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Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix

 J. K. Rowling
 

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full title  · Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 
author ·  J. K. Rowling
 
type of work · Children's Novel
 
genre · Fantasy
 
language · English
 
time and place written · Scotland, 2002
 
date of first publication · 2003
 
publisher · Scholastic Inc.
 
narrator · Third-person, very close to Harry Potter
 
point of view · Intimate third-person, with insights into Harry's private thoughts
 
tone · Playful, ominous, suspenseful
 
tense · Past
 
setting (time) · Present day
 
setting (place) · Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, United Kingdom
 
protagonist · Harry Potter
 
major conflict · Harry and his friends help the Order of the Phoenix in their quest to thwart the return of the evil Lord Voldemort.
 
rising action · Lord Voldemort begins to invade Harry's mind, controlling his dreams.
 
climax · Harry has a vision of his godfather, Sirius Black, being tortured by Lord Voldemort, and he rushes to the Ministry of Magic to save him.
 
falling action · The prophecy is destroyed, Voldemort escapes, and Harry and Dumbledore return to Hogwarts.
 
themes · The relationship between knowledge and time; education as empowerment; the importance of unity
 
motifs · Lying; