and tries to pretend that she never existed. Her husband Vernon is a heavily-built man whose irascible bluster covers a narrow mind and a fear of anything unusual. Their son Dudley is an overweight, spoilt bully.
Despite being the school's jokers, identical twins Fred and George Weasley get good marks in examinations and are excellent Quidditch players. Their younger brother Ron is Harry's age and Rowling describes him as the ultimate best friend, "always there when you need him." Ron lacks confidence in his prospects of matching his three oldest brothers' achievements or the popularity of Fred and George, but his skill and bravery in a magical chess game where lives are at stake help Harry past one of the obstacles on the path to the Philosopher's Stone.
Hermione Granger, the daughter of an all-Muggle family, is a bossy girl who has apparently memorised most of the textbooks before the start of term. Rowling described Hermione as a "very logical, upright and good" character with "a lot of insecurity and a great fear of failure beneath her swottiness". Despite her nagging efforts to keep Harry and Ron out of trouble, she becomes a close friend of the two boys, and her magical and analytical skills play a vital part in finding the Philosopher's Stone.
Draco Malfoy is a slim, pale boy who speaks in a bored drawl. He is arrogant about his skill in Quidditch, and despises anyone who is not a pure blood wizard – and wizards who do not share his views. His parents had supported Voldemort, but changed sides after the dark wizard's disappearance. Draco avoids direct confrontations, and tries to get Harry and his friends into trouble.
Neville Longbottom is a plump, diffident boy, so forgetful that his grandmother gives him a Remembrall. Neville's magical abilities are weak and appeared just in time to save his life when he was eight. Despite his timidity, Neville will fight anyone after some encouragement or if he thinks it is right and important.
Dumbledore as portrayed by the late Richard Harris in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Professor Dumbledore, a tall, thin man who wears half-moon spectacles and has silver hair and a beard that tucks into his belt, is the headmaster of Hogwarts, and thought to be the only wizard Voldemort fears. Dumbledore, while renowned for his achievements in magic, finds it difficult to resist sweets and has a whimsical sense of humour. Although he shrugs off praise, he is aware of his own brilliance. Rowling described him as the "epitome of goodness".
Professor McGonagall, a tall, severe-looking woman with black hair tied in a tight bun, teaches Transfiguration, and sometimes transforms herself into a cat. She is in charge of Gryffindor House and, unlike Professor Snape, shows no favouritism towards pupils in her House, but seizes any opportunity to help Gryffindor by fair means. According to the author, "under that gruff exterior" is "a bit of an old softy".
Twitching, stammering Professor Quirrell teaches Defence Against the Dark Arts. Reputedly he was a brilliant scholar, but his nerve was shattered by an encounter with vampires. Quirrell wears a turban to conceal the fact that he is voluntarily possessed by Voldemort, whose face appears on the back of Quirrel's head.
Professor Snape, who has a hooked nose, sallow complexion and greasy black hair, teaches Potions, but is eager to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts. Snape praises pupils in Slytherin, his own House, but seizes every opportunity to humiliate others, especially Harry. Several incidents, beginning with the shooting pain in Harry's scar near the end of the first dinner, lead Harry and his friends to think Snape is a follower of Voldemort.
Hagrid, a half-giant nearly 12 feet (3.7 m) tall, with tangled black hair and beard, was expelled from Hogwarts and his wand was broken, but Professor Dumbledore let him stay on as the school's gamekeeper, a job which enables him to lavish affection and pet names on even the most dangerous of magical creatures. Hagrid is fiercely loyal to Dumbledore and quickly becomes a close friend of Harry, Ron and later Hermione, but his carelessness makes him unreliable.
The school's caretaker, Filch, knows the school's secret passages better than anyone else except possibly the Weasley twins. His cat, Mrs. Norris, aids his hunts for misbehaving pupils. Other members of Hogwarts staff include: the dumpy Herbology teacher Professor Sprout; Professor Flitwick, the tiny and excitable Charms teacher, who is discreetly friendly towards Harry; the soporific History of Magic teacher, Professor Binns, a ghost who has not yet noticed his own death; and Madam Hooch, the Quidditch coach, who is strict but a considerate, methodical teacher. The poltergeist Peeves wanders around the buildings causing trouble for whomever he can.
In the book, Rowling introduced an eclectic cast of characters. The first character to be introduced is Vernon Dursley, Harry's uncle. Most of the actions centre on the eponymous hero Harry Potter, an orphan who escapes his miserable childhood with the Dursley family. Rowling imagined him as a "scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard", and says she transferred part of her pain about losing her mother to him. During the book, Harry makes two close friends, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger. Ron is described by Rowling as the ultimate best friend, "always there when you need him". Rowling has described Hermione as a "very logical, upright and good" character with "a lot of insecurity and a great fear of failure beneath her swottiness".
Rowling also imagined a supporting cast of adults. Headmaster of Hogwarts is powerful but kind wizard Albus Dumbledore, who becomes Harry's confidant; Rowling described him as "epitome of goodness". His right hand is severe Minerva McGonagall, who according to the author "under that gruff exterior" is "a bit of an old softy", the friendly half-giant Rubeus Hagrid, who saved Harry from the Dursley family and the sinister Severus Snape. Professor Quirrell is also featured in the novel.
The main antagonists are Draco Malfoy, an elitist, bullying classmate and Lord Voldemort, the most powerful evil wizard who becomes disembodied when he tries to kill baby Harry. According to a 1999 interview with Rowling, the character of Voldemort was created as a literary foil for Harry, and his backstory was intentionally not fleshed-out at first:
The basic idea... Harry, I saw Harry very very very clearly. Very vividly. And I knew he didn't know he was a wizard. [...] And so then I kind of worked backwards from that position to find out how that could be, that he wouldn't know what he was. [...] When he was one year old, the most evil wizard for hundreds and hundreds of years attempted to kill him. He killed Harry's parents, and then he tried to kill Harry—he tried to curse him. [...] And—so—but for some mysterious reason, the curse didn't work on Harry. So he's left with this lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead and the curse rebounded upon the evil wizard, who has been in hiding ever since.
Development, publication and reception
Development
In 1990 Jo Rowling, as she preferred to be known, wanted to move with her boyfriend to a flat in Manchester and in her words, "One weekend after flat hunting, I took the train back to London on my own and the idea for Harry Potter fell into my head... A scrawny, little, black-haired, bespectacled boy became more and more of a wizard to me... I began to write Philosopher's Stone that very evening. Although, the first couple of pages look nothing like the finished product." Then Rowling's mother died and, to cope with her pain, Rowling transferred her own anguish to the orphan Harry. Rowling spent six years working on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and in 1996 obtained a grant of £4,000 from the Scottish Arts Council, which enabled her to finish the book and plan the sequels. She sent the book to an agent and a publisher, and then the second agent she approached spent a year trying to sell the book to publishers, most of whom thought it was too long at about 90,000 words. Barry Cunningham, who was building a portfolio of distinctive fantasies by new authors for Bloomsbury Children's Books, recommended accepting the book, and the eight-year-old daughter of Bloomsbury's chief executive said it was "so much better than anything else."
UK publication and reception
Imitation of the fictional Platform 9¾ at the real King's Cross railway station, with a luggage trolley apparently half-way through the magical wall
Bloomsbury accepted the book, paying Rowling a £2,500 advance, and Cunningham sent proof copies to carefully-chosen authors, critics and booksellers in order to obtain comments that could be quoted when the book was launched. He was less concerned about the book's length than about its author's name, as the title sounded like a boys' book and boys prefer books by male authors. Rowling therefore adopted the nom de plume J.K. Rowling just before publication. In June 1997, Bloomsbury published Philosopher’s Stone with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, three hundred of which were distributed to libraries. The short initial print run was standard for first novels, and Cunningham hoped booksellers would read the book and recommend it to customers.
Lindsey Fraser, who had supplied one of the blurb comments, wrote what is thought to be the first published review, in The Scotsman on 28 June 1997. She described Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as "a hugely entertaining thriller" and Rowling as "a first-rate writer for children". Another early review, in The Herald, said, "I have yet to find a child who can put it down." Newspapers outside Scotland started to notice the book, with glowing reviews in The Guardian, The Sunday Times and The Mail on Sunday, and in September 1997 Books for Keeps, a magazine that specialised in children's books, gave the novel four stars out of five. In 1997 the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9 to 11 year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. The Smarties award, which is voted for by children, made the book well-known within six months of publication, while most children's books have to wait for years.
The following year, Philosopher's Stone won almost all the other major UK awards that were decided by children. It was also shortlisted for children's books awards adjudicated by adults, but did not win. Sandra Beckett comments that books which were popular with children were regarded as undemanding and as not of the highest literary standards – for example the literary establishment disdained the works of Roald Dahl, an overwhelming favourite of children before the appearance of Rowling's books.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone won two publishing industry awards given for sales rather than literary merit, the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year and the Booksellers' Association / Bookseller Author of the Year. By March 1999 UK editions had sold just over 300,000 copies, and the story was still the UK's best-selling title in December 2001. A Braille edition was published in May 1998 by the Scottish Braille Press.
Platform 9¾, from which the Hogwarts Express left London, was commemorated in the real-life King's Cross railway station with a sign between tracks 9 and 10 and a trolley apparently passing through the wall.
USA publication and reception
Scholastic Corporation bought the USA rights at the Bologna Book Fair in April 1997 for US$105,000, an unusually high sum for a children's book. They thought that a child would not want to read a book with the word "philosopher" in the title and, after some discussion, the American edition was published in October 1998 under the title Rowling suggested, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Rowling claimed that she regretted this change and would have fought it if she had been in a stronger position at the time. Philip Nel has pointed out that the change lost the connection with alchemy, and the meaning of some other terms changed in translation, for example from UK English "crumpets" to US English "muffin". While Rowling accepted the change from both standard UK English "mum" and Seamus Finnegan's Irish variant "mam" to "mom" in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, she vetoed this change in the later books. However Nel considered that Scholastic's translations were considerably more sensitive than most of those imposed on UK English books of the time, and that some other changes could be regarded as useful copyedits. Since the UK editions of early titles in the series were published a few months earlier than the American versions, some American readers became familiar with the British English versions after buying them via the Internet.
At first the most prestigious reviewers ignored the book, leaving it to book trade and library publications such as Kirkus Reviews and Booklist, which examined it only by the entertainment-oriented criteria of children's fiction. However, more penetrating specialist reviews (such as one by Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices, which pointed out the complexity, depth and consistency of the world Rowling had built) attracted the attention of reviewers in major newspapers. Although The Boston Globe and Michael Winerip in The New York Times complained that the final chapters were the weakest part of the book they and most other American reviewers gave glowing praise. A year later the US edition was selected as an American Library Association Notable Book, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998, and a New York Public Library 1998 Best Book of the Year, and won Parenting Magazine's Book of the Year Award for 1998, the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and the American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults.
In August 1999 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone topped the New York Times list of best-selling fiction, and stayed near the top of the list for much of 1999 and 2000, until the New York Times split its list into children's and adult sections under pressure from other publishers who were eager to see their books given higher placings. Publishers Weekly's report in December 2001 on cumulative sales of children's fiction placed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 19th among hardbacks (over 5 million copies) and 7th among paperbacks (over 6.6 million copies).
In May 2008, Scholastic announced the creation of a 10th Anniversary Edition of the book to be released in September 2008 to mark the tenth anniversary of the original American release.
zhuǎn yǎn jiān， hā lì zài huò gé wò cí mó fǎ xué xiào dì yī nián de xué xí shùn lì jié shù liǎo， duì yú hā lì 'ér yán， lí kāi zhè gè gāng gāng shú xī de mó fǎ shì jiè， huí dào nǚ zhēn lù de dé sī lǐ jiā qù， jiǎn zhí shì jiàn zuì tòng kǔ de shì qíng， tā bù dé bù qù rěn shòu yī gè shǔ jiǎ tā kè bó de pèi nī yí mā hé mánhèng de fú nóng yí fū dié dié bù xiū de láo dāo hé jiān guǎn。
yě xǔ shì chū yú duì hā lì mó fǎ de jì dá， zhěng gè shǔ jiǎ dū kuài guò qù liǎo， dé sī lǐ yī jiā chú liǎo bù yǔn xǔ hā lì zuò tā de mó fǎ zuò yè wài， jīhū méi yòu tài wéi nán tā。 dàn shì hā lì hái shì jué dé hěn kǔ nǎo， yīn wéi tā zài huò gé wò cí zuì hǎo de liǎng gè péng yǒu héng héng hè mǐn hé luó 'ēn sì hū yǐ jīng bǎ tā wàng jì liǎo， sān gè hǎo péng yǒu shuō hǎo yào zài shǔ jiǎ xiě xìn bǎo chí lián xì， hā lì bù tíng dì gěi liǎng gè péng yǒu xiě xìn， dàn shì zhí dào xiàn zài， tā què hái méi yòu jiē dào yī fēng huí xìn。
jiù zài jiàqī mǎ shàng yào jié shù de shí hòu， yī gè míng jiào duō bǐ de xiǎo jīng líng tū rán chū xiàn zài hā lì de wò shì zhōng， tā jǐng gào hā lì， huí dào huò gé wò cí jiāng huì yòu kě pà de shì qíng jiàng lín， hā lì huì yòu shēng mìng wēi xiǎn！ wèile bǎo quán hā lì de xìng mìng， duō bǐ jié liú liǎo suǒ yòu hè mǐn hé luó 'ēn gěi hā lì de huí xìn héng héng tā yǐ wéi zhè yàng hā lì jiù huì chū yú duì péng yǒu de shī wàng 'ér bù zài fǎn huí huò gé wò cí shàng xué， kě shì hā lì jiān chí yào huí dào huò gé wò cí qù， wèile zǔ zhǐ hā lì， duō bǐ zài shèn zhì wéi guǐ zài má guā shì jiè shǐ yòng liǎo mó fǎ dà nào dé sī lǐ yī jiā， jiēguǒ hā lì dān wù liǎo fǎn huí huò gé wò cí de zhuān liè， jiù zài tā xīn jí rú fén de shí hòu， hǎo péng yǒu luó 'ēn jià zhe yī liàng shī liǎo mó fǎ de fēi chē lái jiù jià liǎo， fèi jìn zhōu zhé， tā men zhōng yú dé yǐ zài xīn xué qī kāi xué diǎn lǐ shàng gǎn huí xué xiào。
ér cǐ shí， hā lì shàng gè xué qī jī kuì fú dì mó de yīng xióng xíng wéi yǐ jīng zài huò gé wò cí hé zhěng gè mó fǎ shì jiè guǎng wéi chuán bō， hā lì tū rán chéng wéi liǎo zhòng rén zhǔ mùdì zhōng xīn， yòu gè fēng chuī cǎo dòng， tā jiù kě néng chéng wéi rén men yì lùn de huà tí， piān piān xīn shàng rèn de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù kè jiào shòu luò hā tè ( kěn ní sī . bù lā nà ) yě shì gè 'ài chū fēng tóu de rén wù， yóu qí xǐ huān míng lǐ 'àn lǐ dì diāo nán yī xià hā lì， rán hòu bǎ zì jǐ biāo bǎng chéng wéi huò gé wò cí zhēn zhèng de dà yīng xióng。
guǒ rán hé jīng líng duō bǐ yù yán de yī yàng， xīn xué qī kāi shǐ méi duō jiǔ， huò gé wò cí jiù pín pín chū xiàn kǒng bù shén mì de shì jiàn héng héng jǐ gè luò dān de xué shēng hé shǒu mén rén de māo shòu dào mǒu zhǒng kě pà de lì liàng de gōng jī 'ér shí huà， ér hā lì de 'ěr biān， yě shí cháng yòu yī gè yōu líng bān shēng yīn xiǎng qǐ， gào sù tā： huò gé wò cí de mì shì zhī mén bèi dǎ kāi， xié 'è lì liàng de hòu sì jiāng huì duì xué xiào lǐ de ní bā zhǒng ( jí fù mǔ bù shì wū shī de xué shēng ) jìn xíng bào fù……
yī shí jiān huò gé wò cí rén xīn huáng huáng， yóu yú néng tīng dé dǒng shé de yǔ yán， hā lì bèi huái yí shì nà gè chuán shuō zhòngxié 'è lì liàng de hòu sì， wéi zài shēn biān de péng yǒu men yě fēn fēn kāi shǐ zhì yí hā lì， zhǐ yòu hè mǐn hé luó 'ēn， shǐ zhōng duì hā lì jì yú zhe bǎi fēn zhī bǎi de xìn rèn， rán hòu dāng yòu yī tiān， hè mǐn yě bèi zāo dào liǎo shén mì lì liàng de gōng jī， yī xiàng rè zhōng yú zì chuī zì léi de luò hā tè jiào shòu xiǎn chū nuò fū de běn xìng， lín zhèn tuì suō， zhǐ yòu luó 'ēn jiān dìng dì hé hā lì zhàn zài yī qǐ duì kàng zhe xié 'è lì liàng， hā lì zhī dào， wèile bǎo hù tā rè 'ài de huò gé wò cí xué xiào， wèile zhěng jiù hé tā shēng sǐ yǔ gòng de hǎo péng yǒu， yě wéi liǎo xǐ qīng jiā zài zì jǐ tóu shàng de zhǒng zhǒng huái yí， tā bì xū yòu suǒ xíng dòng liǎo， kě shì， tā miàn duì de dí rén jiū jìng shì shuí？ tā yǐn cáng zài nǎ lǐ？ tā de mùdì yòu shì shénme？ hā lì xiàn rù yī tuán mí wù zhōng……
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 [ diàn yǐng ]- yǐngpiān píng jià
běn jí yào bǐ dì yī jí gèng piān chéng rén， sè diào gèng 'àn。 yóu yú piàn zhōng yī xiē bǐ jiào hài rén de chǎng miàn， huá nà gōng sī céng shí fēn dān xīn yǐngpiān bèi huá wéi PG-13 jí， zhè yàng tā men zài yǐngpiān shàng yìng hòu tóng qī tuī chū de bō tè wán jù xiāo liàng jiāng huì dà dǎ zhé kòu。《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 de yuán zhù xiǎo shuō bù jǐn bǐ dì yī bù gèng cháng、 bāo hán gèng duō de rén wù， juésè yě gèng jù tè sè。 suī rán yòu xiē dú zhě jiāng《 mì shì》 yuán zhù xuǎn wéi tā men zuì bù xǐ huān de yī ji， yīn wéi jù qíng guò yú zhí jiē， quē fá qū zhé。 dàn shì， yǐngpiān hēi 'àn yán jùn de zhù tí héng héng mó fǎ xué xiào zhōng de yī gè xié 'è de cún zài jiāng xué shēng men yī gè gè dì biàn chéng liǎo shí tóu héng héng shǐ dǎo yǎn gē lún bù néng gòu zhuān zhù yú lìng rén mù huàn de shì jué tè xiào yǐ jí cì jī de dòng zuò chǎng miàn。 yuán xiān bàn yǎn mó fǎ xiào cháng de lǎo yé yé lǐ chá dé · hā lǐ sī qù shì liǎo， xǐ huān tā de rén kě bù néng cuò guò zhè jí。 zài yuán zhù xiǎo shuō de chā tú lǐ， xiǎo jīng líng duō bǐ hé yǐngpiān lǐ de xíng xiàng chā jù bù xiǎo， piàn zhōng yòng jì suàn jī tè jì zhì zuò chū lái duō bǐ hái yīn wéi cháng dé yǔ 'é luó sī zǒng tǒng pǔ jīng yòu xiē xiāng sì 'ér yǐn qǐ liǎo guān zhù hé zhēng yì。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 [ diàn yǐng ]- mù hòu zhì zuò
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 yuán zhù xiǎo shuō yú 1998 nián chū bǎn， suí jí dēng shàng liǎo yīng guó chàng xiāo shū jí páiháng bǎng de guànjūn， jiē zhe gèng zài《 niǔ yuē shí bào》、《 jīn rì měi guó bào》 hé《 huá 'ěr jiē rì bào》 de chàng xiāo shū jí páiháng bǎng shàng chēng bà， zài quán shì jiè sì shí jǐ gè guó jiā fā xíng， zǒng xiāo shòu liàng gāo dá sì qiān duō wàn běn ( guāng shì zài měi guó hé jiā ná dà jiù mài chū liǎo chāo guò yī qiān wǔ bǎi wàn běn )。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 yú 2001 nián 11 yuè 19 rì， zài hā tè fú jùn de lì fū sī dēng shè yǐng péng zhǎn kāi pāi shè gōng zuò，《 hā lì bō tè： shén mì de mó fǎ shí》 zài yīng guó dāng dì cái shàng yìng sān tiān， jiù dǎ pò liǎo duō xiàng piào fáng jì lù， chéng wéi yǐng shǐ shàng zǒng piào fáng shōu rù dì 'èr gāo de diàn yǐng， tóng shí náng kuò liǎo sān xiàng 'ào sī kǎ jīn xiàng jiǎng de tí míng， yǐ jí qī xiàng yīng guó yǐng shì yì shù xué yuàn jiǎng de tí míng， bāo kuò nián dù zuì jiā yīng guó yǐngpiān。
zhè bù xīn piàn zài dù zhǎo lái tóng xīng dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū (《 jīng bào wēi jī》、 BBC diàn shì tái de《 kuài ròu yú shēng lù》 ) shì yǎn hā lì bō tè、 lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè shì yǎn róng 'ēn · wéi sī lì、 yǐ jí 'āi mǎ · wǎ tè sēn shì yǎn miào lì · gé lán jié， sān wèi xiǎo mó fǎ shī jìn rù liǎo huò gé huá cí mó fǎ yǔ wū shù xué yuàn de dì 'èr xué nián， yǔ shén mì de xié 'è lì liàng duǎn bīng jiāo jiē。
shēn jiān dǎo yǎn yǔ zhí xíng zhì zuò zhí wù de kè lǐ sī · gē lún bù shuō： " zhǐ yào nǐ xǐ huān dì yī jí de《 hā lì bō tè》 diàn yǐng， jiù yī dìng huì 'ài shàng《 xiāo shī de mì shì》， zhè gè gù shì gèng shén mì hēi 'àn， chōng mǎn liǎo hài rén de guài wù hé qián cáng de xié 'è lì liàng； cǐ wài， zhè bù diàn yǐng hái zēng jiā liǎo xǔ duō lìng rén xīng fèn de xīn jiǎo sè， bāo kuò xīn lái de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù jiào shòu jī dé luó · luò hā。 "
jù bèi biān jù yǔ dǎo yǎn děng duō xiàng cái yì de yǎn yuán kěn ní sī · bù lāi nà (《 hā mǔ léi tè》、《 dōushì nán rén rě de huò》、《 zài xù qián shì qíng》 )， shì yǎn jiāo róu zuò zuò de zì liàn kuáng jī dé luó · luò hā， jiā rù huò gé huá cí xué yuàn， dān rèn hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù de xīn jiào shòu。
kěn ní sī · bù lāi nà shuō： " jī dé luó · luò hā shì luó lín bǐ xià de wàn rén mí， wǒ hěn lè yú tóu rù huò gé huá cí de mó fǎ shì jiè lǐ， hé zhè me duō yōu xiù de yǎn zhí rén yuán hé zuò。 "
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 [ diàn yǐng ]- mù hòu huā xù
· yī hào nán zhù yǎn dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lì fú zài dì 'èr jí pāi dào yī bàn shí tū rán biàn shēng， hòu lái jīng yóu yī xiē jì shù chǔlǐ cái suàn jiě jué， bù zhì yú yào zhòng xīn zài pèi yīn。
· yóu yú piàn zhōng yī xiē bǐ jiào hài rén de chǎng miàn， huá nà gōng sī céng shí fēn dān xīn yǐngpiān bèi huá wéi PG-13 jí， zhè yàng tā men zài yǐngpiān shàng yìng hòu tóng qī tuī chū de bō tè wán jù xiāo liàng jiāng huì dà dǎ zhé kòu， bié xiǎo kàn zhè xiē wán jù， qù nián tā men wéi huá nà gōng sī dài lái liǎo chāo guò 5 yì měi yuán de jìn zhàng！ tā men de zuì zhù yào gòu mǎi qún tǐ wéi 7 dào 11 suì de 'ér tóng。
· zuò wéi yī míng fù qīn， dǎo yǎn gē lún bù céng duì guān zhòng men fā chū zhè yàng de jǐng gào： " rú guǒ nǐ men dài zhe zì jǐ 7 suì shèn zhì bǐ 7 suì hái xiǎo de hái zǐ lái kàn zhè bù piānzǐ， qǐng yī dìng yào què bǎo tā men yòu néng lì fēn biàn tā men kàn de shì shénme。 "
· zài yuán zhù xiǎo shuō de chā tú lǐ， xiǎo jīng líng duō bǐ chuānzhuó yī gè chá jīn gǎi chéng de、 miàn kǒu dài shìde pò jiù yī fú， jiān tóu jiān nǎo， wán pí kě 'ài， xiàng zhǐ xiǎo lǎo shǔ duō guò xiàng jīng líng， hé yǐngpiān lǐ de xíng xiàng chā jù bù xiǎo。
· yǐngpiān zhōng de dà bù fēn shì nèi chǎng jǐng dōushì zài lún dūn jiāo wài yī gè yóu fèi qì jī chǎng gǎi zào de shè yǐng péng nèi wán chéng， jù shuō zhè gè wèi zhì yǐn mì de jī kù nèi gòng yòu 22 gè shè yǐng péng， ér《 hā lì · bō tè》 de jù zǔ jiù bāo xià liǎo qí zhōng de 17 gè。
· wèile pāi shè luó 'ēn hé bō tè kāi zhe fēi tiān qì chē gǎn qù mó fǎ xué xiào yī mù， jù zǔ gòng dòng yòng liǎo 14 liàng yī mó yī yàng de lǎo yé chē， yǐ yìng fù bù tóng jiǎo dù de pāi shè xū yào。
· wèile tū xiàn chū luò hā tè jiào shòu de 'ài mù xū róng， dǎo yǎn gē lún bù hé yuán zuò zhě luó lín nǚ shì yī qǐ shāng liàng hòu， wéi zhè gè juésè qīn zì shè jì liǎo gè zhǒng yǐ sī chóu fú shì wéi zhù de zào xíng， sè cǎi huá guì yàn lì zhōng yòu tòu chū yī zhǒng shì sú fú huá de wèi dào。
· hái shì wèile jiǎng lì dān ní 'ěr zài dì yī jí zhōng de chū sè biǎo yǎn， huá nà gōng sī sòng gěi dān ní 'ěr yī gè tā mèng mèi yǐ qiú de diàn zǐ yóu xì ruǎn jiàn， suī rán jià zhí zhǐ yòu qū qū 10 yīng bàng， dàn què ràng tóng xīn bù jiǎn de dān ní 'ěr zhuóshí jī dòng liǎo bàn tiān。
· shì yǎn luó 'ēn de lǔ bó tè chéng rèn， tā jué dé gān gà de shì yòu shí hòu yǐng mí men huì ná yī xiē xī qí gǔ guài de dōng xī ràng tā men qiān míng， jiù zài jǐ tiān qián， jìng rán hái yòu rén qǐng tā zài yī zhāng zhī piào shàng qiān míng， nòng dé lǔ bó tè kū xiào bù dé。
· shì yǎn hè mǐn de 'ài mǎ zuì xǐ huān de yǎn yuán shì hǎo lāi wù " zuì xìng gǎn de nán rén " bù lā dé · bǐ tè， tā shuō kě wàng zì jǐ dào hǎo lāi wù fā zhǎn， yòu cháo yī rì néng hé tā de 'ǒu xiàng hé zuò pāi piàn。
· zài huò gé wò cí xué shēng sù shè zǒu láng lǐ chū xiàn de nà xiē huì dòng de huà xiàng， jù shuō huà lǐ de rén wù dōushì yǐ jù zǔ jiù dì qǔ cái， yǐ gè wèi mù hòu gōng zuò rén yuán， bǐ rú jù wù、 dēng guāng shī、 huà zhuāng shī děng děng wéi mó tè huì zhì de。
· suí zhe diàn yǐng yī bù jiē yī bù tuī chū， zhòng duō de bō tè mí men děng dài zhe luó lín de dì wǔ bù《 hā lì · bō tè》 xiǎo shuō wèn shì yě shì děng dé xīn jiāo， zhè bù yǐ jīng dìng míng wéi《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng de mìng lìng》 de xiǎo shuō， zuì xīn de shuō fǎ， jiāng huì zài míng nián 6 yuè fèn zhèng shì chū bǎn。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 [ diàn yǐng ]- chuān bāng jìng tóu
· zài kuí dì qí bǐ sài guò chéng zhōng， kě yǐ kàn dào cáng zài hā lǐ sǎo zhǒu shàng de gāng sī。
· lián guàn xìng： luó 'ēn cóng tā mǔ qīn shōu dào páo xiào xìn Howler， shāo hòu bù jiǔ， ài 'ěr chuǎng liǎo jìn lái， kě yǐ kàn dào nà fēng hóng sè de xìn shì dǎ kāi zhe de， dāng luó 'ēn bǎ xìn cóng 'ài 'ěr de zuǐ lǐ ná lái de shí hòu， wǒ men kě yǐ kàn dào luó 'ēn dǎ kāi xìn fēng， zhè yàng tā cái néng yuè dú xìn jiàn。
· hā lì hé róng 'ēn páo wǎng jiǔ yòu sì fēn zhī sān yuè tái qù gǎn huò gé huá cí tè kuài chē， niǎo lóng yīn pèng zhuàng kuài yào dǎo dì shí kě yǐ fā xiàn nà shì zhǐ jiǎ niǎo。
· yǐngpiān zhōng jué dǒu de jìng tóu zuǒ biān kě yǐ kàn dào jù zǔ rén yuán ( shè yǐng shī )。
· mì shì zhōng hā lì bō tè kào jìn yuán jìng qián zhuāng zhe tóu gǔ de bō lí róng qì， suí jí zǒu kāi， zhè shí hòu tā shēn biān chū xiàn yī gè hěn gāo de tiě zhuāng shì wù， zhī qián zhè lǐ xiǎn shì bìng wú cǐ wù。
· qì chē shù lín biān tíng xià shí， chē wěi bù yòu gè bèi zhuàng de hěn shēn de 'āo xiàn， yǐ jí biān shàng yòu fú tè 'àng gé lǔ qì chē shāng biāo pái， jǐn jǐn zài tā men qǔ xià xíng lǐ hòu 'āo hén hé shāng biāo pái dōubù jiàn liǎo。
· yǐngpiān zhōng yòu gè xiǎo yǎn yuán， tā de zuǒ liǎn shàng liǎng kē qiū zhěn wèi zhì jū rán shì huì yí dòng de。
· hā lǐ bō tè yòu shǒu 'àn zài shāng kǒu shàng hé ginny shuō huà， dāng shí yòu shǒu bèi yòu zhe xuè wū， suí zhe jìng tóu lā jìn， xuè wū xiāo shī liǎo。
· jiā tíng jīng líng duō bǐ zài hā lì de wò fáng lǐ yǔ zhī jiāo tán de chǎng jǐng lǐ， bèi hòu qiáng bì shàng xuán guà wù jiān de jù lí yòu jiào dà gǎi biàn。
· bēn páo zhōng tā men yǔ xíng lǐ chē xiāng zhuàng： zǎi xì kàn fā shēng pèng zhuàng shí xíng lǐ chē dǐ bù yòu 5 gēn tiě tiáo， liǎng rén dǎo dì hòu xíng lǐ chē dǐ bù zhǐ yòu 4 gēn tiě tiáo， zhè xiǎn rán bù shì tóng yī jià xíng lǐ chē。
· fēi tiān mó fǎ chē shàng hā lì hé róng 'ēn jiān jiào de jìng tóu， hā lì shēn hòu yòu zhǐ shén mì de shǒu fú zhe niǎo lóng……
The book was published in the United Kingdom on 2 July 1998 by Bloomsbury and in the United States on 2 June 1999 by Scholastic Inc. Although Rowling found it difficult to finish the book, it won high praise and awards from critics, young readers and the book industry, although some critics thought the story was perhaps too frightening for younger children. Some religious authorities have condemned its use of magical themes, while others have praised its emphasis on self-sacrifice and on the way in which a person's character is the result of the person's choices.
Several commentators have noted that personal identity is a strong theme in the book, and that it addresses issues of racism through the treatment of non-magical, non-human and non-living characters. Some commentators regard the diary as a warning against uncritical acceptance of information from sources whose motives and reliability cannot be checked. Institutional authority is portrayed as self-serving and incompetent.
The film version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, released in 2002, became the third film to exceed $600 million in international box office sales and received generally favourable reviews. However, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers won the Saturn Award for the Best Fantasy Film. Video games loosely based on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets were also released for several platforms, and most obtained favourable reviews.
Synopsis
Plot introduction
In the first novel in the Harry Potter series, the main character, Harry Potter, has struggled with the difficulties that come with growing up and the added challenge of being a famous wizard. When Harry was a baby, Voldemort, the most powerful evil wizard in living memory, killed Harry's parents but mysteriously vanished after trying to kill Harry. This results in Harry's immediate fame, and his being placed in the care of his Muggle, or non-magical, relatives Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.
Harry enters the wizarding world at the age of eleven, enrolling in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He makes friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and is confronted by Lord Voldemort trying to regain power.
Plot summary
Soon after the start of Harry's second year at Hogwarts, messages on the walls of the corridors say that the mythical Chamber of Secrets has been re-opened and that the "heir of Slytherin" would kill all pupils whose parents are both non-magical – which includes Hermione. At intervals various inhabitants of the school are found petrified in corridors. Meanwhile, Harry, Ron, and Hermione discover Moaning Myrtle, the ghost of a girl who was killed the last time the Chamber was opened, and who now haunts the girls' toilet in which she died. Myrtle shows Harry a diary bearing the name Tom Marvolo Riddle. Although its pages are blank, it responds when Harry writes in it. Eventually the book shows him Hogwarts as it was fifty years ago. There he sees Tom Riddle, a pupil at the time, pin the blame for opening the Chamber on Rubeus Hagrid, who was then thirteen years old and already devoted to keeping dangerous magical creatures as pets.
Four months later, the diary is stolen, and shortly afterward Hermione is petrified. However, she holds a note explaining that the culprit is a basilisk, a huge serpent whose gaze kills those who look into its eyes directly but only petrifies those who look into them by means of a reflecting surface, such as water or a mirror. Hermione concluded that the monster travels through the school's pipes and emerges through the toilet Myrtle haunts. As the attacks continue, Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic, holds Hagrid in the wizards' prison as a precaution. Lucius Malfoy, a former supporter of Voldemort who claims to have reformed, then announces that the school's governors have suspended Dumbledore from the position of headmaster.
After Ron's younger sister Ginny is taken into the Chamber, the staff insist that the Dark Arts teacher, Gilderoy Lockhart, should handle the situation. However, when Harry and Ron go to his office to tell him what they have discovered about the basilisk, Lockhart reveals that he is a fraud who took credit for the accomplishments of others and attempts to erase the boys' memories. Disarming Lockhart, they march him to Moaning Myrtle's toilet, where Harry opens the passage to the Chamber of Secrets. In the sewers under the school, Lockhart grabs Ron's wand and tries again to wipe the boys' memories – but Ron's wand had been damaged in an accident at the start of the school year and the spell backfires, inflicting total amnesia on Lockhart, collapsing part of the tunnel and separating Harry from Ron and Lockhart.
While Ron attempts to tunnel through the rubble, Harry enters the Chamber of Secrets, where Ginny lies beside the diary. As he examines her, Tom Riddle appears, looking exactly as he did fifty years ago, and explains that he is a memory stored in the diary. Ginny wrote in it about her adolescent hopes and fears, and Riddle won her confidence by appearing sympathetic, possessed her, and used her to open the Chamber. Riddle also reveals that he is Voldemort as a boy. He further explains that he learned from Ginny who Harry was and about his own deeds as Voldemort. When Ginny realised that she had been responsible for the attacks, she attempted to throw the diary away, which is how it came into Harry's possession. Riddle then releases the basilisk to kill Harry. Dumbledore's pet phoenix, Fawkes, brings a magnificent sword wrapped in the Sorting Hat. Harry uses the sword to kill the basilisk – but only after being bitten by the creature's venomous fangs, one of which breaks off. As Riddle gloats over the dying Harry, Fawkes cures him with its tears. Harry stabs the diary with the broken fang, and Riddle screams and vanishes. Ginny revives after Riddle's disappearance and they return to Ron, who is still watching over the amnesic Lockhart. Fawkes carries all four out of the tunnels.
Harry recounts the whole story to Dumbledore, who has been reinstated. The headmaster revokes his threat to expel the boys if they broke more rules and gives them special awards for services to the school. When Harry mentions his fears that he is similar to Tom Riddle, Dumbledore says that Harry chose Gryffindor House, and only a true member of that House could have used Godric Gryffindor's sword to kill the basilisk. Lucius Malfoy bursts in, and Harry accuses him of slipping the diary into one of Ginny's books while all the pupils were shopping for school books. Malfoy replies, "Prove it." Finally, all of the basilisk's petrified victims are revived by a potion, the preparation of which has taken several months.
Publication and reception
Development
Rowling found it difficult to finish Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets because she was afraid it would not live up to the expectations raised by Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. After delivering the manuscript to Bloomsbury on schedule, she took it back for six weeks of revision.
In early drafts of the book, the ghost Nearly Headless Nick sang a self-composed song explaining his condition and the circumstances of his death. This was cut as the book's editor did not care for the poem, which has been subsequently published as an extra on J. K. Rowling's official website. The family background of Dean Thomas was removed because Rowling and her publishers considered it an "unnecessary digression", and she considered Neville Longbottom's own journey of discovery "more important to the central plot".
Publication
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and in the US on 2 June 1999. It immediately took first place in UK bestseller lists, displacing popular authors such as John Grisham, Tom Clancy, and Terry Pratchett, and making Rowling the first author to win the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year for two years in succession. In June 1999 it went straight to the top of three US bestseller lists, including The New York Times'.
First edition printings had several errors, which were fixed in subsequent reprints. Initially Dumbledore said that Voldemort was the last remaining ancestor of Salazar Slytherin, instead of his descendant. Gilderoy Lockhart's book on werewolves is entitled Weekends with Werewolves at one point and Wanderings with Werewolves later in the book.
Critical response
In The Times, Deborah Loudon described Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as a children's book that would be "re-read into adulthood" and highlighted its "strong plots, engaging characters, excellent jokes and a moral message which flows naturally from the story". Fantasy author Charles de Lint agreed, and considered the second Harry Potter book as good as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, a rare achievement among series of books. Thomas Wagner regarded the plot as very similar to that of the first book, based on searching for a secret hidden under the school. However, he enjoyed the parody of celebrities and their fans that centres round Gilderoy Lockhart, and approved of the book's handling of racism. Tammy Nezol found the book more disturbing than its predecessor, particularly in the rash behaviour of Harry and his friends after Harry withholds information from Dumbledore, and in the human-like behaviour of the mandrakes used to make a potion that cures petrification. Nevertheless she considered the second story as enjoyable as the first.
Mary Stuart thought the final conflict with Tom Riddle in the Chamber was almost as scary as in some of Stephen King's works, and perhaps too strong for young or timid children. She commented that "there are enough surprises and imaginative details thrown in as would normally fill five lesser books." Like other reviewers, she thought the book would give pleasure to both children and adult readers. According to Philip Nel, the early reviews gave unalloyed praise while the later ones included some criticisms, although they still agreed that the book was outstanding.
Writing after all seven books had been published, Graeme Davis regarded Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as the weakest of the series, and agreed that the plot structure is much the same as in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. He described Fawkes's appearance to arm Harry and then to heal him as a deus ex machina: the book does not explain how Fawkes knew where to find Harry; and Fawkes's timing had to be very precise, as arriving earlier would probably have prevented the battle with the basilisk, while arriving later would have been fatal to Harry and Ginny.
Dave Kopel describes the climactic scene in which Harry saves Ginny from Riddle's diary and the basilisk as Pilgrim's Progress for a new audience: "Harry descends to a deep underworld, is confronted by two Satanic minions (Voldemort and a giant serpent), is saved from certain death by his faith in Dumbledore (the bearded God the Father/Ancient of Days), rescues the virgin (Ginerva [sic] Weasley), and ascends in triumph."
Awards and honours
Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was the recipient of several awards. The American Library Association listed the novel among its 2000 Notable Children's Books, as well as its Best Books for Young Adults. In 1999, Booklist named Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as one of its Editors' Choices, and as one of its Top Ten Fantasy Novels for Youth. The Cooperative Children's Book center made the novel a CCBC Choice of 2000 in the "Fiction for Children" category. The novel also won Children's Book of the Year British Book Award, and was shortlisted for the 1998 Guardian Children's Award and the 1998 Carnegie Award.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1998 Gold Medal in the 9–11 years division. Rowling also won two other Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The Scottish Arts Council awarded their first ever Children’s Book Award to the novel in 1999, and it was also awarded Whitaker's Platinum Book Award in 2001.
Religious response
Religious controversy surrounding Harry Potter and the Chamber of the Secrets and the other books in the Harry Potter series mainly deal with claims that the novel contains occult or Satanic subtexts. Religious response to the series has not been exclusively negative, however, and several religious groups have spoken in defense of the moralistic themes found in the book. The American Library Association even placed the series atop the "most challenged books" list for 1999–2001.
The Orthodox churches of Greece and Bulgaria have campaigned against the series, and in the United States, calls for the book to be banned from schools have led to legal challenges. Most of these are held on the grounds that witchcraft is a government-recognised religion and that to allow the novels to be held in public schools violates the separation of church and state.
Some religious responses have been positive. Emily Griesinger wrote that fantasy literature helps children to survive reality for long enough to learn how to deal with it, described Harry's first passage through to Platform 9¾ as an application of faith and hope, and his encounter with the Sorting Hat as the first of many in which Harry is shaped by the choices he makes. She noted that the self-sacrifice of Harry's mother, which protected the boy in the first book and throughout the series, was the most powerful of the "deeper magics" that transcend the magical "technology" of the wizards, and one which the power-hungry Voldemort fails to understand. Christianity Today published an editorial in favour of the books in January 2000, calling the series a "Book of Virtues" and averring that although "modern witchcraft is indeed an ensnaring, seductive false religion that we must protect our children from", the Harry Potter books represent "wonderful examples of compassion, loyalty, courage, friendship, and even self-sacrifice". "At least as much as they've been attacked from a theological point of view", commented Rowling, "[the books] have been lauded and taken into pulpit, and most interesting and satisfying for me, it's been by several different faiths".
Themes
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets continues the examination of what makes a person who he or she is, which began in the first book. As well as maintaining that Harry's identity is shaped by his decisions rather than any aspect of his birth,Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets provides contrasting characters who try to conceal their true personalities: as Tammy Nezol puts it, Gilderoy Lockhart "lacks any real identity" because he is nothing more than a charming liar. Riddle also complicates Harry's struggle to understand himself by pointing out the similarities between the two: "both half-bloods, orphans raised by Muggles, probably the only two Parselmouths to come to Hogwarts since the great Slytherin."
Opposition to class, prejudice, and racism is a constant theme of the series. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry's consideration and respect for others extends to the lowly, non-human Dobby and the ghost Nearly Headless Nick. According to Marguerite Krause, achievements in the novel depend more on ingenuity and hard work than on natural talents.
Edward Duffy, an associate professor at Marquette University, says that one of the central characters of Chamber of Secrets is a book, Tom Riddle's enchanted diary, which takes control of Ginny Weasley – just as Riddle planned. Duffy suggests that Rowling intended this as a warning against passively consuming information from sources that have their own agendas. Although Bronwyn Williams and Amy Zenger regard the diary as more like an instant messaging or chat room system, they agree about the dangers of relying too much on the written word, which can camouflage the author, and they highlight a comical example, Lockhart's self-promoting books.
Immorality and the portrayal of authority as negative are significant themes in the novel. Marguerite Krause states that there are few absolute moral rules in Harry Potter's world, for example Harry prefers to tell the truth, but lies whenever he considers it necessary – very like his enemy Draco Malfoy. At the end of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Dumbledore retracts his promise to punish Harry, Ron, and Hermione if they break any more school rules – after Professor McGonagall estimates that they have broken over 100 – and lavishly rewards them for ending the threat from the Chamber of Secrets. Krause further states that authority figures and political institutions receive little respect from Rowling. William MacNeil of Griffith University, Queensland, Australia states that the Minister for Magic is presented as a mediocrity. In his article "Harry Potter And The Secular City", Ken Jacobson suggests that the Ministry as a whole is portrayed as a tangle of bureaucratic empires, saying that "Ministry officials busy themselves with minutiae (e.g. standardising cauldron thicknesses) and coin politically correct euphemisms like 'non-magical community' (for Muggles) and 'memory modification' (for magical brainwashing)."
This novel implies that it begins in 1992: the cake for Nearly-Headless Nick's 500th deathday party bears the words "Sir Nicholas De Mimsy Porpington died 31 October 1492".
Connection to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Chamber of Secrets has many links with the sixth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In fact, Half-Blood Prince was the working title of Chamber of Secrets and Rowling says she originally intended to present some "crucial pieces of information" in the second book, but ultimately felt that "this information's proper home was book six". Some objects that play significant roles in Half-Blood Prince first appear in Chamber of Secrets: the Hand of Glory and the opal necklace that are on sale in Borgin and Burkes; a Vanishing Cabinet in Hogwarts that is damaged by Peeves the Poltergeist; and Tom Riddle's diary, which is later shown to be a Horcrux.
yě xǔ shì chū yú duì hā lì mó fǎ de jì dá， zhěng gè shǔ jiǎ dū kuài guò qù liǎo， dé sī lǐ yī jiā chú liǎo bù yǔn xǔ hā lì zuò tā de mó fǎ zuò yè wài， jīhū méi yòu tài wéi nán tā。 dàn shì hā lì hái shì jué dé hěn kǔ nǎo， yīn wéi tā zài huò gé wò cí zuì hǎo de liǎng gè péng yǒu héng héng hè mǐn hé luó 'ēn sì hū yǐ jīng bǎ tā wàng jì liǎo， sān gè hǎo péng yǒu shuō hǎo yào zài shǔ jiǎ xiě xìn bǎo chí lián xì， hā lì bù tíng dì gěi liǎng gè péng yǒu xiě xìn， dàn shì zhí dào xiàn zài， tā què hái méi yòu jiē dào yī fēng huí xìn。
jiù zài jiàqī mǎ shàng yào jié shù de shí hòu， yī gè míng jiào duō bǐ de xiǎo jīng líng tū rán chū xiàn zài hā lì de wò shì zhōng， tā jǐng gào hā lì， huí dào huò gé wò cí jiāng huì yòu kě pà de shì qíng jiàng lín， hā lì huì yòu shēng mìng wēi xiǎn！ wèile bǎo quán hā lì de xìng mìng， duō bǐ jié liú liǎo suǒ yòu hè mǐn hé luó 'ēn gěi hā lì de huí xìn héng héng tā yǐ wéi zhè yàng hā lì jiù huì chū yú duì péng yǒu de shī wàng 'ér bù zài fǎn huí huò gé wò cí shàng xué， kě shì hā lì jiān chí yào huí dào huò gé wò cí qù， wèile zǔ zhǐ hā lì， duō bǐ zài shèn zhì wéi guǐ zài má guā shì jiè shǐ yòng liǎo mó fǎ dà nào dé sī lǐ yī jiā， jiēguǒ hā lì dān wù liǎo fǎn huí huò gé wò cí de zhuān liè， jiù zài tā xīn jí rú fén de shí hòu， hǎo péng yǒu luó 'ēn jià zhe yī liàng shī liǎo mó fǎ de fēi chē lái jiù jià liǎo， fèi jìn zhōu zhé， tā men zhōng yú dé yǐ zài xīn xué qī kāi xué diǎn lǐ shàng gǎn huí xué xiào。
ér cǐ shí， hā lì shàng gè xué qī jī kuì fú dì mó de yīng xióng xíng wéi yǐ jīng zài huò gé wò cí hé zhěng gè mó fǎ shì jiè guǎng wéi chuán bō， hā lì tū rán chéng wéi liǎo zhòng rén zhǔ mùdì zhōng xīn， yòu gè fēng chuī cǎo dòng， tā jiù kě néng chéng wéi rén men yì lùn de huà tí， piān piān xīn shàng rèn de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù kè jiào shòu luò hā tè ( kěn ní sī . bù lā nà ) yě shì gè 'ài chū fēng tóu de rén wù， yóu qí xǐ huān míng lǐ 'àn lǐ dì diāo nán yī xià hā lì， rán hòu bǎ zì jǐ biāo bǎng chéng wéi huò gé wò cí zhēn zhèng de dà yīng xióng。
guǒ rán hé jīng líng duō bǐ yù yán de yī yàng， xīn xué qī kāi shǐ méi duō jiǔ， huò gé wò cí jiù pín pín chū xiàn kǒng bù shén mì de shì jiàn héng héng jǐ gè luò dān de xué shēng hé shǒu mén rén de māo shòu dào mǒu zhǒng kě pà de lì liàng de gōng jī 'ér shí huà， ér hā lì de 'ěr biān， yě shí cháng yòu yī gè yōu líng bān shēng yīn xiǎng qǐ， gào sù tā： huò gé wò cí de mì shì zhī mén bèi dǎ kāi， xié 'è lì liàng de hòu sì jiāng huì duì xué xiào lǐ de ní bā zhǒng ( jí fù mǔ bù shì wū shī de xué shēng ) jìn xíng bào fù……
yī shí jiān huò gé wò cí rén xīn huáng huáng， yóu yú néng tīng dé dǒng shé de yǔ yán， hā lì bèi huái yí shì nà gè chuán shuō zhòngxié 'è lì liàng de hòu sì， wéi zài shēn biān de péng yǒu men yě fēn fēn kāi shǐ zhì yí hā lì， zhǐ yòu hè mǐn hé luó 'ēn， shǐ zhōng duì hā lì jì yú zhe bǎi fēn zhī bǎi de xìn rèn， rán hòu dāng yòu yī tiān， hè mǐn yě bèi zāo dào liǎo shén mì lì liàng de gōng jī， yī xiàng rè zhōng yú zì chuī zì léi de luò hā tè jiào shòu xiǎn chū nuò fū de běn xìng， lín zhèn tuì suō， zhǐ yòu luó 'ēn jiān dìng dì hé hā lì zhàn zài yī qǐ duì kàng zhe xié 'è lì liàng， hā lì zhī dào， wèile bǎo hù tā rè 'ài de huò gé wò cí xué xiào， wèile zhěng jiù hé tā shēng sǐ yǔ gòng de hǎo péng yǒu， yě wéi liǎo xǐ qīng jiā zài zì jǐ tóu shàng de zhǒng zhǒng huái yí， tā bì xū yòu suǒ xíng dòng liǎo， kě shì， tā miàn duì de dí rén jiū jìng shì shuí？ tā yǐn cáng zài nǎ lǐ？ tā de mùdì yòu shì shénme？ hā lì xiàn rù yī tuán mí wù zhōng……
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 [ diàn yǐng ]- yǐngpiān píng jià
běn jí yào bǐ dì yī jí gèng piān chéng rén， sè diào gèng 'àn。 yóu yú piàn zhōng yī xiē bǐ jiào hài rén de chǎng miàn， huá nà gōng sī céng shí fēn dān xīn yǐngpiān bèi huá wéi PG-13 jí， zhè yàng tā men zài yǐngpiān shàng yìng hòu tóng qī tuī chū de bō tè wán jù xiāo liàng jiāng huì dà dǎ zhé kòu。《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 de yuán zhù xiǎo shuō bù jǐn bǐ dì yī bù gèng cháng、 bāo hán gèng duō de rén wù， juésè yě gèng jù tè sè。 suī rán yòu xiē dú zhě jiāng《 mì shì》 yuán zhù xuǎn wéi tā men zuì bù xǐ huān de yī ji， yīn wéi jù qíng guò yú zhí jiē， quē fá qū zhé。 dàn shì， yǐngpiān hēi 'àn yán jùn de zhù tí héng héng mó fǎ xué xiào zhōng de yī gè xié 'è de cún zài jiāng xué shēng men yī gè gè dì biàn chéng liǎo shí tóu héng héng shǐ dǎo yǎn gē lún bù néng gòu zhuān zhù yú lìng rén mù huàn de shì jué tè xiào yǐ jí cì jī de dòng zuò chǎng miàn。 yuán xiān bàn yǎn mó fǎ xiào cháng de lǎo yé yé lǐ chá dé · hā lǐ sī qù shì liǎo， xǐ huān tā de rén kě bù néng cuò guò zhè jí。 zài yuán zhù xiǎo shuō de chā tú lǐ， xiǎo jīng líng duō bǐ hé yǐngpiān lǐ de xíng xiàng chā jù bù xiǎo， piàn zhōng yòng jì suàn jī tè jì zhì zuò chū lái duō bǐ hái yīn wéi cháng dé yǔ 'é luó sī zǒng tǒng pǔ jīng yòu xiē xiāng sì 'ér yǐn qǐ liǎo guān zhù hé zhēng yì。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 [ diàn yǐng ]- mù hòu zhì zuò
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 yuán zhù xiǎo shuō yú 1998 nián chū bǎn， suí jí dēng shàng liǎo yīng guó chàng xiāo shū jí páiháng bǎng de guànjūn， jiē zhe gèng zài《 niǔ yuē shí bào》、《 jīn rì měi guó bào》 hé《 huá 'ěr jiē rì bào》 de chàng xiāo shū jí páiháng bǎng shàng chēng bà， zài quán shì jiè sì shí jǐ gè guó jiā fā xíng， zǒng xiāo shòu liàng gāo dá sì qiān duō wàn běn ( guāng shì zài měi guó hé jiā ná dà jiù mài chū liǎo chāo guò yī qiān wǔ bǎi wàn běn )。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 yú 2001 nián 11 yuè 19 rì， zài hā tè fú jùn de lì fū sī dēng shè yǐng péng zhǎn kāi pāi shè gōng zuò，《 hā lì bō tè： shén mì de mó fǎ shí》 zài yīng guó dāng dì cái shàng yìng sān tiān， jiù dǎ pò liǎo duō xiàng piào fáng jì lù， chéng wéi yǐng shǐ shàng zǒng piào fáng shōu rù dì 'èr gāo de diàn yǐng， tóng shí náng kuò liǎo sān xiàng 'ào sī kǎ jīn xiàng jiǎng de tí míng， yǐ jí qī xiàng yīng guó yǐng shì yì shù xué yuàn jiǎng de tí míng， bāo kuò nián dù zuì jiā yīng guó yǐngpiān。
zhè bù xīn piàn zài dù zhǎo lái tóng xīng dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū (《 jīng bào wēi jī》、 BBC diàn shì tái de《 kuài ròu yú shēng lù》 ) shì yǎn hā lì bō tè、 lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè shì yǎn róng 'ēn · wéi sī lì、 yǐ jí 'āi mǎ · wǎ tè sēn shì yǎn miào lì · gé lán jié， sān wèi xiǎo mó fǎ shī jìn rù liǎo huò gé huá cí mó fǎ yǔ wū shù xué yuàn de dì 'èr xué nián， yǔ shén mì de xié 'è lì liàng duǎn bīng jiāo jiē。
shēn jiān dǎo yǎn yǔ zhí xíng zhì zuò zhí wù de kè lǐ sī · gē lún bù shuō： " zhǐ yào nǐ xǐ huān dì yī jí de《 hā lì bō tè》 diàn yǐng， jiù yī dìng huì 'ài shàng《 xiāo shī de mì shì》， zhè gè gù shì gèng shén mì hēi 'àn， chōng mǎn liǎo hài rén de guài wù hé qián cáng de xié 'è lì liàng； cǐ wài， zhè bù diàn yǐng hái zēng jiā liǎo xǔ duō lìng rén xīng fèn de xīn jiǎo sè， bāo kuò xīn lái de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù jiào shòu jī dé luó · luò hā。 "
jù bèi biān jù yǔ dǎo yǎn děng duō xiàng cái yì de yǎn yuán kěn ní sī · bù lāi nà (《 hā mǔ léi tè》、《 dōushì nán rén rě de huò》、《 zài xù qián shì qíng》 )， shì yǎn jiāo róu zuò zuò de zì liàn kuáng jī dé luó · luò hā， jiā rù huò gé huá cí xué yuàn， dān rèn hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù de xīn jiào shòu。
kěn ní sī · bù lāi nà shuō： " jī dé luó · luò hā shì luó lín bǐ xià de wàn rén mí， wǒ hěn lè yú tóu rù huò gé huá cí de mó fǎ shì jiè lǐ， hé zhè me duō yōu xiù de yǎn zhí rén yuán hé zuò。 "
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 [ diàn yǐng ]- mù hòu huā xù
· yī hào nán zhù yǎn dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lì fú zài dì 'èr jí pāi dào yī bàn shí tū rán biàn shēng， hòu lái jīng yóu yī xiē jì shù chǔlǐ cái suàn jiě jué， bù zhì yú yào zhòng xīn zài pèi yīn。
· yóu yú piàn zhōng yī xiē bǐ jiào hài rén de chǎng miàn， huá nà gōng sī céng shí fēn dān xīn yǐngpiān bèi huá wéi PG-13 jí， zhè yàng tā men zài yǐngpiān shàng yìng hòu tóng qī tuī chū de bō tè wán jù xiāo liàng jiāng huì dà dǎ zhé kòu， bié xiǎo kàn zhè xiē wán jù， qù nián tā men wéi huá nà gōng sī dài lái liǎo chāo guò 5 yì měi yuán de jìn zhàng！ tā men de zuì zhù yào gòu mǎi qún tǐ wéi 7 dào 11 suì de 'ér tóng。
· zuò wéi yī míng fù qīn， dǎo yǎn gē lún bù céng duì guān zhòng men fā chū zhè yàng de jǐng gào： " rú guǒ nǐ men dài zhe zì jǐ 7 suì shèn zhì bǐ 7 suì hái xiǎo de hái zǐ lái kàn zhè bù piānzǐ， qǐng yī dìng yào què bǎo tā men yòu néng lì fēn biàn tā men kàn de shì shénme。 "
· zài yuán zhù xiǎo shuō de chā tú lǐ， xiǎo jīng líng duō bǐ chuānzhuó yī gè chá jīn gǎi chéng de、 miàn kǒu dài shìde pò jiù yī fú， jiān tóu jiān nǎo， wán pí kě 'ài， xiàng zhǐ xiǎo lǎo shǔ duō guò xiàng jīng líng， hé yǐngpiān lǐ de xíng xiàng chā jù bù xiǎo。
· yǐngpiān zhōng de dà bù fēn shì nèi chǎng jǐng dōushì zài lún dūn jiāo wài yī gè yóu fèi qì jī chǎng gǎi zào de shè yǐng péng nèi wán chéng， jù shuō zhè gè wèi zhì yǐn mì de jī kù nèi gòng yòu 22 gè shè yǐng péng， ér《 hā lì · bō tè》 de jù zǔ jiù bāo xià liǎo qí zhōng de 17 gè。
· wèile pāi shè luó 'ēn hé bō tè kāi zhe fēi tiān qì chē gǎn qù mó fǎ xué xiào yī mù， jù zǔ gòng dòng yòng liǎo 14 liàng yī mó yī yàng de lǎo yé chē， yǐ yìng fù bù tóng jiǎo dù de pāi shè xū yào。
· wèile tū xiàn chū luò hā tè jiào shòu de 'ài mù xū róng， dǎo yǎn gē lún bù hé yuán zuò zhě luó lín nǚ shì yī qǐ shāng liàng hòu， wéi zhè gè juésè qīn zì shè jì liǎo gè zhǒng yǐ sī chóu fú shì wéi zhù de zào xíng， sè cǎi huá guì yàn lì zhōng yòu tòu chū yī zhǒng shì sú fú huá de wèi dào。
· hái shì wèile jiǎng lì dān ní 'ěr zài dì yī jí zhōng de chū sè biǎo yǎn， huá nà gōng sī sòng gěi dān ní 'ěr yī gè tā mèng mèi yǐ qiú de diàn zǐ yóu xì ruǎn jiàn， suī rán jià zhí zhǐ yòu qū qū 10 yīng bàng， dàn què ràng tóng xīn bù jiǎn de dān ní 'ěr zhuóshí jī dòng liǎo bàn tiān。
· shì yǎn luó 'ēn de lǔ bó tè chéng rèn， tā jué dé gān gà de shì yòu shí hòu yǐng mí men huì ná yī xiē xī qí gǔ guài de dōng xī ràng tā men qiān míng， jiù zài jǐ tiān qián， jìng rán hái yòu rén qǐng tā zài yī zhāng zhī piào shàng qiān míng， nòng dé lǔ bó tè kū xiào bù dé。
· shì yǎn hè mǐn de 'ài mǎ zuì xǐ huān de yǎn yuán shì hǎo lāi wù " zuì xìng gǎn de nán rén " bù lā dé · bǐ tè， tā shuō kě wàng zì jǐ dào hǎo lāi wù fā zhǎn， yòu cháo yī rì néng hé tā de 'ǒu xiàng hé zuò pāi piàn。
· zài huò gé wò cí xué shēng sù shè zǒu láng lǐ chū xiàn de nà xiē huì dòng de huà xiàng， jù shuō huà lǐ de rén wù dōushì yǐ jù zǔ jiù dì qǔ cái， yǐ gè wèi mù hòu gōng zuò rén yuán， bǐ rú jù wù、 dēng guāng shī、 huà zhuāng shī děng děng wéi mó tè huì zhì de。
· suí zhe diàn yǐng yī bù jiē yī bù tuī chū， zhòng duō de bō tè mí men děng dài zhe luó lín de dì wǔ bù《 hā lì · bō tè》 xiǎo shuō wèn shì yě shì děng dé xīn jiāo， zhè bù yǐ jīng dìng míng wéi《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng de mìng lìng》 de xiǎo shuō， zuì xīn de shuō fǎ， jiāng huì zài míng nián 6 yuè fèn zhèng shì chū bǎn。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 [ diàn yǐng ]- chuān bāng jìng tóu
· zài kuí dì qí bǐ sài guò chéng zhōng， kě yǐ kàn dào cáng zài hā lǐ sǎo zhǒu shàng de gāng sī。
· lián guàn xìng： luó 'ēn cóng tā mǔ qīn shōu dào páo xiào xìn Howler， shāo hòu bù jiǔ， ài 'ěr chuǎng liǎo jìn lái， kě yǐ kàn dào nà fēng hóng sè de xìn shì dǎ kāi zhe de， dāng luó 'ēn bǎ xìn cóng 'ài 'ěr de zuǐ lǐ ná lái de shí hòu， wǒ men kě yǐ kàn dào luó 'ēn dǎ kāi xìn fēng， zhè yàng tā cái néng yuè dú xìn jiàn。
· hā lì hé róng 'ēn páo wǎng jiǔ yòu sì fēn zhī sān yuè tái qù gǎn huò gé huá cí tè kuài chē， niǎo lóng yīn pèng zhuàng kuài yào dǎo dì shí kě yǐ fā xiàn nà shì zhǐ jiǎ niǎo。
· yǐngpiān zhōng jué dǒu de jìng tóu zuǒ biān kě yǐ kàn dào jù zǔ rén yuán ( shè yǐng shī )。
· mì shì zhōng hā lì bō tè kào jìn yuán jìng qián zhuāng zhe tóu gǔ de bō lí róng qì， suí jí zǒu kāi， zhè shí hòu tā shēn biān chū xiàn yī gè hěn gāo de tiě zhuāng shì wù， zhī qián zhè lǐ xiǎn shì bìng wú cǐ wù。
· qì chē shù lín biān tíng xià shí， chē wěi bù yòu gè bèi zhuàng de hěn shēn de 'āo xiàn， yǐ jí biān shàng yòu fú tè 'àng gé lǔ qì chē shāng biāo pái， jǐn jǐn zài tā men qǔ xià xíng lǐ hòu 'āo hén hé shāng biāo pái dōubù jiàn liǎo。
· yǐngpiān zhōng yòu gè xiǎo yǎn yuán， tā de zuǒ liǎn shàng liǎng kē qiū zhěn wèi zhì jū rán shì huì yí dòng de。
· hā lǐ bō tè yòu shǒu 'àn zài shāng kǒu shàng hé ginny shuō huà， dāng shí yòu shǒu bèi yòu zhe xuè wū， suí zhe jìng tóu lā jìn， xuè wū xiāo shī liǎo。
· jiā tíng jīng líng duō bǐ zài hā lì de wò fáng lǐ yǔ zhī jiāo tán de chǎng jǐng lǐ， bèi hòu qiáng bì shàng xuán guà wù jiān de jù lí yòu jiào dà gǎi biàn。
· bēn páo zhōng tā men yǔ xíng lǐ chē xiāng zhuàng： zǎi xì kàn fā shēng pèng zhuàng shí xíng lǐ chē dǐ bù yòu 5 gēn tiě tiáo， liǎng rén dǎo dì hòu xíng lǐ chē dǐ bù zhǐ yòu 4 gēn tiě tiáo， zhè xiǎn rán bù shì tóng yī jià xíng lǐ chē。
· fēi tiān mó fǎ chē shàng hā lì hé róng 'ēn jiān jiào de jìng tóu， hā lì shēn hòu yòu zhǐ shén mì de shǒu fú zhe niǎo lóng……
The book was published in the United Kingdom on 2 July 1998 by Bloomsbury and in the United States on 2 June 1999 by Scholastic Inc. Although Rowling found it difficult to finish the book, it won high praise and awards from critics, young readers and the book industry, although some critics thought the story was perhaps too frightening for younger children. Some religious authorities have condemned its use of magical themes, while others have praised its emphasis on self-sacrifice and on the way in which a person's character is the result of the person's choices.
Several commentators have noted that personal identity is a strong theme in the book, and that it addresses issues of racism through the treatment of non-magical, non-human and non-living characters. Some commentators regard the diary as a warning against uncritical acceptance of information from sources whose motives and reliability cannot be checked. Institutional authority is portrayed as self-serving and incompetent.
The film version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, released in 2002, became the third film to exceed $600 million in international box office sales and received generally favourable reviews. However, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers won the Saturn Award for the Best Fantasy Film. Video games loosely based on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets were also released for several platforms, and most obtained favourable reviews.
Synopsis
Plot introduction
In the first novel in the Harry Potter series, the main character, Harry Potter, has struggled with the difficulties that come with growing up and the added challenge of being a famous wizard. When Harry was a baby, Voldemort, the most powerful evil wizard in living memory, killed Harry's parents but mysteriously vanished after trying to kill Harry. This results in Harry's immediate fame, and his being placed in the care of his Muggle, or non-magical, relatives Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.
Harry enters the wizarding world at the age of eleven, enrolling in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He makes friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and is confronted by Lord Voldemort trying to regain power.
Plot summary
Soon after the start of Harry's second year at Hogwarts, messages on the walls of the corridors say that the mythical Chamber of Secrets has been re-opened and that the "heir of Slytherin" would kill all pupils whose parents are both non-magical – which includes Hermione. At intervals various inhabitants of the school are found petrified in corridors. Meanwhile, Harry, Ron, and Hermione discover Moaning Myrtle, the ghost of a girl who was killed the last time the Chamber was opened, and who now haunts the girls' toilet in which she died. Myrtle shows Harry a diary bearing the name Tom Marvolo Riddle. Although its pages are blank, it responds when Harry writes in it. Eventually the book shows him Hogwarts as it was fifty years ago. There he sees Tom Riddle, a pupil at the time, pin the blame for opening the Chamber on Rubeus Hagrid, who was then thirteen years old and already devoted to keeping dangerous magical creatures as pets.
Four months later, the diary is stolen, and shortly afterward Hermione is petrified. However, she holds a note explaining that the culprit is a basilisk, a huge serpent whose gaze kills those who look into its eyes directly but only petrifies those who look into them by means of a reflecting surface, such as water or a mirror. Hermione concluded that the monster travels through the school's pipes and emerges through the toilet Myrtle haunts. As the attacks continue, Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic, holds Hagrid in the wizards' prison as a precaution. Lucius Malfoy, a former supporter of Voldemort who claims to have reformed, then announces that the school's governors have suspended Dumbledore from the position of headmaster.
After Ron's younger sister Ginny is taken into the Chamber, the staff insist that the Dark Arts teacher, Gilderoy Lockhart, should handle the situation. However, when Harry and Ron go to his office to tell him what they have discovered about the basilisk, Lockhart reveals that he is a fraud who took credit for the accomplishments of others and attempts to erase the boys' memories. Disarming Lockhart, they march him to Moaning Myrtle's toilet, where Harry opens the passage to the Chamber of Secrets. In the sewers under the school, Lockhart grabs Ron's wand and tries again to wipe the boys' memories – but Ron's wand had been damaged in an accident at the start of the school year and the spell backfires, inflicting total amnesia on Lockhart, collapsing part of the tunnel and separating Harry from Ron and Lockhart.
While Ron attempts to tunnel through the rubble, Harry enters the Chamber of Secrets, where Ginny lies beside the diary. As he examines her, Tom Riddle appears, looking exactly as he did fifty years ago, and explains that he is a memory stored in the diary. Ginny wrote in it about her adolescent hopes and fears, and Riddle won her confidence by appearing sympathetic, possessed her, and used her to open the Chamber. Riddle also reveals that he is Voldemort as a boy. He further explains that he learned from Ginny who Harry was and about his own deeds as Voldemort. When Ginny realised that she had been responsible for the attacks, she attempted to throw the diary away, which is how it came into Harry's possession. Riddle then releases the basilisk to kill Harry. Dumbledore's pet phoenix, Fawkes, brings a magnificent sword wrapped in the Sorting Hat. Harry uses the sword to kill the basilisk – but only after being bitten by the creature's venomous fangs, one of which breaks off. As Riddle gloats over the dying Harry, Fawkes cures him with its tears. Harry stabs the diary with the broken fang, and Riddle screams and vanishes. Ginny revives after Riddle's disappearance and they return to Ron, who is still watching over the amnesic Lockhart. Fawkes carries all four out of the tunnels.
Harry recounts the whole story to Dumbledore, who has been reinstated. The headmaster revokes his threat to expel the boys if they broke more rules and gives them special awards for services to the school. When Harry mentions his fears that he is similar to Tom Riddle, Dumbledore says that Harry chose Gryffindor House, and only a true member of that House could have used Godric Gryffindor's sword to kill the basilisk. Lucius Malfoy bursts in, and Harry accuses him of slipping the diary into one of Ginny's books while all the pupils were shopping for school books. Malfoy replies, "Prove it." Finally, all of the basilisk's petrified victims are revived by a potion, the preparation of which has taken several months.
Publication and reception
Development
Rowling found it difficult to finish Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets because she was afraid it would not live up to the expectations raised by Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. After delivering the manuscript to Bloomsbury on schedule, she took it back for six weeks of revision.
In early drafts of the book, the ghost Nearly Headless Nick sang a self-composed song explaining his condition and the circumstances of his death. This was cut as the book's editor did not care for the poem, which has been subsequently published as an extra on J. K. Rowling's official website. The family background of Dean Thomas was removed because Rowling and her publishers considered it an "unnecessary digression", and she considered Neville Longbottom's own journey of discovery "more important to the central plot".
Publication
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and in the US on 2 June 1999. It immediately took first place in UK bestseller lists, displacing popular authors such as John Grisham, Tom Clancy, and Terry Pratchett, and making Rowling the first author to win the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year for two years in succession. In June 1999 it went straight to the top of three US bestseller lists, including The New York Times'.
First edition printings had several errors, which were fixed in subsequent reprints. Initially Dumbledore said that Voldemort was the last remaining ancestor of Salazar Slytherin, instead of his descendant. Gilderoy Lockhart's book on werewolves is entitled Weekends with Werewolves at one point and Wanderings with Werewolves later in the book.
Critical response
In The Times, Deborah Loudon described Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as a children's book that would be "re-read into adulthood" and highlighted its "strong plots, engaging characters, excellent jokes and a moral message which flows naturally from the story". Fantasy author Charles de Lint agreed, and considered the second Harry Potter book as good as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, a rare achievement among series of books. Thomas Wagner regarded the plot as very similar to that of the first book, based on searching for a secret hidden under the school. However, he enjoyed the parody of celebrities and their fans that centres round Gilderoy Lockhart, and approved of the book's handling of racism. Tammy Nezol found the book more disturbing than its predecessor, particularly in the rash behaviour of Harry and his friends after Harry withholds information from Dumbledore, and in the human-like behaviour of the mandrakes used to make a potion that cures petrification. Nevertheless she considered the second story as enjoyable as the first.
Mary Stuart thought the final conflict with Tom Riddle in the Chamber was almost as scary as in some of Stephen King's works, and perhaps too strong for young or timid children. She commented that "there are enough surprises and imaginative details thrown in as would normally fill five lesser books." Like other reviewers, she thought the book would give pleasure to both children and adult readers. According to Philip Nel, the early reviews gave unalloyed praise while the later ones included some criticisms, although they still agreed that the book was outstanding.
Writing after all seven books had been published, Graeme Davis regarded Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as the weakest of the series, and agreed that the plot structure is much the same as in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. He described Fawkes's appearance to arm Harry and then to heal him as a deus ex machina: the book does not explain how Fawkes knew where to find Harry; and Fawkes's timing had to be very precise, as arriving earlier would probably have prevented the battle with the basilisk, while arriving later would have been fatal to Harry and Ginny.
Dave Kopel describes the climactic scene in which Harry saves Ginny from Riddle's diary and the basilisk as Pilgrim's Progress for a new audience: "Harry descends to a deep underworld, is confronted by two Satanic minions (Voldemort and a giant serpent), is saved from certain death by his faith in Dumbledore (the bearded God the Father/Ancient of Days), rescues the virgin (Ginerva [sic] Weasley), and ascends in triumph."
Awards and honours
Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was the recipient of several awards. The American Library Association listed the novel among its 2000 Notable Children's Books, as well as its Best Books for Young Adults. In 1999, Booklist named Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as one of its Editors' Choices, and as one of its Top Ten Fantasy Novels for Youth. The Cooperative Children's Book center made the novel a CCBC Choice of 2000 in the "Fiction for Children" category. The novel also won Children's Book of the Year British Book Award, and was shortlisted for the 1998 Guardian Children's Award and the 1998 Carnegie Award.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1998 Gold Medal in the 9–11 years division. Rowling also won two other Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The Scottish Arts Council awarded their first ever Children’s Book Award to the novel in 1999, and it was also awarded Whitaker's Platinum Book Award in 2001.
Religious response
Religious controversy surrounding Harry Potter and the Chamber of the Secrets and the other books in the Harry Potter series mainly deal with claims that the novel contains occult or Satanic subtexts. Religious response to the series has not been exclusively negative, however, and several religious groups have spoken in defense of the moralistic themes found in the book. The American Library Association even placed the series atop the "most challenged books" list for 1999–2001.
The Orthodox churches of Greece and Bulgaria have campaigned against the series, and in the United States, calls for the book to be banned from schools have led to legal challenges. Most of these are held on the grounds that witchcraft is a government-recognised religion and that to allow the novels to be held in public schools violates the separation of church and state.
Some religious responses have been positive. Emily Griesinger wrote that fantasy literature helps children to survive reality for long enough to learn how to deal with it, described Harry's first passage through to Platform 9¾ as an application of faith and hope, and his encounter with the Sorting Hat as the first of many in which Harry is shaped by the choices he makes. She noted that the self-sacrifice of Harry's mother, which protected the boy in the first book and throughout the series, was the most powerful of the "deeper magics" that transcend the magical "technology" of the wizards, and one which the power-hungry Voldemort fails to understand. Christianity Today published an editorial in favour of the books in January 2000, calling the series a "Book of Virtues" and averring that although "modern witchcraft is indeed an ensnaring, seductive false religion that we must protect our children from", the Harry Potter books represent "wonderful examples of compassion, loyalty, courage, friendship, and even self-sacrifice". "At least as much as they've been attacked from a theological point of view", commented Rowling, "[the books] have been lauded and taken into pulpit, and most interesting and satisfying for me, it's been by several different faiths".
Themes
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets continues the examination of what makes a person who he or she is, which began in the first book. As well as maintaining that Harry's identity is shaped by his decisions rather than any aspect of his birth,Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets provides contrasting characters who try to conceal their true personalities: as Tammy Nezol puts it, Gilderoy Lockhart "lacks any real identity" because he is nothing more than a charming liar. Riddle also complicates Harry's struggle to understand himself by pointing out the similarities between the two: "both half-bloods, orphans raised by Muggles, probably the only two Parselmouths to come to Hogwarts since the great Slytherin."
Opposition to class, prejudice, and racism is a constant theme of the series. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry's consideration and respect for others extends to the lowly, non-human Dobby and the ghost Nearly Headless Nick. According to Marguerite Krause, achievements in the novel depend more on ingenuity and hard work than on natural talents.
Edward Duffy, an associate professor at Marquette University, says that one of the central characters of Chamber of Secrets is a book, Tom Riddle's enchanted diary, which takes control of Ginny Weasley – just as Riddle planned. Duffy suggests that Rowling intended this as a warning against passively consuming information from sources that have their own agendas. Although Bronwyn Williams and Amy Zenger regard the diary as more like an instant messaging or chat room system, they agree about the dangers of relying too much on the written word, which can camouflage the author, and they highlight a comical example, Lockhart's self-promoting books.
Immorality and the portrayal of authority as negative are significant themes in the novel. Marguerite Krause states that there are few absolute moral rules in Harry Potter's world, for example Harry prefers to tell the truth, but lies whenever he considers it necessary – very like his enemy Draco Malfoy. At the end of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Dumbledore retracts his promise to punish Harry, Ron, and Hermione if they break any more school rules – after Professor McGonagall estimates that they have broken over 100 – and lavishly rewards them for ending the threat from the Chamber of Secrets. Krause further states that authority figures and political institutions receive little respect from Rowling. William MacNeil of Griffith University, Queensland, Australia states that the Minister for Magic is presented as a mediocrity. In his article "Harry Potter And The Secular City", Ken Jacobson suggests that the Ministry as a whole is portrayed as a tangle of bureaucratic empires, saying that "Ministry officials busy themselves with minutiae (e.g. standardising cauldron thicknesses) and coin politically correct euphemisms like 'non-magical community' (for Muggles) and 'memory modification' (for magical brainwashing)."
This novel implies that it begins in 1992: the cake for Nearly-Headless Nick's 500th deathday party bears the words "Sir Nicholas De Mimsy Porpington died 31 October 1492".
Connection to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Chamber of Secrets has many links with the sixth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In fact, Half-Blood Prince was the working title of Chamber of Secrets and Rowling says she originally intended to present some "crucial pieces of information" in the second book, but ultimately felt that "this information's proper home was book six". Some objects that play significant roles in Half-Blood Prince first appear in Chamber of Secrets: the Hand of Glory and the opal necklace that are on sale in Borgin and Burkes; a Vanishing Cabinet in Hogwarts that is damaged by Peeves the Poltergeist; and Tom Riddle's diary, which is later shown to be a Horcrux.
hā lì bō tè hé tā de liǎng wèi hǎo yǒu ── róng 'ēn yǔ miào lì， zài huò gé huá cí mó fǎ yǔ wū shù xué yuàn， yào mài rù dì sān gè xué nián liǎo， zhè jǐ gè qīng shàonián bèi pò miàn duì nèi xīn zuì dà de kǒng jù， yào yìng fù yī gè wēi xiǎn de táo fàn， hái yòu yuán běn shì yào bǎo hù tā de yī qún cuī kuáng mó。
shí sān suì de hā lì bō tè， xīn bù gān、 qíng bù yuàn dì hé dé sī lǐ yī jiā rén， yòu yī qǐ zhù liǎo yī gè shǔ jiǎ， guò zhù“ ānfèn shǒu jǐ” de wú liáo shēng huó， ér qiě hái bù néng shǐ yòng rèn hé mó fǎ， zhí dào zuì hòu， wēi nóng yí zhàng nà gè 'ào màn yòu bà dào de zǐ zǐ mǎ jī gū gū lái fǎng。 mǎ jī gū gū yī zhí dōuduì hā lì hěn huài， zhè cì hái bǎ tā bī dào liǎo jí xiàn， jiēguǒ tā“ bù xiǎo xīn” ràng tā chōng qì chéng yī gè jù dà de qì qiú， jiù zhè yàng fēi zǒu liǎo。 hā lì hài pà huì shòu dào yí mā hé yí zhàng de chéng fá， yě dān xīn huò gé huá cí mó fǎ yǔ wū shù xué yuàn huì tīng dào fēng shēng， yīn wéi tā men jìn zhǐ xué shēng zài má guā shì jiè lǐ shī yòng mó zhòu， suǒ yǐ tā kě néng huì shòu dào chǔfèn， yú shì tā jiù chèn zhù wǎn shàng táo páo liǎo。
“ qí shì gōng chē” mǎ shàng jiù lái bǎ tā jiē zǒu liǎo， zhè shì yī liàng zǐ sè de sān céng gōng chē， xùn sù dì sòng tā qù pò fǔ jiǔ bā。 hā lì yī dào pò fǔ jiǔ bā， jiù kàn dào mó fǎ bù bù cháng kāng ní liú sī fū zǐ zài děng zhù tā， kě shì fū zǐ mò míng qí miào dì jū rán méi yòu chǔfá tā， fǎn 'ér jiān chí yào tā liú zài pò fǔ jiǔ bā guò yè， gé tiān zài qù huò gé huá cí。
yuán lái fū zǐ méi yòu kāi chú hā lì， shì yīn wéi yòu yī gè wēi xiǎn yòu shén mì de mó fǎ shī tiān láng xīng bù lāi kè， táo chū liǎo 'ā cí kǎ bān jiān yù， jù shuō tā zài xún zhǎo hā lì de xià luò； yáo chuán dāng chū jiù shì bù lāi kè， yǐn lǐng fó dì mó zhǎo shàng hā lì de fù mǔ， zuì hòu hài sǐ liǎo tā men， shèn zhì hái xiǎng shā sǐ hā lì， yīn cǐ tā wéi yī 'ān quán de bìnàn suǒ， jiù shì huò gé huá cí liǎo。
rán 'ér gèng zāo gāo de shì， huò gé huá cí hái yào jiē dài kě pà de 'ā cí kǎ bān shǒu wèi cuī kuáng mó， tā men yào bǎo hù hā lì hé xué xiào， yuǎn lí bù lāi kè de wēi xié。 tā men huì xī qǔ liè wù de líng hún， hěn bù xìng de shì tā men shòu dào hā lì suǒ xī yǐn， ràng hā lì jué dé máo gǔ sǒng rán， ér qiě yòu máng rán wú zhù， zhí dào xīn lái de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù lǎo shī lù píng jiào shòu， xùn liàn hā lì shǐ yòng“ jí jí， hù fǎ xiàn shēn” de zhòu yǔ， dǐ yù cuī kuáng mó ràng duì shǒu quán shēn má bì de mó fǎ。
cǐ wài， hā lì zài huò gé huá cí de dì sān nián， hái jiā rù liǎo jǐ gè xīn jiǎo sè： yīng tóu mǎ shēn de mó fǎ guài wù bā kè bǐ， yòu bèi chēng zhī wéi“ yīng mǎ”； zhǐ yào kàn dào liǎo“ gǒu líng”， dài biǎo zhù yīn sēn hài rén de sǐ shén jí jiāng chū xiàn de yù zhào； hái yòu jīng xiǎn cì jī de mào xiǎn， bāo kuò mì fǎng mó fǎ cūn zhuāng“ huó mǐ cūn”， jiē kāi yǐn cáng zài jié dào dì tú lǐ de mì mì， hái yòu jiān jiào wū de kǒng bù zhī lǚ， yě jiù shì quán yīng guó nào guǐ zuì yán zhòng de jiàn zhù wù。 zài tú zhōng， hā lì xiǎng gǎo qīng chǔ， miào lì zài róng 'ēn hé jù rén hǎi gé de xié zhù zhī xià， shì zěn me shén qí dì lái wú yǐng、 qù wú zōng； zhè yī jí gù shì zhōng de hǎi gé， yǐ jīng dāng shàng liǎo huò gé huá cí de zhào gù mó fǎ dòng wù lǎo shī。
hā lì hé shén mì táo fàn tiān láng xīng bù lāi kè， kàn lái shì miǎn bù liǎo yào zhèng miàn jiāo fēng liǎo， bù guò lù píng jiào shòu hé bù lāi kè zhī jiān， dào dǐ yòu shénme guān xì？ shí nèi bǔ jiào shòu zhè me pò bù jí dài， shì xiǎng yào jiē kāi shénme hēi 'àn de mì mì？ róng 'ēn de chǒng wù lǎo shǔ bān bān， wèishénme huì fā liǎo fēng sì dì cóng tā de shǒu lǐ táo tuō？ hā lì xū yào zuì dà de yǒng qì、 mó fǎ hé xié zhù， cái néng jiě dá zhè xiē yí wèn， jiē xiǎo tiān láng xīng bù lāi kè bèi hòu yǐn cáng de zhēn xiāng， hái yòu tā hé zhè wèi tiān fù yì bǐng de xiǎo mó fǎ shī， guò qù yòu shénme shén mì de guān lián xìng。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]- xiāng guān xiāo xī
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》
zài《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 zhōng， hā lì - bō tè yǐ rán shì nà gè xiǎo wū shī， hè mǐn - gé lán jié hé luó 'ēn - wéi sī lì hái shì tā zuì hǎo de péng yǒu， dàn hā lì - bō tè zài běn jí zhōng bù dé bù miàn duì gèng dà de tiǎo zhàn。 dāng hā lì - bō tè hé tā de péng yǒu men huí dào huò gé wò cí mó fǎ xué xiào dì sān nián shí， tā men miàn duì de dí rén shì chòu míng zhāo zhù de， suí shí duì hā lì yòu suǒ tú móu de táo fàn。 zhè gè táo fàn bèi rèn wéi céng jīng shā hài liǎo hā lì - bō tè de fù mǔ， zhè cì tā de mù biāo shì hā lì。 zài jù zhōng zhè míng táo fàn míng jiào xī lǐ 'ěr sī - bù lāi kè (SiriusBlack)， yóu jiā lì - ào dé màn (GaryOldman) shì yǎn。 mó fǎ xiǎo yīng xióng yě yào miàn duì tā zì jǐ duì sǐ wáng de kǒng jù yǐ jí duì sǐ wáng yù shì de jué wàng。 tā shuō zài《 hā lì - bō tè》 yī shū zhōng， shì tā zuì xǐ huān de yī bù fēn。 zài jù zhōng shì yǎn zhù rén gōng hā lì - bō tè， xiàn nián shí sì suì de dān ní 'ěr - léi dé kè lǐ fū（ DanielRadcliffe） shuō， zhēn shì hěn lìng rén gǎn dào bù kě sī yì， yīn wéi zài běn jí zhōng， duì hā lì - bō tè zhè gè rén wù jiǎn zhí jìn xíng liǎo yī cì chè dǐ dì gǎi zào。 tā biàn dé gèng fù yòu dí yì liǎo， tā hé nà xiē yǔ tā nián jì xiāng fǎng de qīng shàonián yī yàng jù yòu qīn lüè xìng， shì zhǐ suǒ yòu shí sān suì de hái zǐ dōuyòu de。 hā lì - bō tè zài běn jí zhōng duì nà xiē hú zhōng de dà yóu yú guài、 yě bāo kuò gè zhǒng gè yàng guài wù yǐ jí tā shēn biān fā shēng de hěn duō mó fǎ xiàn xiàng biǎo xiàn de hěn xí yǐ wéi cháng liǎo， zài qián liǎng jí zhōng ràng tā gǎn dào hěn jīng qí de shì wù xiàn zài dōuhěn píng cháng。 zài chù lǐ mó fǎ xué xiào de yī xiē shì qíng zhōng， yě biàn dé hěn qīng sōng liǎo， dàn shì tā què zài rú hé yǔ rén jiāo liú shàng biàn dé hěn piān zhí。
zhè xiē qīng chūn qī hái zǐ shēng lǐ shàng de gǎi biàn zài diàn yǐng zhōng tóng yàng dé dào liǎo biǎo xiàn。 zài cǎi fǎng zhōng hè mǐn - gé lán jié de bàn yǎn zhě 'ài mǎ - wò sēn hū rán yǔ jù zǔ qí tā rén yuán 'ěr yǔ liǎo jǐ jù hòu， tán qǐ liǎo zài diàn yǐng zhōng tā hé luó 'ēn - wéi sī lì hù xiāng qiān shǒu de yī mù， zhè shí tā gèng shì zuò liǎo yī gè shí sān suì hái zǐ jīng cháng zuò de guǐ liǎn。 tā shuō： yǐngpiān zhōng yào qiú wǒ hé shì yǎn luó 'ēn - wéi sī lì de lǔ bó tè - gé lín tè yào zuò yī gè lìng rén gān gà de yōng bào。 liǎng gè rén bàn yǎn de juésè yīnggāi yòu yī zhǒng 'ài hèn jiāo jiā de guān xì。
zài tán dào zhè xiē juésè shàng de gǎi biàn shí， zhè wèi mò xī gē chū shēng de dǎo yǎn 'ā fāng suǒ - kù lǎng shuō， hái zǐ men dào liǎo qīng chūn qī， suǒ yǐ duì yī xiē shì qíng huì biàn dé yòu xiē fèn nù。 zài běn jí zhōng zì jǐ bù huì qù yā yì zhè xiē qíng xù， yào ràng tā men shì fàng chū lái。 zhè bìng bù děng yú tí chàng huò zhě gǔ lì， jǐn jǐn shì ràng tā men shì fàng chū lái。 bìng bù xiǎng ràng zhè xiē juésè zài gǎn qíng shàng měi lì wú xiá， yòu shí tā men huì shī qù zì zhì lì， zhè yě hěn zhèng cháng。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]- chuàng zuò tè sè
zhè shì yī bù gèng jiā“ hēi sè” de diàn yǐng， bù lùn shì zài shì jué xiào guǒ shàng hái shì zài tīng jué xiào guǒ shàng。 dǎo yǎn suǒ guān zhù de xì jié gèng duō de jí zhōng zài rén wù hé fēng fù de shì jué xiào guǒ shàng， wèile shǐ mó fǎ kàn qǐ lái gèng guò yǐn， tè jì xiào guǒ yě tóng yàng bù néng hū lüè。 zài běn bù diàn yǐng zhōng， yán sè de biàn huà fēi cháng míng xiǎn。 yǐngpiān zhōng yǐ 'àn sè wéi zhù， yīnyuè gèng jiā shǐ rén gǎn jué yíng rào xīn tóu， zhè yě shì dǎo yǎn de dú jù jiàng xīn。 dǎo yǎn zài pāi shè zhōng gèng duō dì yùn yòng liǎo duō jiǎo dù de pāi shè shǒu fǎ， wéi de jiù shì zēng jiā yǐngpiān de xiào guǒ。 běn piàn de shè yǐng shī mài kè 'ěr - sài ruì cén（ MichaelSeresin） shuō zhè bù diàn yǐng de jù qíng hěn shēng dòng， suǒ yǐ yǔ zhī pèi hé de dēng guāng yě yào qiú gēngshēng dòng yī xiē。 yě jiù shì yào cǎi yòng gāo duì bǐ dù， yào yòu gèng duō de yīn yǐng。 běn piàn de biān jù sī tú 'ěr tè - kè léi gé（ StuartCraig） yě bǔ chōng shuō， zài běn piàn zhōng huì yòu fēi cháng duō de mó fǎ zuò wéi bèi jǐng chū xiàn， huì yòu gèng duō de guài wù chū xiàn， ér qiě zhì zuò xiào guǒ gèng jiā fēng fù， pāi shè de xì jié gèng jiā chū sè。
zài《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 zhōng huì chū xiàn gèng duō de juésè， chú liǎo yóu jiā lì - ào dé màn shì yǎn de táo fàn xī lǐ 'ěr sī - bù lāi kè wài， xīn zēng jiā liǎo yóu dài wéi - xiū lì sī（ DavidThewlis） shì yǎn de láng rén jiào shòu lǔ bīn（ werewolfProfessorLupin）； āi mǎ - tānɡ pǔ sēn（ EmmaThompson） shì yǎn de tè léi luó ní tài tài（ MadameTrelawney）； hái yòu huī fā piāo yì、 fǎ páo zhe shēn、 yòu guài xí guàn de tiān jiè yù yán lǎo shī。 tóng shí zài diàn yǐng zhōng huò gé sī mǐ dé de diàn pū cǎi yòng liǎo wéi duō lì yà jiàn zhù fēng gé， kàn qǐ lái gèng jiā gǔ diǎn。 hái zǐ men zuì xǐ huān de táng guǒ zhōng duō liǎo hěn duō mò xī gē shì de yē nǎi táng hé bàng bàng táng， zhè yě shì dǎo yǎn de jiàng xīn suǒ zài。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]- yǐngpiān píng jià
zhè bù jiāng xīn xiān hé hēi 'àn hùn hé zài yī qǐ de xīn zuò bù dàn huì ràng hā mí men mǎn yì， hái huì ràng gèng duō guān zhòng jiā rù hā mí de zhèn yíng。
héng héng《 dá lā sī xīn wén zǎo bào》
běn piàn bù dàn shì qián sān bù hā lì · bō tè diàn yǐng zhōng zuì bàng de yī bù， ér qiě jí shǐ guān zhòng méi tīng shuō guò luó lín hé tā de zuò pǐn， yě yǐ rán huì bèi shēn shēn xī yǐn。
héng héng《 gǔn shí》
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]- mù hòu zhì zuò
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》
wéi liǎo ràng fú zhuāng tóng yǐngpiān de dāng dài fēng gé xiāng yī zhì， fú zhuāng shè jì shī jié nī · tè mǐn jiù cǐ zuò chū liǎo xì wēi tiáozhěng， jiāng yán sè biàn dàn， bìng qiě tí gōng liǎo hàn shān、 tào tóu shān hé yáng máo shān děng duō zhòng xuǎn zé。 shèn zhì zài hā lì · bō tè qí kuí dì qí de yī duàn zhōng， jù zǔ tè yì 'ān pái liǎo yǔ jǐng， yú shì yī zhǒng xīn xíng de fáng shuǐ miàn liào dé yǐ yìng yòng。
shuō dào yǔ jǐng， kě wèi zhèng hǎo yíng hé liǎo běn piàn yōu yù de fēng gé。 yīn wéi běn piàn de gù shì bǐ guò qù de liǎng bù gèng yīn 'àn， suǒ yǐ zhào míng yě gèng chén mèn， bìng jiā zá zhe gèng duō de yīn yǐng。 kǎ lóng hěn jǐn shèn de shǐ yòng tè xiě jìng tóu， ér shì yòng dà liàng de guǎng jiǎo jìng tóu jiǎng shù gù shì。 yǐngpiān jù zǔ zài sū gé lán de kē xiá gǔ pāi shè shí qiǎo yù liǎo cháng dá 28 tiān de yīn yǔ tiān qì， yǔ pāi shè yào qiú bù móu 'ér hé， lìng shè yǐng shī mài kè 'ěr · sài ruì cén huān kuài bù yǐ。 jiāng bàn yīng bàn mǎ de bā kè bǐ kè bān shàng dà yín mù kě wèi ràng zhù chuàng rén yuán shàfèi kǔ xīn， jǐn wán chéng lán běn jiù yòng liǎo jǐ gè yuè de shí jiān， jiàn zào mó xíng yòng qù liǎo jiāng jìn 1 nián shí jiān， yòng CG shēng chéng yùn dòng zhōng de bā kè bǐ kè yě shì jǐ jīng zhōu zhé， ér qí zhōng zuì jí shǒu de jì shù mò guò yú ràng yīng de yǔ máo tóng shēn tǐ de yùn dòng xiāng xié diào。
sān céng de“ qí shì gōng chē” shì piàn zhōng yòu yī liàng yǎn zhuāng bèi。 zhì zuò néng zài gōng lù shàng bēn páo de sān céng bā shì bìng fēi yì shì， chē tǐ qǔ zì lún dūn bā shì， dǐ pán shì chóngxīn zhì zuò de， yǐ biàn néng chéng shòu tè zhì de chē shēn。 piàn zhōng“ qí shì bā shì” yǐ 100 yīng lǐ shí sù zài gōng lù shàng fēi bēn de chǎng jǐng shì zài lún dūn pāi shè de， yòng liǎo shù zhōu cái pāi shè wán chéng。 zài shí jì pāi shè zhōng， gōng chē de shí sù zhǐ yòu 30 yīng lǐ， ér qí tā chē liàng de shí sù yǐ jiàng zhì 8 yīng lǐ。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]- mù hòu huā xù
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》
ài mǎ · tānɡ pǔ sēn jiē pāi běn piàn shì wéi liǎo 4 suì dà de nǚ 'ér。
kǎ lǐ · kē ruì (CallieKhouri) hé kěn ní sī · bù lā nà dū céng shì běn piàn dǎo yǎn de rén xuǎn。
zài lǐ chá dé · hā lǐ sī sǐ hòu， kè lǐ sī tuō fú · lǐ、 yī 'ān · mài kè lāi 'ēn hé lǐ chá dé · ā téng bó lè dū céng shì bàn yǎn xiào cháng de rén xuǎn。
jù zǔ de xiào guǒ bù mén yòng liǎo 6 gè yuè cái chuàng zào chū shè hún guài。
mó shù shī bǎo luó · jī fū rèn běn piàn gù wèn， bìng xiàng dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū、 ài mǎ · wò tè sēn děng yǎn yuán chuán shòu mó shù jì yì。 tā shì zài suǒ yòu xì liè yǐngpiān zhōng chū xiàn de dì yī wèi mó shù shī gù wèn， hái zài piàn zhōng kè chuàn liǎo yī gè juésè。
zhì piàn fāng céng xī wàng jí 'ěr mò · dé 'ěr · tuō luó zhí dǎo běn piàn， dàn tuō luó hòu lái xuǎn zé liǎo《 dì yù nán jué》。
mǎ kè · fú sī tè céng jù jué zhí dǎo běn piàn， ér qù pāi shè liǎo《 xún zhǎo mèng huàn dǎo》。
xiǎo tiān láng xīng bù lāi kè shēn shàng de wén shēn yuán zì 'é luó sī jiān yù， zhè zhǒng wén shēn yì wèi zhe zhè gè qiú fàn zhí dé jìng wèi。
jiā lǐ · ào dé màn chēng zhī suǒ yǐ chū yǎn běn piàn shì yīn wéi tā xū yào zhè fèn gōng zuò， yīn wéi tā yǐ jīng 1 nián duō méi pāi xì liǎo。
wéi liǎo ràng dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū biǎo xiàn chū jìng wèi de biǎo qíng， dǎo yǎn 'ā fāng suǒ · kǎ lóng ràng tā shè xiǎng kàn dào liǎo yī sī bù guà díkǎ méi lóng · dí yà cí。
hé tóng zhōng céng biāo míng， dǎo yǎn 'ā fāng suǒ · kǎ lóng bù dé zài piàn chǎng de 'ér tóng miàn qián mà rén。
wèile fù zé jiān dū běn piàn de hòu qī zhì zuò， dǎo yǎn 'ā fāng suǒ · kǎ lóng jù jué zhí dǎo 2005 nián de《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ huǒ yàn bēi》。
yǐngpiān yǐ 530 wàn yīng bàng dǎ pò liǎo yīng guó shǒu yìng dāng rì piào fáng jì lù。
wèile fáng zhǐ fēi fǎ tōu pāi， huá nà xiōng dì gōng sī wéi yǐng yuàn yuán gōng tí gōng liǎo yè shì yí。
jiā lǐ · ào dé màn sòng gěi dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū yī bǎ dī yīn diàn jí tā zuò jiàn miàn lǐ。
dǎo yǎn 'ā fāng suǒ · kǎ lóng zài piàn zhōng kè chuàn liǎo zài kè zhàn zhōng shǒu chí là zhú de rén。
ā fāng suǒ · kǎ lóng céng xiǎng zài piàn zhōng jiā rù zhū rú， dàn luó lín jiān jué fǎn duì。
Plot
Having lost his temper with his Aunt Marge and inadvertently causing her to magically inflate, Harry Potter flees the Dursleys'. Harry takes the Knight Bus to The Leaky Cauldron, where he meets Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic. Fudge informs Harry that Aunt Marge has been deflated and that he will not be punished. The Ministry of Magic is simply concerned about Harry's safety due to the escape of mass-murderer Sirius Black from the wizarding prison Azkaban. Black was a great friend of the Potter family and Harry's godfather, but betrayed the family to the evil Lord Voldemort. Voldemort killed Harry's parents but, when he tried to kill Harry, mysteriously vanished. Afterward, Black murdered their friend Peter Pettigrew along with 12 bystanders.
Harry and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and find security has been tightened because of Black's escape. The grounds are now guarded by Dementors, dark, sinister beings that drain the happiness of anyone nearby and guard Azkaban prison. They also cause Harry to pass out. Remus Lupin, the school's new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher tells Harry he is more vulnerable to the Dementors because he has seen genuine horrors in his past. Lupin agrees to teach Harry the Patronus Charm, a shield against the Dementors.
Harry is depressed to learn he will not be allowed to visit Hogsmeade, the local village most students are allowed to visit on weekends. He is also angry with Draco Malfoy for ruining Hagrid's first lesson as Care of Magical Creatures teacher. Malfoy deliberately allows himself to be attacked by Buckbeak, Hagrid's beloved Hippogriff, and his father ensures that Buckbeak is sentenced to be executed at the end of the school year. Over the course of the year, Hermione uses a Time-Turner to travel in time and attend classes held at the same time. Black manages to break into the castle twice, but is unable to reach Harry. Fred and George Weasley show Harry a secret passageway to Hogsmeade and give him the Marauder's Map.
During one illicit visit to the village, Harry is nearly caught while Ron discovers that Scabbers, Ron's rat, has disappeared. Ron believes he has been eaten by Crookshanks, Hermione's cat, causing a falling-out between him and Hermione. Hermione later finds Scabbers in Hagrid's hut when the three of them visit him before Buckbeak's execution. On their way back from the hut, Ron is suddenly attacked by a large black dog and dragged into a passage beneath a magical tree, the Whomping Willow.
Harry and Hermione follow them in and find themselves in an old, boarded-up shack known as the Shrieking Shack. They also discover that the dog is the animagus Sirius Black. Harry attempts to attack Black when Lupin arrives. Hermione confronts Lupin about habits she has observed during her classes with him and Lupin admits to being a werewolf. Lupin explains that he, Black, Pettigrew, and James Potter, Harry's father, were great friends and called themselves the "Marauders". To make Lupin's transformations more enjoyable, his friends all became Animagi, humans who can turn into animals at will. The Marauders remained friends after growing up, and when they learned Voldemort was after the Potters, Black became their Secret-Keeper. However, Black then reveals that he had secretly switched this duty with Pettigrew in order to serve as a decoy. Black states Pettigrew is the betrayer and, rather than being murdered by Black, is actually Scabbers.
Lupin and Sirius force Pettigrew to reveal himself, and Pettigrew transforms from Scabbers and back into human form. He admits to the story, but Harry stops Black and Lupin from killing him and becoming murderers themselves. Instead, Harry persuades them to take Pettigrew back to Hogwarts castle in order to clear Sirius's name. However, as they and they return to the castle the full moon emerges and Lupin transforms. Pettigrew escapes while Dementors descend on the others. They are saved at the last minute by a Patronus Harry believes was cast by his father.
Harry awakes in the castle to learn that Black has been captured. To save him, Harry and Hermione use the Time-Turner to travel back in time and prevent his capture. Harry and Hermione rescue Buckbeak and re-watch the scenes of the night, until they see the Dementors cornering Harry and Sirius. Harry is determined to see who sent the Patronus, only to realize that it was himself. Sirius is rescued and flees on Buckbeak. Lupin, outed as a werewolf, resigns. Harry is worried that Pettigrew may help Voldemort to return, but Dumbledore says Harry may be grateful that he helped save Pettigrew's life.
Pre-release history
Of the first three books in the series, Prisoner of Azkaban took the shortest amount of time to write - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone took five years to complete and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets needed two years, while Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was written in one year. Rowling's favorite aspect of this book was introducing the character Remus Lupin.
Film adaptation
The film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released in 2004. Steve Kloves wrote the screenplay, and Alfonso Cuarón was the director. The movie débuted at number one and held that position for two weeks. The Prisoner of Azkaban made a total of $795.6 million worldwide, which made it the second highest-grossing film of 2004 behind Shrek 2 but is the lowest grossing film of the Harry Potter Series.
shí sān suì de hā lì bō tè， xīn bù gān、 qíng bù yuàn dì hé dé sī lǐ yī jiā rén， yòu yī qǐ zhù liǎo yī gè shǔ jiǎ， guò zhù“ ānfèn shǒu jǐ” de wú liáo shēng huó， ér qiě hái bù néng shǐ yòng rèn hé mó fǎ， zhí dào zuì hòu， wēi nóng yí zhàng nà gè 'ào màn yòu bà dào de zǐ zǐ mǎ jī gū gū lái fǎng。 mǎ jī gū gū yī zhí dōuduì hā lì hěn huài， zhè cì hái bǎ tā bī dào liǎo jí xiàn， jiēguǒ tā“ bù xiǎo xīn” ràng tā chōng qì chéng yī gè jù dà de qì qiú， jiù zhè yàng fēi zǒu liǎo。 hā lì hài pà huì shòu dào yí mā hé yí zhàng de chéng fá， yě dān xīn huò gé huá cí mó fǎ yǔ wū shù xué yuàn huì tīng dào fēng shēng， yīn wéi tā men jìn zhǐ xué shēng zài má guā shì jiè lǐ shī yòng mó zhòu， suǒ yǐ tā kě néng huì shòu dào chǔfèn， yú shì tā jiù chèn zhù wǎn shàng táo páo liǎo。
“ qí shì gōng chē” mǎ shàng jiù lái bǎ tā jiē zǒu liǎo， zhè shì yī liàng zǐ sè de sān céng gōng chē， xùn sù dì sòng tā qù pò fǔ jiǔ bā。 hā lì yī dào pò fǔ jiǔ bā， jiù kàn dào mó fǎ bù bù cháng kāng ní liú sī fū zǐ zài děng zhù tā， kě shì fū zǐ mò míng qí miào dì jū rán méi yòu chǔfá tā， fǎn 'ér jiān chí yào tā liú zài pò fǔ jiǔ bā guò yè， gé tiān zài qù huò gé huá cí。
yuán lái fū zǐ méi yòu kāi chú hā lì， shì yīn wéi yòu yī gè wēi xiǎn yòu shén mì de mó fǎ shī tiān láng xīng bù lāi kè， táo chū liǎo 'ā cí kǎ bān jiān yù， jù shuō tā zài xún zhǎo hā lì de xià luò； yáo chuán dāng chū jiù shì bù lāi kè， yǐn lǐng fó dì mó zhǎo shàng hā lì de fù mǔ， zuì hòu hài sǐ liǎo tā men， shèn zhì hái xiǎng shā sǐ hā lì， yīn cǐ tā wéi yī 'ān quán de bìnàn suǒ， jiù shì huò gé huá cí liǎo。
rán 'ér gèng zāo gāo de shì， huò gé huá cí hái yào jiē dài kě pà de 'ā cí kǎ bān shǒu wèi cuī kuáng mó， tā men yào bǎo hù hā lì hé xué xiào， yuǎn lí bù lāi kè de wēi xié。 tā men huì xī qǔ liè wù de líng hún， hěn bù xìng de shì tā men shòu dào hā lì suǒ xī yǐn， ràng hā lì jué dé máo gǔ sǒng rán， ér qiě yòu máng rán wú zhù， zhí dào xīn lái de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù lǎo shī lù píng jiào shòu， xùn liàn hā lì shǐ yòng“ jí jí， hù fǎ xiàn shēn” de zhòu yǔ， dǐ yù cuī kuáng mó ràng duì shǒu quán shēn má bì de mó fǎ。
cǐ wài， hā lì zài huò gé huá cí de dì sān nián， hái jiā rù liǎo jǐ gè xīn jiǎo sè： yīng tóu mǎ shēn de mó fǎ guài wù bā kè bǐ， yòu bèi chēng zhī wéi“ yīng mǎ”； zhǐ yào kàn dào liǎo“ gǒu líng”， dài biǎo zhù yīn sēn hài rén de sǐ shén jí jiāng chū xiàn de yù zhào； hái yòu jīng xiǎn cì jī de mào xiǎn， bāo kuò mì fǎng mó fǎ cūn zhuāng“ huó mǐ cūn”， jiē kāi yǐn cáng zài jié dào dì tú lǐ de mì mì， hái yòu jiān jiào wū de kǒng bù zhī lǚ， yě jiù shì quán yīng guó nào guǐ zuì yán zhòng de jiàn zhù wù。 zài tú zhōng， hā lì xiǎng gǎo qīng chǔ， miào lì zài róng 'ēn hé jù rén hǎi gé de xié zhù zhī xià， shì zěn me shén qí dì lái wú yǐng、 qù wú zōng； zhè yī jí gù shì zhōng de hǎi gé， yǐ jīng dāng shàng liǎo huò gé huá cí de zhào gù mó fǎ dòng wù lǎo shī。
hā lì hé shén mì táo fàn tiān láng xīng bù lāi kè， kàn lái shì miǎn bù liǎo yào zhèng miàn jiāo fēng liǎo， bù guò lù píng jiào shòu hé bù lāi kè zhī jiān， dào dǐ yòu shénme guān xì？ shí nèi bǔ jiào shòu zhè me pò bù jí dài， shì xiǎng yào jiē kāi shénme hēi 'àn de mì mì？ róng 'ēn de chǒng wù lǎo shǔ bān bān， wèishénme huì fā liǎo fēng sì dì cóng tā de shǒu lǐ táo tuō？ hā lì xū yào zuì dà de yǒng qì、 mó fǎ hé xié zhù， cái néng jiě dá zhè xiē yí wèn， jiē xiǎo tiān láng xīng bù lāi kè bèi hòu yǐn cáng de zhēn xiāng， hái yòu tā hé zhè wèi tiān fù yì bǐng de xiǎo mó fǎ shī， guò qù yòu shénme shén mì de guān lián xìng。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]- xiāng guān xiāo xī
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》
zài《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 zhōng， hā lì - bō tè yǐ rán shì nà gè xiǎo wū shī， hè mǐn - gé lán jié hé luó 'ēn - wéi sī lì hái shì tā zuì hǎo de péng yǒu， dàn hā lì - bō tè zài běn jí zhōng bù dé bù miàn duì gèng dà de tiǎo zhàn。 dāng hā lì - bō tè hé tā de péng yǒu men huí dào huò gé wò cí mó fǎ xué xiào dì sān nián shí， tā men miàn duì de dí rén shì chòu míng zhāo zhù de， suí shí duì hā lì yòu suǒ tú móu de táo fàn。 zhè gè táo fàn bèi rèn wéi céng jīng shā hài liǎo hā lì - bō tè de fù mǔ， zhè cì tā de mù biāo shì hā lì。 zài jù zhōng zhè míng táo fàn míng jiào xī lǐ 'ěr sī - bù lāi kè (SiriusBlack)， yóu jiā lì - ào dé màn (GaryOldman) shì yǎn。 mó fǎ xiǎo yīng xióng yě yào miàn duì tā zì jǐ duì sǐ wáng de kǒng jù yǐ jí duì sǐ wáng yù shì de jué wàng。 tā shuō zài《 hā lì - bō tè》 yī shū zhōng， shì tā zuì xǐ huān de yī bù fēn。 zài jù zhōng shì yǎn zhù rén gōng hā lì - bō tè， xiàn nián shí sì suì de dān ní 'ěr - léi dé kè lǐ fū（ DanielRadcliffe） shuō， zhēn shì hěn lìng rén gǎn dào bù kě sī yì， yīn wéi zài běn jí zhōng， duì hā lì - bō tè zhè gè rén wù jiǎn zhí jìn xíng liǎo yī cì chè dǐ dì gǎi zào。 tā biàn dé gèng fù yòu dí yì liǎo， tā hé nà xiē yǔ tā nián jì xiāng fǎng de qīng shàonián yī yàng jù yòu qīn lüè xìng， shì zhǐ suǒ yòu shí sān suì de hái zǐ dōuyòu de。 hā lì - bō tè zài běn jí zhōng duì nà xiē hú zhōng de dà yóu yú guài、 yě bāo kuò gè zhǒng gè yàng guài wù yǐ jí tā shēn biān fā shēng de hěn duō mó fǎ xiàn xiàng biǎo xiàn de hěn xí yǐ wéi cháng liǎo， zài qián liǎng jí zhōng ràng tā gǎn dào hěn jīng qí de shì wù xiàn zài dōuhěn píng cháng。 zài chù lǐ mó fǎ xué xiào de yī xiē shì qíng zhōng， yě biàn dé hěn qīng sōng liǎo， dàn shì tā què zài rú hé yǔ rén jiāo liú shàng biàn dé hěn piān zhí。
zhè xiē qīng chūn qī hái zǐ shēng lǐ shàng de gǎi biàn zài diàn yǐng zhōng tóng yàng dé dào liǎo biǎo xiàn。 zài cǎi fǎng zhōng hè mǐn - gé lán jié de bàn yǎn zhě 'ài mǎ - wò sēn hū rán yǔ jù zǔ qí tā rén yuán 'ěr yǔ liǎo jǐ jù hòu， tán qǐ liǎo zài diàn yǐng zhōng tā hé luó 'ēn - wéi sī lì hù xiāng qiān shǒu de yī mù， zhè shí tā gèng shì zuò liǎo yī gè shí sān suì hái zǐ jīng cháng zuò de guǐ liǎn。 tā shuō： yǐngpiān zhōng yào qiú wǒ hé shì yǎn luó 'ēn - wéi sī lì de lǔ bó tè - gé lín tè yào zuò yī gè lìng rén gān gà de yōng bào。 liǎng gè rén bàn yǎn de juésè yīnggāi yòu yī zhǒng 'ài hèn jiāo jiā de guān xì。
zài tán dào zhè xiē juésè shàng de gǎi biàn shí， zhè wèi mò xī gē chū shēng de dǎo yǎn 'ā fāng suǒ - kù lǎng shuō， hái zǐ men dào liǎo qīng chūn qī， suǒ yǐ duì yī xiē shì qíng huì biàn dé yòu xiē fèn nù。 zài běn jí zhōng zì jǐ bù huì qù yā yì zhè xiē qíng xù， yào ràng tā men shì fàng chū lái。 zhè bìng bù děng yú tí chàng huò zhě gǔ lì， jǐn jǐn shì ràng tā men shì fàng chū lái。 bìng bù xiǎng ràng zhè xiē juésè zài gǎn qíng shàng měi lì wú xiá， yòu shí tā men huì shī qù zì zhì lì， zhè yě hěn zhèng cháng。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]- chuàng zuò tè sè
zhè shì yī bù gèng jiā“ hēi sè” de diàn yǐng， bù lùn shì zài shì jué xiào guǒ shàng hái shì zài tīng jué xiào guǒ shàng。 dǎo yǎn suǒ guān zhù de xì jié gèng duō de jí zhōng zài rén wù hé fēng fù de shì jué xiào guǒ shàng， wèile shǐ mó fǎ kàn qǐ lái gèng guò yǐn， tè jì xiào guǒ yě tóng yàng bù néng hū lüè。 zài běn bù diàn yǐng zhōng， yán sè de biàn huà fēi cháng míng xiǎn。 yǐngpiān zhōng yǐ 'àn sè wéi zhù， yīnyuè gèng jiā shǐ rén gǎn jué yíng rào xīn tóu， zhè yě shì dǎo yǎn de dú jù jiàng xīn。 dǎo yǎn zài pāi shè zhōng gèng duō dì yùn yòng liǎo duō jiǎo dù de pāi shè shǒu fǎ， wéi de jiù shì zēng jiā yǐngpiān de xiào guǒ。 běn piàn de shè yǐng shī mài kè 'ěr - sài ruì cén（ MichaelSeresin） shuō zhè bù diàn yǐng de jù qíng hěn shēng dòng， suǒ yǐ yǔ zhī pèi hé de dēng guāng yě yào qiú gēngshēng dòng yī xiē。 yě jiù shì yào cǎi yòng gāo duì bǐ dù， yào yòu gèng duō de yīn yǐng。 běn piàn de biān jù sī tú 'ěr tè - kè léi gé（ StuartCraig） yě bǔ chōng shuō， zài běn piàn zhōng huì yòu fēi cháng duō de mó fǎ zuò wéi bèi jǐng chū xiàn， huì yòu gèng duō de guài wù chū xiàn， ér qiě zhì zuò xiào guǒ gèng jiā fēng fù， pāi shè de xì jié gèng jiā chū sè。
zài《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 zhōng huì chū xiàn gèng duō de juésè， chú liǎo yóu jiā lì - ào dé màn shì yǎn de táo fàn xī lǐ 'ěr sī - bù lāi kè wài， xīn zēng jiā liǎo yóu dài wéi - xiū lì sī（ DavidThewlis） shì yǎn de láng rén jiào shòu lǔ bīn（ werewolfProfessorLupin）； āi mǎ - tānɡ pǔ sēn（ EmmaThompson） shì yǎn de tè léi luó ní tài tài（ MadameTrelawney）； hái yòu huī fā piāo yì、 fǎ páo zhe shēn、 yòu guài xí guàn de tiān jiè yù yán lǎo shī。 tóng shí zài diàn yǐng zhōng huò gé sī mǐ dé de diàn pū cǎi yòng liǎo wéi duō lì yà jiàn zhù fēng gé， kàn qǐ lái gèng jiā gǔ diǎn。 hái zǐ men zuì xǐ huān de táng guǒ zhōng duō liǎo hěn duō mò xī gē shì de yē nǎi táng hé bàng bàng táng， zhè yě shì dǎo yǎn de jiàng xīn suǒ zài。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]- yǐngpiān píng jià
zhè bù jiāng xīn xiān hé hēi 'àn hùn hé zài yī qǐ de xīn zuò bù dàn huì ràng hā mí men mǎn yì， hái huì ràng gèng duō guān zhòng jiā rù hā mí de zhèn yíng。
héng héng《 dá lā sī xīn wén zǎo bào》
běn piàn bù dàn shì qián sān bù hā lì · bō tè diàn yǐng zhōng zuì bàng de yī bù， ér qiě jí shǐ guān zhòng méi tīng shuō guò luó lín hé tā de zuò pǐn， yě yǐ rán huì bèi shēn shēn xī yǐn。
héng héng《 gǔn shí》
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]- mù hòu zhì zuò
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》
wéi liǎo ràng fú zhuāng tóng yǐngpiān de dāng dài fēng gé xiāng yī zhì， fú zhuāng shè jì shī jié nī · tè mǐn jiù cǐ zuò chū liǎo xì wēi tiáozhěng， jiāng yán sè biàn dàn， bìng qiě tí gōng liǎo hàn shān、 tào tóu shān hé yáng máo shān děng duō zhòng xuǎn zé。 shèn zhì zài hā lì · bō tè qí kuí dì qí de yī duàn zhōng， jù zǔ tè yì 'ān pái liǎo yǔ jǐng， yú shì yī zhǒng xīn xíng de fáng shuǐ miàn liào dé yǐ yìng yòng。
shuō dào yǔ jǐng， kě wèi zhèng hǎo yíng hé liǎo běn piàn yōu yù de fēng gé。 yīn wéi běn piàn de gù shì bǐ guò qù de liǎng bù gèng yīn 'àn， suǒ yǐ zhào míng yě gèng chén mèn， bìng jiā zá zhe gèng duō de yīn yǐng。 kǎ lóng hěn jǐn shèn de shǐ yòng tè xiě jìng tóu， ér shì yòng dà liàng de guǎng jiǎo jìng tóu jiǎng shù gù shì。 yǐngpiān jù zǔ zài sū gé lán de kē xiá gǔ pāi shè shí qiǎo yù liǎo cháng dá 28 tiān de yīn yǔ tiān qì， yǔ pāi shè yào qiú bù móu 'ér hé， lìng shè yǐng shī mài kè 'ěr · sài ruì cén huān kuài bù yǐ。 jiāng bàn yīng bàn mǎ de bā kè bǐ kè bān shàng dà yín mù kě wèi ràng zhù chuàng rén yuán shàfèi kǔ xīn， jǐn wán chéng lán běn jiù yòng liǎo jǐ gè yuè de shí jiān， jiàn zào mó xíng yòng qù liǎo jiāng jìn 1 nián shí jiān， yòng CG shēng chéng yùn dòng zhōng de bā kè bǐ kè yě shì jǐ jīng zhōu zhé， ér qí zhōng zuì jí shǒu de jì shù mò guò yú ràng yīng de yǔ máo tóng shēn tǐ de yùn dòng xiāng xié diào。
sān céng de“ qí shì gōng chē” shì piàn zhōng yòu yī liàng yǎn zhuāng bèi。 zhì zuò néng zài gōng lù shàng bēn páo de sān céng bā shì bìng fēi yì shì， chē tǐ qǔ zì lún dūn bā shì， dǐ pán shì chóngxīn zhì zuò de， yǐ biàn néng chéng shòu tè zhì de chē shēn。 piàn zhōng“ qí shì bā shì” yǐ 100 yīng lǐ shí sù zài gōng lù shàng fēi bēn de chǎng jǐng shì zài lún dūn pāi shè de， yòng liǎo shù zhōu cái pāi shè wán chéng。 zài shí jì pāi shè zhōng， gōng chē de shí sù zhǐ yòu 30 yīng lǐ， ér qí tā chē liàng de shí sù yǐ jiàng zhì 8 yīng lǐ。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]- mù hòu huā xù
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 [ diàn yǐng ]《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》
ài mǎ · tānɡ pǔ sēn jiē pāi běn piàn shì wéi liǎo 4 suì dà de nǚ 'ér。
kǎ lǐ · kē ruì (CallieKhouri) hé kěn ní sī · bù lā nà dū céng shì běn piàn dǎo yǎn de rén xuǎn。
zài lǐ chá dé · hā lǐ sī sǐ hòu， kè lǐ sī tuō fú · lǐ、 yī 'ān · mài kè lāi 'ēn hé lǐ chá dé · ā téng bó lè dū céng shì bàn yǎn xiào cháng de rén xuǎn。
jù zǔ de xiào guǒ bù mén yòng liǎo 6 gè yuè cái chuàng zào chū shè hún guài。
mó shù shī bǎo luó · jī fū rèn běn piàn gù wèn， bìng xiàng dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū、 ài mǎ · wò tè sēn děng yǎn yuán chuán shòu mó shù jì yì。 tā shì zài suǒ yòu xì liè yǐngpiān zhōng chū xiàn de dì yī wèi mó shù shī gù wèn， hái zài piàn zhōng kè chuàn liǎo yī gè juésè。
zhì piàn fāng céng xī wàng jí 'ěr mò · dé 'ěr · tuō luó zhí dǎo běn piàn， dàn tuō luó hòu lái xuǎn zé liǎo《 dì yù nán jué》。
mǎ kè · fú sī tè céng jù jué zhí dǎo běn piàn， ér qù pāi shè liǎo《 xún zhǎo mèng huàn dǎo》。
xiǎo tiān láng xīng bù lāi kè shēn shàng de wén shēn yuán zì 'é luó sī jiān yù， zhè zhǒng wén shēn yì wèi zhe zhè gè qiú fàn zhí dé jìng wèi。
jiā lǐ · ào dé màn chēng zhī suǒ yǐ chū yǎn běn piàn shì yīn wéi tā xū yào zhè fèn gōng zuò， yīn wéi tā yǐ jīng 1 nián duō méi pāi xì liǎo。
wéi liǎo ràng dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū biǎo xiàn chū jìng wèi de biǎo qíng， dǎo yǎn 'ā fāng suǒ · kǎ lóng ràng tā shè xiǎng kàn dào liǎo yī sī bù guà díkǎ méi lóng · dí yà cí。
hé tóng zhōng céng biāo míng， dǎo yǎn 'ā fāng suǒ · kǎ lóng bù dé zài piàn chǎng de 'ér tóng miàn qián mà rén。
wèile fù zé jiān dū běn piàn de hòu qī zhì zuò， dǎo yǎn 'ā fāng suǒ · kǎ lóng jù jué zhí dǎo 2005 nián de《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ huǒ yàn bēi》。
yǐngpiān yǐ 530 wàn yīng bàng dǎ pò liǎo yīng guó shǒu yìng dāng rì piào fáng jì lù。
wèile fáng zhǐ fēi fǎ tōu pāi， huá nà xiōng dì gōng sī wéi yǐng yuàn yuán gōng tí gōng liǎo yè shì yí。
jiā lǐ · ào dé màn sòng gěi dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū yī bǎ dī yīn diàn jí tā zuò jiàn miàn lǐ。
dǎo yǎn 'ā fāng suǒ · kǎ lóng zài piàn zhōng kè chuàn liǎo zài kè zhàn zhōng shǒu chí là zhú de rén。
ā fāng suǒ · kǎ lóng céng xiǎng zài piàn zhōng jiā rù zhū rú， dàn luó lín jiān jué fǎn duì。
Plot
Having lost his temper with his Aunt Marge and inadvertently causing her to magically inflate, Harry Potter flees the Dursleys'. Harry takes the Knight Bus to The Leaky Cauldron, where he meets Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic. Fudge informs Harry that Aunt Marge has been deflated and that he will not be punished. The Ministry of Magic is simply concerned about Harry's safety due to the escape of mass-murderer Sirius Black from the wizarding prison Azkaban. Black was a great friend of the Potter family and Harry's godfather, but betrayed the family to the evil Lord Voldemort. Voldemort killed Harry's parents but, when he tried to kill Harry, mysteriously vanished. Afterward, Black murdered their friend Peter Pettigrew along with 12 bystanders.
Harry and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and find security has been tightened because of Black's escape. The grounds are now guarded by Dementors, dark, sinister beings that drain the happiness of anyone nearby and guard Azkaban prison. They also cause Harry to pass out. Remus Lupin, the school's new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher tells Harry he is more vulnerable to the Dementors because he has seen genuine horrors in his past. Lupin agrees to teach Harry the Patronus Charm, a shield against the Dementors.
Harry is depressed to learn he will not be allowed to visit Hogsmeade, the local village most students are allowed to visit on weekends. He is also angry with Draco Malfoy for ruining Hagrid's first lesson as Care of Magical Creatures teacher. Malfoy deliberately allows himself to be attacked by Buckbeak, Hagrid's beloved Hippogriff, and his father ensures that Buckbeak is sentenced to be executed at the end of the school year. Over the course of the year, Hermione uses a Time-Turner to travel in time and attend classes held at the same time. Black manages to break into the castle twice, but is unable to reach Harry. Fred and George Weasley show Harry a secret passageway to Hogsmeade and give him the Marauder's Map.
During one illicit visit to the village, Harry is nearly caught while Ron discovers that Scabbers, Ron's rat, has disappeared. Ron believes he has been eaten by Crookshanks, Hermione's cat, causing a falling-out between him and Hermione. Hermione later finds Scabbers in Hagrid's hut when the three of them visit him before Buckbeak's execution. On their way back from the hut, Ron is suddenly attacked by a large black dog and dragged into a passage beneath a magical tree, the Whomping Willow.
Harry and Hermione follow them in and find themselves in an old, boarded-up shack known as the Shrieking Shack. They also discover that the dog is the animagus Sirius Black. Harry attempts to attack Black when Lupin arrives. Hermione confronts Lupin about habits she has observed during her classes with him and Lupin admits to being a werewolf. Lupin explains that he, Black, Pettigrew, and James Potter, Harry's father, were great friends and called themselves the "Marauders". To make Lupin's transformations more enjoyable, his friends all became Animagi, humans who can turn into animals at will. The Marauders remained friends after growing up, and when they learned Voldemort was after the Potters, Black became their Secret-Keeper. However, Black then reveals that he had secretly switched this duty with Pettigrew in order to serve as a decoy. Black states Pettigrew is the betrayer and, rather than being murdered by Black, is actually Scabbers.
Lupin and Sirius force Pettigrew to reveal himself, and Pettigrew transforms from Scabbers and back into human form. He admits to the story, but Harry stops Black and Lupin from killing him and becoming murderers themselves. Instead, Harry persuades them to take Pettigrew back to Hogwarts castle in order to clear Sirius's name. However, as they and they return to the castle the full moon emerges and Lupin transforms. Pettigrew escapes while Dementors descend on the others. They are saved at the last minute by a Patronus Harry believes was cast by his father.
Harry awakes in the castle to learn that Black has been captured. To save him, Harry and Hermione use the Time-Turner to travel back in time and prevent his capture. Harry and Hermione rescue Buckbeak and re-watch the scenes of the night, until they see the Dementors cornering Harry and Sirius. Harry is determined to see who sent the Patronus, only to realize that it was himself. Sirius is rescued and flees on Buckbeak. Lupin, outed as a werewolf, resigns. Harry is worried that Pettigrew may help Voldemort to return, but Dumbledore says Harry may be grateful that he helped save Pettigrew's life.
Pre-release history
Of the first three books in the series, Prisoner of Azkaban took the shortest amount of time to write - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone took five years to complete and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets needed two years, while Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was written in one year. Rowling's favorite aspect of this book was introducing the character Remus Lupin.
Film adaptation
The film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released in 2004. Steve Kloves wrote the screenplay, and Alfonso Cuarón was the director. The movie débuted at number one and held that position for two weeks. The Prisoner of Azkaban made a total of $795.6 million worldwide, which made it the second highest-grossing film of 2004 behind Shrek 2 but is the lowest grossing film of the Harry Potter Series.
hā lì · bō tè zài huò gé wò cí mó fǎ xué xiào jīng guò sān nián de xué xí hé mó liàn， zhú jiàn chéngzhǎng wéi yī gè chū sè de wū shī。 xīn xué nián kāi shǐ qián， hā lì hé hǎo péng yǒu luó 'ēn， hè mǐn yī qǐ qù guān kàn jīng cǎi de kuí dì qí shì jiè bēi sài， wú yì jiān fā xiàn liǎo xiāo shī shí sān nián de hēi mó biāo jì。 hā lì de xīn tóu lóng shàng liǎo yī tuán nóng zhòng de yīn yún， dàn sān gè shàonián yǐ rán yōng yòu tā men zì jǐ de yī diàn yuán。 rán 'ér， shǎo nán shàonǚ de xīn sī shì nà yàng nán yǐ zhuō mō， sān rén zhī jiān de měi hǎo yǒu qíng jìng shì nà yàng yī bō sān zhé， hū qíng hū yǔ…… hā lì kě wàng yǔ měi lì de qiū · zhāng gòng tóng zǒu jìn yī gè měi lì de gù shì， dàn zhè gè méng méng lóng lóng de chōng jǐng què zāo shòu liǎo xiǎo xiǎo de shī yì。 tā yào zuò yī gè pǔ pǔ tōng tōng de sì nián jí mó fǎ xué shēng， kě bù xìng de shì， hā lì zhù dìng yǒng yuǎn dōubù kě néng píng píng cháng cháng héng héng jí shǐ ná mó fǎ jiè de biāo zhǔn lái héng liàng。 hēi mó de yīn yǐng shǐ zhōng huī zhī bù qù， zhǒng zhǒng 'àn cáng shā jī de shén mì shì jiàn jiāng hā lì yī bù bù tuī xiàng liǎo fú dì mó de mó zhǎo。 hā lì kě wàng zài bǎi nián bù yù de sān qiáng zhēng bà sài zhōng zhàn shèng zì wǒ， wán chéng sān gè jīng xiǎn jiān jù de mó fǎ xiàng mù， shuí zhī zhěng gè jìng sài jìng shì yī gè tiān dà de hēi mó fǎ yīn móu。
The novel won a Hugo Award in 2001; it was the only Harry Potter novel to do so. The book was made into a film, which was released worldwide on 18 November 2005.
Synopsis
Plot introduction
Throughout the three previous novels in the Harry Potter series, the main character, Harry Potter, has struggled with the difficulties that come with growing up and the added challenge of being a famous wizard. When Harry was a baby, Voldemort, the most powerful evil wizard in living memory, killed Harry's parents but mysteriously vanished after unsuccessfully trying to kill Harry. This results in Harry's immediate fame, and his being placed in the care of his muggle, or non-magical, relatives Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon, who have a son named Dudley Dursley.
Harry enters the wizarding world at the age of 11, enrolling in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He makes friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and is confronted by Lord Voldemort trying to regain power. After returning to the school after summer break, several attacks on students take place at Hogwarts after the legendary "Chamber of Secrets" is opened. Harry ends the attacks by killing a Basilisk and defeating another attempt by Lord Voldemort to return to full strength. The following year, Harry hears that he has been targeted by escaped murderer Sirius Black. Despite stringent security measures at Hogwarts, Harry is confronted by Black at the end of his third year of schooling and Harry learns that Black was framed and is actually Harry's godfather.
Plot summary
The book opens with Harry Potter having a dream about Frank Bryce, the ex-caretaker at the Riddle family mansion, who is caught eavesdropping on a deformed Tom Riddle and his servant, Peter Pettigrew. In Harry's dream, Bryce is killed by Voldemort. Later in the summer, Harry, Hermione Granger, and the Weasley family take a trip to the Quidditch World Cup. While there, Death Eaters, Voldemort's servants, storm the grounds, harass some muggles, and run away when they see the Dark Mark in the sky.
Albus Dumbledore announces during the welcoming feast that the school will host the Triwizard Tournament, an inter-school competition. One student from each of three magical schools will be chosen by the Goblet of Fire to compete. The other two magical institutions, Beauxbatons Academy, and Durmstrang Institute, arrive at Hogwarts two months into the school term. The champions chosen by the goblet were: Fleur Delacour from Beauxbatons, Viktor Krum of Durmstrang, and Cedric Diggory of Hogwarts. Mysteriously, Harry is also chosen, even though he did not submit his name, and is underage and ought to have been magically blocked from doing so. Ron Weasley is instantly infuriated, thinking Harry submitted himself, and their friendship suffers.
The new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, a former Auror and Dumbledore's friend. He teaches his students the three Unforgivable Curses in class, a lesson which is illegal. Those curses are the Imperius Curse, which forces the victim to do the caster's bidding; the Cruciatus Curse, a spell that tortures its victim; and the killing curse called Avada Kedavra. Harry learns he is the only known person to have survived the killing curse, cast against him by Voldemort when Harry was a baby.
In the first task of the tournament, the champions each are to retrieve a golden egg from a dragon, which contains a clue for the second task. Harry completes the task with help from Rubeus Hagrid and Prof. Moody. Following the end of the first task, Ron and Harry mend their broken friendship. The second tournament task requires retrieving something important taken from each champion hidden in the Black Lake. Ten minutes before the task, Harry is given gillyweed by Dobby the house elf so he can breathe underwater. Harry finds the four "important objects" of the tournament's contestants: Ron, Hermione, Cho, and Fleur’s little sister, Gabrielle Delacour. He is forced to rescue Gabrielle along with Ron when Fleur does not come, which causes him to lose the challenge, but he gain points for 'moral fibre.'
One night after the second task, Harry and Krum are startled when a dishevelled Barty Crouch, Sr. emerges from the forest, mumbling nonsense and demanding to see Dumbledore. Harry runs for help, but when he returns with Dumbledore, they find Krum unconscious and Crouch missing. Harry learns more about the Crouches when he sees one of Dumbledore's memories in the Pensieve, a memory storing tool. The memory shows Barty Crouch, Jr., a Death Eater, sentenced to Azkaban by Barty Crouch Sr for helping Bellatrix Lestrange torture Frank and Alice Longbottom (Neville's parents) into insanity.
The third and final tournament task involves navigating a labyrinth located on the Quidditch Pitch which is filled with magical obstacles. Harry and Cedric successfully help each other navigate the maze. They reach the Triwizard cup and agree to take hold of it simultaneously, making both of them the winners. The Cup turns out to be a portkey that transports them to an old graveyard in Little Hangleton. Pettigrew and a deformed Lord Voldemort, are there. Pettigrew kills Diggory, and ties Harry's hands and feet to the Riddle tombstone. He then uses a bone from Voldemort's father's grave, some of Harry's blood, and his own cut-off hand in a magical ritual that restores Lord Voldemort to a new body.
Voldemort summons Death Eaters, and reveals that a servant of his at Hogwarts ensured that Harry would participate in the tournament, win it, and thus be brought to the graveyard. Harry tries to disarm Voldemort with the Expelliarmus spell, at exactly the same time as Voldemort uses the killing curse. The two spells meet and interlock, causing a bond between the wands that displays the "echoes" (described by Dumbledore) of Voldemort's most recent murdered victims, including Cedric, James Potter and Lily Potter. The "echoes" provide protection to Harry, allowing him to escape with Cedric's body and leaving Voldemort behind in a rage.
Harry, carrying Cedric's body, returns to the school grounds. Moody rushes Harry to his office, where he reveals that he was Voldemort's servant, and attempts to kill Harry himself. Moody is stopped by Dumbledore, Severus Snape, and Minerva McGonagall. Dumbledore feeds Moody Veritaserum, and they discover that "Moody" is actually Barty Crouch, Jr., who was smuggled out of Azkaban and was using a Polyjuice Potion to impersonate the real Alastor Moody. Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic, arrives at Hogwarts accompanied by a Dementor. When the Dementor enters the room where Crouch, Jr. stands, it swoops down and gives him the "Dementor's Kiss", sucking out his soul. Fudge refuses to believe Dumbledore's and Harry's word that Voldemort is back.
Harry is crowned Triwizard Champion and awarded with 1,000 galleons. Days later, Dumbledore then makes an announcement at the gloomy Leaving Feast, telling everybody about Voldemort and saying that to deny the true way Cedric died would be 'an insult to his memory.' While leaving the Hogwart’s Express on King's Cross Station, Harry gives his winnings to Fred and George to start a joke shop and Harry sets off for another summer at the Dursleys'.
Rita Skeeter subplot
Rita Skeeter, a writer for the Daily Prophet, spends much of the story writing lies about Harry (about the time his scar hurt after a strange dream in Divination), Hagrid (about the time he told Madame Maxime about his mother), and Hermione (in love with Viktor Krum). Skeeter carries out secret interviews with Slytherin students to get the fodder for some of her stories, but the sources for others are inexplicable. Initially, Harry suspects that she has an Invisibility Cloak, but Hermione knows that "Mad-Eye" Moody would have been able to see through the cloak with his magical eye. Next, Harry thinks that she may have had areas of the school bugged. However, Hermione tells them that electronic devices do not work in Hogwarts because of the magic in the air. Near the end of the book, Hermione finally realises how Skeeter was doing this: she is an unregistered Animagus and can turn into a beetle. Harry and Ron realise that there was a beetle on the statue near Hagrid's hut, and later in Hermione's hair after the second task, and on the window of Divination class when Harry's scar hurt, and that the Slytherins knew about it all along. Hermione eventually traps Skeeter, in beetle form, in a jar and does not release her until the train reaches London.
Foreshadowing
* Ron's jealousy comes to the fore when Harry's name is pulled from the Goblet of Fire. He thinks Harry is lying about putting his name in for the contest, and abandons his friend. Ron later returns when he sees how dangerous the competition is. Also, Ron's feelings towards Hermione, which were more subtle prior to Goblet of Fire, now become obvious, with their relationship blossoming in Half-Blood Prince and finally being consummated with their first kiss in Deathly Hallows. Both of these are faced in the seventh book when Ron, angered by Harry's lack of a concrete plan and the lack of the usual comforts of home, leaves Hermione and Harry (though regrets this instantly).
* Fleur looks interested in Bill Weasley, whom she later dates (Order of the Phoenix), is engaged to (Half-Blood Prince), marries (Deathly Hallows) and has children with (Nineteen Years Later).
* During the Yule Ball, Dumbledore mentions that he was wandering through the corridors in search of a bathroom when a room full of chamber pots suddenly appeared in a place he had not previously known existed. In Order of the Phoenix we learn that this is the Room of Requirement.
* At the end of Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore asks Sirius to round up "the old crowd". This includes Arabella Figg, who is mentioned as early in the series as the second chapter of the first book. However, she is introduced as a crazy old Muggle who lives a street or two over from Privet Drive. In Order of the Phoenix, it is revealed that she is a Squib who has been assigned to keep an eye on Harry. The only reason she never let him have fun while at her house was that she (and Dumbledore) feared that if the Dursleys believed Harry enjoyed himself there, they would find a different babysitter.
* Towards the end of the 4th book, Harry tells his tale of his night in the graveyard to Dumbledore and Sirius. He mentions his arm, sliced by Pettigrew, and there is 'a gleam of triumph' in Dumbledore's eye. This is because Dumbledore knows that using Harry's blood to bring Voldemort back will keep Harry alive should Voldemort try to kill him.
Release history
Until the official title's announcement on 27 June 2000, the fourth book was called by its working title, Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament. J. K. Rowling expressed her indecision about the title in an Entertainment Weekly interview.
“ I changed my mind twice on what [the title] was. The working title had got out — 'Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament.' Then I changed 'Doomspell' to 'Triwizard Tournament.' Then I was teetering between 'Goblet of Fire' and 'Triwizard Tournament.' In the end, I preferred 'Goblet of Fire' because it's got that kind of 'cup of destiny' feel about it, which is the theme of the book. ”
Rowling also admitted that the fourth book was the most difficult to write at the time, because she noticed a giant plot hole halfway through writing. In particular, Rowling had trouble with the ninth chapter, "The Dark Mark", which she rewrote 13 times.
U.K./U.S. Release
Goblet of Fire was the first book in the Harry Potter series to be released in the United States on the same date as the United Kingdom, on 8 July 2000. The three previous books had been released in the United Kingdom several months before the U.S. edition.
James and Lily plot error
In the original, first edition printings of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, there is a plot error concerning the order in which the ghosts of Lily and James Potter appear out of Voldemort's wand. The ghosts appear in reverse order of their deaths with the latest killing first and the oldest killing last. Over the books as written up to this point, the killings in order are James Potter, Lily Potter, Bertha Jorkins, Frank Bryce, and Cedric Diggory. Lily should emerge before James but in the first edition she doesn't. Rowling admitted the mistake and subsequent editions of the book corrected the mistake, and the text appears correctly.
The novel won a Hugo Award in 2001; it was the only Harry Potter novel to do so. The book was made into a film, which was released worldwide on 18 November 2005.
Synopsis
Plot introduction
Throughout the three previous novels in the Harry Potter series, the main character, Harry Potter, has struggled with the difficulties that come with growing up and the added challenge of being a famous wizard. When Harry was a baby, Voldemort, the most powerful evil wizard in living memory, killed Harry's parents but mysteriously vanished after unsuccessfully trying to kill Harry. This results in Harry's immediate fame, and his being placed in the care of his muggle, or non-magical, relatives Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon, who have a son named Dudley Dursley.
Harry enters the wizarding world at the age of 11, enrolling in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He makes friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and is confronted by Lord Voldemort trying to regain power. After returning to the school after summer break, several attacks on students take place at Hogwarts after the legendary "Chamber of Secrets" is opened. Harry ends the attacks by killing a Basilisk and defeating another attempt by Lord Voldemort to return to full strength. The following year, Harry hears that he has been targeted by escaped murderer Sirius Black. Despite stringent security measures at Hogwarts, Harry is confronted by Black at the end of his third year of schooling and Harry learns that Black was framed and is actually Harry's godfather.
Plot summary
The book opens with Harry Potter having a dream about Frank Bryce, the ex-caretaker at the Riddle family mansion, who is caught eavesdropping on a deformed Tom Riddle and his servant, Peter Pettigrew. In Harry's dream, Bryce is killed by Voldemort. Later in the summer, Harry, Hermione Granger, and the Weasley family take a trip to the Quidditch World Cup. While there, Death Eaters, Voldemort's servants, storm the grounds, harass some muggles, and run away when they see the Dark Mark in the sky.
Albus Dumbledore announces during the welcoming feast that the school will host the Triwizard Tournament, an inter-school competition. One student from each of three magical schools will be chosen by the Goblet of Fire to compete. The other two magical institutions, Beauxbatons Academy, and Durmstrang Institute, arrive at Hogwarts two months into the school term. The champions chosen by the goblet were: Fleur Delacour from Beauxbatons, Viktor Krum of Durmstrang, and Cedric Diggory of Hogwarts. Mysteriously, Harry is also chosen, even though he did not submit his name, and is underage and ought to have been magically blocked from doing so. Ron Weasley is instantly infuriated, thinking Harry submitted himself, and their friendship suffers.
The new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, a former Auror and Dumbledore's friend. He teaches his students the three Unforgivable Curses in class, a lesson which is illegal. Those curses are the Imperius Curse, which forces the victim to do the caster's bidding; the Cruciatus Curse, a spell that tortures its victim; and the killing curse called Avada Kedavra. Harry learns he is the only known person to have survived the killing curse, cast against him by Voldemort when Harry was a baby.
In the first task of the tournament, the champions each are to retrieve a golden egg from a dragon, which contains a clue for the second task. Harry completes the task with help from Rubeus Hagrid and Prof. Moody. Following the end of the first task, Ron and Harry mend their broken friendship. The second tournament task requires retrieving something important taken from each champion hidden in the Black Lake. Ten minutes before the task, Harry is given gillyweed by Dobby the house elf so he can breathe underwater. Harry finds the four "important objects" of the tournament's contestants: Ron, Hermione, Cho, and Fleur’s little sister, Gabrielle Delacour. He is forced to rescue Gabrielle along with Ron when Fleur does not come, which causes him to lose the challenge, but he gain points for 'moral fibre.'
One night after the second task, Harry and Krum are startled when a dishevelled Barty Crouch, Sr. emerges from the forest, mumbling nonsense and demanding to see Dumbledore. Harry runs for help, but when he returns with Dumbledore, they find Krum unconscious and Crouch missing. Harry learns more about the Crouches when he sees one of Dumbledore's memories in the Pensieve, a memory storing tool. The memory shows Barty Crouch, Jr., a Death Eater, sentenced to Azkaban by Barty Crouch Sr for helping Bellatrix Lestrange torture Frank and Alice Longbottom (Neville's parents) into insanity.
The third and final tournament task involves navigating a labyrinth located on the Quidditch Pitch which is filled with magical obstacles. Harry and Cedric successfully help each other navigate the maze. They reach the Triwizard cup and agree to take hold of it simultaneously, making both of them the winners. The Cup turns out to be a portkey that transports them to an old graveyard in Little Hangleton. Pettigrew and a deformed Lord Voldemort, are there. Pettigrew kills Diggory, and ties Harry's hands and feet to the Riddle tombstone. He then uses a bone from Voldemort's father's grave, some of Harry's blood, and his own cut-off hand in a magical ritual that restores Lord Voldemort to a new body.
Voldemort summons Death Eaters, and reveals that a servant of his at Hogwarts ensured that Harry would participate in the tournament, win it, and thus be brought to the graveyard. Harry tries to disarm Voldemort with the Expelliarmus spell, at exactly the same time as Voldemort uses the killing curse. The two spells meet and interlock, causing a bond between the wands that displays the "echoes" (described by Dumbledore) of Voldemort's most recent murdered victims, including Cedric, James Potter and Lily Potter. The "echoes" provide protection to Harry, allowing him to escape with Cedric's body and leaving Voldemort behind in a rage.
Harry, carrying Cedric's body, returns to the school grounds. Moody rushes Harry to his office, where he reveals that he was Voldemort's servant, and attempts to kill Harry himself. Moody is stopped by Dumbledore, Severus Snape, and Minerva McGonagall. Dumbledore feeds Moody Veritaserum, and they discover that "Moody" is actually Barty Crouch, Jr., who was smuggled out of Azkaban and was using a Polyjuice Potion to impersonate the real Alastor Moody. Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic, arrives at Hogwarts accompanied by a Dementor. When the Dementor enters the room where Crouch, Jr. stands, it swoops down and gives him the "Dementor's Kiss", sucking out his soul. Fudge refuses to believe Dumbledore's and Harry's word that Voldemort is back.
Harry is crowned Triwizard Champion and awarded with 1,000 galleons. Days later, Dumbledore then makes an announcement at the gloomy Leaving Feast, telling everybody about Voldemort and saying that to deny the true way Cedric died would be 'an insult to his memory.' While leaving the Hogwart’s Express on King's Cross Station, Harry gives his winnings to Fred and George to start a joke shop and Harry sets off for another summer at the Dursleys'.
Rita Skeeter subplot
Rita Skeeter, a writer for the Daily Prophet, spends much of the story writing lies about Harry (about the time his scar hurt after a strange dream in Divination), Hagrid (about the time he told Madame Maxime about his mother), and Hermione (in love with Viktor Krum). Skeeter carries out secret interviews with Slytherin students to get the fodder for some of her stories, but the sources for others are inexplicable. Initially, Harry suspects that she has an Invisibility Cloak, but Hermione knows that "Mad-Eye" Moody would have been able to see through the cloak with his magical eye. Next, Harry thinks that she may have had areas of the school bugged. However, Hermione tells them that electronic devices do not work in Hogwarts because of the magic in the air. Near the end of the book, Hermione finally realises how Skeeter was doing this: she is an unregistered Animagus and can turn into a beetle. Harry and Ron realise that there was a beetle on the statue near Hagrid's hut, and later in Hermione's hair after the second task, and on the window of Divination class when Harry's scar hurt, and that the Slytherins knew about it all along. Hermione eventually traps Skeeter, in beetle form, in a jar and does not release her until the train reaches London.
Foreshadowing
* Ron's jealousy comes to the fore when Harry's name is pulled from the Goblet of Fire. He thinks Harry is lying about putting his name in for the contest, and abandons his friend. Ron later returns when he sees how dangerous the competition is. Also, Ron's feelings towards Hermione, which were more subtle prior to Goblet of Fire, now become obvious, with their relationship blossoming in Half-Blood Prince and finally being consummated with their first kiss in Deathly Hallows. Both of these are faced in the seventh book when Ron, angered by Harry's lack of a concrete plan and the lack of the usual comforts of home, leaves Hermione and Harry (though regrets this instantly).
* Fleur looks interested in Bill Weasley, whom she later dates (Order of the Phoenix), is engaged to (Half-Blood Prince), marries (Deathly Hallows) and has children with (Nineteen Years Later).
* During the Yule Ball, Dumbledore mentions that he was wandering through the corridors in search of a bathroom when a room full of chamber pots suddenly appeared in a place he had not previously known existed. In Order of the Phoenix we learn that this is the Room of Requirement.
* At the end of Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore asks Sirius to round up "the old crowd". This includes Arabella Figg, who is mentioned as early in the series as the second chapter of the first book. However, she is introduced as a crazy old Muggle who lives a street or two over from Privet Drive. In Order of the Phoenix, it is revealed that she is a Squib who has been assigned to keep an eye on Harry. The only reason she never let him have fun while at her house was that she (and Dumbledore) feared that if the Dursleys believed Harry enjoyed himself there, they would find a different babysitter.
* Towards the end of the 4th book, Harry tells his tale of his night in the graveyard to Dumbledore and Sirius. He mentions his arm, sliced by Pettigrew, and there is 'a gleam of triumph' in Dumbledore's eye. This is because Dumbledore knows that using Harry's blood to bring Voldemort back will keep Harry alive should Voldemort try to kill him.
Release history
Until the official title's announcement on 27 June 2000, the fourth book was called by its working title, Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament. J. K. Rowling expressed her indecision about the title in an Entertainment Weekly interview.
“ I changed my mind twice on what [the title] was. The working title had got out — 'Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament.' Then I changed 'Doomspell' to 'Triwizard Tournament.' Then I was teetering between 'Goblet of Fire' and 'Triwizard Tournament.' In the end, I preferred 'Goblet of Fire' because it's got that kind of 'cup of destiny' feel about it, which is the theme of the book. ”
Rowling also admitted that the fourth book was the most difficult to write at the time, because she noticed a giant plot hole halfway through writing. In particular, Rowling had trouble with the ninth chapter, "The Dark Mark", which she rewrote 13 times.
U.K./U.S. Release
Goblet of Fire was the first book in the Harry Potter series to be released in the United States on the same date as the United Kingdom, on 8 July 2000. The three previous books had been released in the United Kingdom several months before the U.S. edition.
James and Lily plot error
In the original, first edition printings of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, there is a plot error concerning the order in which the ghosts of Lily and James Potter appear out of Voldemort's wand. The ghosts appear in reverse order of their deaths with the latest killing first and the oldest killing last. Over the books as written up to this point, the killings in order are James Potter, Lily Potter, Bertha Jorkins, Frank Bryce, and Cedric Diggory. Lily should emerge before James but in the first edition she doesn't. Rowling admitted the mistake and subsequent editions of the book corrected the mistake, and the text appears correctly.
mù dǔ fú dì mó fù huó zhī hòu， hā lì dù guò liǎo tā shēng mìng zhōng zuì màn cháng、 zuì gū dú de shǔ jiǎ。 dāng rán， yí mā yí fù réng rán bǎ tā dàngchéng chòu chóng bān de hū lái hē qù， biǎo gē dá lì méi shì jiù bǎ tā dàngchéng shā bāo liàn quán jī。 shèn zhì hái yòu liǎng zhǐ yǐ xī shí líng hún wéi shēng de shè hún guài tuō lí liǎo mó fǎ bù de zhǎng kòng， lái dào nǚ zhēn lù shàng fú jī hā lì， hǎo zài yǒng gǎn de hā lì yòng shǒu hù shén zhòu gǎn zǒu liǎo shè hún guài。
yīn xiǎn de mó fǎ bù běn xiǎng tōng guò shè hún guài shì jiàn， wū xiàn hā lì zài xiào wài shǐ yòng mó fǎ 'ér wéi fǎn liǎo《 duì wèi chéng nián wū shī jiā yǐ hé lǐ yuē shù fǎ》 héng héng jìn zhǐ wèi chéng nián rén zài xiào wài làn yòng mó fǎ， dǎ suàn jiù cǐ kāi chú hā lì。 hā lì lái dào mó fǎ bù shòu shěn， dèng bù lì duō hā lì zuò zhèng rén， zhōng bāng tā bǎi tuō liǎo zhǐ kòng。
kě lián de hā lì， zài shǔ jiǎ jīng lì liǎo yī lián chuàn de biàn gù hòu， zhōng yú děng lái liǎo kāi xué…… mó fǎ bù de fù bù cháng wū mǔ lǐ qí chéng wéi zhè yī nián de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù kè de xīn lǎo shī， tā shì dài biǎo mó fǎ bù lái zhěng zhì huò gé wò cí de“ bù liáng fēng qì” de， dì yī táng kè， hā lì jiù yīn wéi guǎn bù zhù zì jǐ 'ér yǔ tā qǐ liǎo chōng tū， zuì zhōng bèi fá guān jìn bì。 rú guǒ nǐ rèn wéi wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu kǒu zhōng de“ jìn bì” zhǐ shì pǔ tōng de chāo xiě kè wén de huà， nà nǐ jiù cuò liǎo， yīn wéi tā gěi hā lì yī zhī shén qí de bǐ， yòng hā lì de xiān xuè zuò mò shuǐ， měi yī bǐ dū shēn shēn dì kè zài liǎo hā lì de shǒu bèi shàng。
zì cóng fú dì mó fù huó yǐ hòu， hā lì bèi yuè lái yuè duō de mèng yǎn suǒ kùn rǎo zhe， yīn wéi tóu shàng nà dào shāng bā， shǐ dé hā lì yǔ fú dì mó de sī xiǎng chǎn shēng liǎo mǒu zhǒng lián xì。 zhèng shì zài yīcháng mèng jìng lǐ， hā lì mù dǔ luó 'ēn de bà bà yà sè bèi shé yǎo shāng， jí shí fā chū liǎo jǐng gào， wǎn jiù liǎo yà sè de shēng mìng。
duì yú hā lì lái shuō， qíng rén jié dì yī cì biàn dé yòu yì yì， yīn wéi tā hé zhāng qiū yuē hǎo yī qǐ qù huò gé mò dé cūn。 rán 'ér， yuē huì de guò chéng què bù jìn rú rén yì， shǔ yú diǎn xíng xiǎo nǚ rén de zhāng qiū， xū yào rén hōng xū yào rén téng， ér hā lì què piān piān shì gè mù tóu gē dá， jiēguǒ liǎng rén bù huān 'ér sàn。
yóu yú D.A. nèi bù chéng yuán de bèi pàn， wū mǔ lǐ qí zuì zhōng hái shì fā xiàn liǎo hā lì zài bēizhe tā jiào dà jiā hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù。 suǒ yòu rén lián gǔn dài pá zǒng suàn táo tuō shēng tiān， zuì zhōng zhǐ yòu hā lì yīn wéi duàn hòu 'ér bèi zhuā zhù héng héng gào mì de rén jìng rán jiù shì zhāng qiū， ér dèng bù lì duō dài hā lì shòu zuì， bèi gǎn chū liǎo huò gé wò cí。
yuán lái fú dì mó yī zhí xiǎng dé dào de shì nà gè yǐn cáng zhe zì jǐ wèi lái mìng yùn de yù yán qiú…… tā qīn rù hā lì de sī xiǎng， dé zhī xiǎo tiān láng xīng shì tā shēng mìng zhōng zuì zhòng yào de rén， lì yòng yī zhǒng jiǎ xiāng jiāng hā lì piàn zhì mó fǎ bù。 yīcháng hùn zhàn jiù cǐ zhǎn kāi， rán 'ér ràng fú dì mó xiǎng xiàng bù dào de shì， suī rán D.A. de chéng yuán dōushì yī xiē bàn dà de hái zǐ， què yǔ shí sǐ tú dǒu liǎo gè bù xiāng bó zhòng， zhí dào fèng huáng shè de chéng yuán gǎn lái zēng yuán。 zhè chǎng hùn zhàn zhōng， shí sǐ tú yǔ fèng huáng shè hù yòu shāng wáng， dàn dū jí bù shàng hā lì wàn fēn zhī yī de tòng kǔ， tā shēng mìng zhōng zuì hòu yī wèi qīn rén yě lí tā 'ér qù héng héng zài jiàn， xiǎo tiān láng xīng。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 [ diàn yǐng ]- zuò zhě jiǎn jiè
J.K. luó lín J.K. luó lín
(1966 héng )， yīng guó nǚ zuò jiā， zì xiǎo xǐ huān xiě zuò， dāng guò duǎn shí jiān de jiào shī hé mì shū。 24 suì nà nián， tā zài qián wǎng lún dūn de huǒ chē shàng méng shēng liǎo chuàng zuò“ hā lì · bō tè” xì liè xiǎo shuō de niàn tóu。 qī nián hòu，《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mó fǎ shí》 (1997) wèn shì， suí jí tā yǐ jīhū měi nián yī běn de sù dù chuàng zuò liǎo《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 (1998)、《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 (1999)、《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ huǒ yàn bēi》 (2000)，“ hā lì · bō tè” jù fēng xíjuǎn liǎo quán qiú。 2003 nián 6 yuè， tā de dì wǔ bù zuò pǐn《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 zài quán shì jiè“ hā lì · bō tè” mí de qiáo shǒu qī pàn zhōng wèn shì， zài cì zài quán shì jiè xiān qǐ“ hā lì · bō tè” kuáng cháo。 jié zhǐ jīn nián 6 yuè， qí zuò pǐn yǐ bèi fān yì chéng 60 duō zhǒng yǔ yán， zài 200 duō gè guó jiā hé dì qū lěi jì xiāo shòu dá 2 yì duō cè。
céng jīng zuò wéi dān shēn mǔ qīn de J.K. luó lín， shēng huó yī dù jí qí jiān xīn， dàn“ hā lì · bō tè” gěi tā dài lái liǎo jù dà de róng yù hé cái fù， rú jīn de tā shì yī gè chéng gōng、 xìng fú de nǚ rén。 2001 nián 12 rì tā hé má zuì yī shī ní 'ěr · mò lǐ zài jié lián lǐ。 jīn nián 3 yuè， tā men yòu liǎo yī gè 'ér zǐ， míng zì jiào dài wéi。 xiàn J.K. luó lín yǔ tā de zhàng fū yǐ jí yī duì 'ér nǚ shēng huó dé hěn xìng fú。
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《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 [ diàn yǐng ]- yǐngpiān huā xù
pāi shè
shì shí shàng， zài zhěng gè《 hā sì》 de pāi shè guò chéng zhōng， dà wèi · yé cí yě xiǎn shì chū liǎo duì dà jú de zhǎng kòng néng lì hé duì zhè bù fēngmǐ quán qiú de mó fǎ gù shì de tè bié lǐ jiě。 bāo kuò， zài duì yǎn yuán de zhēn xuǎn、 biǎo yǎn de zhǎng wò， yǐ jí duì yī xiē tè xiào dà chǎng miàn de tuī qiāo chuí liàn shàng， dà wèi bù dàn xū xīn jiè jiàn bù shǎo qián rén de yōu xiù zhī chù， hái yǒng yú chuàng xīn， kāipì liǎo zì jǐ de xīn fāng fǎ。 lì rú， zài pāi shè hè mǐn“ yǐn yòu” wū mǔ lǐ qí chuǎng rù jìn lín bìng jiù cǐ jiù fàn de nà chǎng xì shí。 dà wèi chōng fēn diào dòng liǎo yǎn yuán de zhù guān néng dòng xìng， ràng cǐ qiáo duàn de zhù yǎn 'ài mǎ · wò sēn yòu liǎo jí wéi jīng cǎi de fā huī。 xiǎo měi nǚ yě jiù cǐ jì qù nián zài《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ huǒ yàn bēi》 de shèng dàn wǔ huì zhōng jīng yàn zhī hòu， zài cì zhèng míng liǎo zì jǐ de yǎn jì rú tóng měi mào yǔ shēn cái yī bān gòng tóng dì chéngzhǎng liǎo bù shǎo， xiǎn rán yě wéi zì jǐ rì hòu quán miàn jìn jūn hǎo lāi wù jìn yī bù dǎ xià jiān shí de jī chǔ。 lìng wài， zhí dé yī tí de shì， zài pāi shè zhè zǔ jìng tóu shí xū yào jiā rù juésè qí chéng“ yè qí” zhè zhǒng shén mì shēng wù de jìng tóu。 yuán zhù zhōng tí dào， zhǐ yòu jiàn guò sǐ rén de rén cái néng kàn dào tā。 suǒ yǐ zài pāi shè shí， dà wèi hé gōng zuò rén yuán tè bié xiǎng dào liǎo zhì zuò chū tè bié de mǎ 'ān ràng yǎn yuán qí shàng， rán hòu yǐ kào qǐ zhòng jī shēng dào bàn kōng zhōng， zài jù dà de lǜ mù qián yǎn yì chū fēi xíng de xiào guǒ。
bù jǐng
zài bù jǐng fāng miàn， dǎo yǎn dà wèi · yé cí yě jīng shòu liǎo yán jùn de kǎo yàn。 bù guò， zài tā jīng gān de zhòng duō shè jì shī de bāng zhù xià， yǐngpiān zhōng jué dà duō shù de bù jǐng dū xiāng dāng jīng cǎi。 yóu qí shì yǐngpiān zhōng zhòng tóu xì de fā shēng dì héng héng mó fǎ bù， kān chēng jīn bì huī huáng、 qì pài shí zú： dì shàng shì guāng kě jiàn rén de shēn sè dì bǎn， shàng miàn shì kǒng què lán sè de tiān huā bǎn， hái yòu chù shì shǎn shǎn fā guāng、 bù duàn biàn huà de jīn sè fú hào， huá lì yì cháng。 dà tīng zhōng jiān de mó fǎ xiōng dì pēn quán shì mó fǎ bù de biāo zhì， yóu yī zǔ bǐ zhēn rén hái dà de chún jīn diāo xiàng zǔ chéng， zuì gāo de shì fēng dù gāo guì de nán wū， bàng biān shì měi lì yāo ráo de nǚ wū， yāo guài、 jīng líng hé mǎ rén zé yǐ chóng bài、 yǎng mù yǎn guāng kàn zhe liǎng wèi wū shī…… zhěng gè chǎng jǐng de shè zhì shèn zhì lián yuán zhù zuò zhě J.K. luó lín kàn liǎo dū pāi shǒu chēng hǎo。 díquè， mó fǎ bù dà zhàn shì《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 zhōng zuì zhòng yào de yīcháng xì， wú lùn dào jù、 bù jǐng， hái shì tè xiào、 chǎng miàn kòng zhì， dū xiāng dāng dì kǎo yàn dǎo yǎn de gōng lì。 ér qiě zhè chǎng dà zhàn bù huì yòu hěn duō bào lì de chǎng miàn， rú guǒ chǔlǐ bù dāng， jiāng zài hěn dà chéng dù shàng yǐng xiǎng dào yǐngpiān de fēn jí。 yīn cǐ， diàn yǐng xīn shǒu dà wèi · yé cí， zài cǐ miàn lín de tiǎo zhàn nán yǐ yù cè， wǒ men shì mù yǐ dài。
wǔ dà shān jiǎn
yóu yú《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 shì qī běn xì liè cóng shū zhōng yè shù zuì duō de yī běn， cháng dá 870 yè héng héng dì qī jí《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ sǐ wáng shèng qì》 de yè shù yǐ jīng qiāo dìng wéi 784 yè。 suǒ yǐ yǐngpiān de biān jù zhǐ néng jiāng xiǎo shuō zhōng“ wú guān téng yǎng” de biān biān jiǎo jiǎo rěn tòng gē 'ài， rú jīn yǐ jīng què dìng yòu wǔ chù nèi róng cǎn zāo shān jiǎn。
1、 suǒ yòu yǔ kuí dì qí xiāng guān de chǎng jǐng…… zhè dǎo shì bù nán cāi cè， yóu yú hā lì zài《 hā lì · bō tè 5》 zhōng dà duō shí jiān dōubèi wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu guān jìn bì， bù dàn méi zěn me cān jiā kuí dì qí de xùn liàn， hái cuò guò liǎo jǐ chǎng zhòng yào de bǐ sài。 bù guò， zhè duì yú shì yǎn luó 'ēn de lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè lái shuō， què bù chì wéi yī gè 'è hào， yīn wéi luó 'ēn jiāng zài zhè yī jí zhōngjiàng dì yī cì cān jiā gé lán fēn duō xué yuàn de kuí dì qí dài biǎo duì。 duì cǐ， gé lín tè zhǐ néng yí hàn dì biǎo shì：“ jì xī wàng yú míng nián。” jì rán kuí dì qí bǐ sài méi yòu liǎo， wǒ men yě jiù wú yuán tīng dào nà shǒu yǔ zhī xiāng guān de“ wéi sī lāi shì wǒ men de wáng” liǎo。
2、 wéi sī lāi fū rén yǔ xiǎo tiān láng xīng zài fèng huáng shè jiù hā lì de wèn tí qǐ liǎo yī xiē zhēng zhí…… bèi shān。
3、 jiā yǎng xiǎo jīng líng duō bǐ bù zài chū xiàn……《 hā lì · bō tè 4》 zhōng， duō bǐ de suǒ yòu xì fēn jiù bèi nà wēi qǔ dài liǎo， suǒ yǐ bù nán cāi cè zhè gè juésè wèihé huì wú yuán dì wǔ jí gù shì。 gū jì wéi yī duì cǐ gǎn dào bù gāo xīng de dāng shǔ hè mǐn liǎo， yīn wéi zhè zhǒng zuò fǎ xiǎn rán chù fàn liǎo tā chuàng jiàn de“ jiā yǎng xiǎo jīng líng quán yì cù jìn huì” (S.P.E.W.)。
4、 nà wēi de fù mǔ…… tā men dāng nián dōushì yīng yǒng de 'ào luó， yóu yú shòu dào liǎo fú dì mó de zhé mó 'ér fā fēng， xiàn zhù zài shèng máng gē mó fǎ shāng bìng yī yuàn liáo yǎng。 zhè zhēn shì yī gè bù xìng de xiāo xī， yīn wéi suí zhe nà wēi de zuò yòng yī jí bǐ yī jí zhòng yào， tā de fù mǔ běn yīnggāi yě dé dào xiāng yìng de“ zūn zhòng”， ér bù shì bèi wú qíng dì shān diào。
5、 hā lì děng rén wéi bù lāi kè jiā、 fèng huáng shè de zǒng bù jìn xíng dà sǎo chú…… ràng rén jué dé fēi cháng kě xī， yīn wéi wǒ men méi bàn fǎ kàn dào zài zhè lǐ chū xiàn de shén qí shēng wù huó shēng shēng de yàng zǐ liǎo。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 [ diàn yǐng ]- yǐngpiān liàng diǎn
xīn dǎo yǎn， xīn cháng shì
zài huò gé wò cí mó fǎ xué xiào de dì 5 gè nián tóu， duì yú hā lì · bō tè lái shuō shì yī gè guān jiàn nián， yīn wéi tā bù zài shì hái zǐ， ér shì xué zhe miàn duì chéng nián rén xū yào zuò chū de xuǎn zé hé tiǎo zhàn： hā lì bù dàn yào chǔlǐ fú dì mó de huí guī， hái rěn shòu zhe shī qù hǎo yǒu sài dé lǐ kè · dí gē lǐ de tòng kǔ。 fā shēng zài tā shēn shàng de yī qiē， dū pò shǐ tā bǐ qí tā tóng líng rén zài xīn zhì fāng miàn yào gèng jiā chéng shú， yīn wéi tā dān fù dedōu shì yī xiē yù xiǎng bù dào de zhòng dà zé rèn…… wèile néng gòu zhǎo dào jìn rù hā lì · bō tè de mó fǎ shì jiè de rù kǒu， dǎo yǎn dà wèi · yè cí zài pāi shè zhī qián zuò liǎo hěn duō zhǔn bèi gōng zuò， chè dǐ dì fēn xī liǎo《 hā lì · bō tè》 xì liè yī lù zǒu guò lái suǒ jīng lì de qián yīn hòu guǒ：“ zhè yī jí gù shì zài quán tào xiǎo shuō zhōng zhàn yòu zhe fēi cháng zhòng yào de wèi zhì， yīn wéi dào liǎo zhè gè shí hòu， wǒ men de xiǎo zhùjué zhèng zài yī bù bù zǒu xiàng chéng shú， zhōu wéi de shì qíng yě biàn dé yuè lái yuè fù zá， tā men kāi shǐ fā xiàn zhè gè shì jiè de kē kē bàn bàn， kāi shǐ jīng lì ‘ chéngzhǎng de fán nǎo ’。”
zuò wéi《 hā lì · bō tè》 xì liè de zhì piàn rén， [ dà wèi · hǎi màn ] biǎo shì， zhèng shì zhè yī jí gù shì yǔ zhòng bù tóng de tè zhì， cái ràng tā zuì zhōng xuǎn zé liǎo dà wèi · yè cí lái wéi yǐngpiān zhí dǎo：“ yè cí fēi cháng shàn yú chǔlǐ zhè zhǒng qí huàn lèi de gù shì zhù tí， ér qiě tā hái zhǎn xiàn chū néng gòu yǐ fēi cháng yú lè de fāng shì chǔlǐ zhèng zhì wèn tí de néng lì。 dāng rán，《 hā lì · bō tè 5》 bìng fēi yī bù zhèng zhì sè cǎi nóng hòu de yǐngpiān， dàn shì què dà liàng yǎn yì liǎo mó fǎ shì jiè suǒ zūn xún de zhèng zhì xué。 kě yǐ shuō， yè cí shì dài zhe wú xiàn de jī qíng jiā méng jìn lái de， ér kàn zhe tā yǔ hái zǐ men zhī jiān cóng mò shēng dào xìn rèn de guò chéng， nǐ jiù huì fā xiàn， yè cí què shí shì yī gè néng gòu diào dòng yǎn yuán jī jí xìng de gāo shǒu。 tā míng bái， gēn suí zhe xì liè yī qǐ chéngzhǎng de jǐ wèi xiǎo yǎn yuán， bǐ rèn hé réndōu gèng jiā liǎo jiě tā men zài yǐngpiān zhōng de juésè， suǒ yǐ yè cí jīng cháng gǔ lì tā men yào dà dǎn dì shuō chū zì jǐ de xiǎng fǎ， jìn liàng bǎ zì jǐ zhēn shí de gè xìng zhù rù dào jiǎo sè zhī zhōng qù。”
lián xù dì wǔ cì shì yǎn hā lì · bō tè de dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū biǎo shì：“ wǒ xǐ huān hé dà wèi · yè cí yī qǐ gōng zuò， gèng xǐ huān tā nà bīn bīn yòu lǐ de wēn hé gè xìng。 bù guò， dì wǔ jí gù shì yě shì wǒ pāi shè de zuì nán de yī bù yǐngpiān， bù fēn shì yīn wéi zhè yī zhāng nèi róng de tè shū xìng， shèng xià de zé zài yú lái liǎo yè cí zhè wèi xīn dǎo yǎn。 tā zǒng shì ràng wǒ gèng jiā shēn kè dì qù fēn xī hā lì zhè gè juésè， wǒ fā xiàn zhè zhǒng zuò fǎ shì fēi cháng bì yào de， tā zhēn de shì yī wèi cái huá héng yì de tiān cái dǎo yǎn。”
luó 'ēn · wéi sī lāi de bàn yǎn zhě lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè duì cǐ biǎo shì tóng yì：“ dà wèi · yè cí de zhí dǎo fāng shì yǔ qí tā jǐ wèi dǎo yǎn cún zài zhe hěn dà de chā yì， dàn shì tā zǒng néng tōng guò zuì qīng sōng de fāng shì， dé dào zuì wěi dà de chéng guǒ。” ér shì yǎn hā lì yǒng yuǎn zhōng chéng de péng yǒu hè mǐn · gé lán jié de 'ài mǎ · wò tè sēn zé bǔ chōng dào：“ yè cí zuì kě 'ài de dì fāng， jiù shì rèn zhēn qīng tīng wǒ men tán lùn zì jǐ de juésè de shí hòu。 duì yú wǒ men néng gòu lián xù zài wǔ bù yǐngpiān lǐ shì yǎn tóng yī gè juésè， yè cí gǎn dào liǎo yóu zhōng dì pèi fú， tā fēi cháng zhòng shì wǒ yǔ dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū、 lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè zhī jiān de guān xì， yīn wéi zhè yòu zhù yú wǒ men zài yǐngpiān zhōng de juésè zhī jiān de yǒu qíng de zhēn shí xìng。”
chú liǎo dà wèi · yè cí， biān jù mài kè 'ěr · gē dēng bó gé duì yú《 hā lì · bō tè》 xì liè lái shuō yě shì yī wèi xīn rén：“ dāng dà wèi · hǎi màn zhǎo dào wǒ de shí hòu， wǒ xīng fèn dé quán shēn fā dǒu。 wǒ zhī dào wǒ de shuō fǎ kě néng yòu diǎn lǎo tào， dàn néng gòu jiā rù zhè bù mó huàn xì liè gù shì， zài tōng guò nǐ de nǔ lì， ràng tā zhǎn shì zài dà yín mù shàng， nǐ néng xiǎng xiàng dé dào nà huì shì yī gè shénme yàng de gǎn jué má？ dà wèi · yè cí suī rán gěi wǒ liú liǎo zú gòu dà de chuàng zuò kōng jiān， kě shì tā yě duì jù běn yòu yī gè yào qiú， nà jiù shì gù shì de měi yī gè shí kè dōuyào jìn kě néng dì zhēn shí。 xiǎn rán， jù běn shǒu xiān yào zuò dào de yī diǎn， jiù shì bǎo liú zhù yuán zhù xiǎo shuō zhōng de jīng suǐ hé líng hún。 kě yǐ shuō， dì wǔ jí gù shì shì zhěng gè xì liè zhōng zuì zhòng yào de yī gè bù fēn， hā lì cóng yī gè xiǎo hái tuì biàn chéng měng dǒng de shàonián， tā kāi shǐ yì shí dào rèn hé shì qíng dōubù shì jué duì de： huài rén yòu hǎo de yī miàn， hǎo rén yě yòu xié 'è de yī miàn…… tā fā xiàn， chéng rén de shì jiè bìng méi yòu xiǎng xiàng zhōng de nà me hǎo， yě cún zài zhe quē xiàn héng héng zhè xiē dōushì xū yào wǒ men zài yǐngpiān zhōng tū chū de zhù tí。”
shén qí de mó fǎ bù
zài hā lì zhēn zhèng miàn duì fú dì mó de tiǎo zhàn zhī qián， hái yòu qí tā shì qíng xū yào jiě jué， nà jiù shì rú hé táo guò qù mó fǎ bù shòu shěn de zhè yī jié…… zhè lǐ， dé dào zuì jù tǐ de tǐ xiàn de jiù shì mó fǎ bù de dà tīng， měi gōng shè jì shī sī tú yà tè · kè léi gé (StuartCraig) yòng yī zhāng hěn yòu sū lián qì xī de mó fǎ bù bù cháng fú jí de jù xíng hǎi bào， gài mǎn liǎo zhěng zhěng yī miàn qiáng。 kè léi gé hái biǎo shì， jìn guǎn zài mó fǎ bù de wū shī dōushì yòng fēi xíng dài tì xíng zǒu， yòng zhǐ fēi jī dài tì diàn huà， què méi bàn fǎ yǎn gài tā zài běn zhì shàng shì yī gè chún cuì de guān liáo jī gòu de shì shí：“ zài yīng guó， ZF dà lóu dōuyòu zhe 19 shì jì wéi duō lì yà shí dài de jiàn zhù tè sè， lóu shēn shàng de zhuāng shì wù fán duō。 yóu yú mó fǎ bù bèi shè zhì zài liǎo dì xià， suǒ yǐ wǒ men zuò de dì yī jiàn shì jiù shì zǒu biàn liǎo lún dūn suǒ yòu zuì gǔ lǎo de dì tiě zhàn， gǎn shòu qí zhōng de yīn lěng qì xī hé shè jì fēng gé。 wǒ men zhù yì dào， hěn duō dì tiě zhàn dū shǐ yòng liǎo dà liàng cǎi sè de cí zhuān zuò zhuāng shì héng héng jié hé liǎo zhè yī tè diǎn， wǒ men zhōng yú fā míng liǎo yī gè dì xià de shì jiè héng héng mó fǎ bù。 zài měi yī miàn qiáng dū pū mǎn liǎo huá měi zhuāng zhòng de hēi cí zhuān hòu， nà zhǒng qì shì lì mǎ jiù xiǎn xiàn chū lái liǎo。 bù guò， zhè zhǒng zuò fǎ duì yú shè yǐng shī sī lā wò mǐ 'ěr · āi dí zhā kè (SlawomirIdziak) lái shuō kě shì yī gè bù xiǎo de tiǎo zhàn， yīn wéi tā zài pāi shè de shí hòu， bì xū děibǎ cí zhuān fǎn guāng zhè yī yuán sù kǎo lǜ jìn qù。”
tōng guān suǒ yòu《 hā lì · bō tè》 xì liè yǐngpiān， mó fǎ bù de měi gōng shè jì dū kān chēng zuì dà de yī chù bù jǐng dì， chāo guò 200 yīng chǐ cháng、 120 yīng chǐ kuān、 30 yīng chǐ gāo， zhì shǎo pū liǎo 3 wàn kuài cí zhuān héng héng dōushì yī gè gè rén gōng nián shàng qù de。 ér qiě dào liǎo yǐngpiān zhōng， zhè gè dà tīng hái huì tōng guò shù mǎ chǔlǐ， kōng jiān biàn dé gèng dà。
hā lì shì zài wéi sī lāi xiān shēng de péi bàn xià， cóng“ lái bīn rù kǒu” jìn rù mó fǎ bù de héng héng kàn qǐ lái jiù shì lún dūn jiē tóu zuì pǔ tōng de yī gè diàn huà tíng， sī tú yà tè · kè léi gé xiào zhe shuō：“ wǒ rèn wéi， zhè yàng de shè zhì huì ràng wèi yú má guā ZF dà lóu zhèng xià fāng de mó fǎ bù biàn dé gèng yòu qù wèi xìng， suǒ yǐ wǒ men xuǎn zé liǎo yī gè lí guó fáng bù fēi cháng jìn de diàn huà tíng…… má guā kěn dìng huì dà chī yī jīng， yuán lái mó fǎ bù jiù wèi yú yīng guó guó fáng bù de dì xià。” dà wèi · yè cí yě biǎo shì：“ xiāng xìn《 hā lì · bō tè》 xì liè zuì yòu qù de yī gè gù shì diǎn， jiù shì zhǎn shì mó fǎ shì jiè shì rú hé‘ yǐn cáng’ zài má guā de shēng huó zhōng de， shì shí shàng， zhè liǎng gè shì jiè shì xiāng róng de， zhǐ shì má guā men méi yì shí dào zhè yī diǎn 'ér yǐ。”
fěn sè dài biǎo yī zhǒng xīn de“ hēi shì lì”
xīn xué qī， xué xiào lái liǎo yī wèi xīn de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù kè lǎo shī héng héng wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu， yóu yī méi 'ěr dá · sī tānɡ dùn shì yǎn。 cóng tóu dào jiǎo dū bèi fěn sè bāo guǒ zhe， wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu yōng yòu lǎo liàn de jiǎ xiào hé tián dào fā nì de shēng yīn， kě shì tā de běn xìng què hé zhè wán quán xiāng fǎn。 dà wèi · yè cí biǎo shì：“ fú jí rèn wéi dèng bù lì duō zài jì yú mó fǎ bù bù cháng de wèi zhì， suǒ yǐ tā pài lái liǎo zì jǐ zuì xìn lài de fù bù cháng wū mǔ lǐ qí， zài huò gé wò cí chá míng zhēn xiāng。 kě wū mǔ lǐ qí què rèn wéi zì jǐ de rèn wù shì wéi fú jí sǎo qīng yī qiē qián zài de wēi xié， jiēguǒ bǎ huò gé wò cí gǎo dé wū yān zhàng qì， chún shì yī zhǐ pī zhe yáng pí de láng。” sī tānɡ dùn biǎo shì tóng yì：“ hěn duō rén dū huì xiàng wū mǔ lǐ qí yī yàng， biǎo miàn shàng mèi lì shí zú， qí shí yī dù zǐ huài shuǐ， suǒ yǐ shì yǎn zhè yàng yī gè juésè shì wǒ yuàn yì jiē shòu de tiǎo zhàn。”
suī rán shì wèile yǔ yuán zhù xiǎo shuō bǎo chí yī zhì， yī méi 'ěr dá · sī tānɡ dùn yòu shí hòu réng rán huì duì shì yǎn wū mǔ lǐ qí zhè gè juésè gǎn dào yòu diǎn nǎo huǒ：“ zài xiǎo shuō zhōng， tā bèi miáo shù chéngzhǎng dé fēi cháng chǒu lòu， xiàng shì lìng rén tǎo yàn de là há má， suǒ yǐ dāng yòu rén duì wǒ shuō‘ nǐ shì zhè gè juésè zuì hé shì de rén xuǎn’ shí， wǒ tīng zhe zǒng jué dé bù nà me shū fú。”
yī méi 'ěr dá · sī tānɡ dùn yě shì suǒ yòu yǎn yuán zhōng， hé fú zhuāng shè jì shī zhēn nī · tài mǐn (JanyTemime) zǒude zuì jìn de yī gè， yīn wéi wū mǔ lǐ qí zhěng tǐ de xíng xiàng shè jì， shì tài mǐn zài zhěng bù yǐngpiān zhōng， zuì jiān jù de gōng zuò zhī yī， sī tānɡ dùn shuō：“ wǒ men wéi zhè gè shēn cái yòu diǎn yuán de nǚ shì xiǎng chū liǎo hěn duō yòu qù de fāng 'àn， wǒ bù xī wàng tā yī fú de lún kuò tài guò xiān míng héng héng suī rán tā gěi rén de dì yī yìn xiàng shì wēn róu hé shàn liáng， qí shí xīn cháng shí zài shì bù zěn me dì。”
wèile néng gòu zài wài guān shàng zhǎn shì wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu de“ wēn róu”， zhēn nī · tài mǐn biǎo shì：“ wǒ men wǎng yī méi 'ěr dá · sī tānɡ dùn de xì fú lǐ tián liǎo hěn duō dōng xī， yīn wéi tā běn rén tè bié shòu。” tài mǐn hái zài yī fú shàng shǐ yòng liǎo xǔ duō róu ruǎn de bù liào， jiù shì wèile zēng qiáng nà zhǒng xìng gé shàng de wēn hé gǎn。 bù guò， yī fú de yán sè què shì zài xiǎo shuō zhōng jiù yǐ jīng jué dìng hǎo de： fěn sè、 gèng fěn yǐ jí zuì fěn。 tài mǐn jiē zhe shuō：“ měi yī cì wǒ men kàn dào tā， tā shēn shàng de fěn yī fú chú liǎo yán sè， yàng shì dōushì bù yī yàng de。 dāng tā màn màn zài huò gé wò cí zhǎn shì zì jǐ de tè quán shí， yán sè de liàng dù yě huì suí zhī biàn qiáng， shí fēn zhā yǎn， zuì zhōng biàn chéng liǎo nà zhǒng zuì shēn de yīng táo fěn。”
fěn sè de zhù tí hái huì bèi yán yòng zhì wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu de bàn gōng shì zhōng， zhè bù fēn chǎng jǐng shì yóu měi gōng shī sī tú yà tè · kè léi gé hé tā de shè jì zǔ yòng gè zhǒng fěn sè de dōng xī zhuāng shì chū lái de， bāo kuò dài yòu huā biān、 xiàng tiān 'é róng yī yàng guāng huá de chuāng lián， yǐ jí zhōu wéi gè zhǒng kě 'ài de xiǎo bǎi shè。 jiā jù de fēng gé zé lái yuán yú fǎ guó， yǐ kè léi gé de shuō fǎ jiù shì“ fēi cháng yòu xiàn tiáo gǎn” héng héng cóng gè gè fāng miàn jìn xíng 'àn shì， zhè jiān bàn gōng shì de zhù rén shí zài shì tài yòu gè xìng liǎo。 bù guò， zhè jiān bàn gōng shì zuì yòu tè sè de dì fāng， hái zài yú qiáng shàng nà 200 duō gè yìn yòu xiǎo māo de pán zǐ shàng， àn shì zhe wū mǔ lǐ qí nà zhǒng yǔ māo hěn xiāng sì、 fǎn fù wú cháng de xìng gé。 xiāng duì zhào 'ér yán， wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu shǐ yòng de jiào shì jiù xiǎn dé yán sù、 jiǎn pǔ duō liǎo， jiù xiàng tā duì xué shēng yán gé xiàn zhì de jiāokè fēng gé yī yàng héng héng zhǐ yǔn xǔ tā men zuò zài zì jǐ de wèi zhì shàng mái tóu yú tā zhǐ dìng de jiāokè shū。 lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè shuō：“ xué shēng men duì wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù kè dū gǎn dào wú bǐ mò shēng， dàn shì tā què jiān xìn wǒ men bì xū yào xué xí lǐ lùn， ér qiě wán quán méi yòu shí jiàn guò chéng， yào zhī dào， zhè zhǒng zuò fǎ zài yī suǒ mó fǎ xué xiào lǐ shì fēi cháng huāng miù de。”
hú jì shēng xià de chū wěn
dāng huò gé wò cí yīn wéi jí jiāng dào lái de shèng dàn jié 'ér jìn rù jiàqī shí， hā lì zǔ jiàn de D.A. xué xí xiǎo zǔ yě bù dé bù zhōng duàn yī duàn shí jiān。 zuì hòu yī táng kè guò hòu， D.A. suǒ yòu de chéng yuán dū jié bàn lí kāi liǎo， qiū · zhāng què liú liǎo xià lái。 hā lì zǎo zài qù nián jiù xǐ huān shàng liǎo tā， rán 'ér liǎng rén de guān xì què yīn wéi sài dé lǐ kè · dí gē lǐ de bèi hài 'ér shāo xián fù zá。 sì hū shì dòng xī liǎo tā men xīn zhōng 'àn cáng de xiǎng fǎ， wú suǒ bù zhī de“ yòu qiú bì yìng wū” zài zuì hòu yī cì D.A. jí huì de shí hòu yòng yī zhī hú jì shēng zuò wéi zhuāng shì wù， zhōng yú dài lái liǎo suǒ yòu hā mí rèqiè pàn wàng zhe de shí kè héng héng hā lì de chū wěn。
dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū huí yì zhè bù fēn de pāi shè shí shuō：“ wǒ yòu xiē bù 'ān， yīn wéi wǒ fā xiàn liáng pèi shī sì hū hěn jǐn zhāng。 zhè bù jǐn jǐn shì yī gè wěn nà me jiǎn dān， yě 'àn shì zhe zhāng qiū hé hā lì zhī jiān de fù zá guān xì。 dāng wǒ men cháng shì liǎo jǐ cì hòu， fā xiàn qí shí yě méi nà me kě pà， hái tǐng yòu qù de。” liáng pèi shī jì xù shuō：“ wǒ zhī suǒ yǐ tè bié jǐn zhāng， yīn wéi zhè shì wǒ zài dà yín mù shàng de chū wěn， hǎo zài dǎo yǎn dà wèi · yè cí fēi cháng zhuān yè， tā gào sù liǎo wǒ men xiǎng yào yī gè shénme yàng de xiào guǒ， zhè yàng wǒ men jiù bù huì gǎn jué zhè gè chǎng jǐng yòu duō me dì nán pāi liǎo。 yī kāi shǐ de shí hòu， shì yòu diǎn nán kān， dàn shì dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū hěn huì dài xì， tā ràng pāi shè biàn dé hěn jiǎn dān， ér qiě tā shì yī gè jiē wěn gāo shǒu。”
dǎo yǎn de zuò fǎ yě xǔ dǎ xiāo liǎo liǎng wèi xiǎo yǎn yuán de gù lǜ， què wàng liǎo yī bàng tóng yàng jǐn zhāng de gōng zuò rén yuán， yīn wéi zhè xiē rén jīhū shì kàn zhe dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū suí zhe《 hā lì · bō tè》 xì liè diàn yǐng yī diǎn yī diǎn chéngzhǎng qǐ lái de， zhì piàn rén dà wèi · hǎi màn shuō：“ wǒ men zhōng de xǔ duō rén zài léi dé kè lǐ fū 10 suì de shí hòu jiù rèn shí tā liǎo， rán hòu tā jiù zài wǒ men de yǎn qián zhǎngdà liǎo…… suǒ yǐ wǒ men guān xīn tā， xiǎng yào bǎo hù tā。 zài zhè lǐ， kàn zhe tā jīng lì zhe‘ yín mù chū wěn’， nà zhǒng gǎn jué hěn qí guài， wǒ yī zhí gào jiè zì jǐ bù yào kàn， kě shì què rěn bù zhù xiǎng kàn。 hǎo zài zhè zǔ chǎng jǐng pāi dé hěn wán měi， xiāng xìn guān zhòng kěn dìng néng gòu cóng zhōng gǎn jué dào wēn róu hé měi lì de tián mì。”
jù rén xiōng dì gé luò pǔ
zài zhī dào zì jǐ chí zǎo huì bèi wū mǔ lǐ qí gǎn chū huò gé wò cí zhī hòu， shòu liè chǎng kānshǒu hǎi gé gěi hā lì、 luó 'ēn hé hè mǐn“ bù zhì” liǎo yī gè tè shū de rèn wù： bāng zhù zhào kàn zì jǐ nà tóng mǔ yì fù de dì dì gé luò pǔ héng héng tā gāng hǎo shì yī gè shēn gāo 16 yīng chǐ de jù rén。
wéi liǎo ràng gé luò pǔ zài dà yín mù shàng“ huó” guò lái， zhè lǐ bù dàn jié hé liǎo shǒu gōng shè jì、 dòng zuò bǔ zhuō、 diàn nǎo tè xiào de jí tǐ zhì huì， hái bāo kuò yī gè míng jiào tuō ní · máo dé sī lāi (TonyMaudsley) de yǎn yuán de tiān cái biǎo yǎn。 dà wèi · hǎi màn shuō：“ zài wǒ men de jiǎ shè zhōng， gé luò pǔ shì yī gè fēi cháng tiān zhēn de jù rén， zhǐ shì bǐ jiào hàodòng， méi bàn fǎ tài cháng shí jiān jí zhōng zhù yì lì 'ér yǐ。 máo dé sī lāi hé dà wèi · yè cí huā liǎo hěn cháng shí jiān qù tǎo lùn yī xiē biǎo yǎn shàng de xì jié， yīn wéi gé luò pǔ shì yī gè xū yào kào‘ dòng zuò bǔ zhuō’ jì shù bāng zhù de shù mǎ rén。” yè cí zé duì máo dé sī lāi de biǎo xiàn dà jiā zàn yáng：“ tā wán quán róng rù jìn lái liǎo， zhè cóng tā měi yī gè xì wēi de biǎo yǎn zhōng jiù néng kàn chū lái。 jí shǐ zhè gè juésè jīhū wán quán shì yóu shù mǎ jì shù shēng chéng de， kě shì máo dé sī lāi què gěi liǎo gé luò pǔ shēng mìng hé líng hún。”
dāng gé luò pǔ hé hè mǐn dài zài yī qǐ shí， nǐ néng cóng tā men zhī jiān de guān xì kàn chū gé luò pǔ bìng bù zhǐ shì yī gè miàn mù kě zēng de jù rén， ài mǎ · wò tè sēn shuō：“ gé luò pǔ yě yòu kě 'ài de yī miàn， zài hè mǐn miàn qián， tā jiù xiàng yī zhǐ xiǎo māo mǐ nà yàng wēn shùn， hè mǐn shì wéi yī yī gè néng gòu ràng tā 'ān jìng xià lái de rén…… wǒ zhī dào gé luò pǔ shì yī gè yóu diàn nǎo zhì zuò chū lái de shù mǎ jù rén， kě shì gōng zuò rén yuán yǐ jīng jìn liàng ràng tā xiǎn dé zhēn shí liǎo， tā yòu yī shuāng xiàng xiǎo gǒu yī yàng kě 'ài de yǎn jīng， wǒ shí zài shì tài xǐ huān tā liǎo。”
shēng wù tè xiào shī ní kè · dù dé màn (NickDudman) biǎo shì， tā men hái gěi gé luò pǔ zhì zuò liǎo yī gè yuán chǐ cùn dà xiǎo de nǎo dài， yòng lái pāi shè hé qí tā yǎn yuán zài yī qǐ de chǎng jǐng， lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè xīng fèn dì shuō：“ hé gé luò pǔ yī qǐ pāi shè de bù fēn tài jīng cǎi liǎo， xiàn chǎng yòu jù dà de tóu hé jiān bǎng， bī zhēn dào wǒ mendōu wàng liǎo hé wǒ men yī qǐ yǎn xì de， zhǐ shì tā shēn tǐ de yī bù fēn 'ér yǐ。 zhì yú qí zhōng wǒ zuì zhòngyì de bù fēn jiù shì： gé luò pǔ fēi cháng xǐ huān hè mǐn， yòng shǒu bǎ tā tuō liǎo qǐ lái。 yú shì luó 'ēn jí dù liǎo， cháng shì zhuóxiǎng ràng gé luò pǔ bǎ hè mǐn fàng xià lái， tā xiǎng yīng xióng jiù měi， jiù shì shǐ jìn qiāo dǎ jù rén…… nǐ yī dìng yǐ jīng cāi chū jiēguǒ liǎo， luó 'ēn yī xià zǐ jiù bèi gé luò pǔ gěi dàn fēi liǎo。”
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 [ diàn yǐng ]- yǐngpiān píng jià
qiū · zhāng： hé hā lì de 'ài qíng shì bēi jù
jìn guǎn cǐ qián hā lì · bō tè hé qiū · zhāng de liàn qíng chéng wéi dà jiā guān zhù de jiāo diǎn， dàn gāng gāng bàoguāng de《 hā lì · bō tè hé fèng huáng shè》 zhōng de qíng jié kě yǐ kàn dé chū lái， qí shí tā men zhī jiān de gǎn qíng bìng fēi wán měi。 hā lì wěn liǎo qiū · zhāng， dàn zuì zhōng liǎng gè rén bìng méi yòu zǒu dào yī qǐ。
gù shì cóng hā lì de wǔ nián jí kāi shǐ。 tā jīng qí dì fā xiàn qiū · zhāng duō cì zhǎo tā， bìng shì tú tóng tā tán huà。 bù xìng de shì， hā lì měi cì tóng qiū · zhāng de jiàn miàn dū bìng bù yú kuài： dì yī cì， zài hé qiū · zhāng jiàn miàn de shí hòu， tā jiù bèi lǜ sè de zhī yè jiàn liǎo yī shēn； zhī hòu de yī cì jiàn miàn， qiū · zhāng shèn zhì tóng hā lì zuì hǎo de péng yǒu luó 'ēn wéi kuí dì qí qiú duì 'ér zhēng zhí qǐ lái。
zuì lìng rén guān zhù de shì qíng rén jié shí， zài huò gé wò cí， qiū · zhāng zuì zhōng tóng yì hé hā lì yuē huì， liǎng rén shèn zhì yòu liǎo chū wěn， dàn shì qiū · zhāng què hū rán wéi sǐ qù de sài dé lǐ kè（ tā zhī qián de nán yǒu） kū qì。 tā hái tǎn yán zì jǐ jí dù hè mǐn tóng hā lì de yǒu yì， qiě yóu yú háo wú jīng yàn de hā lì bù zhī suǒ cuò， yīn cǐ zhè gè yuē huì bù huān 'ér sàn。 suǒ yǐ， liǎng rén de chū liàn bìng bù shì hěn wán měi。
cóng yǐ jīng bàoguāng de qíng jié zhōng wǒ men kě yǐ kàn chū zhāng qiū zài《 hā lì · bō tè hé fèng huáng shè》 zhōng de xì fèn dà dà zēng jiā。 zài jiē shòu cǎi fǎng de shí hòu， zhè wèi míng jiào liáng kǎi dì de huá yì nǚ hái zhè yàng jiě shì zì jǐ de juésè：“ tā yuán lái shì yòu yī gè nán péng yǒu de（ sài dé lǐ kè）， dàn shì hòu lái qù shì liǎo。 suǒ yǐ， tā hé hā lì · bō tè fā zhǎn liǎo yī duàn gǎn qíng。 dàn shì zhè duàn gǎn qíng bìng bù wěn dìng， yīn wéi tā shǐ zhōng wú fǎ wàng jì sǐ qù de nán yǒu， yīn cǐ zhè shì yī gè nèi xīn fù zá de nǚ hái。 zuì zhōng， zhè shì yī gè bēi jù。” tán dào hé hā lì de chū wěn， tā shuō：“ tā shì yī gè hěn yōu xiù de jiē wěn zhě， wǒ hěn xiǎng shòu zhěng gè guò chéng。”
ér bàn yǎn hā lì de léi dé kè lì fū zé lè guān dì biǎo shì， rú guǒ méi yòu yì wài de huà， zhè chǎng wěn xì huì xī yǐn dà liàng de yǐng mí qián qù yǐng yuàn guān kàn cǐ piàn。 tā shuō：“ rú guǒ shuō guān zhòng kàn zhè bù diàn yǐng zhǐ yòu yī gè yuán yīn de huà， wǒ cāi jiù shì zhè chǎng wěn xì。”
fǎn pài： wǒ huì hé xiǎo tiān láng xīng shū sǐ bó dǒu！
lìng wài， zài piàn zhōng bàn yǎn fú dì mó zhuī suí zhě lú xiū sī · mǎ 'ěr fú de yǎn yuán jié sēn · yī sà kè sī yě tòu lù liǎo yī xiē xì fèn。 tā suǒ bàn yǎn de zhè gè juésè shì dì wǔ jí zhōng zhù yào de dà fǎn pài， ér qiě jiāng huì hé hā lì de jiào fù héng héng héng xiǎo tiān láng xīng zhǎn kāi shū sǐ bó dǒu。
jù chēng， yī sà kè sī bàn yǎn de jiāng shì hā lì · bō tè hé tiān láng xīng zài huò gé wò cí de sǐ dí héng héng héng mǎ 'ěr fú。 zài dì wǔ jí zhōng， mǎ 'ěr fú bèi zhèng míng shì yī gè shí sǐ tú（ fú dì mó gēn suí zhě de zǒng chēng）， tā zhōng xīn gěng gěng dì wéi zì jǐ de zhù rén fú dì mó xiào zhōng。 gèng zhòng yào de shì， zhè wèi mǎ 'ěr fú hái jiāng zài piàn zhōng hé tiān láng xīng yòu shū sǐ jué dǒu。 bàn yǎn zhè gè juésè de yī sà kè sī biǎo shì：“ wǒ jiāng huì hé jiā lǐ · ào dé màn bàn yǎn de tiān láng xīng yòu yī fān jué dǒu。 tā kě néng shì zhè gè xīng qiú shàng zuì wěi dà de yǎn yuán zhī yī， suǒ yǐ wǒ jīng cháng dān xīn zì jǐ huì yǎn bù hǎo。 nǐ zhī dào， wǒ men zhī jiān de jué dǒu jiù hǎo xiàng shì liǎng gè shí suì de hái zǐ zài dǎ nào。 yīn wéi xū yào dà liàng de hòu qī diàn nǎo zhì zuò。 bù guò， zhè gè guò chéng zài dà yín mù shàng zhǎn xiàn chū lái， zhēn de hěn bàng！”
jìn guǎn zhè gè juésè zài dì wǔ jí zhōng xì fèn pō duō， dàn shì yī sà kè sī què dān xīn zì jǐ zài hòu miàn liǎng jí zhōng“ shī zōng”。 wèicǐ tā zhuān mén bài fǎng liǎo J·K· luó lín， xī wàng zhè gè zuò jiā bù yào ràng tā“ xiāo shī”。
It is the longest book in the series, and was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada. The book has been made into a film, which was released in 2007, and has also been made into several video games by Electronic Arts. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has won several awards, including being named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults in 2003.
Synopsis
Plot introduction
Throughout the four previous novels in the Harry Potter series, the main character, Harry Potter, has struggled with the difficulties that come with growing up and the added challenge of being a famous wizard. When Harry was a baby, Voldemort, the most powerful evil wizard in living memory, killed Harry's parents but mysteriously vanished after trying to kill Harry. This results in Harry's immediate fame, and his being placed in the care of his muggle, or non-magical, relatives Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.
Harry enters the wizarding world at the age of 11, enrolling in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He makes friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and is confronted by Lord Voldemort trying to regain power. After returning to the school after summer break, several attacks on students take place at Hogwarts after the legendary "Chamber of Secrets" is opened. Harry ends the attacks by killing a Basilisk and defeating another attempt by Lord Voldemort to return to full strength. The following year, Harry hears that he has been targeted by escaped murderer Sirius Black. Despite stringent security measures at Hogwarts, Harry is confronted by Black at the end of his third year of schooling and Harry learns that Black was framed and is actually Harry's godfather. Harry's fourth year of school sees him entered in a dangerous magical competition called the Triwizard Tournament. At the conclusion of the Tournament, Harry witnesses the return of Lord Voldemort to full strength.
Plot summary
This novel begins when Harry and his cousin, Dudley, are attacked by dementors. Harry uses magic to fight them off, and must attend a disciplinary hearing for it. In response to Voldemort's reappearance, Dumbledore re-activates the Order of the Phoenix, a secret society which works to defeat Voldemort's minions and protect Voldemort's targets, including Harry. Despite Harry's description of Voldemort's recent activities, the Ministry of Magic and many others in the magical world refuse to believe that Voldemort has returned.
In an attempt to enforce its version of school curriculum, the Ministry appoints Dolores Umbridge as the new High Inquisitor of Hogwarts. She transforms the school into a quasi-dictatorial regime and refuses to allow the students to learn ways to defend themselves against dark magic. Harry's friends, Ron and Hermione, persuaded Harry to form a secret study group and begin to teach his classmates the higher-level skills he has learned. The novel introduces Harry to Luna Lovegood, an airy young witch with a tendency to believe in oddball conspiracy theories. Moreover, it reveals an important prophecy concerning Harry and Voldemort. Harry also discovers that he and Voldemort have a telepathic connection, allowing Harry to view some of Voldemort's actions. In the novel's climax, Harry and his school friends face off against Voldemort's Death Eaters. The timely arrival of members of the Order of the Phoenix saves the children's lives, but Sirius Black, Harry's godfather, is murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange. Many Death Eaters are captured and, most importantly, the return of Voldemort is confirmed within the magical world.
Development, publication, and reception
Development
In an interview with BBC News, Rowling suggested the death of a principal character which made her sad. She added that although her husband suggested she undo the character's death to stop her sadness, she needed to be "a ruthless killer." However, Rowling revealed in a 2007 interview that she had originally planned to kill off Arthur Weasley in this book, but ultimately could not bear to do it. In another interview, when asked if there was anything she would go back and change about the seven novels, Rowling replied that she would have edited Phoenix more, as she feels it is too long.
Publication and release
Potter fans waited three years between the releases of the fourth and fifth books.
Before the release of the fifth book, 200 million copies of the first four books had already been sold and translated into 55 languages in 200 countries. As the series was already a global phenomenon, the book forged new pre-order records, with thousands of people queuing outside book stores on 20 June 2003 to secure their copy at midnight. Despite the security, thousands of copies were stolen from an Earlestown, Merseyside warehouse on 15 June 2003.
Critical response
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was met with generally good reviews, and received several awards. The book was named as a Best Book for Young Adults and as a Notable Book by the American Library Association in 2004. It also received the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2004 Gold Medal along with several other awards.
The novel was also received generally well by critics. Rowling was praised for her imagination by USA Today writer Deirdre Donahue. Most of the negative reviewers were concerned with the violence contained in the novel and with morality issues occurring throughout the book. There has also been a strong religious response to the publishing of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
New York Times writer John Leonard praised the novel, saying "The Order of the Phoenix starts slow, gathers speed and then skateboards, with somersaults, to its furious conclusion....As Harry gets older, Rowling gets better." However, he also criticizes "the one-note Draco Malfoy" and the predictable Lord Voldemort. Another review by Julie Smithouser, of the Christian-right group Focus on the Family, said the book was, "Likely to be considered the weakest book in the series, Phoenix does feel less oppressive than the two most previous novels." Smithouser's main criticism was that the book was not moral. Harry lies to authority to escape punishment, and that, at times, the violence is too "gruesome and graphic."
Several Christian groups have expressed concerns that the book, and the rest of the Harry Potter series, contain references to witchcraft or occultism. Despite these views, several religious groups have also expressed their support for the series. Christianity Today published an editorial in favour of the books in January 2000, calling the series a "Book of Virtues" and averring that although "modern witchcraft is indeed an ensnaring, seductive false religion that we must protect our children from", this does not represent the Potter books, which have "wonderful examples of compassion, loyalty, courage, friendship, and even self-sacrifice".
Prequels and sequels
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the Harry Potter Series. The first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was first published by Bloomsbury in 1997 with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, three hundred of which were distributed to libraries. By the end of 1997 the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9 to 11 year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and in the US on 2 June 1999. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 simultaneously by Bloomsbury and Scholastic.
After the publishing of Order of the Phoenix, the sixth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was published on 16 July 2005, and sold 11 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. The seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US.
Adaptations
Film
In 2007, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released in film version directed by David Yates, produced by David Heyman's company Heyday Films, and written by Michael Goldenberg. The film's budget was reportedly between £75 and 100 million ($150–200 million), and it became the unadjusted seventh-highest grossing film of all time, and a critical and commercial success. The film opened to a worldwide 5-day opening of $333 million, third all-time, and grossed $939 million total, the second to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End for the greatest total of 2007.
Video games
A video game adaptation of the book and film versions of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was made for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PSP, Nintendo DS, Wii, Game Boy Advance and Mac OS X. It was released on 25 June 2007 in the U.S., 28 June 2007 in Australia and 29 June 2007 in the UK and Europe for PlayStation 3, PSP, PlayStation 2, Windows and the 3 July 2007 for most other platforms. The games were published by Electronic Arts.
Religious response
Religious controversy surrounding Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the other books in the Harry Potter series mainly deal with the claims that novel contains occult or Satanic subtexts. Religious response to the series has not been exclusively negative. "At least as much as they've been attacked from a theological point of view", notes Rowling, "[the books] have been lauded and taken into pulpit, and most interesting and satisfying for me, it's been by several different faiths".
Opposition to the series
In the United States, calls for the book to be banned from schools have led occasionally to widely publicised legal challenges, usually on the grounds that witchcraft is a government-recognised religion and that to allow the novels to be held in public schools violates the separation of church and state. The series was at the top of the American Library Association's "most challenged books" list for 1999–2001.
Religious opposition to the series has also occurred in other nations. The Orthodox churches of Greece and Bulgaria have campaigned against the series. The books have been banned from private schools in the United Arab Emirates and criticised in the Iranian state-run press.
Roman Catholic opinion over the series is divided. In 2003 Catholic World Report criticised Harry's disrespect for rules and authority, and regarded the series' mixing of the magical and mundane worlds as "a fundamental rejection of the divine order in creation." In 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope later that year but was at the time Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, described the series as "subtle seductions, which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul before it can grow properly," and gave permission for publication of the letter that expressed this opinion. However, a spokesman for the Archbishop of Westminster said that Cardinal Ratzinger's words were not binding as they were not an official pronouncement of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Positive response
Some religious responses have been positive. Emily Griesinger wrote that fantasy literature helps children to survive reality for long enough to learn how to deal with it, described Harry's first passage through to Platform 9¾ as an application of faith and hope, and his encounter with the Sorting Hat as the first of many in which Harry is shaped by the choices he makes. She noted that the self-sacrifice of Harry's mother, which protected the boy in the first book and throughout the series, was the most powerful of the "deeper magics" that transcend the magical "technology" of the wizards, and one which the power-hungry Voldemort fails to understand.
There is some positive Roman Catholic opinion on the books. In 2003, Monsignor Peter Fleetwood, a member of a Church working party on New Age phenomena, said that the Harry Potter stories "are not bad or a banner for anti-Christian theology. They help children understand the difference between good and evil," that Rowling's approach was Christian, and that the stories illustrated the need to make sacrifices to defeat evil.
Translations
The first official foreign translation of the book appeared in Vietnamese on 21 July 2003, when the first of twenty-two installments was released. The first official European translation appeared in Serbia and Montenegro in Serbian, by the official publisher Narodna Knjiga, in early September 2003. Other translations appeared later, e.g. in November 2003 in Dutch and German. The English language version has topped the best seller list in France, while in Germany and the Netherlands an unofficial distributed translation process has been started on the internet.
In the Czech Republic, several young children translated half of the book in two weeks after its English release, long before its intended Czech release date. This led the official Czech publisher Albatros to sue the children for copyright infringement.
yīn xiǎn de mó fǎ bù běn xiǎng tōng guò shè hún guài shì jiàn， wū xiàn hā lì zài xiào wài shǐ yòng mó fǎ 'ér wéi fǎn liǎo《 duì wèi chéng nián wū shī jiā yǐ hé lǐ yuē shù fǎ》 héng héng jìn zhǐ wèi chéng nián rén zài xiào wài làn yòng mó fǎ， dǎ suàn jiù cǐ kāi chú hā lì。 hā lì lái dào mó fǎ bù shòu shěn， dèng bù lì duō hā lì zuò zhèng rén， zhōng bāng tā bǎi tuō liǎo zhǐ kòng。
kě lián de hā lì， zài shǔ jiǎ jīng lì liǎo yī lián chuàn de biàn gù hòu， zhōng yú děng lái liǎo kāi xué…… mó fǎ bù de fù bù cháng wū mǔ lǐ qí chéng wéi zhè yī nián de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù kè de xīn lǎo shī， tā shì dài biǎo mó fǎ bù lái zhěng zhì huò gé wò cí de“ bù liáng fēng qì” de， dì yī táng kè， hā lì jiù yīn wéi guǎn bù zhù zì jǐ 'ér yǔ tā qǐ liǎo chōng tū， zuì zhōng bèi fá guān jìn bì。 rú guǒ nǐ rèn wéi wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu kǒu zhōng de“ jìn bì” zhǐ shì pǔ tōng de chāo xiě kè wén de huà， nà nǐ jiù cuò liǎo， yīn wéi tā gěi hā lì yī zhī shén qí de bǐ， yòng hā lì de xiān xuè zuò mò shuǐ， měi yī bǐ dū shēn shēn dì kè zài liǎo hā lì de shǒu bèi shàng。
zì cóng fú dì mó fù huó yǐ hòu， hā lì bèi yuè lái yuè duō de mèng yǎn suǒ kùn rǎo zhe， yīn wéi tóu shàng nà dào shāng bā， shǐ dé hā lì yǔ fú dì mó de sī xiǎng chǎn shēng liǎo mǒu zhǒng lián xì。 zhèng shì zài yīcháng mèng jìng lǐ， hā lì mù dǔ luó 'ēn de bà bà yà sè bèi shé yǎo shāng， jí shí fā chū liǎo jǐng gào， wǎn jiù liǎo yà sè de shēng mìng。
duì yú hā lì lái shuō， qíng rén jié dì yī cì biàn dé yòu yì yì， yīn wéi tā hé zhāng qiū yuē hǎo yī qǐ qù huò gé mò dé cūn。 rán 'ér， yuē huì de guò chéng què bù jìn rú rén yì， shǔ yú diǎn xíng xiǎo nǚ rén de zhāng qiū， xū yào rén hōng xū yào rén téng， ér hā lì què piān piān shì gè mù tóu gē dá， jiēguǒ liǎng rén bù huān 'ér sàn。
yóu yú D.A. nèi bù chéng yuán de bèi pàn， wū mǔ lǐ qí zuì zhōng hái shì fā xiàn liǎo hā lì zài bēizhe tā jiào dà jiā hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù。 suǒ yòu rén lián gǔn dài pá zǒng suàn táo tuō shēng tiān， zuì zhōng zhǐ yòu hā lì yīn wéi duàn hòu 'ér bèi zhuā zhù héng héng gào mì de rén jìng rán jiù shì zhāng qiū， ér dèng bù lì duō dài hā lì shòu zuì， bèi gǎn chū liǎo huò gé wò cí。
yuán lái fú dì mó yī zhí xiǎng dé dào de shì nà gè yǐn cáng zhe zì jǐ wèi lái mìng yùn de yù yán qiú…… tā qīn rù hā lì de sī xiǎng， dé zhī xiǎo tiān láng xīng shì tā shēng mìng zhōng zuì zhòng yào de rén， lì yòng yī zhǒng jiǎ xiāng jiāng hā lì piàn zhì mó fǎ bù。 yīcháng hùn zhàn jiù cǐ zhǎn kāi， rán 'ér ràng fú dì mó xiǎng xiàng bù dào de shì， suī rán D.A. de chéng yuán dōushì yī xiē bàn dà de hái zǐ， què yǔ shí sǐ tú dǒu liǎo gè bù xiāng bó zhòng， zhí dào fèng huáng shè de chéng yuán gǎn lái zēng yuán。 zhè chǎng hùn zhàn zhōng， shí sǐ tú yǔ fèng huáng shè hù yòu shāng wáng， dàn dū jí bù shàng hā lì wàn fēn zhī yī de tòng kǔ， tā shēng mìng zhōng zuì hòu yī wèi qīn rén yě lí tā 'ér qù héng héng zài jiàn， xiǎo tiān láng xīng。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 [ diàn yǐng ]- zuò zhě jiǎn jiè
J.K. luó lín J.K. luó lín
(1966 héng )， yīng guó nǚ zuò jiā， zì xiǎo xǐ huān xiě zuò， dāng guò duǎn shí jiān de jiào shī hé mì shū。 24 suì nà nián， tā zài qián wǎng lún dūn de huǒ chē shàng méng shēng liǎo chuàng zuò“ hā lì · bō tè” xì liè xiǎo shuō de niàn tóu。 qī nián hòu，《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mó fǎ shí》 (1997) wèn shì， suí jí tā yǐ jīhū měi nián yī běn de sù dù chuàng zuò liǎo《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ mì shì》 (1998)、《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ 'ā cí kǎ bān de qiú tú》 (1999)、《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ huǒ yàn bēi》 (2000)，“ hā lì · bō tè” jù fēng xíjuǎn liǎo quán qiú。 2003 nián 6 yuè， tā de dì wǔ bù zuò pǐn《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 zài quán shì jiè“ hā lì · bō tè” mí de qiáo shǒu qī pàn zhōng wèn shì， zài cì zài quán shì jiè xiān qǐ“ hā lì · bō tè” kuáng cháo。 jié zhǐ jīn nián 6 yuè， qí zuò pǐn yǐ bèi fān yì chéng 60 duō zhǒng yǔ yán， zài 200 duō gè guó jiā hé dì qū lěi jì xiāo shòu dá 2 yì duō cè。
céng jīng zuò wéi dān shēn mǔ qīn de J.K. luó lín， shēng huó yī dù jí qí jiān xīn， dàn“ hā lì · bō tè” gěi tā dài lái liǎo jù dà de róng yù hé cái fù， rú jīn de tā shì yī gè chéng gōng、 xìng fú de nǚ rén。 2001 nián 12 rì tā hé má zuì yī shī ní 'ěr · mò lǐ zài jié lián lǐ。 jīn nián 3 yuè， tā men yòu liǎo yī gè 'ér zǐ， míng zì jiào dài wéi。 xiàn J.K. luó lín yǔ tā de zhàng fū yǐ jí yī duì 'ér nǚ shēng huó dé hěn xìng fú。
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《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 [ diàn yǐng ]- yǐngpiān huā xù
pāi shè
shì shí shàng， zài zhěng gè《 hā sì》 de pāi shè guò chéng zhōng， dà wèi · yé cí yě xiǎn shì chū liǎo duì dà jú de zhǎng kòng néng lì hé duì zhè bù fēngmǐ quán qiú de mó fǎ gù shì de tè bié lǐ jiě。 bāo kuò， zài duì yǎn yuán de zhēn xuǎn、 biǎo yǎn de zhǎng wò， yǐ jí duì yī xiē tè xiào dà chǎng miàn de tuī qiāo chuí liàn shàng， dà wèi bù dàn xū xīn jiè jiàn bù shǎo qián rén de yōu xiù zhī chù， hái yǒng yú chuàng xīn， kāipì liǎo zì jǐ de xīn fāng fǎ。 lì rú， zài pāi shè hè mǐn“ yǐn yòu” wū mǔ lǐ qí chuǎng rù jìn lín bìng jiù cǐ jiù fàn de nà chǎng xì shí。 dà wèi chōng fēn diào dòng liǎo yǎn yuán de zhù guān néng dòng xìng， ràng cǐ qiáo duàn de zhù yǎn 'ài mǎ · wò sēn yòu liǎo jí wéi jīng cǎi de fā huī。 xiǎo měi nǚ yě jiù cǐ jì qù nián zài《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ huǒ yàn bēi》 de shèng dàn wǔ huì zhōng jīng yàn zhī hòu， zài cì zhèng míng liǎo zì jǐ de yǎn jì rú tóng měi mào yǔ shēn cái yī bān gòng tóng dì chéngzhǎng liǎo bù shǎo， xiǎn rán yě wéi zì jǐ rì hòu quán miàn jìn jūn hǎo lāi wù jìn yī bù dǎ xià jiān shí de jī chǔ。 lìng wài， zhí dé yī tí de shì， zài pāi shè zhè zǔ jìng tóu shí xū yào jiā rù juésè qí chéng“ yè qí” zhè zhǒng shén mì shēng wù de jìng tóu。 yuán zhù zhōng tí dào， zhǐ yòu jiàn guò sǐ rén de rén cái néng kàn dào tā。 suǒ yǐ zài pāi shè shí， dà wèi hé gōng zuò rén yuán tè bié xiǎng dào liǎo zhì zuò chū tè bié de mǎ 'ān ràng yǎn yuán qí shàng， rán hòu yǐ kào qǐ zhòng jī shēng dào bàn kōng zhōng， zài jù dà de lǜ mù qián yǎn yì chū fēi xíng de xiào guǒ。
bù jǐng
zài bù jǐng fāng miàn， dǎo yǎn dà wèi · yé cí yě jīng shòu liǎo yán jùn de kǎo yàn。 bù guò， zài tā jīng gān de zhòng duō shè jì shī de bāng zhù xià， yǐngpiān zhōng jué dà duō shù de bù jǐng dū xiāng dāng jīng cǎi。 yóu qí shì yǐngpiān zhōng zhòng tóu xì de fā shēng dì héng héng mó fǎ bù， kān chēng jīn bì huī huáng、 qì pài shí zú： dì shàng shì guāng kě jiàn rén de shēn sè dì bǎn， shàng miàn shì kǒng què lán sè de tiān huā bǎn， hái yòu chù shì shǎn shǎn fā guāng、 bù duàn biàn huà de jīn sè fú hào， huá lì yì cháng。 dà tīng zhōng jiān de mó fǎ xiōng dì pēn quán shì mó fǎ bù de biāo zhì， yóu yī zǔ bǐ zhēn rén hái dà de chún jīn diāo xiàng zǔ chéng， zuì gāo de shì fēng dù gāo guì de nán wū， bàng biān shì měi lì yāo ráo de nǚ wū， yāo guài、 jīng líng hé mǎ rén zé yǐ chóng bài、 yǎng mù yǎn guāng kàn zhe liǎng wèi wū shī…… zhěng gè chǎng jǐng de shè zhì shèn zhì lián yuán zhù zuò zhě J.K. luó lín kàn liǎo dū pāi shǒu chēng hǎo。 díquè， mó fǎ bù dà zhàn shì《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 zhōng zuì zhòng yào de yīcháng xì， wú lùn dào jù、 bù jǐng， hái shì tè xiào、 chǎng miàn kòng zhì， dū xiāng dāng dì kǎo yàn dǎo yǎn de gōng lì。 ér qiě zhè chǎng dà zhàn bù huì yòu hěn duō bào lì de chǎng miàn， rú guǒ chǔlǐ bù dāng， jiāng zài hěn dà chéng dù shàng yǐng xiǎng dào yǐngpiān de fēn jí。 yīn cǐ， diàn yǐng xīn shǒu dà wèi · yé cí， zài cǐ miàn lín de tiǎo zhàn nán yǐ yù cè， wǒ men shì mù yǐ dài。
wǔ dà shān jiǎn
yóu yú《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 shì qī běn xì liè cóng shū zhōng yè shù zuì duō de yī běn， cháng dá 870 yè héng héng dì qī jí《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ sǐ wáng shèng qì》 de yè shù yǐ jīng qiāo dìng wéi 784 yè。 suǒ yǐ yǐngpiān de biān jù zhǐ néng jiāng xiǎo shuō zhōng“ wú guān téng yǎng” de biān biān jiǎo jiǎo rěn tòng gē 'ài， rú jīn yǐ jīng què dìng yòu wǔ chù nèi róng cǎn zāo shān jiǎn。
1、 suǒ yòu yǔ kuí dì qí xiāng guān de chǎng jǐng…… zhè dǎo shì bù nán cāi cè， yóu yú hā lì zài《 hā lì · bō tè 5》 zhōng dà duō shí jiān dōubèi wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu guān jìn bì， bù dàn méi zěn me cān jiā kuí dì qí de xùn liàn， hái cuò guò liǎo jǐ chǎng zhòng yào de bǐ sài。 bù guò， zhè duì yú shì yǎn luó 'ēn de lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè lái shuō， què bù chì wéi yī gè 'è hào， yīn wéi luó 'ēn jiāng zài zhè yī jí zhōngjiàng dì yī cì cān jiā gé lán fēn duō xué yuàn de kuí dì qí dài biǎo duì。 duì cǐ， gé lín tè zhǐ néng yí hàn dì biǎo shì：“ jì xī wàng yú míng nián。” jì rán kuí dì qí bǐ sài méi yòu liǎo， wǒ men yě jiù wú yuán tīng dào nà shǒu yǔ zhī xiāng guān de“ wéi sī lāi shì wǒ men de wáng” liǎo。
2、 wéi sī lāi fū rén yǔ xiǎo tiān láng xīng zài fèng huáng shè jiù hā lì de wèn tí qǐ liǎo yī xiē zhēng zhí…… bèi shān。
3、 jiā yǎng xiǎo jīng líng duō bǐ bù zài chū xiàn……《 hā lì · bō tè 4》 zhōng， duō bǐ de suǒ yòu xì fēn jiù bèi nà wēi qǔ dài liǎo， suǒ yǐ bù nán cāi cè zhè gè juésè wèihé huì wú yuán dì wǔ jí gù shì。 gū jì wéi yī duì cǐ gǎn dào bù gāo xīng de dāng shǔ hè mǐn liǎo， yīn wéi zhè zhǒng zuò fǎ xiǎn rán chù fàn liǎo tā chuàng jiàn de“ jiā yǎng xiǎo jīng líng quán yì cù jìn huì” (S.P.E.W.)。
4、 nà wēi de fù mǔ…… tā men dāng nián dōushì yīng yǒng de 'ào luó， yóu yú shòu dào liǎo fú dì mó de zhé mó 'ér fā fēng， xiàn zhù zài shèng máng gē mó fǎ shāng bìng yī yuàn liáo yǎng。 zhè zhēn shì yī gè bù xìng de xiāo xī， yīn wéi suí zhe nà wēi de zuò yòng yī jí bǐ yī jí zhòng yào， tā de fù mǔ běn yīnggāi yě dé dào xiāng yìng de“ zūn zhòng”， ér bù shì bèi wú qíng dì shān diào。
5、 hā lì děng rén wéi bù lāi kè jiā、 fèng huáng shè de zǒng bù jìn xíng dà sǎo chú…… ràng rén jué dé fēi cháng kě xī， yīn wéi wǒ men méi bàn fǎ kàn dào zài zhè lǐ chū xiàn de shén qí shēng wù huó shēng shēng de yàng zǐ liǎo。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 [ diàn yǐng ]- yǐngpiān liàng diǎn
xīn dǎo yǎn， xīn cháng shì
zài huò gé wò cí mó fǎ xué xiào de dì 5 gè nián tóu， duì yú hā lì · bō tè lái shuō shì yī gè guān jiàn nián， yīn wéi tā bù zài shì hái zǐ， ér shì xué zhe miàn duì chéng nián rén xū yào zuò chū de xuǎn zé hé tiǎo zhàn： hā lì bù dàn yào chǔlǐ fú dì mó de huí guī， hái rěn shòu zhe shī qù hǎo yǒu sài dé lǐ kè · dí gē lǐ de tòng kǔ。 fā shēng zài tā shēn shàng de yī qiē， dū pò shǐ tā bǐ qí tā tóng líng rén zài xīn zhì fāng miàn yào gèng jiā chéng shú， yīn wéi tā dān fù dedōu shì yī xiē yù xiǎng bù dào de zhòng dà zé rèn…… wèile néng gòu zhǎo dào jìn rù hā lì · bō tè de mó fǎ shì jiè de rù kǒu， dǎo yǎn dà wèi · yè cí zài pāi shè zhī qián zuò liǎo hěn duō zhǔn bèi gōng zuò， chè dǐ dì fēn xī liǎo《 hā lì · bō tè》 xì liè yī lù zǒu guò lái suǒ jīng lì de qián yīn hòu guǒ：“ zhè yī jí gù shì zài quán tào xiǎo shuō zhōng zhàn yòu zhe fēi cháng zhòng yào de wèi zhì， yīn wéi dào liǎo zhè gè shí hòu， wǒ men de xiǎo zhùjué zhèng zài yī bù bù zǒu xiàng chéng shú， zhōu wéi de shì qíng yě biàn dé yuè lái yuè fù zá， tā men kāi shǐ fā xiàn zhè gè shì jiè de kē kē bàn bàn， kāi shǐ jīng lì ‘ chéngzhǎng de fán nǎo ’。”
zuò wéi《 hā lì · bō tè》 xì liè de zhì piàn rén， [ dà wèi · hǎi màn ] biǎo shì， zhèng shì zhè yī jí gù shì yǔ zhòng bù tóng de tè zhì， cái ràng tā zuì zhōng xuǎn zé liǎo dà wèi · yè cí lái wéi yǐngpiān zhí dǎo：“ yè cí fēi cháng shàn yú chǔlǐ zhè zhǒng qí huàn lèi de gù shì zhù tí， ér qiě tā hái zhǎn xiàn chū néng gòu yǐ fēi cháng yú lè de fāng shì chǔlǐ zhèng zhì wèn tí de néng lì。 dāng rán，《 hā lì · bō tè 5》 bìng fēi yī bù zhèng zhì sè cǎi nóng hòu de yǐngpiān， dàn shì què dà liàng yǎn yì liǎo mó fǎ shì jiè suǒ zūn xún de zhèng zhì xué。 kě yǐ shuō， yè cí shì dài zhe wú xiàn de jī qíng jiā méng jìn lái de， ér kàn zhe tā yǔ hái zǐ men zhī jiān cóng mò shēng dào xìn rèn de guò chéng， nǐ jiù huì fā xiàn， yè cí què shí shì yī gè néng gòu diào dòng yǎn yuán jī jí xìng de gāo shǒu。 tā míng bái， gēn suí zhe xì liè yī qǐ chéngzhǎng de jǐ wèi xiǎo yǎn yuán， bǐ rèn hé réndōu gèng jiā liǎo jiě tā men zài yǐngpiān zhōng de juésè， suǒ yǐ yè cí jīng cháng gǔ lì tā men yào dà dǎn dì shuō chū zì jǐ de xiǎng fǎ， jìn liàng bǎ zì jǐ zhēn shí de gè xìng zhù rù dào jiǎo sè zhī zhōng qù。”
lián xù dì wǔ cì shì yǎn hā lì · bō tè de dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū biǎo shì：“ wǒ xǐ huān hé dà wèi · yè cí yī qǐ gōng zuò， gèng xǐ huān tā nà bīn bīn yòu lǐ de wēn hé gè xìng。 bù guò， dì wǔ jí gù shì yě shì wǒ pāi shè de zuì nán de yī bù yǐngpiān， bù fēn shì yīn wéi zhè yī zhāng nèi róng de tè shū xìng， shèng xià de zé zài yú lái liǎo yè cí zhè wèi xīn dǎo yǎn。 tā zǒng shì ràng wǒ gèng jiā shēn kè dì qù fēn xī hā lì zhè gè juésè， wǒ fā xiàn zhè zhǒng zuò fǎ shì fēi cháng bì yào de， tā zhēn de shì yī wèi cái huá héng yì de tiān cái dǎo yǎn。”
luó 'ēn · wéi sī lāi de bàn yǎn zhě lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè duì cǐ biǎo shì tóng yì：“ dà wèi · yè cí de zhí dǎo fāng shì yǔ qí tā jǐ wèi dǎo yǎn cún zài zhe hěn dà de chā yì， dàn shì tā zǒng néng tōng guò zuì qīng sōng de fāng shì， dé dào zuì wěi dà de chéng guǒ。” ér shì yǎn hā lì yǒng yuǎn zhōng chéng de péng yǒu hè mǐn · gé lán jié de 'ài mǎ · wò tè sēn zé bǔ chōng dào：“ yè cí zuì kě 'ài de dì fāng， jiù shì rèn zhēn qīng tīng wǒ men tán lùn zì jǐ de juésè de shí hòu。 duì yú wǒ men néng gòu lián xù zài wǔ bù yǐngpiān lǐ shì yǎn tóng yī gè juésè， yè cí gǎn dào liǎo yóu zhōng dì pèi fú， tā fēi cháng zhòng shì wǒ yǔ dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū、 lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè zhī jiān de guān xì， yīn wéi zhè yòu zhù yú wǒ men zài yǐngpiān zhōng de juésè zhī jiān de yǒu qíng de zhēn shí xìng。”
chú liǎo dà wèi · yè cí， biān jù mài kè 'ěr · gē dēng bó gé duì yú《 hā lì · bō tè》 xì liè lái shuō yě shì yī wèi xīn rén：“ dāng dà wèi · hǎi màn zhǎo dào wǒ de shí hòu， wǒ xīng fèn dé quán shēn fā dǒu。 wǒ zhī dào wǒ de shuō fǎ kě néng yòu diǎn lǎo tào， dàn néng gòu jiā rù zhè bù mó huàn xì liè gù shì， zài tōng guò nǐ de nǔ lì， ràng tā zhǎn shì zài dà yín mù shàng， nǐ néng xiǎng xiàng dé dào nà huì shì yī gè shénme yàng de gǎn jué má？ dà wèi · yè cí suī rán gěi wǒ liú liǎo zú gòu dà de chuàng zuò kōng jiān， kě shì tā yě duì jù běn yòu yī gè yào qiú， nà jiù shì gù shì de měi yī gè shí kè dōuyào jìn kě néng dì zhēn shí。 xiǎn rán， jù běn shǒu xiān yào zuò dào de yī diǎn， jiù shì bǎo liú zhù yuán zhù xiǎo shuō zhōng de jīng suǐ hé líng hún。 kě yǐ shuō， dì wǔ jí gù shì shì zhěng gè xì liè zhōng zuì zhòng yào de yī gè bù fēn， hā lì cóng yī gè xiǎo hái tuì biàn chéng měng dǒng de shàonián， tā kāi shǐ yì shí dào rèn hé shì qíng dōubù shì jué duì de： huài rén yòu hǎo de yī miàn， hǎo rén yě yòu xié 'è de yī miàn…… tā fā xiàn， chéng rén de shì jiè bìng méi yòu xiǎng xiàng zhōng de nà me hǎo， yě cún zài zhe quē xiàn héng héng zhè xiē dōushì xū yào wǒ men zài yǐngpiān zhōng tū chū de zhù tí。”
shén qí de mó fǎ bù
zài hā lì zhēn zhèng miàn duì fú dì mó de tiǎo zhàn zhī qián， hái yòu qí tā shì qíng xū yào jiě jué， nà jiù shì rú hé táo guò qù mó fǎ bù shòu shěn de zhè yī jié…… zhè lǐ， dé dào zuì jù tǐ de tǐ xiàn de jiù shì mó fǎ bù de dà tīng， měi gōng shè jì shī sī tú yà tè · kè léi gé (StuartCraig) yòng yī zhāng hěn yòu sū lián qì xī de mó fǎ bù bù cháng fú jí de jù xíng hǎi bào， gài mǎn liǎo zhěng zhěng yī miàn qiáng。 kè léi gé hái biǎo shì， jìn guǎn zài mó fǎ bù de wū shī dōushì yòng fēi xíng dài tì xíng zǒu， yòng zhǐ fēi jī dài tì diàn huà， què méi bàn fǎ yǎn gài tā zài běn zhì shàng shì yī gè chún cuì de guān liáo jī gòu de shì shí：“ zài yīng guó， ZF dà lóu dōuyòu zhe 19 shì jì wéi duō lì yà shí dài de jiàn zhù tè sè， lóu shēn shàng de zhuāng shì wù fán duō。 yóu yú mó fǎ bù bèi shè zhì zài liǎo dì xià， suǒ yǐ wǒ men zuò de dì yī jiàn shì jiù shì zǒu biàn liǎo lún dūn suǒ yòu zuì gǔ lǎo de dì tiě zhàn， gǎn shòu qí zhōng de yīn lěng qì xī hé shè jì fēng gé。 wǒ men zhù yì dào， hěn duō dì tiě zhàn dū shǐ yòng liǎo dà liàng cǎi sè de cí zhuān zuò zhuāng shì héng héng jié hé liǎo zhè yī tè diǎn， wǒ men zhōng yú fā míng liǎo yī gè dì xià de shì jiè héng héng mó fǎ bù。 zài měi yī miàn qiáng dū pū mǎn liǎo huá měi zhuāng zhòng de hēi cí zhuān hòu， nà zhǒng qì shì lì mǎ jiù xiǎn xiàn chū lái liǎo。 bù guò， zhè zhǒng zuò fǎ duì yú shè yǐng shī sī lā wò mǐ 'ěr · āi dí zhā kè (SlawomirIdziak) lái shuō kě shì yī gè bù xiǎo de tiǎo zhàn， yīn wéi tā zài pāi shè de shí hòu， bì xū děibǎ cí zhuān fǎn guāng zhè yī yuán sù kǎo lǜ jìn qù。”
tōng guān suǒ yòu《 hā lì · bō tè》 xì liè yǐngpiān， mó fǎ bù de měi gōng shè jì dū kān chēng zuì dà de yī chù bù jǐng dì， chāo guò 200 yīng chǐ cháng、 120 yīng chǐ kuān、 30 yīng chǐ gāo， zhì shǎo pū liǎo 3 wàn kuài cí zhuān héng héng dōushì yī gè gè rén gōng nián shàng qù de。 ér qiě dào liǎo yǐngpiān zhōng， zhè gè dà tīng hái huì tōng guò shù mǎ chǔlǐ， kōng jiān biàn dé gèng dà。
hā lì shì zài wéi sī lāi xiān shēng de péi bàn xià， cóng“ lái bīn rù kǒu” jìn rù mó fǎ bù de héng héng kàn qǐ lái jiù shì lún dūn jiē tóu zuì pǔ tōng de yī gè diàn huà tíng， sī tú yà tè · kè léi gé xiào zhe shuō：“ wǒ rèn wéi， zhè yàng de shè zhì huì ràng wèi yú má guā ZF dà lóu zhèng xià fāng de mó fǎ bù biàn dé gèng yòu qù wèi xìng， suǒ yǐ wǒ men xuǎn zé liǎo yī gè lí guó fáng bù fēi cháng jìn de diàn huà tíng…… má guā kěn dìng huì dà chī yī jīng， yuán lái mó fǎ bù jiù wèi yú yīng guó guó fáng bù de dì xià。” dà wèi · yè cí yě biǎo shì：“ xiāng xìn《 hā lì · bō tè》 xì liè zuì yòu qù de yī gè gù shì diǎn， jiù shì zhǎn shì mó fǎ shì jiè shì rú hé‘ yǐn cáng’ zài má guā de shēng huó zhōng de， shì shí shàng， zhè liǎng gè shì jiè shì xiāng róng de， zhǐ shì má guā men méi yì shí dào zhè yī diǎn 'ér yǐ。”
fěn sè dài biǎo yī zhǒng xīn de“ hēi shì lì”
xīn xué qī， xué xiào lái liǎo yī wèi xīn de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù kè lǎo shī héng héng wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu， yóu yī méi 'ěr dá · sī tānɡ dùn shì yǎn。 cóng tóu dào jiǎo dū bèi fěn sè bāo guǒ zhe， wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu yōng yòu lǎo liàn de jiǎ xiào hé tián dào fā nì de shēng yīn， kě shì tā de běn xìng què hé zhè wán quán xiāng fǎn。 dà wèi · yè cí biǎo shì：“ fú jí rèn wéi dèng bù lì duō zài jì yú mó fǎ bù bù cháng de wèi zhì， suǒ yǐ tā pài lái liǎo zì jǐ zuì xìn lài de fù bù cháng wū mǔ lǐ qí， zài huò gé wò cí chá míng zhēn xiāng。 kě wū mǔ lǐ qí què rèn wéi zì jǐ de rèn wù shì wéi fú jí sǎo qīng yī qiē qián zài de wēi xié， jiēguǒ bǎ huò gé wò cí gǎo dé wū yān zhàng qì， chún shì yī zhǐ pī zhe yáng pí de láng。” sī tānɡ dùn biǎo shì tóng yì：“ hěn duō rén dū huì xiàng wū mǔ lǐ qí yī yàng， biǎo miàn shàng mèi lì shí zú， qí shí yī dù zǐ huài shuǐ， suǒ yǐ shì yǎn zhè yàng yī gè juésè shì wǒ yuàn yì jiē shòu de tiǎo zhàn。”
suī rán shì wèile yǔ yuán zhù xiǎo shuō bǎo chí yī zhì， yī méi 'ěr dá · sī tānɡ dùn yòu shí hòu réng rán huì duì shì yǎn wū mǔ lǐ qí zhè gè juésè gǎn dào yòu diǎn nǎo huǒ：“ zài xiǎo shuō zhōng， tā bèi miáo shù chéngzhǎng dé fēi cháng chǒu lòu， xiàng shì lìng rén tǎo yàn de là há má， suǒ yǐ dāng yòu rén duì wǒ shuō‘ nǐ shì zhè gè juésè zuì hé shì de rén xuǎn’ shí， wǒ tīng zhe zǒng jué dé bù nà me shū fú。”
yī méi 'ěr dá · sī tānɡ dùn yě shì suǒ yòu yǎn yuán zhōng， hé fú zhuāng shè jì shī zhēn nī · tài mǐn (JanyTemime) zǒude zuì jìn de yī gè， yīn wéi wū mǔ lǐ qí zhěng tǐ de xíng xiàng shè jì， shì tài mǐn zài zhěng bù yǐngpiān zhōng， zuì jiān jù de gōng zuò zhī yī， sī tānɡ dùn shuō：“ wǒ men wéi zhè gè shēn cái yòu diǎn yuán de nǚ shì xiǎng chū liǎo hěn duō yòu qù de fāng 'àn， wǒ bù xī wàng tā yī fú de lún kuò tài guò xiān míng héng héng suī rán tā gěi rén de dì yī yìn xiàng shì wēn róu hé shàn liáng， qí shí xīn cháng shí zài shì bù zěn me dì。”
wèile néng gòu zài wài guān shàng zhǎn shì wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu de“ wēn róu”， zhēn nī · tài mǐn biǎo shì：“ wǒ men wǎng yī méi 'ěr dá · sī tānɡ dùn de xì fú lǐ tián liǎo hěn duō dōng xī， yīn wéi tā běn rén tè bié shòu。” tài mǐn hái zài yī fú shàng shǐ yòng liǎo xǔ duō róu ruǎn de bù liào， jiù shì wèile zēng qiáng nà zhǒng xìng gé shàng de wēn hé gǎn。 bù guò， yī fú de yán sè què shì zài xiǎo shuō zhōng jiù yǐ jīng jué dìng hǎo de： fěn sè、 gèng fěn yǐ jí zuì fěn。 tài mǐn jiē zhe shuō：“ měi yī cì wǒ men kàn dào tā， tā shēn shàng de fěn yī fú chú liǎo yán sè， yàng shì dōushì bù yī yàng de。 dāng tā màn màn zài huò gé wò cí zhǎn shì zì jǐ de tè quán shí， yán sè de liàng dù yě huì suí zhī biàn qiáng， shí fēn zhā yǎn， zuì zhōng biàn chéng liǎo nà zhǒng zuì shēn de yīng táo fěn。”
fěn sè de zhù tí hái huì bèi yán yòng zhì wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu de bàn gōng shì zhōng， zhè bù fēn chǎng jǐng shì yóu měi gōng shī sī tú yà tè · kè léi gé hé tā de shè jì zǔ yòng gè zhǒng fěn sè de dōng xī zhuāng shì chū lái de， bāo kuò dài yòu huā biān、 xiàng tiān 'é róng yī yàng guāng huá de chuāng lián， yǐ jí zhōu wéi gè zhǒng kě 'ài de xiǎo bǎi shè。 jiā jù de fēng gé zé lái yuán yú fǎ guó， yǐ kè léi gé de shuō fǎ jiù shì“ fēi cháng yòu xiàn tiáo gǎn” héng héng cóng gè gè fāng miàn jìn xíng 'àn shì， zhè jiān bàn gōng shì de zhù rén shí zài shì tài yòu gè xìng liǎo。 bù guò， zhè jiān bàn gōng shì zuì yòu tè sè de dì fāng， hái zài yú qiáng shàng nà 200 duō gè yìn yòu xiǎo māo de pán zǐ shàng， àn shì zhe wū mǔ lǐ qí nà zhǒng yǔ māo hěn xiāng sì、 fǎn fù wú cháng de xìng gé。 xiāng duì zhào 'ér yán， wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu shǐ yòng de jiào shì jiù xiǎn dé yán sù、 jiǎn pǔ duō liǎo， jiù xiàng tā duì xué shēng yán gé xiàn zhì de jiāokè fēng gé yī yàng héng héng zhǐ yǔn xǔ tā men zuò zài zì jǐ de wèi zhì shàng mái tóu yú tā zhǐ dìng de jiāokè shū。 lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè shuō：“ xué shēng men duì wū mǔ lǐ qí jiào shòu de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù kè dū gǎn dào wú bǐ mò shēng， dàn shì tā què jiān xìn wǒ men bì xū yào xué xí lǐ lùn， ér qiě wán quán méi yòu shí jiàn guò chéng， yào zhī dào， zhè zhǒng zuò fǎ zài yī suǒ mó fǎ xué xiào lǐ shì fēi cháng huāng miù de。”
hú jì shēng xià de chū wěn
dāng huò gé wò cí yīn wéi jí jiāng dào lái de shèng dàn jié 'ér jìn rù jiàqī shí， hā lì zǔ jiàn de D.A. xué xí xiǎo zǔ yě bù dé bù zhōng duàn yī duàn shí jiān。 zuì hòu yī táng kè guò hòu， D.A. suǒ yòu de chéng yuán dū jié bàn lí kāi liǎo， qiū · zhāng què liú liǎo xià lái。 hā lì zǎo zài qù nián jiù xǐ huān shàng liǎo tā， rán 'ér liǎng rén de guān xì què yīn wéi sài dé lǐ kè · dí gē lǐ de bèi hài 'ér shāo xián fù zá。 sì hū shì dòng xī liǎo tā men xīn zhōng 'àn cáng de xiǎng fǎ， wú suǒ bù zhī de“ yòu qiú bì yìng wū” zài zuì hòu yī cì D.A. jí huì de shí hòu yòng yī zhī hú jì shēng zuò wéi zhuāng shì wù， zhōng yú dài lái liǎo suǒ yòu hā mí rèqiè pàn wàng zhe de shí kè héng héng hā lì de chū wěn。
dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū huí yì zhè bù fēn de pāi shè shí shuō：“ wǒ yòu xiē bù 'ān， yīn wéi wǒ fā xiàn liáng pèi shī sì hū hěn jǐn zhāng。 zhè bù jǐn jǐn shì yī gè wěn nà me jiǎn dān， yě 'àn shì zhe zhāng qiū hé hā lì zhī jiān de fù zá guān xì。 dāng wǒ men cháng shì liǎo jǐ cì hòu， fā xiàn qí shí yě méi nà me kě pà， hái tǐng yòu qù de。” liáng pèi shī jì xù shuō：“ wǒ zhī suǒ yǐ tè bié jǐn zhāng， yīn wéi zhè shì wǒ zài dà yín mù shàng de chū wěn， hǎo zài dǎo yǎn dà wèi · yè cí fēi cháng zhuān yè， tā gào sù liǎo wǒ men xiǎng yào yī gè shénme yàng de xiào guǒ， zhè yàng wǒ men jiù bù huì gǎn jué zhè gè chǎng jǐng yòu duō me dì nán pāi liǎo。 yī kāi shǐ de shí hòu， shì yòu diǎn nán kān， dàn shì dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū hěn huì dài xì， tā ràng pāi shè biàn dé hěn jiǎn dān， ér qiě tā shì yī gè jiē wěn gāo shǒu。”
dǎo yǎn de zuò fǎ yě xǔ dǎ xiāo liǎo liǎng wèi xiǎo yǎn yuán de gù lǜ， què wàng liǎo yī bàng tóng yàng jǐn zhāng de gōng zuò rén yuán， yīn wéi zhè xiē rén jīhū shì kàn zhe dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū suí zhe《 hā lì · bō tè》 xì liè diàn yǐng yī diǎn yī diǎn chéngzhǎng qǐ lái de， zhì piàn rén dà wèi · hǎi màn shuō：“ wǒ men zhōng de xǔ duō rén zài léi dé kè lǐ fū 10 suì de shí hòu jiù rèn shí tā liǎo， rán hòu tā jiù zài wǒ men de yǎn qián zhǎngdà liǎo…… suǒ yǐ wǒ men guān xīn tā， xiǎng yào bǎo hù tā。 zài zhè lǐ， kàn zhe tā jīng lì zhe‘ yín mù chū wěn’， nà zhǒng gǎn jué hěn qí guài， wǒ yī zhí gào jiè zì jǐ bù yào kàn， kě shì què rěn bù zhù xiǎng kàn。 hǎo zài zhè zǔ chǎng jǐng pāi dé hěn wán měi， xiāng xìn guān zhòng kěn dìng néng gòu cóng zhōng gǎn jué dào wēn róu hé měi lì de tián mì。”
jù rén xiōng dì gé luò pǔ
zài zhī dào zì jǐ chí zǎo huì bèi wū mǔ lǐ qí gǎn chū huò gé wò cí zhī hòu， shòu liè chǎng kānshǒu hǎi gé gěi hā lì、 luó 'ēn hé hè mǐn“ bù zhì” liǎo yī gè tè shū de rèn wù： bāng zhù zhào kàn zì jǐ nà tóng mǔ yì fù de dì dì gé luò pǔ héng héng tā gāng hǎo shì yī gè shēn gāo 16 yīng chǐ de jù rén。
wéi liǎo ràng gé luò pǔ zài dà yín mù shàng“ huó” guò lái， zhè lǐ bù dàn jié hé liǎo shǒu gōng shè jì、 dòng zuò bǔ zhuō、 diàn nǎo tè xiào de jí tǐ zhì huì， hái bāo kuò yī gè míng jiào tuō ní · máo dé sī lāi (TonyMaudsley) de yǎn yuán de tiān cái biǎo yǎn。 dà wèi · hǎi màn shuō：“ zài wǒ men de jiǎ shè zhōng， gé luò pǔ shì yī gè fēi cháng tiān zhēn de jù rén， zhǐ shì bǐ jiào hàodòng， méi bàn fǎ tài cháng shí jiān jí zhōng zhù yì lì 'ér yǐ。 máo dé sī lāi hé dà wèi · yè cí huā liǎo hěn cháng shí jiān qù tǎo lùn yī xiē biǎo yǎn shàng de xì jié， yīn wéi gé luò pǔ shì yī gè xū yào kào‘ dòng zuò bǔ zhuō’ jì shù bāng zhù de shù mǎ rén。” yè cí zé duì máo dé sī lāi de biǎo xiàn dà jiā zàn yáng：“ tā wán quán róng rù jìn lái liǎo， zhè cóng tā měi yī gè xì wēi de biǎo yǎn zhōng jiù néng kàn chū lái。 jí shǐ zhè gè juésè jīhū wán quán shì yóu shù mǎ jì shù shēng chéng de， kě shì máo dé sī lāi què gěi liǎo gé luò pǔ shēng mìng hé líng hún。”
dāng gé luò pǔ hé hè mǐn dài zài yī qǐ shí， nǐ néng cóng tā men zhī jiān de guān xì kàn chū gé luò pǔ bìng bù zhǐ shì yī gè miàn mù kě zēng de jù rén， ài mǎ · wò tè sēn shuō：“ gé luò pǔ yě yòu kě 'ài de yī miàn， zài hè mǐn miàn qián， tā jiù xiàng yī zhǐ xiǎo māo mǐ nà yàng wēn shùn， hè mǐn shì wéi yī yī gè néng gòu ràng tā 'ān jìng xià lái de rén…… wǒ zhī dào gé luò pǔ shì yī gè yóu diàn nǎo zhì zuò chū lái de shù mǎ jù rén， kě shì gōng zuò rén yuán yǐ jīng jìn liàng ràng tā xiǎn dé zhēn shí liǎo， tā yòu yī shuāng xiàng xiǎo gǒu yī yàng kě 'ài de yǎn jīng， wǒ shí zài shì tài xǐ huān tā liǎo。”
shēng wù tè xiào shī ní kè · dù dé màn (NickDudman) biǎo shì， tā men hái gěi gé luò pǔ zhì zuò liǎo yī gè yuán chǐ cùn dà xiǎo de nǎo dài， yòng lái pāi shè hé qí tā yǎn yuán zài yī qǐ de chǎng jǐng， lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè xīng fèn dì shuō：“ hé gé luò pǔ yī qǐ pāi shè de bù fēn tài jīng cǎi liǎo， xiàn chǎng yòu jù dà de tóu hé jiān bǎng， bī zhēn dào wǒ mendōu wàng liǎo hé wǒ men yī qǐ yǎn xì de， zhǐ shì tā shēn tǐ de yī bù fēn 'ér yǐ。 zhì yú qí zhōng wǒ zuì zhòngyì de bù fēn jiù shì： gé luò pǔ fēi cháng xǐ huān hè mǐn， yòng shǒu bǎ tā tuō liǎo qǐ lái。 yú shì luó 'ēn jí dù liǎo， cháng shì zhuóxiǎng ràng gé luò pǔ bǎ hè mǐn fàng xià lái， tā xiǎng yīng xióng jiù měi， jiù shì shǐ jìn qiāo dǎ jù rén…… nǐ yī dìng yǐ jīng cāi chū jiēguǒ liǎo， luó 'ēn yī xià zǐ jiù bèi gé luò pǔ gěi dàn fēi liǎo。”
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ fèng huáng shè》 [ diàn yǐng ]- yǐngpiān píng jià
qiū · zhāng： hé hā lì de 'ài qíng shì bēi jù
jìn guǎn cǐ qián hā lì · bō tè hé qiū · zhāng de liàn qíng chéng wéi dà jiā guān zhù de jiāo diǎn， dàn gāng gāng bàoguāng de《 hā lì · bō tè hé fèng huáng shè》 zhōng de qíng jié kě yǐ kàn dé chū lái， qí shí tā men zhī jiān de gǎn qíng bìng fēi wán měi。 hā lì wěn liǎo qiū · zhāng， dàn zuì zhōng liǎng gè rén bìng méi yòu zǒu dào yī qǐ。
gù shì cóng hā lì de wǔ nián jí kāi shǐ。 tā jīng qí dì fā xiàn qiū · zhāng duō cì zhǎo tā， bìng shì tú tóng tā tán huà。 bù xìng de shì， hā lì měi cì tóng qiū · zhāng de jiàn miàn dū bìng bù yú kuài： dì yī cì， zài hé qiū · zhāng jiàn miàn de shí hòu， tā jiù bèi lǜ sè de zhī yè jiàn liǎo yī shēn； zhī hòu de yī cì jiàn miàn， qiū · zhāng shèn zhì tóng hā lì zuì hǎo de péng yǒu luó 'ēn wéi kuí dì qí qiú duì 'ér zhēng zhí qǐ lái。
zuì lìng rén guān zhù de shì qíng rén jié shí， zài huò gé wò cí， qiū · zhāng zuì zhōng tóng yì hé hā lì yuē huì， liǎng rén shèn zhì yòu liǎo chū wěn， dàn shì qiū · zhāng què hū rán wéi sǐ qù de sài dé lǐ kè（ tā zhī qián de nán yǒu） kū qì。 tā hái tǎn yán zì jǐ jí dù hè mǐn tóng hā lì de yǒu yì， qiě yóu yú háo wú jīng yàn de hā lì bù zhī suǒ cuò， yīn cǐ zhè gè yuē huì bù huān 'ér sàn。 suǒ yǐ， liǎng rén de chū liàn bìng bù shì hěn wán měi。
cóng yǐ jīng bàoguāng de qíng jié zhōng wǒ men kě yǐ kàn chū zhāng qiū zài《 hā lì · bō tè hé fèng huáng shè》 zhōng de xì fèn dà dà zēng jiā。 zài jiē shòu cǎi fǎng de shí hòu， zhè wèi míng jiào liáng kǎi dì de huá yì nǚ hái zhè yàng jiě shì zì jǐ de juésè：“ tā yuán lái shì yòu yī gè nán péng yǒu de（ sài dé lǐ kè）， dàn shì hòu lái qù shì liǎo。 suǒ yǐ， tā hé hā lì · bō tè fā zhǎn liǎo yī duàn gǎn qíng。 dàn shì zhè duàn gǎn qíng bìng bù wěn dìng， yīn wéi tā shǐ zhōng wú fǎ wàng jì sǐ qù de nán yǒu， yīn cǐ zhè shì yī gè nèi xīn fù zá de nǚ hái。 zuì zhōng， zhè shì yī gè bēi jù。” tán dào hé hā lì de chū wěn， tā shuō：“ tā shì yī gè hěn yōu xiù de jiē wěn zhě， wǒ hěn xiǎng shòu zhěng gè guò chéng。”
ér bàn yǎn hā lì de léi dé kè lì fū zé lè guān dì biǎo shì， rú guǒ méi yòu yì wài de huà， zhè chǎng wěn xì huì xī yǐn dà liàng de yǐng mí qián qù yǐng yuàn guān kàn cǐ piàn。 tā shuō：“ rú guǒ shuō guān zhòng kàn zhè bù diàn yǐng zhǐ yòu yī gè yuán yīn de huà， wǒ cāi jiù shì zhè chǎng wěn xì。”
fǎn pài： wǒ huì hé xiǎo tiān láng xīng shū sǐ bó dǒu！
lìng wài， zài piàn zhōng bàn yǎn fú dì mó zhuī suí zhě lú xiū sī · mǎ 'ěr fú de yǎn yuán jié sēn · yī sà kè sī yě tòu lù liǎo yī xiē xì fèn。 tā suǒ bàn yǎn de zhè gè juésè shì dì wǔ jí zhōng zhù yào de dà fǎn pài， ér qiě jiāng huì hé hā lì de jiào fù héng héng héng xiǎo tiān láng xīng zhǎn kāi shū sǐ bó dǒu。
jù chēng， yī sà kè sī bàn yǎn de jiāng shì hā lì · bō tè hé tiān láng xīng zài huò gé wò cí de sǐ dí héng héng héng mǎ 'ěr fú。 zài dì wǔ jí zhōng， mǎ 'ěr fú bèi zhèng míng shì yī gè shí sǐ tú（ fú dì mó gēn suí zhě de zǒng chēng）， tā zhōng xīn gěng gěng dì wéi zì jǐ de zhù rén fú dì mó xiào zhōng。 gèng zhòng yào de shì， zhè wèi mǎ 'ěr fú hái jiāng zài piàn zhōng hé tiān láng xīng yòu shū sǐ jué dǒu。 bàn yǎn zhè gè juésè de yī sà kè sī biǎo shì：“ wǒ jiāng huì hé jiā lǐ · ào dé màn bàn yǎn de tiān láng xīng yòu yī fān jué dǒu。 tā kě néng shì zhè gè xīng qiú shàng zuì wěi dà de yǎn yuán zhī yī， suǒ yǐ wǒ jīng cháng dān xīn zì jǐ huì yǎn bù hǎo。 nǐ zhī dào， wǒ men zhī jiān de jué dǒu jiù hǎo xiàng shì liǎng gè shí suì de hái zǐ zài dǎ nào。 yīn wéi xū yào dà liàng de hòu qī diàn nǎo zhì zuò。 bù guò， zhè gè guò chéng zài dà yín mù shàng zhǎn xiàn chū lái， zhēn de hěn bàng！”
jìn guǎn zhè gè juésè zài dì wǔ jí zhōng xì fèn pō duō， dàn shì yī sà kè sī què dān xīn zì jǐ zài hòu miàn liǎng jí zhōng“ shī zōng”。 wèicǐ tā zhuān mén bài fǎng liǎo J·K· luó lín， xī wàng zhè gè zuò jiā bù yào ràng tā“ xiāo shī”。
It is the longest book in the series, and was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada. The book has been made into a film, which was released in 2007, and has also been made into several video games by Electronic Arts. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has won several awards, including being named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults in 2003.
Synopsis
Plot introduction
Throughout the four previous novels in the Harry Potter series, the main character, Harry Potter, has struggled with the difficulties that come with growing up and the added challenge of being a famous wizard. When Harry was a baby, Voldemort, the most powerful evil wizard in living memory, killed Harry's parents but mysteriously vanished after trying to kill Harry. This results in Harry's immediate fame, and his being placed in the care of his muggle, or non-magical, relatives Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.
Harry enters the wizarding world at the age of 11, enrolling in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He makes friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and is confronted by Lord Voldemort trying to regain power. After returning to the school after summer break, several attacks on students take place at Hogwarts after the legendary "Chamber of Secrets" is opened. Harry ends the attacks by killing a Basilisk and defeating another attempt by Lord Voldemort to return to full strength. The following year, Harry hears that he has been targeted by escaped murderer Sirius Black. Despite stringent security measures at Hogwarts, Harry is confronted by Black at the end of his third year of schooling and Harry learns that Black was framed and is actually Harry's godfather. Harry's fourth year of school sees him entered in a dangerous magical competition called the Triwizard Tournament. At the conclusion of the Tournament, Harry witnesses the return of Lord Voldemort to full strength.
Plot summary
This novel begins when Harry and his cousin, Dudley, are attacked by dementors. Harry uses magic to fight them off, and must attend a disciplinary hearing for it. In response to Voldemort's reappearance, Dumbledore re-activates the Order of the Phoenix, a secret society which works to defeat Voldemort's minions and protect Voldemort's targets, including Harry. Despite Harry's description of Voldemort's recent activities, the Ministry of Magic and many others in the magical world refuse to believe that Voldemort has returned.
In an attempt to enforce its version of school curriculum, the Ministry appoints Dolores Umbridge as the new High Inquisitor of Hogwarts. She transforms the school into a quasi-dictatorial regime and refuses to allow the students to learn ways to defend themselves against dark magic. Harry's friends, Ron and Hermione, persuaded Harry to form a secret study group and begin to teach his classmates the higher-level skills he has learned. The novel introduces Harry to Luna Lovegood, an airy young witch with a tendency to believe in oddball conspiracy theories. Moreover, it reveals an important prophecy concerning Harry and Voldemort. Harry also discovers that he and Voldemort have a telepathic connection, allowing Harry to view some of Voldemort's actions. In the novel's climax, Harry and his school friends face off against Voldemort's Death Eaters. The timely arrival of members of the Order of the Phoenix saves the children's lives, but Sirius Black, Harry's godfather, is murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange. Many Death Eaters are captured and, most importantly, the return of Voldemort is confirmed within the magical world.
Development, publication, and reception
Development
In an interview with BBC News, Rowling suggested the death of a principal character which made her sad. She added that although her husband suggested she undo the character's death to stop her sadness, she needed to be "a ruthless killer." However, Rowling revealed in a 2007 interview that she had originally planned to kill off Arthur Weasley in this book, but ultimately could not bear to do it. In another interview, when asked if there was anything she would go back and change about the seven novels, Rowling replied that she would have edited Phoenix more, as she feels it is too long.
Publication and release
Potter fans waited three years between the releases of the fourth and fifth books.
Before the release of the fifth book, 200 million copies of the first four books had already been sold and translated into 55 languages in 200 countries. As the series was already a global phenomenon, the book forged new pre-order records, with thousands of people queuing outside book stores on 20 June 2003 to secure their copy at midnight. Despite the security, thousands of copies were stolen from an Earlestown, Merseyside warehouse on 15 June 2003.
Critical response
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was met with generally good reviews, and received several awards. The book was named as a Best Book for Young Adults and as a Notable Book by the American Library Association in 2004. It also received the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2004 Gold Medal along with several other awards.
The novel was also received generally well by critics. Rowling was praised for her imagination by USA Today writer Deirdre Donahue. Most of the negative reviewers were concerned with the violence contained in the novel and with morality issues occurring throughout the book. There has also been a strong religious response to the publishing of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
New York Times writer John Leonard praised the novel, saying "The Order of the Phoenix starts slow, gathers speed and then skateboards, with somersaults, to its furious conclusion....As Harry gets older, Rowling gets better." However, he also criticizes "the one-note Draco Malfoy" and the predictable Lord Voldemort. Another review by Julie Smithouser, of the Christian-right group Focus on the Family, said the book was, "Likely to be considered the weakest book in the series, Phoenix does feel less oppressive than the two most previous novels." Smithouser's main criticism was that the book was not moral. Harry lies to authority to escape punishment, and that, at times, the violence is too "gruesome and graphic."
Several Christian groups have expressed concerns that the book, and the rest of the Harry Potter series, contain references to witchcraft or occultism. Despite these views, several religious groups have also expressed their support for the series. Christianity Today published an editorial in favour of the books in January 2000, calling the series a "Book of Virtues" and averring that although "modern witchcraft is indeed an ensnaring, seductive false religion that we must protect our children from", this does not represent the Potter books, which have "wonderful examples of compassion, loyalty, courage, friendship, and even self-sacrifice".
Prequels and sequels
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the Harry Potter Series. The first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was first published by Bloomsbury in 1997 with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, three hundred of which were distributed to libraries. By the end of 1997 the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9 to 11 year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and in the US on 2 June 1999. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 simultaneously by Bloomsbury and Scholastic.
After the publishing of Order of the Phoenix, the sixth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was published on 16 July 2005, and sold 11 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. The seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US.
Adaptations
Film
In 2007, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released in film version directed by David Yates, produced by David Heyman's company Heyday Films, and written by Michael Goldenberg. The film's budget was reportedly between £75 and 100 million ($150–200 million), and it became the unadjusted seventh-highest grossing film of all time, and a critical and commercial success. The film opened to a worldwide 5-day opening of $333 million, third all-time, and grossed $939 million total, the second to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End for the greatest total of 2007.
Video games
A video game adaptation of the book and film versions of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was made for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PSP, Nintendo DS, Wii, Game Boy Advance and Mac OS X. It was released on 25 June 2007 in the U.S., 28 June 2007 in Australia and 29 June 2007 in the UK and Europe for PlayStation 3, PSP, PlayStation 2, Windows and the 3 July 2007 for most other platforms. The games were published by Electronic Arts.
Religious response
Religious controversy surrounding Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the other books in the Harry Potter series mainly deal with the claims that novel contains occult or Satanic subtexts. Religious response to the series has not been exclusively negative. "At least as much as they've been attacked from a theological point of view", notes Rowling, "[the books] have been lauded and taken into pulpit, and most interesting and satisfying for me, it's been by several different faiths".
Opposition to the series
In the United States, calls for the book to be banned from schools have led occasionally to widely publicised legal challenges, usually on the grounds that witchcraft is a government-recognised religion and that to allow the novels to be held in public schools violates the separation of church and state. The series was at the top of the American Library Association's "most challenged books" list for 1999–2001.
Religious opposition to the series has also occurred in other nations. The Orthodox churches of Greece and Bulgaria have campaigned against the series. The books have been banned from private schools in the United Arab Emirates and criticised in the Iranian state-run press.
Roman Catholic opinion over the series is divided. In 2003 Catholic World Report criticised Harry's disrespect for rules and authority, and regarded the series' mixing of the magical and mundane worlds as "a fundamental rejection of the divine order in creation." In 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope later that year but was at the time Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, described the series as "subtle seductions, which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul before it can grow properly," and gave permission for publication of the letter that expressed this opinion. However, a spokesman for the Archbishop of Westminster said that Cardinal Ratzinger's words were not binding as they were not an official pronouncement of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Positive response
Some religious responses have been positive. Emily Griesinger wrote that fantasy literature helps children to survive reality for long enough to learn how to deal with it, described Harry's first passage through to Platform 9¾ as an application of faith and hope, and his encounter with the Sorting Hat as the first of many in which Harry is shaped by the choices he makes. She noted that the self-sacrifice of Harry's mother, which protected the boy in the first book and throughout the series, was the most powerful of the "deeper magics" that transcend the magical "technology" of the wizards, and one which the power-hungry Voldemort fails to understand.
There is some positive Roman Catholic opinion on the books. In 2003, Monsignor Peter Fleetwood, a member of a Church working party on New Age phenomena, said that the Harry Potter stories "are not bad or a banner for anti-Christian theology. They help children understand the difference between good and evil," that Rowling's approach was Christian, and that the stories illustrated the need to make sacrifices to defeat evil.
Translations
The first official foreign translation of the book appeared in Vietnamese on 21 July 2003, when the first of twenty-two installments was released. The first official European translation appeared in Serbia and Montenegro in Serbian, by the official publisher Narodna Knjiga, in early September 2003. Other translations appeared later, e.g. in November 2003 in Dutch and German. The English language version has topped the best seller list in France, while in Germany and the Netherlands an unofficial distributed translation process has been started on the internet.
In the Czech Republic, several young children translated half of the book in two weeks after its English release, long before its intended Czech release date. This led the official Czech publisher Albatros to sue the children for copyright infringement.
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 zhōng hā lì jiāng yíng lái tā zài mó fǎ xué xiào de dì liù nián， sī nèi pǔ zhōng yú rú yuàn yǐ cháng dì dāng shàng liǎo“ hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù kè” de jiào shòu， ér yī xiàng tóu téng mó yào kè de hā lì yě píng jiè zhe yī běn jiù de mó yào kè běn chéng wéi mó yào kè xīn lǎo shī de chǒng 'ér。 yǔ cǐ tóng shí， dèng bù lì duō yě kāi shǐ wéi hā lì dān dú shòu kè， zài kè shàng tā men yī tóng tàn suǒ liǎo fú dì mó de shén mì shēn shì， wéi zuì zhōng de dà zhàn yùn chóu wéi wò。
“ měi cì dān rèn gāi zhí wù zhě bì yòu wèn tí” de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù kè， zhōng yú huàguī duì cǐ chuí xián yǐ jiǔ de sī nèi pǔ jiào shòu míng xià， ér kòngquē de mó yào kè zé jiāo yóu xīn lái de huò lā sī xiān shēng zǒu mǎ shàng rèn ( zhè wèi 'ào sī kǎ zuì jiā nán pèijué dé zhù tóng shí yě shì《 nà 'ěr ní yà chuán qí 1： shī zǐ、 nǚ wū、 mó yī guì》 lǐ de jiào shòu -- mó yī guì de suǒ yòu zhě )。 lìng yī fāng miàn， dèng bù lì duō jì xù gěi hā lì dān kāi xiǎo zào， zhǔn bèi yíng jiē fú dì mó zǒng cái de xīn yī lún gōng shì； kě méi xiǎng dào shì， dāng shí sǐ tú shā jìn huò gé wò cí shí， hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù de lǎo shī dào dǐ hái shì chū liǎo wèn tí。
kàn guò shū de“ hā hā” mendōu zhī dào《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 shì zěn me huí shì， zhì yú nà wèi guān jiàn rén wù de sǐ， wéi xī yǐn gèng duō hàoqí rén shì， shù wǒ 'àn xià bù biǎo。 bù jīng yì jiān suí shǒu shè jì hā lì hé jīn nī、 luó 'ēn hé hè mǐn tóng shí zāo yù“ sān jiǎo” wèn tí。 ér 'ào sī kǎ jí de huò gé wò cí jū rán hái xián zhèn róng bù gòu huá lì， yòu bǎ《 hóng mófáng》 de lǎo bǎn xī nà jìn lái， àn cǐ qū shì zhēn bù zhī zuì hòu yī bù bān shàng yín mù shí hái néng qǐng dào shuí -- zhū dí · dān qí？ mài kè 'ěr · kǎi 'ēn？ bù jǐn rú cǐ， luó lín hái yǐ“ zuò wéi mǔ qīn bù rěn xīn jù jué nǚ 'ér xiǎng jì xù kàn de yào qiú” wéi yóu， fàng yán bù pái chú zhuàn xiě yǐ hā lì de hái zǐ dāng zhùjué de“ dì bā běn《 hā lì · bō tè》”。
cóng luǒ tǐ liàn mǎ de wǔ tái jù dào shǎn diàn fēn shǒu de jiě dì liàn， yī zhí bù quē tóu tiáo sù cái de dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū jiāng dì liù cì yǔ dà jiā jiàn miàn ( qí shí dà liàng fěn sī zuì qī dài zài jiàn de rén shì 'ài mǎ · wò tè sēn cái duì bā？ suī rán tā de yǎn jì yǔ nián líng chéng fǎn bǐ )。 qí shí《 hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 zuì dà de liǎng gè xuán niàn mò guò yú： yī、 zhè shì xì liè xiǎo shuō wán jié zhī hòu de dì yī bù diàn yǐng， shū de xiāo liàng shuà xīn jí ní sī shì jiè jì lù， huì duì diàn yǐng piào fáng chǎn shēng zěn yàng de yǐng xiǎng？ èr、 shàng yī jí lìng rén dà shī suǒ wàng de dà wèi · yé cí dǎo yǎn jì xù zhǎng sháo， gēn jù kè lǐ sī · gē lún bù“《 mì shì》 ＜《 mó fǎ shí》” de qián chē zhī jiàn， zuò hǎo xīn lǐ zhǔn bèi yíng jiē yī bù gèng zāo gāo de《 hā lì · bō tè》？ lìng rén fèi jiě de shì： wèishénme huá nà yào bǎ fēn chéng shàng xià jí de《 sǐ wáng shèng qì》 yě jiāo gěi tā ní！
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 [ diàn yǐng ]- pāi shè huā xù
jiāng yú 2008 nián 11 yuè 21 rì dēng lù yǐng yuàn de《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 fā bù bù fēn pāi shè huā xù， bù jǐn jiāng kàn dào diàn yǐng pāi shè de chǎng jǐng， hái jiāng cǎi fǎng zhùjué dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū、 ài mǎ · wò tè sēn、 lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè。
zài《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 zhōng， hā lì jiāng zài huò gé wò cí kāi shǐ tā de dì liù nián xué xí shēng huó。 jìn guǎn fú dì mó yǐ jīng kāi shǐ liǎo tā de fù chóu jìhuà， dàn shì dǐ kàng fú dì mó de zǔ zhì yě zài rì jiàn qiáng dà。 hā lì hé hè mǐn wú yì zhōng fā xiàn liǎo yī běn gǔ lǎo de yào jì shū， zhè běn shū yuán běn shǔ yú“ hùn xuè wáng zǐ”， hā lì fā xiàn zhè běn shū bù jǐn néng zēng jiā tā de mó fǎ zhī shí， hái néng bāng zhù tā zhǔn bèi hé fú dì mó de zhàn zhēng。
shǒu xiān hā lì bì xū bāng zhù dèng bù lì duō fā xiàn fú dì mó xún zhǎo bù sǐ de mì mì。 dàn shì zhè gè mì mì jū rán zào chéng liǎo bēi jù xìng de jié jú， gèng ràng hā lì xiāng xìn zì jǐ yīnggāi jiān fù qǐ yǔ hēi 'àn zhàn zhēng de shǐ mìng。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 [ diàn yǐng ]- diàn yǐng xiāng guān
zuì xīn yī jí《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 jiāng quán qiú gōng yìng， céng jīng shì yǎn tiān láng xīng de jiā lǐ · ào dé màn yú shàng jí《 fèng huáng shè》 zhōng zhuàng liè xī shēng， dàn xiàn shí shēng huó zhōng， tā gēn“ hā lì” dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū réng rán bǎo chí jǐn mì lián luò。 tā chū xí《 biān fú xiá： hēi yè qí shì》 shǒu yìng lǐ shí， zì bào dān ní 'ěr jīng cháng zhì diàn gēn tā liáo tiān，“ tā shuō diàn yǐng jié jú piān《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ sǐ shèng》 jiāng huì yī fēn wéi 'èr， shàng bàn bù fēn zài 2010 nián shàng yìng， xiāng xìn gēn gù shì tài jīng cǎi fēng fù yòu guān； què bó chì tā， zhǐ shì qián zuò guài 'ér yǐ， tā tīng bà fēi cháng wú yǐn。”
suí zhe yīng guó diàn yǐng zá zhì《 dì guó》 gōng bù shǒu pī jù zhào， nán nǚ zhùjué jí xīn jiǎo sè zào xíng yì tóng shí bàoguāng。“ hā lì” dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū、“ hè mǐn” ài mǎ · wò tè sēn yǐ jí“ luó 'ēn” lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè， wài biǎo dǎ bàn gèng jiàn chéng shú； qí zhōng yī zhāng hā lì ná zhe mó fǎ bàng shén qíng 'āi shāng de jù zhào， yòu xì xīn wǎng yǒu shēng chēng nà gēn mó fǎ bàng shì shǔ yú xiào cháng dèng bù lì duō de， yóu cǐ cāi cè xiào cháng huì yú běn jí sǐ qù！ dān ní 'ěr jiē shòu《 dì guó》 cǎi fǎng shí shuō， dì liù jí de hēi 'àn sè cǎi huì jiào yǐ wǎng gèng qiáng， yòu xiē huà miàn fǎng fó shì duì 1996 nián shàng yìng de《 cāi huǒ chē》 de fēng kuáng mó bài。 dǎo yǎn dà wèi · yé cí yě tòu lù， chāo jí jiān jiǎo“ fú dì mó” jí qí xìn yǎng zhě“ shí sǐ tú” huì xiàng hā lì bù bù jìn bī，“ yǐngpiān yī kāi shǐ， lún dūn yī chù zhù yào biāo zhì jiāng huì shòu dào gōng jī， zāo dào huǐ miè xìng pò huài。”
xìng hǎo xīn piàn tóng shí jiā zhòng liǎo 'ài qíng xì fēn， dǎo yǎn dà wèi · yé cí bào liào zhǐ hā lì duì luó 'ēn de mèi mèi jīn nī yòu hǎo gǎn， èr rén jīhū qīn wěn zhī jì， shí sǐ tú què chū xiàn huài liǎo hǎo shì。 lìng yī fāng miàn， hè mǐn gēn luó 'ēn de liàn qíng yě zhú jiàn míng lǎng huà，“ zuò wéi mó fǎ xué xiào zuì cōng míng de nǚ shēng， hè mǐn jiāng huì biǎo xiàn chū píng rì hǎn jiàn de làng màn qíng sù。”
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 shǒu cì bàoguāng de xiān xíng bǎn yù gào hǎi bào， shì huá nà gōng sī dì yī shí jiān xiàng xīn làng yú lè tí gōng de。 zài yù gào piàn hé dà liàng jù zhào bàoguāng zhī hòu guān fāng hǎi bào dì yī cì xiàn shēn， jù lí yǐngpiān 2009 nián 7 yuè shàng yìng yǐ jīng bù zú bàn nián， yīnggāi shì zhěng tǐ xuān chuán quán miàn qǐ dòng de biāo zhì。 zài bàoguāng de yù gào hǎi bào zhōng， lǐn liè de yīn 'àn fēng gé pū miàn 'ér lái， zǎo xiān nà gè xiōng huái mó fǎ shī mèng xǐng de měng dǒng shàonián yǐ jīng jué chén 'ér qù， chǔyú hēi 'àn fēng yǔ zhōng de hā lì · bō tè xià bā shàng yǐ jīng yǐn yuē mào chū liǎo hú chá， liǎn jiá shàng sì hū yě chū xiàn liǎo yī tiáo fǎ lìng wén。 ér zài tā yǎn jìng zhōng chū yǎn de dèng bù lì duō pī tóu sàn fā， liǎng rén míng xiǎn miàn lín zhe yīcháng 'è zhàn。 shí jiān zài hā lì · bō tè liǎn shàng kè xià liǎo hén jì， yě jì xù jiāng tā tuī jìn“ chéng rén shè huì” de wú jìn shēn yuān。 zhú jiàn xué yòu suǒ chéng de hā lì · bō tè miàn lín zhe hé“ zhī zhū xiá” yī yàng de nán tí： shì zūn xún“ néng lì yuè dà， zé rèn yuè dà” de jiào huì， jì xù“ jiàng yāo fú mó， jiě jiù zhòng shēng”， hái shì qū fú zài chóngchóng yòu huò zhī zhōng。
zuì xīn gōng bù de jù qíng xiǎn shì， zài zhè chǎng zhàn dǒu zhōng dèng bù lì duō shēn shòu zhòng shāng， hái bèi sī nèi pǔ yòng mó zhàng huà wéi huī jìn， dàn zuì hòu hā lì · bō tè hái shì zài huǒ bàn men de bāng zhù xià shā sǐ liǎo sī nèi pǔ， ér sī nèi pǔ zài lín sǐ qián yě tòu lù liǎo zì jǐ jiù shì hùn xuè wáng zǐ de mì mì。 jiū jìng dèng bù lì duō néng bù néng huí dào mó fǎ xué xiào， huí dào hā lì · bō tè de shēn biān， zhè yī qiē dū jiāng zài diàn yǐng shàng yìng hòu zhú jiàn jiě kāi。
dì 81 jiè 'ào sī kǎ bān jiǎng diǎn lǐ jiāng jiē xiǎo。 yǔ wǎng nián bù tóng， ào sī kǎ huì zài lín jìn wěi shēng shí bō fàng yī duàn duǎn piàn lái zhǎn wàng 2009 nián de rè mén xīn piàn，《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 jiù zài qí zhōng。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 [ diàn yǐng ]- rén wù míng chēng hán yì
1. ā bù sī · pò xī wǎ 'ěr · wǔ 'ěr fú lǐ kè · bù lāi 'ēn · dèng bù lì duō（ AlbusPercivalWulfricBrianDumbledore）： ā bù sī shì lā dīng wén zhōng bái sè de yì sī， yīn wéi dèng bù lì shì yǔ hēi mó tóu fú dì mó duì lì de bái mó fǎ shī。 dèng bù lì duō gēn jù luó lín zì jǐ shuō shì“ mì fēng wēng wēng jiào” de yì sī。
2. xī fú lè sī · sī nèi pǔ（ SeverusSnape）： xī fú lè sī zài lā dīng wén zhōng shì yán lì de yì sī， hé sī nèi pǔ de xìng gé mán xiāng fú de。 dàn shí jì shàng， Snape zhǐ shì yīng guó de yī gè xiǎo cūn zhuāng de míng zì。 sī nèi pǔ zài yīng wén zhōng yǔ shé zhè gè cí zhǐ chā yī gè zì mǔ！ nán guài sī nèi pǔ shì sī lāi tè lín de yuàn cháng。
3. mǐ lè wá · mài gé（ MinervaMcgonagall）： tōng cháng de fān yì shì mì niè wǎ， luó mǎ shén huà zhōng de zhì huì nǚ shén， yě jiù xiāng dāng yú xī là shén huà zhōng de nǚ shén yǎ diǎn nà。
4. hè mǐn · gé lán jié（ HermioneGranger）： cóng fā yīn shàng jiù kě yǐ pàn duàn shì cóng xī là 'ào lín pǐ sī shān shàng zhù míng de zhòng shén shǐ zhě hè 'ěr mò sī de dà míng zhōng huà chū lái de。 dāng jīn zhé xué lǐng yù liú xíng de“ jiě shì xué” yuán lái yě tuō tāi yú hè 'ěr mò sī zhī míng . nán guài hè mǐn zài xiǎo shuō zhōng yǐ jī mǐn hé zhì huì zhù chēng， xǔ duō nán jiě de yǎ mí yī jīng tā shǒu jí kě yíng rèn 'ér jiě。
5. lāi mǔ sī · lú píng（ RemusLupin）： lú píng lái zì yú lā dīng wén cí gēn LUP， jí láng de yì sī -LUPINE shì“ xiàng láng yī yàng de rén”， ér LUPUS shì " chái láng zuò ". jù shuō fǎ guó nuò màn dǐ dì qū de jū mín yòu shí jiù bǎ láng rén jiào zuò“ LUPIN”！ lāi mǔ sī jiù gèng yòu qù liǎo , zhè shì luó mǎ chuán shuō zhōng bèi mǔ láng wèi yǎng guò de shuāng shēng zǐ zhī yī de míng zì， kě 'ài de xiǎo láng zǎi zǐ !
6. xiǎo tiān láng xīng · bù lāi kè（ SiriusBlack）： SIRIUS dāng rán jiù shì tiān láng xīng， ér bù lāi kè shì“ hēi sè”。 tā biàn shēn zhè zhī hòu jiù shì yī zhǐ hēi sè de dà gǒu。
7. xiǎo 'ǎi xīng · bǐ dé（ PeterPettigrew）： bǐ dé zhè gè míng zì tài pǔ tōng liǎo， sì hū méi shí me tè shū yì yì。 xiǎo 'ǎi xīng shì“ cháng de hěn xiǎo” de yì sī， zhè gè míng zì hái kě yǐ chāi kāi chéng wéi PETIGREW， yì sī chàbù duō shì“ wǒ biàn chéng liǎo chǒng wù”！
8. ā gé sī · fèi 'ěr qí（ ArgusFilch） : fèi 'ěr qí shì yīng wén dòng cí“ tōu” de yì sī， ér 'ā gé sī zé shì xī là shén huà zhōng yī bǎi zhǐ yǎn jīng de jù guài。 fèi 'ěr qí xiān shēng jīng cháng tōu tōu mō mō de guān chá xué shēng de xíng wéi。
9. lǔ bó · hǎi gé（ Hagrid）： jù luó lín de shuō fǎ， HAGRID shì gǔ yīng yǔ zhōng de dān cí , shì“ hěn zāo gāo de yè wǎn” huò“ shuì bù hǎo jué de wǎn shàng”。 hǎi gé cháng yīn wéi hē jiǔ shuì bù hǎo jué
10. ā lā sī tuō · mù dí（ AlastorMoody）： ALASTOR shì xī là shén huà zhōng zhǎng guǎn fù chóu de mó guǐ , ér mù dí zài zài yīng wén zhōng zé shì qíng xù duō biàn de yì sī。
11. bīn sī jiào shòu（ ProfessorBinns）： BINNS fā yīn hěn jiē jìn BEEN， zài yīng wén zhōng shì dòng cí BE de guò qù fēn cí xíng shì。 zhè wèi jiào shòu yǐ jīng shì guǐ hún， yě díquè shì guò qù shì liǎo !
12. tānɡ mǔ · lǐ dé 'ěr（ TomMarvoloRiddle）： RIDDLE shì yīng wén“ mí yǔ” de yì sī， yī kàn dào zhè gè míng zì jiù zhī dào luó lín yào wán wén zì yóu xì liǎo。
13. fú dì mó（ LordVoldemort）： VOLDEMORT shì lái yuán yú fǎ yǔ VOLEDEMORT， jí“ sǐ wáng de fēi xiáng” huò“ fēi lí sǐ wáng”。 nán guài lǎo fú tóng zhì zhěng tiān xiǎng zhe cháng shēng bù lǎo。 ér“ fú dì mó” zhè gè cí， shì yóu TomMarvoloRiddle biàn guò lái de， zhǐ shì zì mǔ de shùn xù huàn liǎo yī xià， fú dì mó de guò qù tānɡ mǔ . lǐ dé 'ěr yī zhí bù xǐ huān zì jǐ de míng zì tānɡ mǔ， rèn wéi tā tài pǔ tōng， suǒ yǐ diào huàn liǎo zì mǔ， yóu TomMarvoloRiddle（ tānɡ mǔ . lǐ dé 'ěr） biàn wéi LordVoldemort， yǐ xiǎn shì zì jǐ de yǔ zhòng bù tóng。
14. fú nóng · dé sī lǐ（ VernonDursley）： fú nóng shì luó lín zuì tǎo yàn de míng zì。 zài luó lín de chū shēng dì héng héng yīng guó de gé wēn tè jùn fù jìn yòu gè jiào Durslay de chéng shì。
15. dá lì · dé sī lǐ（ DudleyDursley）： DUDLEY shì cóng yīng guó lǐ yǔ DUD biàn huà 'ér lái， yì sī shì hěn wú liáo de rén。
16. pèi nī · dé sī lǐ（ PetuniaDursley）： PETUNIA shì qiān niú huā de yì sī， ér tā de mèi mèi。 hā lì de mā mā lì lì de míng zì zé shì bǎi hé huā de yì sī。 qiān niú huā xiàng zhēng fèn nù hé zēng hèn， ér bǎi hé xiàng zhēng chún jié。
17. dé lā kē · mǎ 'ěr fú（ DracoMalfoy)： MALFOY shì yóu fǎ yǔ MALFOI biàn huà 'ér lái， yì sī shì bù hǎo de xìn yǎng。 zhè yī jiā réndōu shì shí sǐ tú， quán shì xìn yǎng hēi mó fǎ。 ér dé lā kē。 DRACO shì lā dīng wén zhōng lóng shé de yì sī， ér lóng zài xī fāng shì hé sǎ dàn lián xì zài yī qǐ de。 dé lā kē yě shì gǔ yǎ diǎn yī wèi jí qí cán bào de lì fǎ guān de míng zì。
18. lú xiū sī · mǎ 'ěr fú (LuciusMalfoy)： LUCIUS hé LUCIFER hěn jiē jìn， hé dé lā kē yī yàng。 lú xiū sī yě shì gǔ yǎ diǎn yī wèi hěn cán bào de lì fǎ guān míng zì。
19. nà xī suō · mǎ 'ěr fú (NarcissaMalfoy)： NARCISSA lái yuán yú xī là shén huà zhōng de rén wù， jiù shì nà gè yòu zì liàn qíng jié， ài shàng zì jǐ zài shuǐ zhōng de yǐng zǐ de nián qīng rén。 nà xī suō shì shuǐ xiān huā de yì sī， dài biǎo zì liàn。
20. lù wēi ( hǎi gé de sān tóu dà gǒu， Fluffy)：（ fluffy） yì sī shì“ máo róng róng de”。
21. hǎi dé wēi (Hedwig)： shì 12 huò zhě 13 shì jì dé guó shèng tú de míng zì， tā wéi chéng shì zhōng de rén men chuán dì xiāo xī。
22. gē dé lǐ kè · gé lán fēn duō (GodricGryffindor)： Gryffin shì xī là shén huà zhōng de shī shēn jiù tóu yòu yì shòu， zài fǎ yǔ zhōng dor yòu“ jīn zhì chéng de” de yì sī。“ gé lán fēn duō” zhǐ shī shēn jiù tóu yòu yì shòu。 God biǎo shì“ shàng dì”， -ric shì biǎo shì“ guǎn xiá、 lǐng yù” zhī yì de jiē wěi cí。 Godric zhǐ de shì“ shàng dì de zhù chù”。 gé lán fēn duō de xiàng zhēng shì lion（ shī zǐ）
23. sà lā chá · sī lāi tè lín (SalazarSlytherin)： SLYTHERIN shì lái zì yīng wén dān cí“ SLITHERING”， xiàng shé yī yàng pá xíng qián jìn de xié mó wén。 sī lāi tè lín de xiàng zhēng jiù shì snake（ shé）。
24. luó yī nà · lā wén kè láo (RowenaRavenclaw)： RAVENCLAW， zhí yì jiù shì dù yā de jiǎozhuǎ。 lā wén kè láo xué yuàn de xiàng zhēng jiù shì hawk（ yīng）。
25. hè 'ěr jiā · hè qí pà qí (HelgaHufflepuff)： HUFFLEPUFF， yuán yú yīng wén HUFF hé PUFF。 liǎng gè cí dū hé chuī qì yòu guān， bù zhī yòu hé lián xì。 hè qí pà qí xué yuàn de xiàng zhēng shì Badger( huān )。
26. má guā (Muggle)： MUGGLE shì cóng yīng yǔ lǐ yǔ MUG biàn huà 'ér lái , yì sī shì shǎ guā。
27. lú nà · lā wén gǔ dé (LunaLovegood)： Luna， zài fǎ yǔ zhōng yě yòu yuè liàng， yuè shén de yì sī， zhè hěn róng yì ràng rén xiǎng dào tā de chún jié hé měi lì， hái yòu yī sī shén mì。 Lovegood， suī rán yòu diǎn qiānqiǎng， dàn yǐ jiù shì 'ài， měi hǎo de yì sī。 liǎng gè míng zì pīn zài yī qǐ， kě yǐ xiǎng xiàng， shì gè hěn tǎo rén xǐ huān de nǚ hái。 bù guò qí shí Luna zhè gè cí gēn yě yòu“ fēng kuáng” de yì sī， Lunatic jiù shì“ fēng fēng diān diān de”， yě fú hé zhè gè hái zǐ de xìng gé。
28. xī bǐ 'ěr · tè lǐ láo nī： xī bǐ 'ěr shì xī là luó mǎ shén huà zhōng shòu tài yáng shén 'ā bō luó qǐ shì 'ér zuò yǔ yán de nǚ yù yán shī de chēng hào。
29. fú róng · dé lā kù 'ěr (FleurDelacour)： FleurDelacour shì fǎ yǔ， zhí yì yì sī shì gōng tíng lǐ de huā duǒ， yǐn shēn jiù shì zhǐ guì zú fù nǚ。
30. lì tǎ · sī jī tè： skeeter zhè gè cí yǔ nà xiē shǔ yú jiá chóng de dòng cí“ scamper bēn tiào”、“ scatter sàn kāi” hé“ creep pá xíng” yòu guān。
The book sold three million copies in the first 16 hours after its release, a record at the time which was eventually broken by its sequel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Plot
Harry Potter and his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their sixth year of magical education. It is announced that Severus Snape has become the new Defence Against the Dark Arts instructor, while Horace Slughorn has taken Snape's place as Potions teacher. Harry discovers that the previous owner of his Potions textbook, the "Half-Blood Prince", has annotated the book with refinements that allow Harry to excel in class and become a favorite of Slughorn's. Slughorn is also intrigued by the rumor that Harry is the "Chosen One" who will finally kill the evil Lord Voldemort, who has recently regained power and is set on conquering the wizarding world.
Harry recognizes his attraction to Ginny Weasley, but fears that acting on it will harm his friendship with Ron, her overprotective older brother. Ron begins dating Lavender Brown, causing a rift between him and Hermione, who secretly harbors feelings for him. The rift heals only when Ron is nearly killed by poisoned mead intended for Hogwarts' headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. Harry suspects that his nemesis, Draco Malfoy, has become one of Voldemort's supporters and believes he was behind both the mead and a previous failed attack on Dumbledore's life. However, no one seems to believe him.
During private meetings held throughout the year, Dumbledore uses his Pensieve to show Harry memories of Voldemort's past. A memory Harry manages to procure from Slughorn confirms Dumbledore's suspicion that Voldemort splintered his soul into seven fragments in order to achieve immortality. Six of these fragments are contained in magical objects called Horcruxes, which must be destroyed before Voldemort can be killed. Two Horcruxes have already been destroyed—Tom Riddle's diary, which Harry stabbed with a basilisk fang in his second year; and Voldemort's grandfather's ring, which Dumbledore destroyed the summer before Harry's sixth year. The remaining Horcruxes include Voldemort's pet snake Nagini and objects formerly owned by Hogwarts' founders—Salazar Slytherin's locket, Helga Hufflepuff's cup, and an unidentified object of either Godric Gryffindor's or Rowena Ravenclaw's.
After Snape sees Harry cast a curse from the Half-Blood Prince's book and attempts to confiscate the book, Harry hides it in the Room of Requirement. Harry's Hogwarts House wins the school's Quidditch championship; euphoric, Harry spontaneously kisses Ginny, and with Ron's diffident approval they start dating.
Dumbledore locates another Horcrux and asks Harry for help in destroying it. They travel to a cave and retrieve what they believe to be Salazar's locket, but Dumbledore is severely weakened after drinking the magical potion designed to protect the Horcrux. They return to Hogwarts and see Voldemort's symbol hovering over Hogwarts' Astronomy Tower. Dumbledore demands that Harry cover himself with his Invisibility Cloak. At the top of the tower, Dumbledore stuns the concealed Harry at the last moment before being confronted by Draco. Draco admits that he was behind the attacks on Dumbledore's life, as Voldemort had ordered Draco to kill him and would kill Draco if he failed. Dumbledore invites Draco to "come over to the right side," offering protection from the Death Eaters. Though Draco refuses, he cannot bring himself to kill Dumbledore, even after fellow Death Eaters arrive and pressure him to follow through. Snape arrives; compelled by an Unbreakable Vow he made to Draco's mother the summer before to protect Draco and fulfill his task if Draco cannot, he kills Dumbledore. With Dumbledore's death, Harry is released from the Stunning Spell; enraged, he pursues Snape, who fends off Harry's attacks and reveals that he is the Half-Blood Prince shortly before disapparating.
Harry recovers the locket from Dumbledore's body, only to discover that it is a fake left by someone with the initials R. A. B., who stole the real Horcrux and left a note declaring his opposition to Voldemort. The school year ends with Dumbledore's funeral; he and his wand are buried in a tomb beside the lake on Hogwarts' grounds. Harry ends his relationship with Ginny, fearing that Voldemort will target her if they continue to see each other. He, Ron, and Hermione vow not to return to school the following year, but to hunt for the remaining Horcruxes instead.
Development
Potter fans wait in lines outside a Borders for the midnight release of the book
Prequels and sequel
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth book in the Harry Potter series. The first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was first published by Bloomsbury in 1997 with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, 300 of which were distributed to libraries. By the end of 1997 the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9- to 11-year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and in the US on 2 June 1999. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the longest novel in the Harry Potter series, was released 21 June 2003. After the publishing of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US.
Pre-release controversy
The record-breaking publication of Half-Blood Prince was accompanied by controversy. In May 2005 bookmakers in the UK suspended bets on which main character would die in the book amid fears of insider knowledge. A number of high value bets were made on the death of Albus Dumbledore, many coming from the town of Bungay where, it was believed, the books were being printed at the time. Betting was later reopened. Other controversies included the right to read Potter books inadvertently sold before the release date, environmental concerns over the source of the paper used in the printing of millions of books, and fan reactions to the plot developments and revelations of the novel.
Right to read controversy
In early July 2005, a Real Canadian Superstore in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, accidentally sold fourteen copies of The Half-Blood Prince before the authorised release date. The Canadian publisher, Raincoast Books, obtained an injunction from the Supreme Court of British Columbia prohibiting the purchasers from reading the books before the official release date or from discussing the contents. Purchasers were offered a Harry Potter T-shirt and an autographed copy of the book if they returned their copies before 16 July.
On 15 July, less than twelve hours before the book went on sale in the Eastern time zone, Raincoast warned The Globe and Mail newspaper that publishing a review from a Canada-based writer at midnight, as the paper had promised, would be seen as a violation of the trade secret injunction. The injunction sparked a number of news articles alleging that the injunction had restricted fundamental rights. Canadian law professor Michael Geist posted commentary on his blog; Richard Stallman called for a boycott, requesting that the publisher issue an apology. The Globe and Mail published a review from two UK-based writers in its 16 July edition and posted the Canadian writer's review on its website at 9:00 that morning. Commentary was also provided on the Raincoast website.
Film
The film based on the sixth book was originally scheduled to be released on 21 November 2008, but was changed to 15 July 2009. The screenplay was written by Steve Kloves, and David Yates directed the film. The film is 153 minutes long, making it the third longest Harry Potter film of the series.
Translations
Along with the rest of the books in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was translated into 67 languages. A translation into Scots Gaelic is planned to be released by Bloomsbury in July 2010.
Textual changes
As with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the United States version of the novel has slightly changed text from the British version. One particular section has been remarked upon, where the alteration makes the nature of Dumbledore's offer to Draco Malfoy before Snape kills Dumbledore in the Half-Blood Prince explicit. The reason for the editing of the following text has not been explained on the author's webpage, but the British edition is more ambiguous. The text can be found in chapter 27, "The Lightning-Struck Tower". The U.S. text was changed to match the UK version with the publication of the paperback edition. The parts added in the hardcover United States version have been highlighted in bold, below:
"[...] He told me to do it or he'll kill me. I've got no choice."
"He cannot kill you if you are already dead. Come over to the right side Draco, and we can hide you more completely than you can possibly imagine. What is more, I can send members of the Order to your mother tonight to hide her likewise. Nobody would be surprised that you had died in your attempt to kill me — forgive me, but Lord Voldemort probably expects it. Nor would the Death Eaters be surprised that we had captured and killed your mother — it is what they would do themselves, after all. Your father is safe at the moment in Azkaban [...]"
—(U.S. Edition p. 591)(CND Edition p. 552)
“ měi cì dān rèn gāi zhí wù zhě bì yòu wèn tí” de hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù kè， zhōng yú huàguī duì cǐ chuí xián yǐ jiǔ de sī nèi pǔ jiào shòu míng xià， ér kòngquē de mó yào kè zé jiāo yóu xīn lái de huò lā sī xiān shēng zǒu mǎ shàng rèn ( zhè wèi 'ào sī kǎ zuì jiā nán pèijué dé zhù tóng shí yě shì《 nà 'ěr ní yà chuán qí 1： shī zǐ、 nǚ wū、 mó yī guì》 lǐ de jiào shòu -- mó yī guì de suǒ yòu zhě )。 lìng yī fāng miàn， dèng bù lì duō jì xù gěi hā lì dān kāi xiǎo zào， zhǔn bèi yíng jiē fú dì mó zǒng cái de xīn yī lún gōng shì； kě méi xiǎng dào shì， dāng shí sǐ tú shā jìn huò gé wò cí shí， hēi mó fǎ fáng yù shù de lǎo shī dào dǐ hái shì chū liǎo wèn tí。
kàn guò shū de“ hā hā” mendōu zhī dào《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 shì zěn me huí shì， zhì yú nà wèi guān jiàn rén wù de sǐ， wéi xī yǐn gèng duō hàoqí rén shì， shù wǒ 'àn xià bù biǎo。 bù jīng yì jiān suí shǒu shè jì hā lì hé jīn nī、 luó 'ēn hé hè mǐn tóng shí zāo yù“ sān jiǎo” wèn tí。 ér 'ào sī kǎ jí de huò gé wò cí jū rán hái xián zhèn róng bù gòu huá lì， yòu bǎ《 hóng mófáng》 de lǎo bǎn xī nà jìn lái， àn cǐ qū shì zhēn bù zhī zuì hòu yī bù bān shàng yín mù shí hái néng qǐng dào shuí -- zhū dí · dān qí？ mài kè 'ěr · kǎi 'ēn？ bù jǐn rú cǐ， luó lín hái yǐ“ zuò wéi mǔ qīn bù rěn xīn jù jué nǚ 'ér xiǎng jì xù kàn de yào qiú” wéi yóu， fàng yán bù pái chú zhuàn xiě yǐ hā lì de hái zǐ dāng zhùjué de“ dì bā běn《 hā lì · bō tè》”。
cóng luǒ tǐ liàn mǎ de wǔ tái jù dào shǎn diàn fēn shǒu de jiě dì liàn， yī zhí bù quē tóu tiáo sù cái de dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū jiāng dì liù cì yǔ dà jiā jiàn miàn ( qí shí dà liàng fěn sī zuì qī dài zài jiàn de rén shì 'ài mǎ · wò tè sēn cái duì bā？ suī rán tā de yǎn jì yǔ nián líng chéng fǎn bǐ )。 qí shí《 hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 zuì dà de liǎng gè xuán niàn mò guò yú： yī、 zhè shì xì liè xiǎo shuō wán jié zhī hòu de dì yī bù diàn yǐng， shū de xiāo liàng shuà xīn jí ní sī shì jiè jì lù， huì duì diàn yǐng piào fáng chǎn shēng zěn yàng de yǐng xiǎng？ èr、 shàng yī jí lìng rén dà shī suǒ wàng de dà wèi · yé cí dǎo yǎn jì xù zhǎng sháo， gēn jù kè lǐ sī · gē lún bù“《 mì shì》 ＜《 mó fǎ shí》” de qián chē zhī jiàn， zuò hǎo xīn lǐ zhǔn bèi yíng jiē yī bù gèng zāo gāo de《 hā lì · bō tè》？ lìng rén fèi jiě de shì： wèishénme huá nà yào bǎ fēn chéng shàng xià jí de《 sǐ wáng shèng qì》 yě jiāo gěi tā ní！
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 [ diàn yǐng ]- pāi shè huā xù
jiāng yú 2008 nián 11 yuè 21 rì dēng lù yǐng yuàn de《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 fā bù bù fēn pāi shè huā xù， bù jǐn jiāng kàn dào diàn yǐng pāi shè de chǎng jǐng， hái jiāng cǎi fǎng zhùjué dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū、 ài mǎ · wò tè sēn、 lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè。
zài《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 zhōng， hā lì jiāng zài huò gé wò cí kāi shǐ tā de dì liù nián xué xí shēng huó。 jìn guǎn fú dì mó yǐ jīng kāi shǐ liǎo tā de fù chóu jìhuà， dàn shì dǐ kàng fú dì mó de zǔ zhì yě zài rì jiàn qiáng dà。 hā lì hé hè mǐn wú yì zhōng fā xiàn liǎo yī běn gǔ lǎo de yào jì shū， zhè běn shū yuán běn shǔ yú“ hùn xuè wáng zǐ”， hā lì fā xiàn zhè běn shū bù jǐn néng zēng jiā tā de mó fǎ zhī shí， hái néng bāng zhù tā zhǔn bèi hé fú dì mó de zhàn zhēng。
shǒu xiān hā lì bì xū bāng zhù dèng bù lì duō fā xiàn fú dì mó xún zhǎo bù sǐ de mì mì。 dàn shì zhè gè mì mì jū rán zào chéng liǎo bēi jù xìng de jié jú， gèng ràng hā lì xiāng xìn zì jǐ yīnggāi jiān fù qǐ yǔ hēi 'àn zhàn zhēng de shǐ mìng。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 [ diàn yǐng ]- diàn yǐng xiāng guān
zuì xīn yī jí《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 jiāng quán qiú gōng yìng， céng jīng shì yǎn tiān láng xīng de jiā lǐ · ào dé màn yú shàng jí《 fèng huáng shè》 zhōng zhuàng liè xī shēng， dàn xiàn shí shēng huó zhōng， tā gēn“ hā lì” dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū réng rán bǎo chí jǐn mì lián luò。 tā chū xí《 biān fú xiá： hēi yè qí shì》 shǒu yìng lǐ shí， zì bào dān ní 'ěr jīng cháng zhì diàn gēn tā liáo tiān，“ tā shuō diàn yǐng jié jú piān《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ sǐ shèng》 jiāng huì yī fēn wéi 'èr， shàng bàn bù fēn zài 2010 nián shàng yìng， xiāng xìn gēn gù shì tài jīng cǎi fēng fù yòu guān； què bó chì tā， zhǐ shì qián zuò guài 'ér yǐ， tā tīng bà fēi cháng wú yǐn。”
suí zhe yīng guó diàn yǐng zá zhì《 dì guó》 gōng bù shǒu pī jù zhào， nán nǚ zhùjué jí xīn jiǎo sè zào xíng yì tóng shí bàoguāng。“ hā lì” dān ní 'ěr · léi dé kè lǐ fū、“ hè mǐn” ài mǎ · wò tè sēn yǐ jí“ luó 'ēn” lǔ bó tè · gé lín tè， wài biǎo dǎ bàn gèng jiàn chéng shú； qí zhōng yī zhāng hā lì ná zhe mó fǎ bàng shén qíng 'āi shāng de jù zhào， yòu xì xīn wǎng yǒu shēng chēng nà gēn mó fǎ bàng shì shǔ yú xiào cháng dèng bù lì duō de， yóu cǐ cāi cè xiào cháng huì yú běn jí sǐ qù！ dān ní 'ěr jiē shòu《 dì guó》 cǎi fǎng shí shuō， dì liù jí de hēi 'àn sè cǎi huì jiào yǐ wǎng gèng qiáng， yòu xiē huà miàn fǎng fó shì duì 1996 nián shàng yìng de《 cāi huǒ chē》 de fēng kuáng mó bài。 dǎo yǎn dà wèi · yé cí yě tòu lù， chāo jí jiān jiǎo“ fú dì mó” jí qí xìn yǎng zhě“ shí sǐ tú” huì xiàng hā lì bù bù jìn bī，“ yǐngpiān yī kāi shǐ， lún dūn yī chù zhù yào biāo zhì jiāng huì shòu dào gōng jī， zāo dào huǐ miè xìng pò huài。”
xìng hǎo xīn piàn tóng shí jiā zhòng liǎo 'ài qíng xì fēn， dǎo yǎn dà wèi · yé cí bào liào zhǐ hā lì duì luó 'ēn de mèi mèi jīn nī yòu hǎo gǎn， èr rén jīhū qīn wěn zhī jì， shí sǐ tú què chū xiàn huài liǎo hǎo shì。 lìng yī fāng miàn， hè mǐn gēn luó 'ēn de liàn qíng yě zhú jiàn míng lǎng huà，“ zuò wéi mó fǎ xué xiào zuì cōng míng de nǚ shēng， hè mǐn jiāng huì biǎo xiàn chū píng rì hǎn jiàn de làng màn qíng sù。”
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 shǒu cì bàoguāng de xiān xíng bǎn yù gào hǎi bào， shì huá nà gōng sī dì yī shí jiān xiàng xīn làng yú lè tí gōng de。 zài yù gào piàn hé dà liàng jù zhào bàoguāng zhī hòu guān fāng hǎi bào dì yī cì xiàn shēn， jù lí yǐngpiān 2009 nián 7 yuè shàng yìng yǐ jīng bù zú bàn nián， yīnggāi shì zhěng tǐ xuān chuán quán miàn qǐ dòng de biāo zhì。 zài bàoguāng de yù gào hǎi bào zhōng， lǐn liè de yīn 'àn fēng gé pū miàn 'ér lái， zǎo xiān nà gè xiōng huái mó fǎ shī mèng xǐng de měng dǒng shàonián yǐ jīng jué chén 'ér qù， chǔyú hēi 'àn fēng yǔ zhōng de hā lì · bō tè xià bā shàng yǐ jīng yǐn yuē mào chū liǎo hú chá， liǎn jiá shàng sì hū yě chū xiàn liǎo yī tiáo fǎ lìng wén。 ér zài tā yǎn jìng zhōng chū yǎn de dèng bù lì duō pī tóu sàn fā， liǎng rén míng xiǎn miàn lín zhe yīcháng 'è zhàn。 shí jiān zài hā lì · bō tè liǎn shàng kè xià liǎo hén jì， yě jì xù jiāng tā tuī jìn“ chéng rén shè huì” de wú jìn shēn yuān。 zhú jiàn xué yòu suǒ chéng de hā lì · bō tè miàn lín zhe hé“ zhī zhū xiá” yī yàng de nán tí： shì zūn xún“ néng lì yuè dà， zé rèn yuè dà” de jiào huì， jì xù“ jiàng yāo fú mó， jiě jiù zhòng shēng”， hái shì qū fú zài chóngchóng yòu huò zhī zhōng。
zuì xīn gōng bù de jù qíng xiǎn shì， zài zhè chǎng zhàn dǒu zhōng dèng bù lì duō shēn shòu zhòng shāng， hái bèi sī nèi pǔ yòng mó zhàng huà wéi huī jìn， dàn zuì hòu hā lì · bō tè hái shì zài huǒ bàn men de bāng zhù xià shā sǐ liǎo sī nèi pǔ， ér sī nèi pǔ zài lín sǐ qián yě tòu lù liǎo zì jǐ jiù shì hùn xuè wáng zǐ de mì mì。 jiū jìng dèng bù lì duō néng bù néng huí dào mó fǎ xué xiào， huí dào hā lì · bō tè de shēn biān， zhè yī qiē dū jiāng zài diàn yǐng shàng yìng hòu zhú jiàn jiě kāi。
dì 81 jiè 'ào sī kǎ bān jiǎng diǎn lǐ jiāng jiē xiǎo。 yǔ wǎng nián bù tóng， ào sī kǎ huì zài lín jìn wěi shēng shí bō fàng yī duàn duǎn piàn lái zhǎn wàng 2009 nián de rè mén xīn piàn，《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 jiù zài qí zhōng。
《 hā lì · bō tè yǔ hùn xuè wáng zǐ》 [ diàn yǐng ]- rén wù míng chēng hán yì
1. ā bù sī · pò xī wǎ 'ěr · wǔ 'ěr fú lǐ kè · bù lāi 'ēn · dèng bù lì duō（ AlbusPercivalWulfricBrianDumbledore）： ā bù sī shì lā dīng wén zhōng bái sè de yì sī， yīn wéi dèng bù lì shì yǔ hēi mó tóu fú dì mó duì lì de bái mó fǎ shī。 dèng bù lì duō gēn jù luó lín zì jǐ shuō shì“ mì fēng wēng wēng jiào” de yì sī。
2. xī fú lè sī · sī nèi pǔ（ SeverusSnape）： xī fú lè sī zài lā dīng wén zhōng shì yán lì de yì sī， hé sī nèi pǔ de xìng gé mán xiāng fú de。 dàn shí jì shàng， Snape zhǐ shì yīng guó de yī gè xiǎo cūn zhuāng de míng zì。 sī nèi pǔ zài yīng wén zhōng yǔ shé zhè gè cí zhǐ chā yī gè zì mǔ！ nán guài sī nèi pǔ shì sī lāi tè lín de yuàn cháng。
3. mǐ lè wá · mài gé（ MinervaMcgonagall）： tōng cháng de fān yì shì mì niè wǎ， luó mǎ shén huà zhōng de zhì huì nǚ shén， yě jiù xiāng dāng yú xī là shén huà zhōng de nǚ shén yǎ diǎn nà。
4. hè mǐn · gé lán jié（ HermioneGranger）： cóng fā yīn shàng jiù kě yǐ pàn duàn shì cóng xī là 'ào lín pǐ sī shān shàng zhù míng de zhòng shén shǐ zhě hè 'ěr mò sī de dà míng zhōng huà chū lái de。 dāng jīn zhé xué lǐng yù liú xíng de“ jiě shì xué” yuán lái yě tuō tāi yú hè 'ěr mò sī zhī míng . nán guài hè mǐn zài xiǎo shuō zhōng yǐ jī mǐn hé zhì huì zhù chēng， xǔ duō nán jiě de yǎ mí yī jīng tā shǒu jí kě yíng rèn 'ér jiě。
5. lāi mǔ sī · lú píng（ RemusLupin）： lú píng lái zì yú lā dīng wén cí gēn LUP， jí láng de yì sī -LUPINE shì“ xiàng láng yī yàng de rén”， ér LUPUS shì " chái láng zuò ". jù shuō fǎ guó nuò màn dǐ dì qū de jū mín yòu shí jiù bǎ láng rén jiào zuò“ LUPIN”！ lāi mǔ sī jiù gèng yòu qù liǎo , zhè shì luó mǎ chuán shuō zhōng bèi mǔ láng wèi yǎng guò de shuāng shēng zǐ zhī yī de míng zì， kě 'ài de xiǎo láng zǎi zǐ !
6. xiǎo tiān láng xīng · bù lāi kè（ SiriusBlack）： SIRIUS dāng rán jiù shì tiān láng xīng， ér bù lāi kè shì“ hēi sè”。 tā biàn shēn zhè zhī hòu jiù shì yī zhǐ hēi sè de dà gǒu。
7. xiǎo 'ǎi xīng · bǐ dé（ PeterPettigrew）： bǐ dé zhè gè míng zì tài pǔ tōng liǎo， sì hū méi shí me tè shū yì yì。 xiǎo 'ǎi xīng shì“ cháng de hěn xiǎo” de yì sī， zhè gè míng zì hái kě yǐ chāi kāi chéng wéi PETIGREW， yì sī chàbù duō shì“ wǒ biàn chéng liǎo chǒng wù”！
8. ā gé sī · fèi 'ěr qí（ ArgusFilch） : fèi 'ěr qí shì yīng wén dòng cí“ tōu” de yì sī， ér 'ā gé sī zé shì xī là shén huà zhōng yī bǎi zhǐ yǎn jīng de jù guài。 fèi 'ěr qí xiān shēng jīng cháng tōu tōu mō mō de guān chá xué shēng de xíng wéi。
9. lǔ bó · hǎi gé（ Hagrid）： jù luó lín de shuō fǎ， HAGRID shì gǔ yīng yǔ zhōng de dān cí , shì“ hěn zāo gāo de yè wǎn” huò“ shuì bù hǎo jué de wǎn shàng”。 hǎi gé cháng yīn wéi hē jiǔ shuì bù hǎo jué
10. ā lā sī tuō · mù dí（ AlastorMoody）： ALASTOR shì xī là shén huà zhōng zhǎng guǎn fù chóu de mó guǐ , ér mù dí zài zài yīng wén zhōng zé shì qíng xù duō biàn de yì sī。
11. bīn sī jiào shòu（ ProfessorBinns）： BINNS fā yīn hěn jiē jìn BEEN， zài yīng wén zhōng shì dòng cí BE de guò qù fēn cí xíng shì。 zhè wèi jiào shòu yǐ jīng shì guǐ hún， yě díquè shì guò qù shì liǎo !
12. tānɡ mǔ · lǐ dé 'ěr（ TomMarvoloRiddle）： RIDDLE shì yīng wén“ mí yǔ” de yì sī， yī kàn dào zhè gè míng zì jiù zhī dào luó lín yào wán wén zì yóu xì liǎo。
13. fú dì mó（ LordVoldemort）： VOLDEMORT shì lái yuán yú fǎ yǔ VOLEDEMORT， jí“ sǐ wáng de fēi xiáng” huò“ fēi lí sǐ wáng”。 nán guài lǎo fú tóng zhì zhěng tiān xiǎng zhe cháng shēng bù lǎo。 ér“ fú dì mó” zhè gè cí， shì yóu TomMarvoloRiddle biàn guò lái de， zhǐ shì zì mǔ de shùn xù huàn liǎo yī xià， fú dì mó de guò qù tānɡ mǔ . lǐ dé 'ěr yī zhí bù xǐ huān zì jǐ de míng zì tānɡ mǔ， rèn wéi tā tài pǔ tōng， suǒ yǐ diào huàn liǎo zì mǔ， yóu TomMarvoloRiddle（ tānɡ mǔ . lǐ dé 'ěr） biàn wéi LordVoldemort， yǐ xiǎn shì zì jǐ de yǔ zhòng bù tóng。
14. fú nóng · dé sī lǐ（ VernonDursley）： fú nóng shì luó lín zuì tǎo yàn de míng zì。 zài luó lín de chū shēng dì héng héng yīng guó de gé wēn tè jùn fù jìn yòu gè jiào Durslay de chéng shì。
15. dá lì · dé sī lǐ（ DudleyDursley）： DUDLEY shì cóng yīng guó lǐ yǔ DUD biàn huà 'ér lái， yì sī shì hěn wú liáo de rén。
16. pèi nī · dé sī lǐ（ PetuniaDursley）： PETUNIA shì qiān niú huā de yì sī， ér tā de mèi mèi。 hā lì de mā mā lì lì de míng zì zé shì bǎi hé huā de yì sī。 qiān niú huā xiàng zhēng fèn nù hé zēng hèn， ér bǎi hé xiàng zhēng chún jié。
17. dé lā kē · mǎ 'ěr fú（ DracoMalfoy)： MALFOY shì yóu fǎ yǔ MALFOI biàn huà 'ér lái， yì sī shì bù hǎo de xìn yǎng。 zhè yī jiā réndōu shì shí sǐ tú， quán shì xìn yǎng hēi mó fǎ。 ér dé lā kē。 DRACO shì lā dīng wén zhōng lóng shé de yì sī， ér lóng zài xī fāng shì hé sǎ dàn lián xì zài yī qǐ de。 dé lā kē yě shì gǔ yǎ diǎn yī wèi jí qí cán bào de lì fǎ guān de míng zì。
18. lú xiū sī · mǎ 'ěr fú (LuciusMalfoy)： LUCIUS hé LUCIFER hěn jiē jìn， hé dé lā kē yī yàng。 lú xiū sī yě shì gǔ yǎ diǎn yī wèi hěn cán bào de lì fǎ guān míng zì。
19. nà xī suō · mǎ 'ěr fú (NarcissaMalfoy)： NARCISSA lái yuán yú xī là shén huà zhōng de rén wù， jiù shì nà gè yòu zì liàn qíng jié， ài shàng zì jǐ zài shuǐ zhōng de yǐng zǐ de nián qīng rén。 nà xī suō shì shuǐ xiān huā de yì sī， dài biǎo zì liàn。
20. lù wēi ( hǎi gé de sān tóu dà gǒu， Fluffy)：（ fluffy） yì sī shì“ máo róng róng de”。
21. hǎi dé wēi (Hedwig)： shì 12 huò zhě 13 shì jì dé guó shèng tú de míng zì， tā wéi chéng shì zhōng de rén men chuán dì xiāo xī。
22. gē dé lǐ kè · gé lán fēn duō (GodricGryffindor)： Gryffin shì xī là shén huà zhōng de shī shēn jiù tóu yòu yì shòu， zài fǎ yǔ zhōng dor yòu“ jīn zhì chéng de” de yì sī。“ gé lán fēn duō” zhǐ shī shēn jiù tóu yòu yì shòu。 God biǎo shì“ shàng dì”， -ric shì biǎo shì“ guǎn xiá、 lǐng yù” zhī yì de jiē wěi cí。 Godric zhǐ de shì“ shàng dì de zhù chù”。 gé lán fēn duō de xiàng zhēng shì lion（ shī zǐ）
23. sà lā chá · sī lāi tè lín (SalazarSlytherin)： SLYTHERIN shì lái zì yīng wén dān cí“ SLITHERING”， xiàng shé yī yàng pá xíng qián jìn de xié mó wén。 sī lāi tè lín de xiàng zhēng jiù shì snake（ shé）。
24. luó yī nà · lā wén kè láo (RowenaRavenclaw)： RAVENCLAW， zhí yì jiù shì dù yā de jiǎozhuǎ。 lā wén kè láo xué yuàn de xiàng zhēng jiù shì hawk（ yīng）。
25. hè 'ěr jiā · hè qí pà qí (HelgaHufflepuff)： HUFFLEPUFF， yuán yú yīng wén HUFF hé PUFF。 liǎng gè cí dū hé chuī qì yòu guān， bù zhī yòu hé lián xì。 hè qí pà qí xué yuàn de xiàng zhēng shì Badger( huān )。
26. má guā (Muggle)： MUGGLE shì cóng yīng yǔ lǐ yǔ MUG biàn huà 'ér lái , yì sī shì shǎ guā。
27. lú nà · lā wén gǔ dé (LunaLovegood)： Luna， zài fǎ yǔ zhōng yě yòu yuè liàng， yuè shén de yì sī， zhè hěn róng yì ràng rén xiǎng dào tā de chún jié hé měi lì， hái yòu yī sī shén mì。 Lovegood， suī rán yòu diǎn qiānqiǎng， dàn yǐ jiù shì 'ài， měi hǎo de yì sī。 liǎng gè míng zì pīn zài yī qǐ， kě yǐ xiǎng xiàng， shì gè hěn tǎo rén xǐ huān de nǚ hái。 bù guò qí shí Luna zhè gè cí gēn yě yòu“ fēng kuáng” de yì sī， Lunatic jiù shì“ fēng fēng diān diān de”， yě fú hé zhè gè hái zǐ de xìng gé。
28. xī bǐ 'ěr · tè lǐ láo nī： xī bǐ 'ěr shì xī là luó mǎ shén huà zhōng shòu tài yáng shén 'ā bō luó qǐ shì 'ér zuò yǔ yán de nǚ yù yán shī de chēng hào。
29. fú róng · dé lā kù 'ěr (FleurDelacour)： FleurDelacour shì fǎ yǔ， zhí yì yì sī shì gōng tíng lǐ de huā duǒ， yǐn shēn jiù shì zhǐ guì zú fù nǚ。
30. lì tǎ · sī jī tè： skeeter zhè gè cí yǔ nà xiē shǔ yú jiá chóng de dòng cí“ scamper bēn tiào”、“ scatter sàn kāi” hé“ creep pá xíng” yòu guān。
The book sold three million copies in the first 16 hours after its release, a record at the time which was eventually broken by its sequel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Plot
Harry Potter and his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their sixth year of magical education. It is announced that Severus Snape has become the new Defence Against the Dark Arts instructor, while Horace Slughorn has taken Snape's place as Potions teacher. Harry discovers that the previous owner of his Potions textbook, the "Half-Blood Prince", has annotated the book with refinements that allow Harry to excel in class and become a favorite of Slughorn's. Slughorn is also intrigued by the rumor that Harry is the "Chosen One" who will finally kill the evil Lord Voldemort, who has recently regained power and is set on conquering the wizarding world.
Harry recognizes his attraction to Ginny Weasley, but fears that acting on it will harm his friendship with Ron, her overprotective older brother. Ron begins dating Lavender Brown, causing a rift between him and Hermione, who secretly harbors feelings for him. The rift heals only when Ron is nearly killed by poisoned mead intended for Hogwarts' headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. Harry suspects that his nemesis, Draco Malfoy, has become one of Voldemort's supporters and believes he was behind both the mead and a previous failed attack on Dumbledore's life. However, no one seems to believe him.
During private meetings held throughout the year, Dumbledore uses his Pensieve to show Harry memories of Voldemort's past. A memory Harry manages to procure from Slughorn confirms Dumbledore's suspicion that Voldemort splintered his soul into seven fragments in order to achieve immortality. Six of these fragments are contained in magical objects called Horcruxes, which must be destroyed before Voldemort can be killed. Two Horcruxes have already been destroyed—Tom Riddle's diary, which Harry stabbed with a basilisk fang in his second year; and Voldemort's grandfather's ring, which Dumbledore destroyed the summer before Harry's sixth year. The remaining Horcruxes include Voldemort's pet snake Nagini and objects formerly owned by Hogwarts' founders—Salazar Slytherin's locket, Helga Hufflepuff's cup, and an unidentified object of either Godric Gryffindor's or Rowena Ravenclaw's.
After Snape sees Harry cast a curse from the Half-Blood Prince's book and attempts to confiscate the book, Harry hides it in the Room of Requirement. Harry's Hogwarts House wins the school's Quidditch championship; euphoric, Harry spontaneously kisses Ginny, and with Ron's diffident approval they start dating.
Dumbledore locates another Horcrux and asks Harry for help in destroying it. They travel to a cave and retrieve what they believe to be Salazar's locket, but Dumbledore is severely weakened after drinking the magical potion designed to protect the Horcrux. They return to Hogwarts and see Voldemort's symbol hovering over Hogwarts' Astronomy Tower. Dumbledore demands that Harry cover himself with his Invisibility Cloak. At the top of the tower, Dumbledore stuns the concealed Harry at the last moment before being confronted by Draco. Draco admits that he was behind the attacks on Dumbledore's life, as Voldemort had ordered Draco to kill him and would kill Draco if he failed. Dumbledore invites Draco to "come over to the right side," offering protection from the Death Eaters. Though Draco refuses, he cannot bring himself to kill Dumbledore, even after fellow Death Eaters arrive and pressure him to follow through. Snape arrives; compelled by an Unbreakable Vow he made to Draco's mother the summer before to protect Draco and fulfill his task if Draco cannot, he kills Dumbledore. With Dumbledore's death, Harry is released from the Stunning Spell; enraged, he pursues Snape, who fends off Harry's attacks and reveals that he is the Half-Blood Prince shortly before disapparating.
Harry recovers the locket from Dumbledore's body, only to discover that it is a fake left by someone with the initials R. A. B., who stole the real Horcrux and left a note declaring his opposition to Voldemort. The school year ends with Dumbledore's funeral; he and his wand are buried in a tomb beside the lake on Hogwarts' grounds. Harry ends his relationship with Ginny, fearing that Voldemort will target her if they continue to see each other. He, Ron, and Hermione vow not to return to school the following year, but to hunt for the remaining Horcruxes instead.
Development
Potter fans wait in lines outside a Borders for the midnight release of the book
Prequels and sequel
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth book in the Harry Potter series. The first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was first published by Bloomsbury in 1997 with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, 300 of which were distributed to libraries. By the end of 1997 the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9- to 11-year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and in the US on 2 June 1999. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the longest novel in the Harry Potter series, was released 21 June 2003. After the publishing of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US.
Pre-release controversy
The record-breaking publication of Half-Blood Prince was accompanied by controversy. In May 2005 bookmakers in the UK suspended bets on which main character would die in the book amid fears of insider knowledge. A number of high value bets were made on the death of Albus Dumbledore, many coming from the town of Bungay where, it was believed, the books were being printed at the time. Betting was later reopened. Other controversies included the right to read Potter books inadvertently sold before the release date, environmental concerns over the source of the paper used in the printing of millions of books, and fan reactions to the plot developments and revelations of the novel.
Right to read controversy
In early July 2005, a Real Canadian Superstore in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, accidentally sold fourteen copies of The Half-Blood Prince before the authorised release date. The Canadian publisher, Raincoast Books, obtained an injunction from the Supreme Court of British Columbia prohibiting the purchasers from reading the books before the official release date or from discussing the contents. Purchasers were offered a Harry Potter T-shirt and an autographed copy of the book if they returned their copies before 16 July.
On 15 July, less than twelve hours before the book went on sale in the Eastern time zone, Raincoast warned The Globe and Mail newspaper that publishing a review from a Canada-based writer at midnight, as the paper had promised, would be seen as a violation of the trade secret injunction. The injunction sparked a number of news articles alleging that the injunction had restricted fundamental rights. Canadian law professor Michael Geist posted commentary on his blog; Richard Stallman called for a boycott, requesting that the publisher issue an apology. The Globe and Mail published a review from two UK-based writers in its 16 July edition and posted the Canadian writer's review on its website at 9:00 that morning. Commentary was also provided on the Raincoast website.
Film
The film based on the sixth book was originally scheduled to be released on 21 November 2008, but was changed to 15 July 2009. The screenplay was written by Steve Kloves, and David Yates directed the film. The film is 153 minutes long, making it the third longest Harry Potter film of the series.
Translations
Along with the rest of the books in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was translated into 67 languages. A translation into Scots Gaelic is planned to be released by Bloomsbury in July 2010.
Textual changes
As with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the United States version of the novel has slightly changed text from the British version. One particular section has been remarked upon, where the alteration makes the nature of Dumbledore's offer to Draco Malfoy before Snape kills Dumbledore in the Half-Blood Prince explicit. The reason for the editing of the following text has not been explained on the author's webpage, but the British edition is more ambiguous. The text can be found in chapter 27, "The Lightning-Struck Tower". The U.S. text was changed to match the UK version with the publication of the paperback edition. The parts added in the hardcover United States version have been highlighted in bold, below:
"[...] He told me to do it or he'll kill me. I've got no choice."
"He cannot kill you if you are already dead. Come over to the right side Draco, and we can hide you more completely than you can possibly imagine. What is more, I can send members of the Order to your mother tonight to hide her likewise. Nobody would be surprised that you had died in your attempt to kill me — forgive me, but Lord Voldemort probably expects it. Nor would the Death Eaters be surprised that we had captured and killed your mother — it is what they would do themselves, after all. Your father is safe at the moment in Azkaban [...]"
—(U.S. Edition p. 591)(CND Edition p. 552)
xiāng xìn dà jiādōu kàn guò diàn yǐng《 mó jiè》（ yòu míng《 zhǐ huán wáng》）， zhè bù shū shì tā de qiánzhuàn， jiǎng de shì diàn yǐng kāi tóu nà gè lǎo huò bǐ tè rén de mào xiǎn gù shì， yě shuō dào liǎo gān dào 'ěr fū hé jīng líng zú、 zhū rú zú、 yīng zú zhī jiān de lián xì。
shénme shì huò bǐ tè rén？
huò bǐ tè rén shì bǐ zuò rú hái 'ǎi de xiǎo 'ǎi rén， tā men 'àihào hé píng。 xǐ huān 'ān jìng。 tā men bù xǐ huān jī qì， dàn shì tā men hěn shàn yú shǐ yòng gōng jù； tā men dòng zuò mǐn jié， dàn què bù xǐ huān zuò shì cōng cù。 tā men yòu mǐn ruì de yǎn jīng hé 'ěr duǒ； tā men kě néng yòu diǎn pàng。 tā men xǐ huān xiào hé chī（ tā men yī tiān kě yǐ chī liù cān）。 tā men hěn hǎo kè， xǐ huān sòng lǐ hé shōu dào lǐ wù。 huò bǐ tè lì xiǎn jì shì yī bù fēi cháng jīng cǎi de chuán qí gù shì， chōng mǎn liǎo yù yán de sè cǎi。 shū zhōng zhùjué bǐ 'ěr bó · bā jīn sī yuán běn shì yī gè yuǎn lí chén 'áo de huò bǐ tè rén， dàn què zài wú yì zhōng fā xiàn liǎo mó chéng qiě jīng lì liǎo tā yī shēng zhōng shuǐ nán wàng huái de shì jiàn。 huò bǐ tè lì xiǎn jì yú yī jiǔ sān liù nián wán chéng， yú yī jiǔ sān qī nián fā xíng， tóng nián， zuò zhě biàn kāi shǐ zhuóshǒu xiě xù jí héng héng mó jiè zhī zhù， yú shì， huò bǐ tè lì xiǎn jì chéng liǎo mó jiè zhī zhù de xù qū。 jīng guò liǎo shí yī nián， mó jiè zhī zhù sān bù qǔzhōng yú zài yī jiǔ sì bā nián wán chéng， ér yú yī jiǔ wǔ wǔ nián quán bù fā xíng。 zài chū bǎn qī jiān， mó jiè zhī zhù xì liè biàn yǐ pō shòu gè jiè hǎo píng， lì rú zhī jiā gē lùn tán céng píng qí wéi：“…… zǒng zhī， zhè shì yī gè hěn bàng de gù shì， bù jǐn wén zì yōu měi qiě chuàng zào liǎo yī gè rú huàn sì zhēn de shì jiè， yī gè zuò jiā zuì hǎo de zuò pǐn jiù shì rú cǐ liǎo。”
Set in a time "Between the Dawn of Færie and the Dominion of Men", The Hobbit follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins to win a share of the treasure guarded by the dragon, Smaug. Bilbo's journey takes him from light-hearted, rural surroundings into darker, deeper territory. The story is told in the form of an episodic quest, and most chapters introduce a specific creature, or type of creature, of Tolkien's Wilderland. By accepting the disreputable, romantic, fey and adventurous side of his nature (the "Tookish" side) and applying his wits and common sense, Bilbo develops a new level of maturity, competence and wisdom. The story reaches its climax in the Battle of Five Armies, where many of the characters and creatures from earlier chapters re-emerge to engage in conflict.
Themes of personal growth and forms of heroism figure in the story. Along with conflict, these themes lead critics to cite Tolkien's own experiences, and the those of other writers who fought in World War I, as instrumental in shaping the story. The author's scholarly knowledge of Anglo-Saxon literature and interest in fairy tales are also often noted as influences.
Due to the book's critical and financial success, Tolkien's publishers requested a sequel. As work on The Lord of the Rings progressed, Tolkien made retrospective accommodations for it in one chapter of The Hobbit. These few but significant changes were integrated into the second edition. Further editions followed with minor emendations, including those reflecting Tolkien's changing concept of the world into which Bilbo stumbled.
The work has never been out of print since the paper shortages of the Second World War. Its ongoing legacy encompasses many adaptations for stage, screen, radio, and gaming, both board and video games. Some of these adaptations have received critical recognition of their own, including a video game that won the Golden Joystick Award, a scenario of a war game that won an Origins Award, and an animated picture nominated for a Hugo Award.
shénme shì huò bǐ tè rén？
huò bǐ tè rén shì bǐ zuò rú hái 'ǎi de xiǎo 'ǎi rén， tā men 'àihào hé píng。 xǐ huān 'ān jìng。 tā men bù xǐ huān jī qì， dàn shì tā men hěn shàn yú shǐ yòng gōng jù； tā men dòng zuò mǐn jié， dàn què bù xǐ huān zuò shì cōng cù。 tā men yòu mǐn ruì de yǎn jīng hé 'ěr duǒ； tā men kě néng yòu diǎn pàng。 tā men xǐ huān xiào hé chī（ tā men yī tiān kě yǐ chī liù cān）。 tā men hěn hǎo kè， xǐ huān sòng lǐ hé shōu dào lǐ wù。 huò bǐ tè lì xiǎn jì shì yī bù fēi cháng jīng cǎi de chuán qí gù shì， chōng mǎn liǎo yù yán de sè cǎi。 shū zhōng zhùjué bǐ 'ěr bó · bā jīn sī yuán běn shì yī gè yuǎn lí chén 'áo de huò bǐ tè rén， dàn què zài wú yì zhōng fā xiàn liǎo mó chéng qiě jīng lì liǎo tā yī shēng zhōng shuǐ nán wàng huái de shì jiàn。 huò bǐ tè lì xiǎn jì yú yī jiǔ sān liù nián wán chéng， yú yī jiǔ sān qī nián fā xíng， tóng nián， zuò zhě biàn kāi shǐ zhuóshǒu xiě xù jí héng héng mó jiè zhī zhù， yú shì， huò bǐ tè lì xiǎn jì chéng liǎo mó jiè zhī zhù de xù qū。 jīng guò liǎo shí yī nián， mó jiè zhī zhù sān bù qǔzhōng yú zài yī jiǔ sì bā nián wán chéng， ér yú yī jiǔ wǔ wǔ nián quán bù fā xíng。 zài chū bǎn qī jiān， mó jiè zhī zhù xì liè biàn yǐ pō shòu gè jiè hǎo píng， lì rú zhī jiā gē lùn tán céng píng qí wéi：“…… zǒng zhī， zhè shì yī gè hěn bàng de gù shì， bù jǐn wén zì yōu měi qiě chuàng zào liǎo yī gè rú huàn sì zhēn de shì jiè， yī gè zuò jiā zuì hǎo de zuò pǐn jiù shì rú cǐ liǎo。”
Set in a time "Between the Dawn of Færie and the Dominion of Men", The Hobbit follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins to win a share of the treasure guarded by the dragon, Smaug. Bilbo's journey takes him from light-hearted, rural surroundings into darker, deeper territory. The story is told in the form of an episodic quest, and most chapters introduce a specific creature, or type of creature, of Tolkien's Wilderland. By accepting the disreputable, romantic, fey and adventurous side of his nature (the "Tookish" side) and applying his wits and common sense, Bilbo develops a new level of maturity, competence and wisdom. The story reaches its climax in the Battle of Five Armies, where many of the characters and creatures from earlier chapters re-emerge to engage in conflict.
Themes of personal growth and forms of heroism figure in the story. Along with conflict, these themes lead critics to cite Tolkien's own experiences, and the those of other writers who fought in World War I, as instrumental in shaping the story. The author's scholarly knowledge of Anglo-Saxon literature and interest in fairy tales are also often noted as influences.
Due to the book's critical and financial success, Tolkien's publishers requested a sequel. As work on The Lord of the Rings progressed, Tolkien made retrospective accommodations for it in one chapter of The Hobbit. These few but significant changes were integrated into the second edition. Further editions followed with minor emendations, including those reflecting Tolkien's changing concept of the world into which Bilbo stumbled.
The work has never been out of print since the paper shortages of the Second World War. Its ongoing legacy encompasses many adaptations for stage, screen, radio, and gaming, both board and video games. Some of these adaptations have received critical recognition of their own, including a video game that won the Golden Joystick Award, a scenario of a war game that won an Origins Award, and an animated picture nominated for a Hugo Award.
běn piàn shì yīng guó guǐ cái dǎo yǎn bǐ dé jié kè sēn jié hé zuì xīn diàn yǐng tè xiào de mó huàn xīn zuò， gēn jù tuō 'ěr jīn chàng xiāo quán qiú de jīng diǎn xiǎo shuō 「 mó jiè sān bù qū 」 gǎi biān， bìng yǐ sān bù qū de fāng shì pāi shè，【 shǒu bù qū─ mó jiè xiàn shēn】 miáo shù shǐ qián shì jiè zhōng， yī wèi míng jiào fó luó duō bā jīn de nián qīng rén， wú yì zhōng dé dào liǎo yī zhǐ mó jiè。
zhè zhǐ jiè zhǐ yōng yòu wú qióng de shén mì lì liàng， jiè zhǐ yuán lái shì hēi 'àn jūn wáng suǒ lún suǒ yòu de， què yì wài dì dào liǎo fó luó duō shǒu lǐ。 fó luó duō jué dìng jiāng jiè zhǐ cuī huǐ， yǐ miǎn suǒ lún duó huí qù gǒng gù zì jǐ de shì lì。 suǒ lún wèile zǔ zhǐ fó luó duō， yú shì pài chū liǎo shǒu xià de guài shòu jiā yǐ zhuī shā， yīcháng zhèng xié dà zhàn yǎn kàn zhe yī chù jí fā…
běn piàn bèi jǐng shì zài shén mì de shǐ qián shí dài， yóu yīcháng zhèng xié zhàn yì suǒ yǐn fā de cháng piān gù shì， zhè gè zhěng jiù rén lèi de wēi xiǎn rèn wù luò zài nián qīng de hā bǐ zú rén─ fó luó duō bā jīn shēn shàng， tā cóng biǎo gē bā bó nà lǐ dé dào liǎo yī zhǐ wú xié de mó huàn jiè zhǐ。
fó luó duō fā xiàn zhè zhǐ jiè zhǐ de zhì zào zhě shì hēi 'àn mó jūn suǒ lún， ér suǒ lún zhèng jí zhe yào bǎ jiè zhǐ zhǎo huí qù。 yīn wéi zhè zhǐ jiè zhǐ shì dài biǎo wěi dà xié 'è shì lì de mó jiè， jiāng shǐ suǒ lún tǒng zhì xià de rén mín dé dào jiě fàng， ér tā tǒng zhì de zhè piàn tǔ dì jiù shì sú chēng de zhōng tǔ shì jiè（ MiddleEarth）。
cōng máng zhī xià， fó luó duō jié hé liǎo yī xiē jiù yuán lì liàng bāo kuò liǎo shù shì、 xiǎo jīng líng、 zhū rú jí rén lèi， yī qǐ xié zhù tā qián wǎng zhōng tǔ shì jiè， jiāng jiè zhǐ diū rù mó gōng zhī dòng de mò rì shān mài zhōng jiā yǐ cuī huǐ。
rán 'ér， zhè qún yì yǒng zhī shì què zāo dào suǒ lún shǒu xià guài shòu qún de gōng jī， zhè xiē kǒng bù xié 'è de liè shā jūn duì cán rěn dì zhuī shā fó luó duō hé tā de péng yǒu。 fó luó duō děng yī qún rén hái bì xū duì kàng jiè zhǐ zhōng de xié 'è lì liàng， zhè gǔ lì liàng huì ràng rén chǎn shēng nán yǐ dǐ dǎng de yù wàng， kǎo yàn zhe měi yī gè jiē chù jiè zhǐ zhě de yì zhì lì
Title and publication
Tolkien conceived of The Lord of the Rings as a multiple volume with six sections he called "books" along with extensive appendices. The original publisher made the decision to split the work into three parts. It was also the publisher's decision to place the fifth and sixth books and the appendices into one volume under the title The Return of the King, in reference to Aragorn's assumption of the throne of Gondor. Tolkien indicated he would have preferred The War of the Ring as a title, as it gave away less of the story.
Before the decision to publish The Lord of the Rings in three volumes was made, Tolkien had hoped to publish the novel in one volume, or combined with The Silmarillion. At this stage he planned to title the individual books. The proposed title for Book I was The First Journey or The Ring Sets Out. Book II was titled The Journey of the Nine Companions or The Ring Goes South. The titles The Ring Sets Out and The Ring Goes South were used in the Millenium edition.
Plot summary
The Prologue is meant primarily to help people who have not read The Hobbit understand the events of that book, along with some other information that the author felt is relevant to set the stage for the novel.
Book I: The Return of the Shadow
The first chapter in the book begins quite lightly, following the tone of The Hobbit. Bilbo is celebrating his 111th (or eleventy-first, as it is called in Hobbiton) birthday on the same day that Frodo Baggins, his heir, is celebrating his 33rd birthday (his 'coming of age'). At the birthday party, Bilbo disappears after his speech, to the surprise of all. Bilbo departs from the Shire, the land of the Hobbits, for what he calls a permanent holiday. He leaves his remaining belongings including his home, Bag End and, after some persuasion by the wizard Gandalf, the Ring he had found on his adventures (with which he used to make himself invisible), to Frodo. Gandalf warns Frodo to keep the Ring secret and safe from others, and leaves on his own business.
Over the next seventeen years Gandalf visits Frodo; staying briefly before going off again. Then one spring night Gandalf arrives to alert Frodo to the darker aspects of the Ring which Bilbo had previously only used to make himself invisible: it is the One Ring of Sauron, the Dark Lord. Sauron forged the Ring himself and used it to subdue and rule Middle-earth. In the War of the Last Alliance, Sauron was defeated by the Elven King Gil-galad and Elendil, High King of Gondor and Arnor, though they themselves perished in the deed. The Ring was cut off from Sauron by Isildur, son of Elendil. Sauron was thus overthrown and he fled, and so, for many years, peace returned to Middle-earth. But the Ring itself was not destroyed: Isildur kept the Ring for himself after cutting it from Sauron. However, Isildur was slain in the Battle of the Gladden Fields and the Ring was lost in the Great River, Anduin; whereupon it came into the hands of the creature Gollum, who possessed the Ring for many years. The Ring then passed to Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit, and so passes into the hands of Frodo. Sauron had now arisen once again, and had returned to his stronghold in the land of Mordor, and was exerting all his power to find the Ring. Gandalf details the evil powers of the Ring, and its ability to influence the bearer and those near him, if it is worn for too long a time. Gandalf warns that the Ring is no longer safe in the Shire because, after some investigation of his own, Gandalf has learned from Gollum himself that Gollum had gone to Mordor, where he was captured and was tortured into revealing to Sauron that a Hobbit named Baggins from the Shire possesses the Ring. Heeding Gandalf's advice, Frodo decides that it is best to remove the Ring from the Shire. Gandalf hopes Frodo can reach the elf-haven of Rivendell, where he believes Frodo and the Ring will be safe from Sauron, at least for a while, and where those of most concern of Middle-Earth can decide the fate of the Ring. Samwise Gamgee, Frodo's gardener, is discovered listening in on the conversation. Out of loyalty to his master, Sam decides to accompany Frodo on his journey.
Over the summer Frodo makes plans to leave his home at Bag End, under the guise that he is moving to a remote region of the Shire to retire. He makes plans to "move" in the Autumn after Bilbo's and his birthday. Helping with the plans are Frodo's friends Peregrin Took (or Pippin for short), Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry), Samwise Gamgee (Sam), and Fredegar Bolger (Fatty). However, Frodo does not tell them of his true intentions to leave the Shire, nor does he tell them about the Ring.
At midsummer, Gandalf informs Frodo that he must leave on pressing business, but will return before Frodo leaves. Frodo enjoys his last few weeks at home awaiting the return of Gandalf. But as his birthday and departure approach, Gandalf is not seen or heard from. Regretfully, Frodo decides to leave without Gandalf. Merry and Fatty take the last of Frodo's possessions by cart to his new home in Crickhollow. Frodo, Sam, and Pippin go by foot using the less used roads to travel unnoticed.
On their journey the three hobbits encounter the Black Riders; Ringwraiths or the Nazgûl who serve Sauron. There are nine such Ringwraiths and are "the most terrible servants of the Dark Lord." The hobbits discover that the Nazgûl are looking for Frodo and the Ring. But with help of some Elves and Farmer Maggot they eventually reach Crickhollow on the eastern borders of the Shire. There Merry, Pippin, Sam, and Fatty reveal that they know of Frodo's plan to leave the Shire and of the existence of the Ring. Sam, Merry, and Pippin decide to leave with Frodo, while Fatty stays behind as a decoy.
The Hobbits, in hopes of eluding the Nazgûl, travel through the Old Forest and Barrow-downs, and with the assistance of Tom Bombadil, are able to reach the village of Bree, where they meet Strider, a friend of Gandalf who becomes their guide to Rivendell.
Even with Strider's help, this portion of the journey is not without further hardships. The worst of these occurs when, while at the hill of Weathertop, five of the Nazgûl attack the travellers. Frodo is stabbed by the chief of the Nazgûl (the Witch-king of Angmar), with a cursed blade. The Nazgûl are driven off for a while by Strider. Part of the knife remains inside Frodo, causing him to become increasingly ill as the journey to Rivendell continues. Strider leads the hobbits on old paths avoiding the main road. As the travellers near their destination they meet Glorfindel, a mighty Elf-Lord from Rivendell, who helps them reach the River Bruinen on the border of Rivendell. But the Nazgûl, now at their full strength of nine, spring a trap at the Ford of Bruinen. Glorfindel's horse outruns the pursuers and carries Frodo across the Ford. As the Nazgûl attempt to follow, a giant wave in the shape of charging horses appears bearing down on the Nazgûl. The flood was commanded by Elrond, the mighty Lord of Rivendell, but the shape of galloping horses was an addition of Gandalf. The Nazgûl, trapped between the rushing water and seeing Glorfindel, an Elf-Lord revealed in his wrath, are swept away by the river, as Frodo finally collapses into unconsciousness on the riverbank.
Book II: The Fellowship of the Ring
Book II opens in Rivendell at the house of Elrond. Frodo is healed by Elrond and discovers that Bilbo has been residing in Rivendell. A Council is held by Elrond and is attended by Gandalf and many others, including Frodo and Bilbo. Elrond tells the history of the One Ring of Sauron, and about the War of the Last Alliance, and how the Ring was lost to Middle-Earth for a time after the Battle of the Gladden Fields. Gandalf continues the tale, and narrates how the Ring was found by Gollum. Bilbo and Frodo narrate their own adventures about the finding of the Ring and Frodo's journey to Rivendell. Gandalf also explains why he could not accompany Frodo from the Shire. He had gone to Isengard, where the powerful wizard Saruman dwells, to seek help and counsel. Saruman was head of the White Council and the greatest of the Istari. He had long studied Sauron's arts, and the lore of the One Ring. However, Saruman has turned against them, as Gandalf finds out much to his dismay; Saruman now desires the Ring for himself. Saruman imprisons Gandalf in his tower, Orthanc, rightly suspecting that Gandalf knew where the Ring was. Gandalf, however, does not yield and manages to escape from Orthanc. He learns that Saruman is not yet in Sauron's service, and was mustering his own force of Orcs. Gandalf spreads the tidings that Saruman was now a foe, and heads towards Rivendell, knowing that he could not reach the Shire in time to accompany Frodo. In the Council of Elrond, a plan is hatched to cast the One Ring into the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor, which will destroy the Ring and end Sauron's power once and for all. Frodo is chosen to be the Ring-Bearer, and sets forth from Rivendell with eight companions: two Men, Strider (revealed to be Aragorn, Isildur's heir) and Boromir, son of the Steward of the land of Gondor; the Prince of the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood, Legolas; Frodo's old friend and powerful wizard, Gandalf; Gimli the Dwarf; and Frodo's three Hobbit companions. These Nine Walkers (called the Fellowship of the Ring) were chosen to represent all the free races of Middle-Earth and as a balance to the Nazgûl. They are also accompanied by Bill the Pony, whom Strider and the Hobbits acquired in Bree as a pack horse. Their attempt to cross the Misty Mountains is foiled by heavy snow, and they are forced to take a path under the mountains, the mines of Moria, an ancient dwarf kingdom, now full of orcs and other evil creatures. During the battle that ensues, Gandalf battles a Balrog of Morgoth, and both fall into an abyss.
The remaining eight members of the Fellowship escape from Moria and head toward the elf-haven of Lothlórien, where they are given gifts from the rulers Celeborn and Galadriel that in many cases prove useful later during the Quest. After leaving Lórien, the Ring's evil and corrupting powers begin to show. When Frodo is alone for a while to decide the future course of the Fellowship, Boromir tries to take the Ring from him. Frodo, to escape from Boromir, ends up putting on the Ring. While the rest of the Fellowship scatter to hunt for Frodo, Frodo decides that the Fellowship has to be parted, for the Ring was too evil and was setting to work within the Fellowship itself. Frodo decides to depart secretly for Mordor, but is joined by Sam and they set off together to Mordor. The Fellowship was broken.
Chapter summaries
Book I
* I - A Long-expected Party - details Bilbo and Frodo's birthday party, ending with Bilbo leaving the Shire. The name is a reference to "An Unexpected Party," the first chapter of The Hobbit.
* II - The Shadow of the Past - Gandalf reveals to Frodo the true nature of the Ring and that it must be taken to Mordor and destroyed. Sam, who has been listening at the window, agrees to accompany Frodo.
* III - Three is Company - Gandalf leaves the Shire for a short trip, but promises to return. Frodo sells Bag End to further the ruse that he is broke and thus retiring to a small house at Crickhollow in the area beyond Bucklebury in Buckland. In reality, Frodo plans to leave the Shire from Buckland without it being noticed. Mysteriously, Gandalf does not return, and so Frodo, Sam and Pippin set out walking through the East Farthing of the Shire towards Buckland and encounter a Black Rider. They also meet Gildor Inglorion an elf, with other elves, who warn them to fear the Black Riders.
* IV - A Short Cut to Mushrooms - The walking party meets Farmer Maggot, a fierce old hobbit from Frodo's childhood. Frodo finds that Maggot actually has a kind nature and also learns that the Black Riders are searching other parts of the Shire for 'Baggins.' Maggot sneaks the party to the Buckland Ferry in his waggon, where they meet up with Merry.
* V - A Conspiracy Unmasked - At Frodo's new house at Crickhollow, Frodo wrestles with how to tell Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Fredegar 'Fatty' Bolger, about his quest, only to learn that they have known much of it all along, All the hobbits except Fredegar decide to leave the next day through the Old Forest, while Fredegar remains behind to act as a decoy and inform Gandalf of Frodo's plans. The Old Forest is rumoured to be a dangerous place, but Frodo wants to avoid the main roads at all costs in order to evade the Black Riders.
* VI - The Old Forest - Although trying to avoid it, the hobbits are 'herded' by the trees to the River Withywindle, the "queerest part of the whole wood." The hobbits all suddenly fall asleep, lulled by the spells of Old Man Willow. Merry and Pippin are trapped inside the evil tree, but are freed by Tom Bombadil.
* VII - In the House of Tom Bombadil - The hobbits are invited to Tom's house and meet his "pretty lady," Goldberry. Tom gives them food and lodging and tells them stories about nature and history. Interestingly, Tom is not affected by the One Ring; it can neither make him invisible, nor hide Frodo from him. Tom tells the hobbits how to safely travel the Barrow-downs without running afoul of the evil wights who haunt them.
* VIII - Fog on the Barrow-downs - Travelling through the Barrow-downs, the hobbits are captured by a Barrow-wight, then rescued (again) by Tom Bombadil. The hobbits are given special weapons from the barrow: enchanted daggers of the Men of Westernesse that were forged to fight Sauron and his minions, including the Witch-king of Angmar.
* IX - At the Sign of the Prancing Pony - The hobbits reach the Inn of the Prancing Pony at Bree, where Frodo uses a false name, Underhill, rather than Baggins. Still, all the hobbits behave in a naïve fashion: after supper, Merry decides to go for a stroll while the other three go to the Common Room for a drink. There Frodo meets Strider, a menacing man who seems to know much about Frodo. Then Pippin, forgetting the need for secrecy, begins a tale of Bilbo. Frodo sings a song in order to stop Pippin from talking too much. In the middle of Frodo's song, he slips and falls, and his finger 'accidentally' slips through the Ring (the Ring may be trying to reveal Frodo), causing Frodo to vanish and starting a bigger commotion among the guests than Pippin's tale would have done. Frodo escapes into a corner, where Strider tells him that several people in the Inn saw what happened. Strider uses this to persuade Frodo to agree to meet with him in Frodo's rooms. Soon after, the innkeeper, Barliman Butterbur, also requests a private audience with Frodo.
* X - Strider - Strider, after convincing Frodo he means no harm, pledges to save the hobbits from peril if he can. Butterbur gives Frodo a letter from Gandalf, which Butterbur had failed to deliver to him at the Shire as he was asked to by Gandalf. It tells Frodo that Strider is actually Aragorn, a friend of Gandalf's and confirms that Frodo may trust Strider. Shortly afterwards Merry runs into the room, frightened, having seen people from Bree talking to some Black Riders.
* XI - A Knife in the Dark - In Buckland, Fredegar Bolger flees the house before the Black Riders can enter and rouses Buckland. Some Bree folk, agents of the Black Riders, attack the Inn at night, destroying the room the hobbits were supposed to stay in and scaring away all the horses in Bree, including the hobbit's ponies. The hobbits are forced to buy a scrawny pony from Bill Ferny (a spy for the Riders). Strider decides that their chambers aren't safe and, after setting up decoys, has Butterbur move the hobbits to another room. With Strider, they quickly leave the town, passing through the Midgewater Marshes to reach a famous hill called Weathertop. Disaster follows when the party is attacked by five Black Riders. Frodo, succumbing to the Riders' command, puts on the Ring. He then tries to fight them off but to no avail. The Nazgûl's leader (the Witch-king of Angmar - Frodo now notices that he wears a crown), stabs Frodo with a Morgul-blade, poisoning him. Then the Riders seem to be driven off with fire by Strider. They believe, however, that they have only to wait until Frodo's wound overcomes him.
* XII - Flight to the Ford - Strider attempts to heal Frodo with a plant called athelas which relieves Frodo's pain, but Strider knows that only Elrond, Master of Rivendell, can heal this wound. On the way, the party passes the trolls that were turned to stone in The Hobbit. They get closer to Rivendell with no sign of the Riders. Eventually, they meet the Elf-lord Glorfindel from Rivendell, who has fought the Riders before and, as a High Elf, is feared by them. Glorfindel then accompanies them to the Ford of Rivendell. When they are within sight of the Ford, the Riders close in upon the party. Frodo is forced to flee on Glorfindel's horse. Frodo tries to make a last stand at the River, but is overcome by his wound and the power of the King of the Black Riders. The Riders are almost upon him when the River rises up in a flood caused by Elrond and Gandalf and washes the Black Riders away as Frodo falls unconscious.
Book II
* I - Many Meetings - After awakening from a sleep of four days, Frodo meets Gandalf and Bilbo again, as well as Glóin (one of the dwarves from The Hobbit), Elrond and others.
* II - The Council of Elrond - A council is attended by many emissaries of the Free Peoples; Gandalf tells the story of his escape from Saruman; they decide that the Ring must be destroyed and Frodo offers to take it to Mordor, and Gandalf and several others agree to accompany him. During the meeting Elrond proclaims the formation of the Fellowship of the Ring.
* III - The Ring goes South - The nine members of the Fellowship travel south through Hollin; they try to take the road over the mountain Caradhras but are forced to turn back.
* IV - A Journey in the Dark - They travel to the gates of Moria, where they have to deal with the Watcher in the Water, an aquatic monster in the lake in front of it. Gandalf eventually opens the doors. Throughout their journey in Moria, Frodo hears strange footsteps and spots glowing eyes in the darkness. After passing through the city of Dwarrowdelf, the Fellowship reaches the tomb of Balin.
* V - The Bridge of Khazad-dûm - Attacked by orcs in Balin's tomb, they make their way to the narrow bridge of Khazad-dûm, pursued by orcs and trolls. Before crossing the bridge, they encounter a Balrog. Gandalf holds the Balrog off, and both fall into the abyss, much to the dismay of the company.
* VI - Lothlórien - The company meets the elves of Lórien. The elves reluctantly agree to let Gimli the dwarf pass. Aragorn takes Frodo to the hill of Cerin Amroth.
* VII - The Mirror of Galadriel - The company meets Celeborn and Galadriel. Frodo and Sam are shown the mirror of Galadriel, in which they see several strange visions including the destruction of the Shire and the Eye of Sauron. Galadriel gives encouraging advice to Frodo and Sam.
* VIII - Farewell to Lórien - The elves give the company cloaks, waybread and other gifts; they leave Lórien in boats, travelling down the Great River Anduin.
* IX - The Great River - While travelling, the Fellowship notices Gollum following them along the river on a log; as the group travels, they must come to grips with several choices: they can either cross the east bank of the river and continue on the road towards Mordor, or they can go towards Gondor, and help fight off Mordor's forces. The third choice is the breaking of the Fellowship.
* X - The Breaking of the Fellowship - The company arrives at Parth Galen; they still face the various paths before them. The choice is given to Frodo, who thinks it over alone. Alone, that is until Boromir arrives, and attempts to convince Frodo to go towards Gondor. When that fails, he tries to take the Ring from Frodo, who puts it on to escape him. When Frodo does not arrive back at camp, and Boromir reveals what has happened, other members of the company scatter in an attempt to find the Ringbearer. Frodo and Sam go across the river and head towards Mordor alone. they both take off together in the land of shadows.
Members of the Fellowship of the Ring
See also: List of Middle-earth characters
Member Race
Frodo Baggins Hobbit Heir of Bilbo and Ring-Bearer. He is 50 years old as he leaves on his quest to Rivendell.
Samwise Gamgee (Sam) Hobbit Frodo's gardener, he was a loyal companion throughout the journey.
Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry) Hobbit The son of the Master of Buckland, he is cousin to both Pippin and Frodo.
Peregrin Took (Pippin) Hobbit The son of the Thain in Tookland, he is the youngest member of the group and cousin to both Merry and Frodo.
Gandalf the Grey Maia Mysterious Wizard that leads the Fellowship until Moria.
Aragorn (Strider) Man Ranger of the North, who accompanies the hobbits from Bree to Rivendell, and then becomes a member of the Fellowship. His weapon is the sword. It is revealed that he is the Heir of Isildur and of Elendil.
Legolas Elf Elven archer. His weapon is the bow. His father is Thranduil, king of the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood, and he came to inform the council of the escape of Gollum.
Gimli Dwarf Son of Glóin. His weapon is the axe. He came to Rivendell from the Lonely Mountain with his father about trouble in the east.
Boromir Man Son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor. His weapon is the sword and the shield. He came to Rivendell seeking answers to a strange dream.
In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien mostly refers to the group as the "Company of the Ring", or "the Company" for short, rather than "Fellowship of the Ring" or "Fellowship". This is demonstrated by Robert Foster's The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, which lists more page references for "Company..." than "Fellowship..." (and in fact the group appears under the entry "Company of the Ring".) However, since "Fellowship of the Ring" was used as the title of the first volume of the book, it has become the familiar term.
zhè zhǐ jiè zhǐ yōng yòu wú qióng de shén mì lì liàng， jiè zhǐ yuán lái shì hēi 'àn jūn wáng suǒ lún suǒ yòu de， què yì wài dì dào liǎo fó luó duō shǒu lǐ。 fó luó duō jué dìng jiāng jiè zhǐ cuī huǐ， yǐ miǎn suǒ lún duó huí qù gǒng gù zì jǐ de shì lì。 suǒ lún wèile zǔ zhǐ fó luó duō， yú shì pài chū liǎo shǒu xià de guài shòu jiā yǐ zhuī shā， yīcháng zhèng xié dà zhàn yǎn kàn zhe yī chù jí fā…
běn piàn bèi jǐng shì zài shén mì de shǐ qián shí dài， yóu yīcháng zhèng xié zhàn yì suǒ yǐn fā de cháng piān gù shì， zhè gè zhěng jiù rén lèi de wēi xiǎn rèn wù luò zài nián qīng de hā bǐ zú rén─ fó luó duō bā jīn shēn shàng， tā cóng biǎo gē bā bó nà lǐ dé dào liǎo yī zhǐ wú xié de mó huàn jiè zhǐ。
fó luó duō fā xiàn zhè zhǐ jiè zhǐ de zhì zào zhě shì hēi 'àn mó jūn suǒ lún， ér suǒ lún zhèng jí zhe yào bǎ jiè zhǐ zhǎo huí qù。 yīn wéi zhè zhǐ jiè zhǐ shì dài biǎo wěi dà xié 'è shì lì de mó jiè， jiāng shǐ suǒ lún tǒng zhì xià de rén mín dé dào jiě fàng， ér tā tǒng zhì de zhè piàn tǔ dì jiù shì sú chēng de zhōng tǔ shì jiè（ MiddleEarth）。
cōng máng zhī xià， fó luó duō jié hé liǎo yī xiē jiù yuán lì liàng bāo kuò liǎo shù shì、 xiǎo jīng líng、 zhū rú jí rén lèi， yī qǐ xié zhù tā qián wǎng zhōng tǔ shì jiè， jiāng jiè zhǐ diū rù mó gōng zhī dòng de mò rì shān mài zhōng jiā yǐ cuī huǐ。
rán 'ér， zhè qún yì yǒng zhī shì què zāo dào suǒ lún shǒu xià guài shòu qún de gōng jī， zhè xiē kǒng bù xié 'è de liè shā jūn duì cán rěn dì zhuī shā fó luó duō hé tā de péng yǒu。 fó luó duō děng yī qún rén hái bì xū duì kàng jiè zhǐ zhōng de xié 'è lì liàng， zhè gǔ lì liàng huì ràng rén chǎn shēng nán yǐ dǐ dǎng de yù wàng， kǎo yàn zhe měi yī gè jiē chù jiè zhǐ zhě de yì zhì lì
Title and publication
Tolkien conceived of The Lord of the Rings as a multiple volume with six sections he called "books" along with extensive appendices. The original publisher made the decision to split the work into three parts. It was also the publisher's decision to place the fifth and sixth books and the appendices into one volume under the title The Return of the King, in reference to Aragorn's assumption of the throne of Gondor. Tolkien indicated he would have preferred The War of the Ring as a title, as it gave away less of the story.
Before the decision to publish The Lord of the Rings in three volumes was made, Tolkien had hoped to publish the novel in one volume, or combined with The Silmarillion. At this stage he planned to title the individual books. The proposed title for Book I was The First Journey or The Ring Sets Out. Book II was titled The Journey of the Nine Companions or The Ring Goes South. The titles The Ring Sets Out and The Ring Goes South were used in the Millenium edition.
Plot summary
The Prologue is meant primarily to help people who have not read The Hobbit understand the events of that book, along with some other information that the author felt is relevant to set the stage for the novel.
Book I: The Return of the Shadow
The first chapter in the book begins quite lightly, following the tone of The Hobbit. Bilbo is celebrating his 111th (or eleventy-first, as it is called in Hobbiton) birthday on the same day that Frodo Baggins, his heir, is celebrating his 33rd birthday (his 'coming of age'). At the birthday party, Bilbo disappears after his speech, to the surprise of all. Bilbo departs from the Shire, the land of the Hobbits, for what he calls a permanent holiday. He leaves his remaining belongings including his home, Bag End and, after some persuasion by the wizard Gandalf, the Ring he had found on his adventures (with which he used to make himself invisible), to Frodo. Gandalf warns Frodo to keep the Ring secret and safe from others, and leaves on his own business.
Over the next seventeen years Gandalf visits Frodo; staying briefly before going off again. Then one spring night Gandalf arrives to alert Frodo to the darker aspects of the Ring which Bilbo had previously only used to make himself invisible: it is the One Ring of Sauron, the Dark Lord. Sauron forged the Ring himself and used it to subdue and rule Middle-earth. In the War of the Last Alliance, Sauron was defeated by the Elven King Gil-galad and Elendil, High King of Gondor and Arnor, though they themselves perished in the deed. The Ring was cut off from Sauron by Isildur, son of Elendil. Sauron was thus overthrown and he fled, and so, for many years, peace returned to Middle-earth. But the Ring itself was not destroyed: Isildur kept the Ring for himself after cutting it from Sauron. However, Isildur was slain in the Battle of the Gladden Fields and the Ring was lost in the Great River, Anduin; whereupon it came into the hands of the creature Gollum, who possessed the Ring for many years. The Ring then passed to Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit, and so passes into the hands of Frodo. Sauron had now arisen once again, and had returned to his stronghold in the land of Mordor, and was exerting all his power to find the Ring. Gandalf details the evil powers of the Ring, and its ability to influence the bearer and those near him, if it is worn for too long a time. Gandalf warns that the Ring is no longer safe in the Shire because, after some investigation of his own, Gandalf has learned from Gollum himself that Gollum had gone to Mordor, where he was captured and was tortured into revealing to Sauron that a Hobbit named Baggins from the Shire possesses the Ring. Heeding Gandalf's advice, Frodo decides that it is best to remove the Ring from the Shire. Gandalf hopes Frodo can reach the elf-haven of Rivendell, where he believes Frodo and the Ring will be safe from Sauron, at least for a while, and where those of most concern of Middle-Earth can decide the fate of the Ring. Samwise Gamgee, Frodo's gardener, is discovered listening in on the conversation. Out of loyalty to his master, Sam decides to accompany Frodo on his journey.
Over the summer Frodo makes plans to leave his home at Bag End, under the guise that he is moving to a remote region of the Shire to retire. He makes plans to "move" in the Autumn after Bilbo's and his birthday. Helping with the plans are Frodo's friends Peregrin Took (or Pippin for short), Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry), Samwise Gamgee (Sam), and Fredegar Bolger (Fatty). However, Frodo does not tell them of his true intentions to leave the Shire, nor does he tell them about the Ring.
At midsummer, Gandalf informs Frodo that he must leave on pressing business, but will return before Frodo leaves. Frodo enjoys his last few weeks at home awaiting the return of Gandalf. But as his birthday and departure approach, Gandalf is not seen or heard from. Regretfully, Frodo decides to leave without Gandalf. Merry and Fatty take the last of Frodo's possessions by cart to his new home in Crickhollow. Frodo, Sam, and Pippin go by foot using the less used roads to travel unnoticed.
On their journey the three hobbits encounter the Black Riders; Ringwraiths or the Nazgûl who serve Sauron. There are nine such Ringwraiths and are "the most terrible servants of the Dark Lord." The hobbits discover that the Nazgûl are looking for Frodo and the Ring. But with help of some Elves and Farmer Maggot they eventually reach Crickhollow on the eastern borders of the Shire. There Merry, Pippin, Sam, and Fatty reveal that they know of Frodo's plan to leave the Shire and of the existence of the Ring. Sam, Merry, and Pippin decide to leave with Frodo, while Fatty stays behind as a decoy.
The Hobbits, in hopes of eluding the Nazgûl, travel through the Old Forest and Barrow-downs, and with the assistance of Tom Bombadil, are able to reach the village of Bree, where they meet Strider, a friend of Gandalf who becomes their guide to Rivendell.
Even with Strider's help, this portion of the journey is not without further hardships. The worst of these occurs when, while at the hill of Weathertop, five of the Nazgûl attack the travellers. Frodo is stabbed by the chief of the Nazgûl (the Witch-king of Angmar), with a cursed blade. The Nazgûl are driven off for a while by Strider. Part of the knife remains inside Frodo, causing him to become increasingly ill as the journey to Rivendell continues. Strider leads the hobbits on old paths avoiding the main road. As the travellers near their destination they meet Glorfindel, a mighty Elf-Lord from Rivendell, who helps them reach the River Bruinen on the border of Rivendell. But the Nazgûl, now at their full strength of nine, spring a trap at the Ford of Bruinen. Glorfindel's horse outruns the pursuers and carries Frodo across the Ford. As the Nazgûl attempt to follow, a giant wave in the shape of charging horses appears bearing down on the Nazgûl. The flood was commanded by Elrond, the mighty Lord of Rivendell, but the shape of galloping horses was an addition of Gandalf. The Nazgûl, trapped between the rushing water and seeing Glorfindel, an Elf-Lord revealed in his wrath, are swept away by the river, as Frodo finally collapses into unconsciousness on the riverbank.
Book II: The Fellowship of the Ring
Book II opens in Rivendell at the house of Elrond. Frodo is healed by Elrond and discovers that Bilbo has been residing in Rivendell. A Council is held by Elrond and is attended by Gandalf and many others, including Frodo and Bilbo. Elrond tells the history of the One Ring of Sauron, and about the War of the Last Alliance, and how the Ring was lost to Middle-Earth for a time after the Battle of the Gladden Fields. Gandalf continues the tale, and narrates how the Ring was found by Gollum. Bilbo and Frodo narrate their own adventures about the finding of the Ring and Frodo's journey to Rivendell. Gandalf also explains why he could not accompany Frodo from the Shire. He had gone to Isengard, where the powerful wizard Saruman dwells, to seek help and counsel. Saruman was head of the White Council and the greatest of the Istari. He had long studied Sauron's arts, and the lore of the One Ring. However, Saruman has turned against them, as Gandalf finds out much to his dismay; Saruman now desires the Ring for himself. Saruman imprisons Gandalf in his tower, Orthanc, rightly suspecting that Gandalf knew where the Ring was. Gandalf, however, does not yield and manages to escape from Orthanc. He learns that Saruman is not yet in Sauron's service, and was mustering his own force of Orcs. Gandalf spreads the tidings that Saruman was now a foe, and heads towards Rivendell, knowing that he could not reach the Shire in time to accompany Frodo. In the Council of Elrond, a plan is hatched to cast the One Ring into the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor, which will destroy the Ring and end Sauron's power once and for all. Frodo is chosen to be the Ring-Bearer, and sets forth from Rivendell with eight companions: two Men, Strider (revealed to be Aragorn, Isildur's heir) and Boromir, son of the Steward of the land of Gondor; the Prince of the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood, Legolas; Frodo's old friend and powerful wizard, Gandalf; Gimli the Dwarf; and Frodo's three Hobbit companions. These Nine Walkers (called the Fellowship of the Ring) were chosen to represent all the free races of Middle-Earth and as a balance to the Nazgûl. They are also accompanied by Bill the Pony, whom Strider and the Hobbits acquired in Bree as a pack horse. Their attempt to cross the Misty Mountains is foiled by heavy snow, and they are forced to take a path under the mountains, the mines of Moria, an ancient dwarf kingdom, now full of orcs and other evil creatures. During the battle that ensues, Gandalf battles a Balrog of Morgoth, and both fall into an abyss.
The remaining eight members of the Fellowship escape from Moria and head toward the elf-haven of Lothlórien, where they are given gifts from the rulers Celeborn and Galadriel that in many cases prove useful later during the Quest. After leaving Lórien, the Ring's evil and corrupting powers begin to show. When Frodo is alone for a while to decide the future course of the Fellowship, Boromir tries to take the Ring from him. Frodo, to escape from Boromir, ends up putting on the Ring. While the rest of the Fellowship scatter to hunt for Frodo, Frodo decides that the Fellowship has to be parted, for the Ring was too evil and was setting to work within the Fellowship itself. Frodo decides to depart secretly for Mordor, but is joined by Sam and they set off together to Mordor. The Fellowship was broken.
Chapter summaries
Book I
* I - A Long-expected Party - details Bilbo and Frodo's birthday party, ending with Bilbo leaving the Shire. The name is a reference to "An Unexpected Party," the first chapter of The Hobbit.
* II - The Shadow of the Past - Gandalf reveals to Frodo the true nature of the Ring and that it must be taken to Mordor and destroyed. Sam, who has been listening at the window, agrees to accompany Frodo.
* III - Three is Company - Gandalf leaves the Shire for a short trip, but promises to return. Frodo sells Bag End to further the ruse that he is broke and thus retiring to a small house at Crickhollow in the area beyond Bucklebury in Buckland. In reality, Frodo plans to leave the Shire from Buckland without it being noticed. Mysteriously, Gandalf does not return, and so Frodo, Sam and Pippin set out walking through the East Farthing of the Shire towards Buckland and encounter a Black Rider. They also meet Gildor Inglorion an elf, with other elves, who warn them to fear the Black Riders.
* IV - A Short Cut to Mushrooms - The walking party meets Farmer Maggot, a fierce old hobbit from Frodo's childhood. Frodo finds that Maggot actually has a kind nature and also learns that the Black Riders are searching other parts of the Shire for 'Baggins.' Maggot sneaks the party to the Buckland Ferry in his waggon, where they meet up with Merry.
* V - A Conspiracy Unmasked - At Frodo's new house at Crickhollow, Frodo wrestles with how to tell Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Fredegar 'Fatty' Bolger, about his quest, only to learn that they have known much of it all along, All the hobbits except Fredegar decide to leave the next day through the Old Forest, while Fredegar remains behind to act as a decoy and inform Gandalf of Frodo's plans. The Old Forest is rumoured to be a dangerous place, but Frodo wants to avoid the main roads at all costs in order to evade the Black Riders.
* VI - The Old Forest - Although trying to avoid it, the hobbits are 'herded' by the trees to the River Withywindle, the "queerest part of the whole wood." The hobbits all suddenly fall asleep, lulled by the spells of Old Man Willow. Merry and Pippin are trapped inside the evil tree, but are freed by Tom Bombadil.
* VII - In the House of Tom Bombadil - The hobbits are invited to Tom's house and meet his "pretty lady," Goldberry. Tom gives them food and lodging and tells them stories about nature and history. Interestingly, Tom is not affected by the One Ring; it can neither make him invisible, nor hide Frodo from him. Tom tells the hobbits how to safely travel the Barrow-downs without running afoul of the evil wights who haunt them.
* VIII - Fog on the Barrow-downs - Travelling through the Barrow-downs, the hobbits are captured by a Barrow-wight, then rescued (again) by Tom Bombadil. The hobbits are given special weapons from the barrow: enchanted daggers of the Men of Westernesse that were forged to fight Sauron and his minions, including the Witch-king of Angmar.
* IX - At the Sign of the Prancing Pony - The hobbits reach the Inn of the Prancing Pony at Bree, where Frodo uses a false name, Underhill, rather than Baggins. Still, all the hobbits behave in a naïve fashion: after supper, Merry decides to go for a stroll while the other three go to the Common Room for a drink. There Frodo meets Strider, a menacing man who seems to know much about Frodo. Then Pippin, forgetting the need for secrecy, begins a tale of Bilbo. Frodo sings a song in order to stop Pippin from talking too much. In the middle of Frodo's song, he slips and falls, and his finger 'accidentally' slips through the Ring (the Ring may be trying to reveal Frodo), causing Frodo to vanish and starting a bigger commotion among the guests than Pippin's tale would have done. Frodo escapes into a corner, where Strider tells him that several people in the Inn saw what happened. Strider uses this to persuade Frodo to agree to meet with him in Frodo's rooms. Soon after, the innkeeper, Barliman Butterbur, also requests a private audience with Frodo.
* X - Strider - Strider, after convincing Frodo he means no harm, pledges to save the hobbits from peril if he can. Butterbur gives Frodo a letter from Gandalf, which Butterbur had failed to deliver to him at the Shire as he was asked to by Gandalf. It tells Frodo that Strider is actually Aragorn, a friend of Gandalf's and confirms that Frodo may trust Strider. Shortly afterwards Merry runs into the room, frightened, having seen people from Bree talking to some Black Riders.
* XI - A Knife in the Dark - In Buckland, Fredegar Bolger flees the house before the Black Riders can enter and rouses Buckland. Some Bree folk, agents of the Black Riders, attack the Inn at night, destroying the room the hobbits were supposed to stay in and scaring away all the horses in Bree, including the hobbit's ponies. The hobbits are forced to buy a scrawny pony from Bill Ferny (a spy for the Riders). Strider decides that their chambers aren't safe and, after setting up decoys, has Butterbur move the hobbits to another room. With Strider, they quickly leave the town, passing through the Midgewater Marshes to reach a famous hill called Weathertop. Disaster follows when the party is attacked by five Black Riders. Frodo, succumbing to the Riders' command, puts on the Ring. He then tries to fight them off but to no avail. The Nazgûl's leader (the Witch-king of Angmar - Frodo now notices that he wears a crown), stabs Frodo with a Morgul-blade, poisoning him. Then the Riders seem to be driven off with fire by Strider. They believe, however, that they have only to wait until Frodo's wound overcomes him.
* XII - Flight to the Ford - Strider attempts to heal Frodo with a plant called athelas which relieves Frodo's pain, but Strider knows that only Elrond, Master of Rivendell, can heal this wound. On the way, the party passes the trolls that were turned to stone in The Hobbit. They get closer to Rivendell with no sign of the Riders. Eventually, they meet the Elf-lord Glorfindel from Rivendell, who has fought the Riders before and, as a High Elf, is feared by them. Glorfindel then accompanies them to the Ford of Rivendell. When they are within sight of the Ford, the Riders close in upon the party. Frodo is forced to flee on Glorfindel's horse. Frodo tries to make a last stand at the River, but is overcome by his wound and the power of the King of the Black Riders. The Riders are almost upon him when the River rises up in a flood caused by Elrond and Gandalf and washes the Black Riders away as Frodo falls unconscious.
Book II
* I - Many Meetings - After awakening from a sleep of four days, Frodo meets Gandalf and Bilbo again, as well as Glóin (one of the dwarves from The Hobbit), Elrond and others.
* II - The Council of Elrond - A council is attended by many emissaries of the Free Peoples; Gandalf tells the story of his escape from Saruman; they decide that the Ring must be destroyed and Frodo offers to take it to Mordor, and Gandalf and several others agree to accompany him. During the meeting Elrond proclaims the formation of the Fellowship of the Ring.
* III - The Ring goes South - The nine members of the Fellowship travel south through Hollin; they try to take the road over the mountain Caradhras but are forced to turn back.
* IV - A Journey in the Dark - They travel to the gates of Moria, where they have to deal with the Watcher in the Water, an aquatic monster in the lake in front of it. Gandalf eventually opens the doors. Throughout their journey in Moria, Frodo hears strange footsteps and spots glowing eyes in the darkness. After passing through the city of Dwarrowdelf, the Fellowship reaches the tomb of Balin.
* V - The Bridge of Khazad-dûm - Attacked by orcs in Balin's tomb, they make their way to the narrow bridge of Khazad-dûm, pursued by orcs and trolls. Before crossing the bridge, they encounter a Balrog. Gandalf holds the Balrog off, and both fall into the abyss, much to the dismay of the company.
* VI - Lothlórien - The company meets the elves of Lórien. The elves reluctantly agree to let Gimli the dwarf pass. Aragorn takes Frodo to the hill of Cerin Amroth.
* VII - The Mirror of Galadriel - The company meets Celeborn and Galadriel. Frodo and Sam are shown the mirror of Galadriel, in which they see several strange visions including the destruction of the Shire and the Eye of Sauron. Galadriel gives encouraging advice to Frodo and Sam.
* VIII - Farewell to Lórien - The elves give the company cloaks, waybread and other gifts; they leave Lórien in boats, travelling down the Great River Anduin.
* IX - The Great River - While travelling, the Fellowship notices Gollum following them along the river on a log; as the group travels, they must come to grips with several choices: they can either cross the east bank of the river and continue on the road towards Mordor, or they can go towards Gondor, and help fight off Mordor's forces. The third choice is the breaking of the Fellowship.
* X - The Breaking of the Fellowship - The company arrives at Parth Galen; they still face the various paths before them. The choice is given to Frodo, who thinks it over alone. Alone, that is until Boromir arrives, and attempts to convince Frodo to go towards Gondor. When that fails, he tries to take the Ring from Frodo, who puts it on to escape him. When Frodo does not arrive back at camp, and Boromir reveals what has happened, other members of the company scatter in an attempt to find the Ringbearer. Frodo and Sam go across the river and head towards Mordor alone. they both take off together in the land of shadows.
Members of the Fellowship of the Ring
See also: List of Middle-earth characters
Member Race
Frodo Baggins Hobbit Heir of Bilbo and Ring-Bearer. He is 50 years old as he leaves on his quest to Rivendell.
Samwise Gamgee (Sam) Hobbit Frodo's gardener, he was a loyal companion throughout the journey.
Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry) Hobbit The son of the Master of Buckland, he is cousin to both Pippin and Frodo.
Peregrin Took (Pippin) Hobbit The son of the Thain in Tookland, he is the youngest member of the group and cousin to both Merry and Frodo.
Gandalf the Grey Maia Mysterious Wizard that leads the Fellowship until Moria.
Aragorn (Strider) Man Ranger of the North, who accompanies the hobbits from Bree to Rivendell, and then becomes a member of the Fellowship. His weapon is the sword. It is revealed that he is the Heir of Isildur and of Elendil.
Legolas Elf Elven archer. His weapon is the bow. His father is Thranduil, king of the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood, and he came to inform the council of the escape of Gollum.
Gimli Dwarf Son of Glóin. His weapon is the axe. He came to Rivendell from the Lonely Mountain with his father about trouble in the east.
Boromir Man Son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor. His weapon is the sword and the shield. He came to Rivendell seeking answers to a strange dream.
In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien mostly refers to the group as the "Company of the Ring", or "the Company" for short, rather than "Fellowship of the Ring" or "Fellowship". This is demonstrated by Robert Foster's The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, which lists more page references for "Company..." than "Fellowship..." (and in fact the group appears under the entry "Company of the Ring".) However, since "Fellowship of the Ring" was used as the title of the first volume of the book, it has become the familiar term.
jiǎng shù hù jiè lián méng zhōng de hā bǐ rén méi lì yǔ pí píng bèi 'ào kè sī lǔ zǒu， hù jiè shǐ zhě men bù dé bù fēn tóu xíng shì： fú lā duō yǔ hǎo yǒu shān mǔ jì xù xiàng suǒ lóng lǐng dì mò dū (Modor) jìn fā， tú zhōng tā men zhì fú liǎo yě zài fēng kuáng xún zhǎo mó jiè de guài wù gǔ lǔ mǔ (Gollum)， mó jiè céng jīng wèitā dài lái liǎo cháng shòu yǔ yǐn shēn zhī dào zhí dào fú lā duō de qián bèi bì 'ěr bó ná zǒu liǎo zhè méi jiè zhǐ。 yóu yú tōng xiàng mò dū de lù tú shí fēn jiān xiǎn， ér mò rì shān jiù zài mò dū de běi miàn， suǒ yǐ fú lā duō yǔ shān mǔ bù dé bù yǐ kào gǔ lǔ mǔ de bāng zhù。 chú liǎo yào shí kè dīfáng xīn huái guǐ tāi de gǔ lǔ mǔ， yǐ jí qiáng dà de mó jiè yōu líng， fú lā duō hái yào dǐ yù mó jiè duì qí xīn líng yù lái yù qiáng de qīn shí， kě wèi shēng sǐ yī xiàn， xiǎn qíng dié chū……
lìng yī miàn hù jiè shǐ zhě 'ā lā gòng、 lāi gé lā sī yǔ jí mù lì zé yǔ chéng gōng táo lí 'ào kè sī yíng dì de méi lì yǔ pí píng huì hé， bìng jiā rù rén lèi zú qún luó hàn guó (Rohan) de duì wǔ zhǔn bèi duì xié 'è de bái yī shù shì sà rú màn de lǐng dì yī sēn jiā dé fā dòng jìn gōng。 ér cǐ shí hēi kuí shǒu suǒ lóng yě cè dòng qí 'ào kè sī bù duì xiàng luó hàn de shǒu dū 'āi duō lā sī jìn fā， jīng líng zú yǔ rén lèi de lián méng jiāng zāo dào hēi mó fǎ shòu bīng qiáng dà zhàn dǒu lì yǔ sà rú màn xié 'è mó fǎ de shuāngchóng tiǎo zhàn！ jǐn yào guān tóu gān duō fū zài dù xiàn shēn， gèng cóng huī yī fǎ shī shēng zhì fǎ lì wú biān de bái yī fǎ shī， shuāng fāng yīcháng 'è zhàn zài suǒ nán miǎn！
Title
The Lord of the Rings is composed of 6 "books", aside from an introduction, a prologue and 6 appendices. The novel was originally published as 3 separate volumes due to post-World War II paper shortages and size and price considerations. The Two Towers covers Books III and IV.
Tolkien wrote, "The Two Towers gets as near as possible to finding a title to cover the widely divergent Books 3 & 4; and can be left ambiguous." At this stage he planned to title the individual books. The proposed title for Book III was The Treason of Isengard. Book IV was titled The Journey of the Ringbearers or The Ring Goes East. The titles The Treason of Isengard and The Ring Goes East were used in the Millennium edition.
A note at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring and Tolkien's final illustration of the towers gives the pair as Minas Morgul and Orthanc. However, in a letter to Rayner Unwin, Tolkien instead gives Orthanc and the Tower of Cirith Ungol, but felt such an identification was misleading due to the opposition between Barad-dûr and Minas Tirith. Loosely, any pair from the set of five towers in the story could fit the title: the tower of Cirith Ungol (Cirith Ungol being a pass), Orthanc, Minas Tirith, Barad-dûr and Minas Morgul.
However ambiguous the title may be in the book, director Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Two Towers designates the title as referring to the towers of Barad-dûr in Mordor and Orthanc in Isengard. In dialogue written for the film, the wizard Saruman says:
"The World is changing. Who now has the strength to stand against the armies of Isengard and Mordor? To stand against the might of Sauron and Saruman ... and the union of the two towers? Together, my Lord Sauron ... we shall rule this Middle-earth."
In different teaser trailers for the film, voice-over narration by Gandalf and Galadriel directly states the towers as Barad-dûr and Orthanc.
Structure
Because The Two Towers is the central portion of a longer work, its structure differs from that of a conventional novel. It begins and ends abruptly, without introduction to the characters, explanations of major plot elements, or a strict conclusion. This is characteristic of the technical classification novel sequence, not a book series — though it and the other two volumes are not individual novels themselves. The first section follows the divergent paths of several important figures from The Fellowship of the Ring, but tells nothing of its central character, on whose fate so much depends, enabling the reader to share in the suspense and uncertainty of the characters. The narrative of the second part returns to Frodo's quest to destroy the evil that threatens the world.
Plot summary
Book III: The Treason of Isengard
As Aragorn searches for Frodo, he suddenly hears Boromir's horn. He finds Boromir mortally wounded by arrows, his assailants gone. Before Boromir dies he reveals that Merry and Pippin had been captured by Orcs in spite of his efforts to defend them, and that Frodo had vanished after Boromir had tried to take the Ring from him and that he truly regretted attempting to take the Ring from Frodo. In his last moments, he charges Aragorn to defend Minas Tirith from Sauron. With Legolas and Gimli, who had been fighting Orcs themselves, Aragorn pays his last respects to the fallen hero and sends him down the Great River Anduin on a funeral boat, the usual methods of burial being impracticable. The three then resolve to follow the Uruk-hai captors. Meanwhile, after some hardship, the hobbits escape when the Uruk-hai are attacked by the horsemen of Rohan, called the Rohirrim or "Riders of Rohan".
Merry and Pippin escape into the nearby Fangorn Forest, where they encounter the giant treelike Ents. The Ents resembled actual trees, except they could see, talk, and move. These guardians of the forest generally kept to themselves, but after a long contemplation on whether or not the Hobbits were friends, or foes, their leader Treebeard persuades the Ent council to oppose the menace posed to the forest by the wizard Saruman, as suggested by Merry and Pippin, as Treebeard realizes that Saruman's minions have been cutting down large numbers of their trees to fuel the furnaces needed for Saruman's arming of his dark army.
Aragorn, Gimli the Dwarf and Legolas the Elf come across the Riders of Rohan led by Éomer, nephew of King Théoden. The trio learn that the horsemen had attacked a band of Orcs the previous night, and that they had left no survivors. However, Aragorn is able to track a small set of prints that lead into Fangorn, where they meet a wizard in white robes. They shortly afterward meet Gandalf, (they at first take him to be Saruman) whom they believed had perished in the mines of Moria. He tells them of his fall into the abyss, his battle to the death with the Balrog and his resurrection and his enhanced power. The four ride to Rohan's capital Edoras, where Gandalf rouses King Théoden from inaction against the threat Saruman poses. In the process, Saruman's spy in Rohan (and King Théoden's trusted advisor) Gríma Wormtongue, is expelled from Rohan. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas then travel with Théoden's troops to the fortress of Hornburg, in the valley of Helm's Deep. Gandalf rides away before the battle begins, though he gives no reason for doing so. At the Hornburg, the army of Rohan led by King Théoden and Aragorn resist a full-scale onslaught by the hosts of Saruman. Yet, things begin to go ill with Rohan, until Gandalf arrives with the remains of the army of Westfold that Saruman's forces had previously routed. The tide now turns in Rohan's favour, and Saruman's orcs flee into a forest of Huorns, creatures similar to Ents, and none escape alive. Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas, along with King Théoden and Éomer, head to Saruman's stronghold of Isengard.
Here, they reunite with Merry and Pippin and find Isengard overrun by Ents, who had flooded it by breaking a nearby dam of the river Isen, and the central tower of Orthanc besieged, with Saruman and Wormtongue trapped inside. After giving Saruman a chance to repent, who refuses, Gandalf casts him out of the Order of Wizards and the White Council. Gríma throws something from a window at Gandalf but misses, and it is picked up by Pippin. This object turns out to be one of the palantíri (seeing-stones). Pippin, unable to resist the urge, looks into it and encounters the Eye of Sauron, but emerges unscathed from the ordeal. Gandalf and Pippin then head for Minas Tirith in Gondor in preparation for the imminent war against Mordor, while Théoden and Aragorn remain behind to begin the muster of Rohan, to ride to the aid of Gondor.
Book IV: The Journey to Mordor
Frodo and Sam discover and capture Gollum, who has been stalking them in their quest to reach Mount Doom and destroy the One Ring, for Gollum hopes to reclaim the Ring for himself. Sam loathes and distrusts him, but Frodo pities the poor creature. Gollum promises to lead the pair to the Black Gate of Mordor and for a time appears to be a true ally. He leads them through a hidden passage of the Dead Marshes in order to avoid being spied by Orcs. Frodo and Sam learn that the Dead Marshes were once part of an ancient battlefield, upon which the War of the Last Alliance was fought. Upon reaching the Black Gate, Gollum persuades the hobbits not to enter, where they would have been surely caught. He tells them of a secret entrance to Mordor. Thus, they head south into Gondor's province of Ithilien and are accosted by a group of Gondorian rangers led by Faramir, the brother of Boromir. Frodo learns from Faramir of Boromir's death and Sam accidentally reveals to Faramir that Frodo carries the One Ring. As a result of this Frodo reveals the plan to destroy the Ring in the fires of Mount Doom. Later that night Gollum is captured diving into the sacred pool, the penalty for which is death. Frodo negotiates Gollum's freedom with Faramir. The following morning Faramir allows them to go on their way, but warns them that Gollum may know more about the secret entrance (Cirith Ungol) than he has been telling them.
Gollum leads them past the city of Minas Morgul and up a long, steep staircase of the Tower of Cirith Ungol into the lair of an enormous spider named Shelob. Gollum hopes to get the Ring from Frodo's bones after Shelob is done with him. The hobbits escape Shelob in her lair and mistakenly assume that they are safe. However, Shelob sneaks up on Frodo. Sam attempts to warn Frodo but is attacked by Gollum. Shelob stings Frodo in the back of the neck and he collapses to the ground.
Sam fends off Gollum and Gollum runs off back towards Shelob's cave. Sam then drives off Shelob. After seeing Frodo lifeless and pale, Sam assumes that Frodo is dead and debates chasing Gollum and abandoning the Quest in favour of vengeance. Sam resolves to finish the Quest himself and takes the Ring. But when Orcs take Frodo's body, Sam follows them and learns that Frodo is not dead, but only unconscious, and is now a prisoner. The book ends with the line, "Frodo was alive but taken by the Enemy."
Chapter Summaries
Book III
* I - The Departure of Boromir - Aragorn finds Boromir wounded by many arrows. Boromir tells him that orcs took the Hobbits, and they were still alive. Boromir does not tell Aragorn which Hobbits were taken. He also reveals how he had attempted to seize the Ring from Frodo, and expresses his remorse at his actions. Boromir dies, and his body is sent down the river on a funeral boat by the three remaining members of the Company - Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli - who decide to follow the orcs.
* II - The Riders of Rohan - Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli pursue the Orcs for three days, eventually crossing into Rohan. On the fourth day of their chase, they instead encounter Éomer, who informs them that his company destroyed the Orcs the previous night, but had not spotted any hobbits. Éomer and Aragorn become friends, and he agrees to lend horses to the hunters to aid their search. Aragorn can find no signs on the edge of Fangorn, and in the middle night, the horses run off after a mysterious old man approaches the hunters' camp.
* III - The Uruk-hai - This chapter begins further back in time, telling the story of Merry and Pippin being captured by the orcs. As they flee west towards Isengard, the orcs are constantly arguing, for they serve different masters. The orcs camp near Fangorn, and Grishnákh, an Orc of Mordor, attempts to take the hobbits away with him, believing them to have the Ring. The hobbits escape as Grishnákh is killed by an arrow, and Éomer's company attacks the Orc-party.
* IV - Treebeard - Entering into Fangorn Forest, the hobbits meet Treebeard, leader of the Ents. The old Ent, initially labeling them as Orcs, eventually takes a liking to them, and leads them to his home, while discussing the history of the Ents and the treason of Isengard with the hobbits. Treebeard calls the Ents of Fangorn together at Entmoot, where they debate what should be done about Saruman. Merry and Pippin spend this time with another Ent, Quickbeam. Eventually, the Ents decide to attack Isengard, which lies just to the west.
* V - The White Rider - The chapter goes back to the story of Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli, who discover signs that the hobbits escaped the orcs into the forest. In the forest, they encounter an old man whom they presume to be Saruman. Only after attempting to fight him do they realize it is Gandalf, returned from death. Gandalf sizes up the current situation and the impending war (and also gives an account on his epic battle against the Balrog) before leading the companions to their horses, and heading south to Edoras, capital city of Rohan
* VI - The King of the Golden Hall - Arriving at Edoras, Gandalf and his companions find Gríma Wormtongue controlling the city in the name of King Théoden. Gandalf exposes Wormtongue as Saruman's spy, and cures the King of his depression and idleness brought on by Gríma's poisoned words. Éomer is released from his imprisonment, and Wormtongue flees the city. Gandalf persuades Théoden to fight against Saruman, and the King rides west with Éomer, Gandalf, the three hunters, and one thousand Rohirrim. He leaves his niece and Éomer's sister, Éowyn, to lead his people.
* VII - Helm's Deep - Riding west, the army encounters a messenger warning them of an impending attack by Saruman's massive army of Uruk-hai and Wild Men. Gandalf urges the King to fight at the Hornburg in Helm's Deep, an ancient, almost impregnable fortress. He leaves to arrange for help. Aragorn and Éomer lead Rohan's outnumbered forces in the fierce Battle of the Hornburg. After having to abandon the outer wall, Aragorn and Théoden lead a cavalry charge at dawn into the Orcs. Taken by surprise, the Orcs are driven back right into approaching reinforcements led by Gandalf, and a waiting forest of trees from Fangorn. Saruman's army is defeated.
* VIII - The Road to Isengard - Gandalf leads Théoden and the companions to Isengard. Upon their arrival, they see that the Ents have destroyed Saruman's machinery and factories. Merry and Pippin guard the ruined gate, and introduce themselves to Théoden.
* IX - Flotsam and Jetsam - Merry and Pippin tell Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, the story of their adventures with both the Orcs and Ents. They recount how the Ents attacked Isengard, killing many Orcs and destroying Saruman's war-machines. The Ents then flooded the Ring of Isengard, drowning Saruman's underground smithies and barracks. The hobbits happily reveal that they found their favorite pipe-weed from the Shire in one of Saruman's store-rooms.
* X - The Voice of Saruman - Gandalf leads Théoden, Éomer, and the other Fellowship members to a parley with Saruman at the tower of Orthanc in the midst of Isengard. Saruman, while defeated in battle, is still able to use his voice to gain power over others. He nearly convinces the King to make peace with him. Gandalf and Théoden, however, see through Saruman's lies. Gandalf offers Saruman a chance to repent and aid the forces of good in the war to come. When Saruman rejects the offer, Gandalf breaks Saruman's staff and casts him from the White Council. As they leave, Wormtongue, who had returned to Saruman, throws Saruman's Palantír down at the company. Pippin picks it up before Gandalf takes it from him. Gandalf entrusts control of Isengard (and Saruman) to Treebeard and the Ents before the company leaves.
* XI - The Palantír - At the camp south of Isengard, Pippin takes the Palantír from Gandalf as he sleeps, and looks into it. He encounters the Eye of Sauron and sees Sauron's plans to attack Gondor's capital city of Minas Tirith. He escapes unscathed, and Gandalf takes the stone back before giving it to Aragorn for safekeeping. A winged Nazgûl flies over the camp, and Gandalf realizes the war is arriving. He rides of with Pippin to Minas Tirith, while Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Merry, Théoden, Éomer, and the Rohirrim ride back towards Helm's Deep. On the way to Gondor, Gandalf explains the Palantír to Pippin, revealing that it is the one of the last surviving Seeing-Stones which Elendil brough from Númenor.
Book IV
* I - The Taming of Sméagol - Frodo and Sam become lost in the Emyn Muil and eventually encounter the creature Gollum, who had been tracking them, desiring the Ring. After capturing him, Frodo makes Gollum lead them to Mordor in exchange for Sam untying him. Gollum agrees to this plan, swearing "on the Precious".
* II - The Passage of the Marshes - Gollum shows Frodo and Sam a secret way through the Dead Marshes in order to escape being noticed by Orcs. In the Marshes, Frodo and Sam discover more about their new guide. They also narrowly escape detection by a winged Nazgûl.
* III - The Black Gate is Closed - Arriving at the Black Gate of Mordor, Frodo and Sam see it is impenetrable. While hiding within sight of the Towers of the Teeth, Gollum persuades the hobbits to take a "secret way" into Mordor he knows of further to the south. Seeing that he has no chance to enter Mordor via the Black Gate, Frodo agrees to the southward route.
* IV - Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit - Frodo, Sam, and Gollum enter Ithilien, a pleasant land once belonging to Gondor. Making camp, Sam coaxes Gollum into procuring some rabbits for a meal. The smoke from Sam's fire catches the eye of Gondorian Rangers, led by Boromir's younger brother Faramir. Frodo and Sam watch while the Rangers engage a host of Haradrim, who are bringing a Mûmakil to Mordor. Meanwhile, Gollum runs off.
* V - The Window on the West - After the Rangers defeat the Haradrim, Frodo and Sam are taken by Faramir to the secret outpost of Henneth Annûn. There, Faramir questions Frodo about the circumstances of Boromir's death. When Sam accidentally reveals that Frodo carries the Ring, and that Boromir had attempted to seize it, Faramir reveals that he would not use the Ring or try to take it; he sees the evil it can do.
* VI - The Forbidden Pool - In the middle of the night, Faramir shows Frodo that his men have found Gollum in Henneth Annûn's forbidden pool. Frodo convinces Faramir not to shoot Gollum. Faramir questions the wretch over where he is leading Frodo. When Gollum reveals he intends to take the hobbits past Minas Morgul, Faramir grows alarmed and urges Frodo to not use that way. He warns of evil in the pass above the city.
* VII - Journey to the Cross-roads - Faramir sends Frodo and Sam off with provisions and directions to Morgul-vale. He also allows Gollum to leave, but denounces him as evil and untrustworthy. Gollum brings the hobbits to the road between Osgiliath and Minas Morgul, and leads them east towards the Mountains of Shadow. At the Cross-roads, where the Harad Road meets the Osgiliath Road, the hobbits encounter an old, headless statue of a Gondorian king. When Frodo sees the head lying nearby, he perceives that "The king has got a crown again". At this same time, darkness from Mordor covers the Sun.
* VIII - The Stairs of Cirith Ungol - Approaching the evil city of Minas Morgul, Frodo, Sam, and Gollum witness a great host of Sauron leaving the city to make war on Gondor. They are led by the Witch-king of Angmar. Climbing the stairs towards Gollum's secret pass, Gollum runs off for a short time. Sam suspects he may be alerting Orcs to their presence.
* IX - Shelob's Lair - Gollum returns and leads the hobbits into a dark tunnel, which is really the lair of Shelob the spider. Encountering the monsterous arachnid, Frodo and Sam realize Gollum has fled, leaving them to die. Making use of the Phial of Galadriel and his sword Sting, Frodo is able to drive Shelob back for a short time. However, as the hobbits escape the lair, Gollum subdues Sam while Shelob reappears and attacks Frodo.
* X - The Choices of Master Samwise - Sam overcomes Gollum and sends him fleeing in terror. Seeing that Shelob has attacked Frodo, Sam battles her fiercely, eventually wounding her with Sting and blinding her with the Phial. Sam sees that Shelob has stung Frodo, who lies seemingly dead in the pass. With Gollum's betrayal complete, Sam resolves to take the Ring and continue the Quest on his own, leaving his master's body. Shortly after taking the Ring, a company of Orcs from the nearby Tower of Cirith Ungol arrives and meets a company from Minas Morgul. They take Frodo's body back to the Tower. Sam, pursuing them, overhears the two commanders say that Shelob has not killed Frodo, but rendered him unconcious for several hours. The Orcs reach the Tower, but Sam cannot catch up to them in time. He is left out in a secret passageway, unable to enter as the novel ends.
Adaptations
Some of the events of The Two Towers along with The Fellowship of Ring were depicted in the 1978 film of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, directed by Ralph Bakshi.
In 1999, The Lifeline Theatre in Chicago presented the world premiere of The Two Towers, adapted for the stage by James Sie and Karen Tarjan, directed by Ned Mochel.
In 2002 the film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, directed by Peter Jackson, was released. Both The Two Towers and the succeeding film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King abandoned the parallel storytelling of the volume in favour of a more chronological presentation. The first chapter from the volume actually appears at the end of Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Later events of The Two Towers involving Frodo and Sam were filmed for Jackson's The Return of the King. Other significant changes were made in the plot line, partially to give each of the characters a story arc in which they could develop and change. Although all three of Jackson's films differ from their source material, "The Two Towers" arguably contains the most major alterations. There was initial concern over using the title "The Two Towers" due to the real-life association with the World Trade Center and the terrorist attacks the previous year. The WTC was also commonly called The Twin Towers and due to that similarity, the filmmakers were reportedly considering alternate titles. It was decided, eventually, to retain the original title.
Various games also adapt The Two Towers, including online role-playing games like The Two Towers Mud and graphically-oriented console games.
lìng yī miàn hù jiè shǐ zhě 'ā lā gòng、 lāi gé lā sī yǔ jí mù lì zé yǔ chéng gōng táo lí 'ào kè sī yíng dì de méi lì yǔ pí píng huì hé， bìng jiā rù rén lèi zú qún luó hàn guó (Rohan) de duì wǔ zhǔn bèi duì xié 'è de bái yī shù shì sà rú màn de lǐng dì yī sēn jiā dé fā dòng jìn gōng。 ér cǐ shí hēi kuí shǒu suǒ lóng yě cè dòng qí 'ào kè sī bù duì xiàng luó hàn de shǒu dū 'āi duō lā sī jìn fā， jīng líng zú yǔ rén lèi de lián méng jiāng zāo dào hēi mó fǎ shòu bīng qiáng dà zhàn dǒu lì yǔ sà rú màn xié 'è mó fǎ de shuāngchóng tiǎo zhàn！ jǐn yào guān tóu gān duō fū zài dù xiàn shēn， gèng cóng huī yī fǎ shī shēng zhì fǎ lì wú biān de bái yī fǎ shī， shuāng fāng yīcháng 'è zhàn zài suǒ nán miǎn！
Title
The Lord of the Rings is composed of 6 "books", aside from an introduction, a prologue and 6 appendices. The novel was originally published as 3 separate volumes due to post-World War II paper shortages and size and price considerations. The Two Towers covers Books III and IV.
Tolkien wrote, "The Two Towers gets as near as possible to finding a title to cover the widely divergent Books 3 & 4; and can be left ambiguous." At this stage he planned to title the individual books. The proposed title for Book III was The Treason of Isengard. Book IV was titled The Journey of the Ringbearers or The Ring Goes East. The titles The Treason of Isengard and The Ring Goes East were used in the Millennium edition.
A note at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring and Tolkien's final illustration of the towers gives the pair as Minas Morgul and Orthanc. However, in a letter to Rayner Unwin, Tolkien instead gives Orthanc and the Tower of Cirith Ungol, but felt such an identification was misleading due to the opposition between Barad-dûr and Minas Tirith. Loosely, any pair from the set of five towers in the story could fit the title: the tower of Cirith Ungol (Cirith Ungol being a pass), Orthanc, Minas Tirith, Barad-dûr and Minas Morgul.
However ambiguous the title may be in the book, director Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Two Towers designates the title as referring to the towers of Barad-dûr in Mordor and Orthanc in Isengard. In dialogue written for the film, the wizard Saruman says:
"The World is changing. Who now has the strength to stand against the armies of Isengard and Mordor? To stand against the might of Sauron and Saruman ... and the union of the two towers? Together, my Lord Sauron ... we shall rule this Middle-earth."
In different teaser trailers for the film, voice-over narration by Gandalf and Galadriel directly states the towers as Barad-dûr and Orthanc.
Structure
Because The Two Towers is the central portion of a longer work, its structure differs from that of a conventional novel. It begins and ends abruptly, without introduction to the characters, explanations of major plot elements, or a strict conclusion. This is characteristic of the technical classification novel sequence, not a book series — though it and the other two volumes are not individual novels themselves. The first section follows the divergent paths of several important figures from The Fellowship of the Ring, but tells nothing of its central character, on whose fate so much depends, enabling the reader to share in the suspense and uncertainty of the characters. The narrative of the second part returns to Frodo's quest to destroy the evil that threatens the world.
Plot summary
Book III: The Treason of Isengard
As Aragorn searches for Frodo, he suddenly hears Boromir's horn. He finds Boromir mortally wounded by arrows, his assailants gone. Before Boromir dies he reveals that Merry and Pippin had been captured by Orcs in spite of his efforts to defend them, and that Frodo had vanished after Boromir had tried to take the Ring from him and that he truly regretted attempting to take the Ring from Frodo. In his last moments, he charges Aragorn to defend Minas Tirith from Sauron. With Legolas and Gimli, who had been fighting Orcs themselves, Aragorn pays his last respects to the fallen hero and sends him down the Great River Anduin on a funeral boat, the usual methods of burial being impracticable. The three then resolve to follow the Uruk-hai captors. Meanwhile, after some hardship, the hobbits escape when the Uruk-hai are attacked by the horsemen of Rohan, called the Rohirrim or "Riders of Rohan".
Merry and Pippin escape into the nearby Fangorn Forest, where they encounter the giant treelike Ents. The Ents resembled actual trees, except they could see, talk, and move. These guardians of the forest generally kept to themselves, but after a long contemplation on whether or not the Hobbits were friends, or foes, their leader Treebeard persuades the Ent council to oppose the menace posed to the forest by the wizard Saruman, as suggested by Merry and Pippin, as Treebeard realizes that Saruman's minions have been cutting down large numbers of their trees to fuel the furnaces needed for Saruman's arming of his dark army.
Aragorn, Gimli the Dwarf and Legolas the Elf come across the Riders of Rohan led by Éomer, nephew of King Théoden. The trio learn that the horsemen had attacked a band of Orcs the previous night, and that they had left no survivors. However, Aragorn is able to track a small set of prints that lead into Fangorn, where they meet a wizard in white robes. They shortly afterward meet Gandalf, (they at first take him to be Saruman) whom they believed had perished in the mines of Moria. He tells them of his fall into the abyss, his battle to the death with the Balrog and his resurrection and his enhanced power. The four ride to Rohan's capital Edoras, where Gandalf rouses King Théoden from inaction against the threat Saruman poses. In the process, Saruman's spy in Rohan (and King Théoden's trusted advisor) Gríma Wormtongue, is expelled from Rohan. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas then travel with Théoden's troops to the fortress of Hornburg, in the valley of Helm's Deep. Gandalf rides away before the battle begins, though he gives no reason for doing so. At the Hornburg, the army of Rohan led by King Théoden and Aragorn resist a full-scale onslaught by the hosts of Saruman. Yet, things begin to go ill with Rohan, until Gandalf arrives with the remains of the army of Westfold that Saruman's forces had previously routed. The tide now turns in Rohan's favour, and Saruman's orcs flee into a forest of Huorns, creatures similar to Ents, and none escape alive. Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas, along with King Théoden and Éomer, head to Saruman's stronghold of Isengard.
Here, they reunite with Merry and Pippin and find Isengard overrun by Ents, who had flooded it by breaking a nearby dam of the river Isen, and the central tower of Orthanc besieged, with Saruman and Wormtongue trapped inside. After giving Saruman a chance to repent, who refuses, Gandalf casts him out of the Order of Wizards and the White Council. Gríma throws something from a window at Gandalf but misses, and it is picked up by Pippin. This object turns out to be one of the palantíri (seeing-stones). Pippin, unable to resist the urge, looks into it and encounters the Eye of Sauron, but emerges unscathed from the ordeal. Gandalf and Pippin then head for Minas Tirith in Gondor in preparation for the imminent war against Mordor, while Théoden and Aragorn remain behind to begin the muster of Rohan, to ride to the aid of Gondor.
Book IV: The Journey to Mordor
Frodo and Sam discover and capture Gollum, who has been stalking them in their quest to reach Mount Doom and destroy the One Ring, for Gollum hopes to reclaim the Ring for himself. Sam loathes and distrusts him, but Frodo pities the poor creature. Gollum promises to lead the pair to the Black Gate of Mordor and for a time appears to be a true ally. He leads them through a hidden passage of the Dead Marshes in order to avoid being spied by Orcs. Frodo and Sam learn that the Dead Marshes were once part of an ancient battlefield, upon which the War of the Last Alliance was fought. Upon reaching the Black Gate, Gollum persuades the hobbits not to enter, where they would have been surely caught. He tells them of a secret entrance to Mordor. Thus, they head south into Gondor's province of Ithilien and are accosted by a group of Gondorian rangers led by Faramir, the brother of Boromir. Frodo learns from Faramir of Boromir's death and Sam accidentally reveals to Faramir that Frodo carries the One Ring. As a result of this Frodo reveals the plan to destroy the Ring in the fires of Mount Doom. Later that night Gollum is captured diving into the sacred pool, the penalty for which is death. Frodo negotiates Gollum's freedom with Faramir. The following morning Faramir allows them to go on their way, but warns them that Gollum may know more about the secret entrance (Cirith Ungol) than he has been telling them.
Gollum leads them past the city of Minas Morgul and up a long, steep staircase of the Tower of Cirith Ungol into the lair of an enormous spider named Shelob. Gollum hopes to get the Ring from Frodo's bones after Shelob is done with him. The hobbits escape Shelob in her lair and mistakenly assume that they are safe. However, Shelob sneaks up on Frodo. Sam attempts to warn Frodo but is attacked by Gollum. Shelob stings Frodo in the back of the neck and he collapses to the ground.
Sam fends off Gollum and Gollum runs off back towards Shelob's cave. Sam then drives off Shelob. After seeing Frodo lifeless and pale, Sam assumes that Frodo is dead and debates chasing Gollum and abandoning the Quest in favour of vengeance. Sam resolves to finish the Quest himself and takes the Ring. But when Orcs take Frodo's body, Sam follows them and learns that Frodo is not dead, but only unconscious, and is now a prisoner. The book ends with the line, "Frodo was alive but taken by the Enemy."
Chapter Summaries
Book III
* I - The Departure of Boromir - Aragorn finds Boromir wounded by many arrows. Boromir tells him that orcs took the Hobbits, and they were still alive. Boromir does not tell Aragorn which Hobbits were taken. He also reveals how he had attempted to seize the Ring from Frodo, and expresses his remorse at his actions. Boromir dies, and his body is sent down the river on a funeral boat by the three remaining members of the Company - Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli - who decide to follow the orcs.
* II - The Riders of Rohan - Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli pursue the Orcs for three days, eventually crossing into Rohan. On the fourth day of their chase, they instead encounter Éomer, who informs them that his company destroyed the Orcs the previous night, but had not spotted any hobbits. Éomer and Aragorn become friends, and he agrees to lend horses to the hunters to aid their search. Aragorn can find no signs on the edge of Fangorn, and in the middle night, the horses run off after a mysterious old man approaches the hunters' camp.
* III - The Uruk-hai - This chapter begins further back in time, telling the story of Merry and Pippin being captured by the orcs. As they flee west towards Isengard, the orcs are constantly arguing, for they serve different masters. The orcs camp near Fangorn, and Grishnákh, an Orc of Mordor, attempts to take the hobbits away with him, believing them to have the Ring. The hobbits escape as Grishnákh is killed by an arrow, and Éomer's company attacks the Orc-party.
* IV - Treebeard - Entering into Fangorn Forest, the hobbits meet Treebeard, leader of the Ents. The old Ent, initially labeling them as Orcs, eventually takes a liking to them, and leads them to his home, while discussing the history of the Ents and the treason of Isengard with the hobbits. Treebeard calls the Ents of Fangorn together at Entmoot, where they debate what should be done about Saruman. Merry and Pippin spend this time with another Ent, Quickbeam. Eventually, the Ents decide to attack Isengard, which lies just to the west.
* V - The White Rider - The chapter goes back to the story of Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli, who discover signs that the hobbits escaped the orcs into the forest. In the forest, they encounter an old man whom they presume to be Saruman. Only after attempting to fight him do they realize it is Gandalf, returned from death. Gandalf sizes up the current situation and the impending war (and also gives an account on his epic battle against the Balrog) before leading the companions to their horses, and heading south to Edoras, capital city of Rohan
* VI - The King of the Golden Hall - Arriving at Edoras, Gandalf and his companions find Gríma Wormtongue controlling the city in the name of King Théoden. Gandalf exposes Wormtongue as Saruman's spy, and cures the King of his depression and idleness brought on by Gríma's poisoned words. Éomer is released from his imprisonment, and Wormtongue flees the city. Gandalf persuades Théoden to fight against Saruman, and the King rides west with Éomer, Gandalf, the three hunters, and one thousand Rohirrim. He leaves his niece and Éomer's sister, Éowyn, to lead his people.
* VII - Helm's Deep - Riding west, the army encounters a messenger warning them of an impending attack by Saruman's massive army of Uruk-hai and Wild Men. Gandalf urges the King to fight at the Hornburg in Helm's Deep, an ancient, almost impregnable fortress. He leaves to arrange for help. Aragorn and Éomer lead Rohan's outnumbered forces in the fierce Battle of the Hornburg. After having to abandon the outer wall, Aragorn and Théoden lead a cavalry charge at dawn into the Orcs. Taken by surprise, the Orcs are driven back right into approaching reinforcements led by Gandalf, and a waiting forest of trees from Fangorn. Saruman's army is defeated.
* VIII - The Road to Isengard - Gandalf leads Théoden and the companions to Isengard. Upon their arrival, they see that the Ents have destroyed Saruman's machinery and factories. Merry and Pippin guard the ruined gate, and introduce themselves to Théoden.
* IX - Flotsam and Jetsam - Merry and Pippin tell Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, the story of their adventures with both the Orcs and Ents. They recount how the Ents attacked Isengard, killing many Orcs and destroying Saruman's war-machines. The Ents then flooded the Ring of Isengard, drowning Saruman's underground smithies and barracks. The hobbits happily reveal that they found their favorite pipe-weed from the Shire in one of Saruman's store-rooms.
* X - The Voice of Saruman - Gandalf leads Théoden, Éomer, and the other Fellowship members to a parley with Saruman at the tower of Orthanc in the midst of Isengard. Saruman, while defeated in battle, is still able to use his voice to gain power over others. He nearly convinces the King to make peace with him. Gandalf and Théoden, however, see through Saruman's lies. Gandalf offers Saruman a chance to repent and aid the forces of good in the war to come. When Saruman rejects the offer, Gandalf breaks Saruman's staff and casts him from the White Council. As they leave, Wormtongue, who had returned to Saruman, throws Saruman's Palantír down at the company. Pippin picks it up before Gandalf takes it from him. Gandalf entrusts control of Isengard (and Saruman) to Treebeard and the Ents before the company leaves.
* XI - The Palantír - At the camp south of Isengard, Pippin takes the Palantír from Gandalf as he sleeps, and looks into it. He encounters the Eye of Sauron and sees Sauron's plans to attack Gondor's capital city of Minas Tirith. He escapes unscathed, and Gandalf takes the stone back before giving it to Aragorn for safekeeping. A winged Nazgûl flies over the camp, and Gandalf realizes the war is arriving. He rides of with Pippin to Minas Tirith, while Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Merry, Théoden, Éomer, and the Rohirrim ride back towards Helm's Deep. On the way to Gondor, Gandalf explains the Palantír to Pippin, revealing that it is the one of the last surviving Seeing-Stones which Elendil brough from Númenor.
Book IV
* I - The Taming of Sméagol - Frodo and Sam become lost in the Emyn Muil and eventually encounter the creature Gollum, who had been tracking them, desiring the Ring. After capturing him, Frodo makes Gollum lead them to Mordor in exchange for Sam untying him. Gollum agrees to this plan, swearing "on the Precious".
* II - The Passage of the Marshes - Gollum shows Frodo and Sam a secret way through the Dead Marshes in order to escape being noticed by Orcs. In the Marshes, Frodo and Sam discover more about their new guide. They also narrowly escape detection by a winged Nazgûl.
* III - The Black Gate is Closed - Arriving at the Black Gate of Mordor, Frodo and Sam see it is impenetrable. While hiding within sight of the Towers of the Teeth, Gollum persuades the hobbits to take a "secret way" into Mordor he knows of further to the south. Seeing that he has no chance to enter Mordor via the Black Gate, Frodo agrees to the southward route.
* IV - Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit - Frodo, Sam, and Gollum enter Ithilien, a pleasant land once belonging to Gondor. Making camp, Sam coaxes Gollum into procuring some rabbits for a meal. The smoke from Sam's fire catches the eye of Gondorian Rangers, led by Boromir's younger brother Faramir. Frodo and Sam watch while the Rangers engage a host of Haradrim, who are bringing a Mûmakil to Mordor. Meanwhile, Gollum runs off.
* V - The Window on the West - After the Rangers defeat the Haradrim, Frodo and Sam are taken by Faramir to the secret outpost of Henneth Annûn. There, Faramir questions Frodo about the circumstances of Boromir's death. When Sam accidentally reveals that Frodo carries the Ring, and that Boromir had attempted to seize it, Faramir reveals that he would not use the Ring or try to take it; he sees the evil it can do.
* VI - The Forbidden Pool - In the middle of the night, Faramir shows Frodo that his men have found Gollum in Henneth Annûn's forbidden pool. Frodo convinces Faramir not to shoot Gollum. Faramir questions the wretch over where he is leading Frodo. When Gollum reveals he intends to take the hobbits past Minas Morgul, Faramir grows alarmed and urges Frodo to not use that way. He warns of evil in the pass above the city.
* VII - Journey to the Cross-roads - Faramir sends Frodo and Sam off with provisions and directions to Morgul-vale. He also allows Gollum to leave, but denounces him as evil and untrustworthy. Gollum brings the hobbits to the road between Osgiliath and Minas Morgul, and leads them east towards the Mountains of Shadow. At the Cross-roads, where the Harad Road meets the Osgiliath Road, the hobbits encounter an old, headless statue of a Gondorian king. When Frodo sees the head lying nearby, he perceives that "The king has got a crown again". At this same time, darkness from Mordor covers the Sun.
* VIII - The Stairs of Cirith Ungol - Approaching the evil city of Minas Morgul, Frodo, Sam, and Gollum witness a great host of Sauron leaving the city to make war on Gondor. They are led by the Witch-king of Angmar. Climbing the stairs towards Gollum's secret pass, Gollum runs off for a short time. Sam suspects he may be alerting Orcs to their presence.
* IX - Shelob's Lair - Gollum returns and leads the hobbits into a dark tunnel, which is really the lair of Shelob the spider. Encountering the monsterous arachnid, Frodo and Sam realize Gollum has fled, leaving them to die. Making use of the Phial of Galadriel and his sword Sting, Frodo is able to drive Shelob back for a short time. However, as the hobbits escape the lair, Gollum subdues Sam while Shelob reappears and attacks Frodo.
* X - The Choices of Master Samwise - Sam overcomes Gollum and sends him fleeing in terror. Seeing that Shelob has attacked Frodo, Sam battles her fiercely, eventually wounding her with Sting and blinding her with the Phial. Sam sees that Shelob has stung Frodo, who lies seemingly dead in the pass. With Gollum's betrayal complete, Sam resolves to take the Ring and continue the Quest on his own, leaving his master's body. Shortly after taking the Ring, a company of Orcs from the nearby Tower of Cirith Ungol arrives and meets a company from Minas Morgul. They take Frodo's body back to the Tower. Sam, pursuing them, overhears the two commanders say that Shelob has not killed Frodo, but rendered him unconcious for several hours. The Orcs reach the Tower, but Sam cannot catch up to them in time. He is left out in a secret passageway, unable to enter as the novel ends.
Adaptations
Some of the events of The Two Towers along with The Fellowship of Ring were depicted in the 1978 film of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, directed by Ralph Bakshi.
In 1999, The Lifeline Theatre in Chicago presented the world premiere of The Two Towers, adapted for the stage by James Sie and Karen Tarjan, directed by Ned Mochel.
In 2002 the film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, directed by Peter Jackson, was released. Both The Two Towers and the succeeding film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King abandoned the parallel storytelling of the volume in favour of a more chronological presentation. The first chapter from the volume actually appears at the end of Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Later events of The Two Towers involving Frodo and Sam were filmed for Jackson's The Return of the King. Other significant changes were made in the plot line, partially to give each of the characters a story arc in which they could develop and change. Although all three of Jackson's films differ from their source material, "The Two Towers" arguably contains the most major alterations. There was initial concern over using the title "The Two Towers" due to the real-life association with the World Trade Center and the terrorist attacks the previous year. The WTC was also commonly called The Twin Towers and due to that similarity, the filmmakers were reportedly considering alternate titles. It was decided, eventually, to retain the original title.
Various games also adapt The Two Towers, including online role-playing games like The Two Towers Mud and graphically-oriented console games.
《 mó jiè sān bù qū》 suí zhe zuì hòu de zhàn dǒu yǐ jí hēi 'àn jūn tuán de jí hé， gān duō fū pò qiē de xiǎng bǎ gāng duō de cán bīng jiù bù zhòng zhěng qí gǔ， gān duō fū dé dào liǎo luó hàn guó wáng sài 'ào dùn de bāng zhù。 rén lèi de lì liàng bàn suí zhe yǒng qì hé nà zhǒng chōng mǎn rè qíng de zhōng chéng， tā men miàn lín zhe yòu shǐ yǐ lái zuì dà de kǎo yàn。 dàn shì yī 'ào wēn hé merrt cáng zài 'àn chù， wú fǎ yǔ gāng duō de dí rén xiāng kàng héng。 miàn duì zhè zhǒng zhǒng sǔn shī hé bù lì， tā men jì xù chōng fēng zài zhàn dǒu de zuì qián liè， tā men kào zhe yī zhǒng zhōng chéng hé mù biāo shǐ dé hēi 'àn mó jūn suǒ lún biàn dé xīn fán yì luàn， bìng qiě gěi liǎo mó jiè de shǒu hù zhě yī gè jī huì qù wán chéng tā de qǐng qiú。 tā men shèng xià de qī wàng jiù shì hé fú lā duō yī qǐ kuà yuè jiǎo huá de dí rén de dì jiè qù bǎ mó jiè rēng dào mò rì shān mài de huǒ yàn zhōng。 lí zuì hòu de mùdì dì yuè jìn， fú lā duō de fù dān jiù yuè zhòng， tā bì xū yǐ kào shān mǔ gān mǔ qí hé gǔ lǔ mǔ。 mó jiè huì zài zhè guò chéng zhōng lái cè shì fú lā duō de zhōng chéng， běn xìng yǐ jí tā de rén xìng běn shēn……
Title
Tolkien conceived of The Lord of the Rings as a single volume comprising six "books" plus extensive appendices. The original publisher split the work into three, publishing the fifth and sixth books with the appendices under the title The Return of the King. Tolkien felt the chosen title revealed too much of the story, and indicated he preferred The War of the Ring as a title.
Tolkien may have hoped to publish the one large volume together with The Silmarillion, and to give names to the individual six books. The proposed title for Book V was The War of the Ring. Book VI was to be The End of the Third Age. These titles were used in the Millenium edition.
The Return of the King was in the end published as the third and final part of The Lord of the Rings, on October 20, 1955.
Plot summary
Book V: The War of the Ring
Gandalf and Pippin arrive at Minas Tirith in the kingdom of Gondor, delivering the news to Denethor, the Lord and Steward of Gondor, that a devastating attack on his city by Sauron, the Dark Lord of Mordor is imminent. Pippin then enters the service of the Steward as repayment of a debt he owes to Boromir, Denethor's dead son and preferred heir.
Now clad in the uniform of the tower guard, Pippin watches the fortunes of war unfold, while the Lord Denethor descends into madness as the hosts of Mordor press ever closer to Gondor's capital city of Minas Tirith. Faramir, Boromir's younger brother, returns from his campaign with the shattered remnants of his company and is soon ordered to ride out and continue the hopeless defence of Osgiliath against a horde of orcs. Osgiliath is soon overrun and a gravely wounded Faramir is carried back to Denethor. His people seemingly lost and his only remaining son all but dead, Denethor orders a funeral pyre built that is to claim both him and his dying son. Minas Tirith stands encircled and besieged by the Dark Lord's Orcs.
Meanwhile, in far-off Rohan, Théoden and his Rohirrim are recovering from the Battle of the Hornburg, in which they defended Rohan against the forces of Saruman at great cost. Aragorn, having confronted Sauron through the palantír of Isengard, sets out to find the lost army of the undead oathbreakers who dwell in the Paths of the Dead, a mountain hall where they have been enslaved since their treachery ages ago. Helped by his companions Legolas and Gimli as well as a Company of Rangers from Arnor in the north (the "Grey Company"), he sets out to recruit the Army of the Dead to his cause. As Aragorn departs on his seemingly impossible task, King Théoden musters the Rohirrim to come to the aid of Gondor. Merry, eager to go to war with his allies, is refused by Théoden several times. Finally Dernhelm, one of the Rohirrim, takes Merry up on his horse, and secretly rides with the rest of the Rohirrim.
The hosts of Mordor, led by the dreaded Witch-king of Angmar, succeed in breaking through the gates of Minas Tirith, but are in turn crushed by the arriving cavalry of Rohan. The battle is also joined by a "black fleet with black sails". The forces of Mordor initially rejoice at its arrival; and then are horrified to see the banner of the King upon the ships. Aragorn has succeeded in using the Oathbreakers to defeat the Corsairs of Umbar; the men of Gondor who were once slaves on the ships are brought back to fight the host of Mordor. In the following Battle of the Pelennor Fields the Witch-king is slain by Dernhelm, revealed to be Éowyn the niece of King Théoden, with help from Merry. Thus the siege is broken, but at heavy cost: many warriors of Gondor and Rohan fall, among them King Théoden. Denethor immolates himself and Faramir on his funeral pyre, but Gandalf and Pippin succeed in saving Faramir, who is subsequently healed by Aragorn. Aragorn also heals Merry and Éowyn, who were hurt by the Witch-king before he fell.
Knowing that it is only a matter of time before Sauron rebuilds his forces for another attack, Aragorn and Gandalf decide to draw out the hosts of Mordor with an assault on the Black Gate, providing a distraction so that Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee may have a chance of reaching Mount Doom and destroying the One Ring, unseen by the Eye of Sauron. Gandalf and Aragorn lead an army to the Black Gate of Mordor and lay siege to Sauron's army. The battle begins and the body of a troll he had killed falls onto Pippin, and he loses consciousness just as the Great Eagles arrive.
Book VI: The Return of the King
Sam, who now bears the One Ring in Frodo's place, rescues his master from torture and death by Orcs in the Tower of Cirith Ungol. The two navigate the barren wasteland of Mordor and are overtaken by a company of Orcs but escape and are forced to disguise themselves in Orcish armour. Gandalf's plan to distract Sauron from the Ring is successful: Mordor is almost empty as all the remaining Orcs have been summoned to defend the land against the assault of the army led by Gandalf and Aragorn.
The two Hobbits, after a weary and dangerous journey, finally reach the Crack of Doom. Yet just as he is about to throw the Ring into Mount Doom, Frodo succumbs to the Ring's power and refuses to let it go. Just then, Gollum, who had been following the pair still, attacks Frodo and bites off his finger with the Ring. Gollum gloats over his prize, but loses his balance and falls into the lava below, taking the Ring with him. The Ring is destroyed, freeing Middle-earth from Sauron's power. Frodo and Sam are rescued by the Great Eagles who carry them from Mount Doom. Upon Sauron's defeat, his armies at the Gate flee.
Aragorn is crowned King of Gondor outside the walls of Minas Tirith in a celebration during which all four hobbits are greatly honoured for their contribution to the War of the Ring. A healed Faramir is appointed Steward of Gondor and Aragorn marries Arwen, daughter of Elrond of Rivendell. After a series of goodbyes, the Hobbits return home to find the Shire in ruins, its inhabitants oppressed by Lotho Sackville-Baggins (usually called "The Boss") who is in reality controlled by a shadowy figure called "Sharkey". Sharkey has taken complete control of the Shire using corrupt Men, and begins felling trees in a gratuitous program of industrialization (which actually produces nothing except destruction and misery for the locals). Merry, Pippin - now experienced warriors -, Frodo and Sam make plans to set things right once more. They lead an uprising of Hobbits and are victorious at the Battle of Bywater which effectively frees the Shire. At the very doorstep of Bag End, they meet Sharkey, who is revealed to be the evil wizard Saruman, and his servant Gríma. Obstinate in defeat, Saruman abuses Gríma, who responds by slitting his master's throat. Gríma is himself slain by hobbit archers as he attempts to escape.
Over time the Shire is healed. The many trees that Saruman's men cut down are replanted; buildings are rebuilt and peace is restored. Sam marries Rosie Cotton, with whom he had been entranced for some time. Merry and Pippin lead Buckland and Tuckborough to greater achievements. Frodo, however, cannot escape the pain of his wounds, having been stabbed by the Witch-king and poisoned by Shelob. Eventually he departs for the Undying Lands in the West, with Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, and many Elves. Sam, Merry and Pippin watch them depart and return home. Now heir to all of Frodo's possessions, Sam is greeted by his wife Rosie and his daughter Elanor. In the last line of the book, Sam says to Rosie: "Well, I'm back".
Chapter summaries
Book V
* I - Minas Tirith - Gandalf and Pippin arrive in the great but decaying city of Minas Tirith, where they talk with Denethor, Steward of Gondor. Pippin enters the service of the Steward to repay the debt he owed Boromir. Pippin then is taken through the city by Beregond, a soldier of the Guard, and later by Beregond's son Bergil. Pippin and Bergil end the day watching men from other lands in Gondor march in to defend the city. The Darkness begins.
* II - The Passing of the Grey Company - The story continues back at Dol Baran, where Gandalf and Pippin left the company. Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Théoden, and Éomer are overtaken by the Grey Company riding from Rivendell. They ride to Helm's Deep, where Merry offers his sword to Théoden and Aragorn looks into the palantír of Orthanc, reveals himself to Sauron, and wins the struggle for the Stone. Aragorn then decides to take to the Paths of the Dead and goes to Edoras and then Dunharrow. There, Éowyn tries to both dissuade Aragorn from taking to the Paths and attempt to accompany him on the journey. They pass through the underground tunnel of the Dead and come across the remains of an heir of Rohan. The Grey Company comes to the Stone of Erech in Gondor where they summon the Host of the Dead to fulfil their oath. The Company then rides into the darkness of Mordor.
* III - The Muster of Rohan - Théoden, Éomer, and Merry come down from the hills into Dunharrow and climb the stair of the Hold. There they learn that Aragorn has travelled the Paths of the Dead, and Théoden explains to Merry the story of the deadly road. Théoden then receives an emissary from Denethor, bearing the Red Arrow, who begs him to come to the aid of Minas Tirith. Merry is ordered to stay behind on account of his small stature, but he is secretly taken to Minas Tirith anyway by a rider called Dernhelm.
* IV - The Siege of Gondor - The story returns to Gandalf, and Pippin, who goes to wait on the Steward. Pippin and Beregond witness the return of Faramir and his remaining company, and the Nazgûl's attack on him thwarted only by Gandalf. Faramir comes to the city and reports that he had met Frodo and allowed him to continue into Morgul Vale. Faramir endures his father's wrath until Gandalf quells the argument and states that the Ring would not have in the end saved Minas Tirith. The next day Faramir is ordered to go and command the hopeless defence of the ruined Osgiliath, and is returned gravely wounded. After the Orcs overrun the Gondorian defences on the Pelennor, Minas Tirith is besieged. Denethor, mad with grief over the apparent loss of (now) both his sons, withdraws from leadership and leaves the defending of the city to Gandalf. The Orcs set the first circle of the city on fire and Denethor in his madness tries to burn himself and Faramir alive on a funeral pyre. The gates of Minas Tirith are broken, with only Gandalf blocking the Witch-king from entering. As the two appear set to clash, the horns of Rohan are heard in the distance.
* V - The Ride of the Rohirrim - The Rohirrim pass through the Drúadan Forest and the Stonewain Valley, with the aid of the native wild men and their leader, Ghân-buri-Ghân. The army arrives at Minas Tirith to see the breaching of its gate, and then charges into the battle.
* VI - The Battle of the Pelennor Fields - The warriors of Rohan and Gondor desperately engage the armies of Mordor, Rhûn and Harad. Théoden is thrown and crushed by his horse, mortally wounded. The Lord of the Nazgûl prepares to let his fell beast consume the body. Dernhelm, now revealed to be Éowyn, slays the Lord of the Nazgûl with Merry's help. Théoden names Éomer to be his heir and the new King of the Mark before passing away. As the reserves of Mordor and the Haradrim slam into the forces of Minas Tirith and the Riders of Rohan, the Black Fleet arrives, heartening Sauron's forces. But the first ship bears the standard of the King of Gondor; Aragorn has arrived with Gondorian reinforcements. Together, the Gondorians and Rohirrim destroy Sauron's forces.
* VII - The Pyre of Denethor - Back at the ruined Gate, Pippin tells Gandalf of Denethor's madness. The two return to the hallows where Beregond is defending the wounded Faramir from immolation. He has been forced to kill several men in the process. Gandalf ends the conflict and takes Faramir off the pyre, and Denethor momentarily appears to regain his senses. However, it is soon revealed that Denethor has been using a palantír and has thus lost all hope of victory, and that he does not wish to serve under Aragorn. Denethor then sets himself on fire. Faramir is taken to the houses of healing. Gandalf explains how Denethor rejected Sauron in the palantír but was tricked by the Dark Lord and despaired of all hope.
* VIII - The Houses of Healing - Théoden is laid in state in the main hall of Gondor. Éowyn, Merry, and many others are injured and placed in the houses of healing where Gandalf calls for Aragorn to come and assist, stating that the "hands of the king are the hands of a healer." Aragorn uses kingsfoil to save Faramir, Éowyn, Merry, and many more who are injured. The people of Minas Tirith now begin to see that their true king has come back among them.
* IX - The Last Debate - Gimli and Legolas enter Minas Tirith and meet Merry and Pippin again, telling the hobbits of their journey with Aragorn. They recount how the Dead Men had attacked the invading Corsairs and Haradrim, and how Aragorn used the captured ships to reach Minas Tirith in time. The Captains of the West hold a counsel on their next action; they decide to send 7,000 men against Mordor to march on the Black Gate to keep Sauron distacted, giving the Ringbearer time to complete his task.
* X - The Black Gate Opens - The army, with Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, and Pippin (but not Merry) marches to the Black Gate. The Mouth of Sauron comes out to discuss terms, and presents tokens which were owned by Sam and Frodo. The Mouth of Sauron calls for an unconditional surrender and claims the lands east of the Great River for Sauron. Gandalf asks to see the hostages, but the emissary hesitates; thus Gandalf rejects the terms. The Mouth of Sauron then departs and the entire might of Mordor assails them. Pippin and Beregond are attacked by a Troll chieftain who is slain by Pippin. They ready themselves for death; but Pippin hears the cries that the Eagles are coming before losing consciousness.
Book VI
* I - The Tower of Cirith Ungol - Leaving Shelob's lair, Sam goes to find Frodo in the Orc tower. Sam discovers that the Orcs have killed each other in a quarrel over Frodo's possessions — especially his mithril coat. Sam finds Frodo in the top chamber of the tower and returns the Ring to him.
* II - The Land of Shadow - Sam and Frodo make their way into Mordor. They discover that Gollum is still on their trail. As they approach the vale of Udûn, they are captured by an Orc company. Just as Frodo nears exhaustion and death, Sam engineers an escape off the road.
* III - Mount Doom - After a torturous journey through Gorgoroth, Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom. Gollum appears and tries to attack them, but Frodo overpowers him. Sam prepares to kill Gollum, but relents out of pity when Gollum begs for his life. Moments later, Frodo succumbs to the Ring's power and puts it on, exposing him at last to Sauron. Gollum knocks aside Sam and attacks Frodo, biting off his finger and taking the Ring, but then he slips and falls into the Cracks of Doom, destroying himself and the Ring. Frodo and Sam witness the fall of the Dark Tower as the mountain collapses around them.
* IV - The Field of Cormallen - The story returns to the Black Gate, continuing from Book Five, chapter X; the eagles arrive and the Captains of the West stand as they witness the destruction of Mordor and hear Gandalf proclaim the success of the Ringbearer; Gandalf then mounts an Eagle and flies south to Mount Doom where he and the Eagles rescue Frodo and Sam; Sam awakes to find himself in Ithilien and realizes that he has not dreamt; Frodo and Sam are honoured on the Field of Cormallen near Cair Andros with a great feast; they are reunited with Strider—now proclaimed as King—and the rest of the Fellowship.
* V - The Steward and the King - Continuing from Book V, Éowyn is ill at ease from her wound and brooding over Aragorn. She is taken to see Faramir, who is immediately attracted to her. Merry is also in Minas Tirith and tells Faramir much of Éowyn's suffering. Éowyn and Faramir slowly fall in love and agree to marry. Later they see the arrival of the armies with Aragorn, Gandalf and the four hobbits. Gandalf crowns Aragorn King of Gondor. Aragorn makes Faramir prince of Ithilien and bids him keep the office of Steward, appointing the pardoned Beregond as his chief captain. Gandalf takes Aragorn to Mount Mindolluin to survey the lands of his kingdom where they find a sapling of the White Tree, which Aragorn uproots and plants in the court of the King. On midsummer's eve, Elrond, Galadriel, Arwen and the elves arrive in the city from the north, and Aragorn weds Arwen.
* VI - Many Partings - The company rides north to Rohan where they bury Théoden and then celebrate his life and reign in a great feast at Meduseld. They then ride to Isengard where they find that the Ents have replanted the trees in the valley, but have released Saruman and Gríma Wormtongue out of pity. Gimli and Legolas head north through Fangorn; Aragorn, taking the keys to Orthanc, returns to his kingdom; the rest of the company heads north where they meet Saruman and Gríma. Saruman refuses to repent and even steals Merry's pipeweed pouch. Galadriel and the Lórien elves leave over the pass of Caradhras; and the hobbits and Gandalf later arrive in Rivendell where they visit Bilbo, who has now grown incredibly aged.
* VII - Homeward Bound - The hobbits and Gandalf travel to Bree where they stay at the Prancing Pony, and are told by Butterbur that there has been trouble in Bree while they have been away. They assure Butterbur that things will become better because Aragorn, who Butterbur knew as Strider, is now the King, and then depart for the Shire. Gandalf leaves the hobbits near the Barrow-downs to visit Tom Bombadil, affirming their abilities to handle their own affairs from this point forward.
* VIII - The Scouring of the Shire - The hobbits arrive in the Shire to find it taken over by Frodo's distant cousin Lotho Sackville-Baggins, who is a puppet of 'Sharkey.' The Shire has been submitted to tyranny by the bigger men and their dupes — the Sheriffs (with the exception of the land belonging to the Tooks, which is under a state of semi-siege). Merry and Pippin help "raise the Shire" and lead a revolt against the ruffian Isengard men and half-orcs controlling the Shire. The Battle of Bywater is fought in which the main group of ruffians are defeated and expelled from the Shire. The hobbits find Saruman ('Sharkey') and Wormtongue at Bag End and expel Saruman from the Shire, which has suffered vast ecological damage from Saruman's forced industrialization. Saruman tries to kill Frodo but is foiled by the mithril coat. Frodo spares the evil wizard, but Wormtongue—who has murdered Lotho—kills Saruman, and is then killed himself by hobbit archers, thus ending the War of the Ring at the doorstep of Bag End.
* IX - The Grey Havens The cleaning up of the Shire. The hobbit resistors are released from prison. Sam discovers the gift that Galadriel has given him and uses the dust in the box to replant the Shire, culminating in the planting of the mallorn tree of Lórien. Several years pass, and Frodo begins to show signs of declining health and damage due to his wounds and the long burden of the Ring. Sam and Frodo go to meet the elves, Galadriel, and Bilbo travelling west through the Shire, and they travel to the Grey Havens where they meet Gandalf. Merry and Pippin arrive; Frodo, Bilbo, Gandalf and the elves set sail to the west; Sam returns to Rose and their daughter Elanor at Bag End. In the later appendix it is noted that a lone ship eventually returned to the Grey Havens. Samwise Gamgee, the one time Ring-bearer, is at the end of his life taken to the Undying Lands.
Structure
The structure of The Return of the King mirrors somewhat that of The Two Towers in that the first section recounts the various adventures of several characters including a massive battle, and the second section resumes the quest of the Ring-bearers.
* Book V
* Book VI
* Appendices
A Annals of the Kings and Rulers
I The Númenórean Kings
(i) Númenor
(ii) The Realms in Exile
(iii) Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur
(iv) Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion
(v) Here follows a part of the tale of Aragorn and Arwen
II The House of Eorl
III Durin's Folk
B The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands)
C Family Trees (Hobbits)
D Calendars
E Writing and Spelling
I Pronunciation of Words and Names
II Writing
F
I The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age
II On Translation
* Indices
I Songs and Verses
II Persons, Beasts and Monsters
III Places
IV Things
Adaptations
* The Return of the King, 1980 animated feature made for television, featuring the voices of Orson Bean and John Huston.
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2003 Academy Award winning theatrical film directed by Peter Jackson.
* Stage: The Lord of the Rings
Title
Tolkien conceived of The Lord of the Rings as a single volume comprising six "books" plus extensive appendices. The original publisher split the work into three, publishing the fifth and sixth books with the appendices under the title The Return of the King. Tolkien felt the chosen title revealed too much of the story, and indicated he preferred The War of the Ring as a title.
Tolkien may have hoped to publish the one large volume together with The Silmarillion, and to give names to the individual six books. The proposed title for Book V was The War of the Ring. Book VI was to be The End of the Third Age. These titles were used in the Millenium edition.
The Return of the King was in the end published as the third and final part of The Lord of the Rings, on October 20, 1955.
Plot summary
Book V: The War of the Ring
Gandalf and Pippin arrive at Minas Tirith in the kingdom of Gondor, delivering the news to Denethor, the Lord and Steward of Gondor, that a devastating attack on his city by Sauron, the Dark Lord of Mordor is imminent. Pippin then enters the service of the Steward as repayment of a debt he owes to Boromir, Denethor's dead son and preferred heir.
Now clad in the uniform of the tower guard, Pippin watches the fortunes of war unfold, while the Lord Denethor descends into madness as the hosts of Mordor press ever closer to Gondor's capital city of Minas Tirith. Faramir, Boromir's younger brother, returns from his campaign with the shattered remnants of his company and is soon ordered to ride out and continue the hopeless defence of Osgiliath against a horde of orcs. Osgiliath is soon overrun and a gravely wounded Faramir is carried back to Denethor. His people seemingly lost and his only remaining son all but dead, Denethor orders a funeral pyre built that is to claim both him and his dying son. Minas Tirith stands encircled and besieged by the Dark Lord's Orcs.
Meanwhile, in far-off Rohan, Théoden and his Rohirrim are recovering from the Battle of the Hornburg, in which they defended Rohan against the forces of Saruman at great cost. Aragorn, having confronted Sauron through the palantír of Isengard, sets out to find the lost army of the undead oathbreakers who dwell in the Paths of the Dead, a mountain hall where they have been enslaved since their treachery ages ago. Helped by his companions Legolas and Gimli as well as a Company of Rangers from Arnor in the north (the "Grey Company"), he sets out to recruit the Army of the Dead to his cause. As Aragorn departs on his seemingly impossible task, King Théoden musters the Rohirrim to come to the aid of Gondor. Merry, eager to go to war with his allies, is refused by Théoden several times. Finally Dernhelm, one of the Rohirrim, takes Merry up on his horse, and secretly rides with the rest of the Rohirrim.
The hosts of Mordor, led by the dreaded Witch-king of Angmar, succeed in breaking through the gates of Minas Tirith, but are in turn crushed by the arriving cavalry of Rohan. The battle is also joined by a "black fleet with black sails". The forces of Mordor initially rejoice at its arrival; and then are horrified to see the banner of the King upon the ships. Aragorn has succeeded in using the Oathbreakers to defeat the Corsairs of Umbar; the men of Gondor who were once slaves on the ships are brought back to fight the host of Mordor. In the following Battle of the Pelennor Fields the Witch-king is slain by Dernhelm, revealed to be Éowyn the niece of King Théoden, with help from Merry. Thus the siege is broken, but at heavy cost: many warriors of Gondor and Rohan fall, among them King Théoden. Denethor immolates himself and Faramir on his funeral pyre, but Gandalf and Pippin succeed in saving Faramir, who is subsequently healed by Aragorn. Aragorn also heals Merry and Éowyn, who were hurt by the Witch-king before he fell.
Knowing that it is only a matter of time before Sauron rebuilds his forces for another attack, Aragorn and Gandalf decide to draw out the hosts of Mordor with an assault on the Black Gate, providing a distraction so that Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee may have a chance of reaching Mount Doom and destroying the One Ring, unseen by the Eye of Sauron. Gandalf and Aragorn lead an army to the Black Gate of Mordor and lay siege to Sauron's army. The battle begins and the body of a troll he had killed falls onto Pippin, and he loses consciousness just as the Great Eagles arrive.
Book VI: The Return of the King
Sam, who now bears the One Ring in Frodo's place, rescues his master from torture and death by Orcs in the Tower of Cirith Ungol. The two navigate the barren wasteland of Mordor and are overtaken by a company of Orcs but escape and are forced to disguise themselves in Orcish armour. Gandalf's plan to distract Sauron from the Ring is successful: Mordor is almost empty as all the remaining Orcs have been summoned to defend the land against the assault of the army led by Gandalf and Aragorn.
The two Hobbits, after a weary and dangerous journey, finally reach the Crack of Doom. Yet just as he is about to throw the Ring into Mount Doom, Frodo succumbs to the Ring's power and refuses to let it go. Just then, Gollum, who had been following the pair still, attacks Frodo and bites off his finger with the Ring. Gollum gloats over his prize, but loses his balance and falls into the lava below, taking the Ring with him. The Ring is destroyed, freeing Middle-earth from Sauron's power. Frodo and Sam are rescued by the Great Eagles who carry them from Mount Doom. Upon Sauron's defeat, his armies at the Gate flee.
Aragorn is crowned King of Gondor outside the walls of Minas Tirith in a celebration during which all four hobbits are greatly honoured for their contribution to the War of the Ring. A healed Faramir is appointed Steward of Gondor and Aragorn marries Arwen, daughter of Elrond of Rivendell. After a series of goodbyes, the Hobbits return home to find the Shire in ruins, its inhabitants oppressed by Lotho Sackville-Baggins (usually called "The Boss") who is in reality controlled by a shadowy figure called "Sharkey". Sharkey has taken complete control of the Shire using corrupt Men, and begins felling trees in a gratuitous program of industrialization (which actually produces nothing except destruction and misery for the locals). Merry, Pippin - now experienced warriors -, Frodo and Sam make plans to set things right once more. They lead an uprising of Hobbits and are victorious at the Battle of Bywater which effectively frees the Shire. At the very doorstep of Bag End, they meet Sharkey, who is revealed to be the evil wizard Saruman, and his servant Gríma. Obstinate in defeat, Saruman abuses Gríma, who responds by slitting his master's throat. Gríma is himself slain by hobbit archers as he attempts to escape.
Over time the Shire is healed. The many trees that Saruman's men cut down are replanted; buildings are rebuilt and peace is restored. Sam marries Rosie Cotton, with whom he had been entranced for some time. Merry and Pippin lead Buckland and Tuckborough to greater achievements. Frodo, however, cannot escape the pain of his wounds, having been stabbed by the Witch-king and poisoned by Shelob. Eventually he departs for the Undying Lands in the West, with Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, and many Elves. Sam, Merry and Pippin watch them depart and return home. Now heir to all of Frodo's possessions, Sam is greeted by his wife Rosie and his daughter Elanor. In the last line of the book, Sam says to Rosie: "Well, I'm back".
Chapter summaries
Book V
* I - Minas Tirith - Gandalf and Pippin arrive in the great but decaying city of Minas Tirith, where they talk with Denethor, Steward of Gondor. Pippin enters the service of the Steward to repay the debt he owed Boromir. Pippin then is taken through the city by Beregond, a soldier of the Guard, and later by Beregond's son Bergil. Pippin and Bergil end the day watching men from other lands in Gondor march in to defend the city. The Darkness begins.
* II - The Passing of the Grey Company - The story continues back at Dol Baran, where Gandalf and Pippin left the company. Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Théoden, and Éomer are overtaken by the Grey Company riding from Rivendell. They ride to Helm's Deep, where Merry offers his sword to Théoden and Aragorn looks into the palantír of Orthanc, reveals himself to Sauron, and wins the struggle for the Stone. Aragorn then decides to take to the Paths of the Dead and goes to Edoras and then Dunharrow. There, Éowyn tries to both dissuade Aragorn from taking to the Paths and attempt to accompany him on the journey. They pass through the underground tunnel of the Dead and come across the remains of an heir of Rohan. The Grey Company comes to the Stone of Erech in Gondor where they summon the Host of the Dead to fulfil their oath. The Company then rides into the darkness of Mordor.
* III - The Muster of Rohan - Théoden, Éomer, and Merry come down from the hills into Dunharrow and climb the stair of the Hold. There they learn that Aragorn has travelled the Paths of the Dead, and Théoden explains to Merry the story of the deadly road. Théoden then receives an emissary from Denethor, bearing the Red Arrow, who begs him to come to the aid of Minas Tirith. Merry is ordered to stay behind on account of his small stature, but he is secretly taken to Minas Tirith anyway by a rider called Dernhelm.
* IV - The Siege of Gondor - The story returns to Gandalf, and Pippin, who goes to wait on the Steward. Pippin and Beregond witness the return of Faramir and his remaining company, and the Nazgûl's attack on him thwarted only by Gandalf. Faramir comes to the city and reports that he had met Frodo and allowed him to continue into Morgul Vale. Faramir endures his father's wrath until Gandalf quells the argument and states that the Ring would not have in the end saved Minas Tirith. The next day Faramir is ordered to go and command the hopeless defence of the ruined Osgiliath, and is returned gravely wounded. After the Orcs overrun the Gondorian defences on the Pelennor, Minas Tirith is besieged. Denethor, mad with grief over the apparent loss of (now) both his sons, withdraws from leadership and leaves the defending of the city to Gandalf. The Orcs set the first circle of the city on fire and Denethor in his madness tries to burn himself and Faramir alive on a funeral pyre. The gates of Minas Tirith are broken, with only Gandalf blocking the Witch-king from entering. As the two appear set to clash, the horns of Rohan are heard in the distance.
* V - The Ride of the Rohirrim - The Rohirrim pass through the Drúadan Forest and the Stonewain Valley, with the aid of the native wild men and their leader, Ghân-buri-Ghân. The army arrives at Minas Tirith to see the breaching of its gate, and then charges into the battle.
* VI - The Battle of the Pelennor Fields - The warriors of Rohan and Gondor desperately engage the armies of Mordor, Rhûn and Harad. Théoden is thrown and crushed by his horse, mortally wounded. The Lord of the Nazgûl prepares to let his fell beast consume the body. Dernhelm, now revealed to be Éowyn, slays the Lord of the Nazgûl with Merry's help. Théoden names Éomer to be his heir and the new King of the Mark before passing away. As the reserves of Mordor and the Haradrim slam into the forces of Minas Tirith and the Riders of Rohan, the Black Fleet arrives, heartening Sauron's forces. But the first ship bears the standard of the King of Gondor; Aragorn has arrived with Gondorian reinforcements. Together, the Gondorians and Rohirrim destroy Sauron's forces.
* VII - The Pyre of Denethor - Back at the ruined Gate, Pippin tells Gandalf of Denethor's madness. The two return to the hallows where Beregond is defending the wounded Faramir from immolation. He has been forced to kill several men in the process. Gandalf ends the conflict and takes Faramir off the pyre, and Denethor momentarily appears to regain his senses. However, it is soon revealed that Denethor has been using a palantír and has thus lost all hope of victory, and that he does not wish to serve under Aragorn. Denethor then sets himself on fire. Faramir is taken to the houses of healing. Gandalf explains how Denethor rejected Sauron in the palantír but was tricked by the Dark Lord and despaired of all hope.
* VIII - The Houses of Healing - Théoden is laid in state in the main hall of Gondor. Éowyn, Merry, and many others are injured and placed in the houses of healing where Gandalf calls for Aragorn to come and assist, stating that the "hands of the king are the hands of a healer." Aragorn uses kingsfoil to save Faramir, Éowyn, Merry, and many more who are injured. The people of Minas Tirith now begin to see that their true king has come back among them.
* IX - The Last Debate - Gimli and Legolas enter Minas Tirith and meet Merry and Pippin again, telling the hobbits of their journey with Aragorn. They recount how the Dead Men had attacked the invading Corsairs and Haradrim, and how Aragorn used the captured ships to reach Minas Tirith in time. The Captains of the West hold a counsel on their next action; they decide to send 7,000 men against Mordor to march on the Black Gate to keep Sauron distacted, giving the Ringbearer time to complete his task.
* X - The Black Gate Opens - The army, with Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, and Pippin (but not Merry) marches to the Black Gate. The Mouth of Sauron comes out to discuss terms, and presents tokens which were owned by Sam and Frodo. The Mouth of Sauron calls for an unconditional surrender and claims the lands east of the Great River for Sauron. Gandalf asks to see the hostages, but the emissary hesitates; thus Gandalf rejects the terms. The Mouth of Sauron then departs and the entire might of Mordor assails them. Pippin and Beregond are attacked by a Troll chieftain who is slain by Pippin. They ready themselves for death; but Pippin hears the cries that the Eagles are coming before losing consciousness.
Book VI
* I - The Tower of Cirith Ungol - Leaving Shelob's lair, Sam goes to find Frodo in the Orc tower. Sam discovers that the Orcs have killed each other in a quarrel over Frodo's possessions — especially his mithril coat. Sam finds Frodo in the top chamber of the tower and returns the Ring to him.
* II - The Land of Shadow - Sam and Frodo make their way into Mordor. They discover that Gollum is still on their trail. As they approach the vale of Udûn, they are captured by an Orc company. Just as Frodo nears exhaustion and death, Sam engineers an escape off the road.
* III - Mount Doom - After a torturous journey through Gorgoroth, Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom. Gollum appears and tries to attack them, but Frodo overpowers him. Sam prepares to kill Gollum, but relents out of pity when Gollum begs for his life. Moments later, Frodo succumbs to the Ring's power and puts it on, exposing him at last to Sauron. Gollum knocks aside Sam and attacks Frodo, biting off his finger and taking the Ring, but then he slips and falls into the Cracks of Doom, destroying himself and the Ring. Frodo and Sam witness the fall of the Dark Tower as the mountain collapses around them.
* IV - The Field of Cormallen - The story returns to the Black Gate, continuing from Book Five, chapter X; the eagles arrive and the Captains of the West stand as they witness the destruction of Mordor and hear Gandalf proclaim the success of the Ringbearer; Gandalf then mounts an Eagle and flies south to Mount Doom where he and the Eagles rescue Frodo and Sam; Sam awakes to find himself in Ithilien and realizes that he has not dreamt; Frodo and Sam are honoured on the Field of Cormallen near Cair Andros with a great feast; they are reunited with Strider—now proclaimed as King—and the rest of the Fellowship.
* V - The Steward and the King - Continuing from Book V, Éowyn is ill at ease from her wound and brooding over Aragorn. She is taken to see Faramir, who is immediately attracted to her. Merry is also in Minas Tirith and tells Faramir much of Éowyn's suffering. Éowyn and Faramir slowly fall in love and agree to marry. Later they see the arrival of the armies with Aragorn, Gandalf and the four hobbits. Gandalf crowns Aragorn King of Gondor. Aragorn makes Faramir prince of Ithilien and bids him keep the office of Steward, appointing the pardoned Beregond as his chief captain. Gandalf takes Aragorn to Mount Mindolluin to survey the lands of his kingdom where they find a sapling of the White Tree, which Aragorn uproots and plants in the court of the King. On midsummer's eve, Elrond, Galadriel, Arwen and the elves arrive in the city from the north, and Aragorn weds Arwen.
* VI - Many Partings - The company rides north to Rohan where they bury Théoden and then celebrate his life and reign in a great feast at Meduseld. They then ride to Isengard where they find that the Ents have replanted the trees in the valley, but have released Saruman and Gríma Wormtongue out of pity. Gimli and Legolas head north through Fangorn; Aragorn, taking the keys to Orthanc, returns to his kingdom; the rest of the company heads north where they meet Saruman and Gríma. Saruman refuses to repent and even steals Merry's pipeweed pouch. Galadriel and the Lórien elves leave over the pass of Caradhras; and the hobbits and Gandalf later arrive in Rivendell where they visit Bilbo, who has now grown incredibly aged.
* VII - Homeward Bound - The hobbits and Gandalf travel to Bree where they stay at the Prancing Pony, and are told by Butterbur that there has been trouble in Bree while they have been away. They assure Butterbur that things will become better because Aragorn, who Butterbur knew as Strider, is now the King, and then depart for the Shire. Gandalf leaves the hobbits near the Barrow-downs to visit Tom Bombadil, affirming their abilities to handle their own affairs from this point forward.
* VIII - The Scouring of the Shire - The hobbits arrive in the Shire to find it taken over by Frodo's distant cousin Lotho Sackville-Baggins, who is a puppet of 'Sharkey.' The Shire has been submitted to tyranny by the bigger men and their dupes — the Sheriffs (with the exception of the land belonging to the Tooks, which is under a state of semi-siege). Merry and Pippin help "raise the Shire" and lead a revolt against the ruffian Isengard men and half-orcs controlling the Shire. The Battle of Bywater is fought in which the main group of ruffians are defeated and expelled from the Shire. The hobbits find Saruman ('Sharkey') and Wormtongue at Bag End and expel Saruman from the Shire, which has suffered vast ecological damage from Saruman's forced industrialization. Saruman tries to kill Frodo but is foiled by the mithril coat. Frodo spares the evil wizard, but Wormtongue—who has murdered Lotho—kills Saruman, and is then killed himself by hobbit archers, thus ending the War of the Ring at the doorstep of Bag End.
* IX - The Grey Havens The cleaning up of the Shire. The hobbit resistors are released from prison. Sam discovers the gift that Galadriel has given him and uses the dust in the box to replant the Shire, culminating in the planting of the mallorn tree of Lórien. Several years pass, and Frodo begins to show signs of declining health and damage due to his wounds and the long burden of the Ring. Sam and Frodo go to meet the elves, Galadriel, and Bilbo travelling west through the Shire, and they travel to the Grey Havens where they meet Gandalf. Merry and Pippin arrive; Frodo, Bilbo, Gandalf and the elves set sail to the west; Sam returns to Rose and their daughter Elanor at Bag End. In the later appendix it is noted that a lone ship eventually returned to the Grey Havens. Samwise Gamgee, the one time Ring-bearer, is at the end of his life taken to the Undying Lands.
Structure
The structure of The Return of the King mirrors somewhat that of The Two Towers in that the first section recounts the various adventures of several characters including a massive battle, and the second section resumes the quest of the Ring-bearers.
* Book V
* Book VI
* Appendices
A Annals of the Kings and Rulers
I The Númenórean Kings
(i) Númenor
(ii) The Realms in Exile
(iii) Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur
(iv) Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion
(v) Here follows a part of the tale of Aragorn and Arwen
II The House of Eorl
III Durin's Folk
B The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands)
C Family Trees (Hobbits)
D Calendars
E Writing and Spelling
I Pronunciation of Words and Names
II Writing
F
I The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age
II On Translation
* Indices
I Songs and Verses
II Persons, Beasts and Monsters
III Places
IV Things
Adaptations
* The Return of the King, 1980 animated feature made for television, featuring the voices of Orson Bean and John Huston.
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2003 Academy Award winning theatrical film directed by Peter Jackson.
* Stage: The Lord of the Rings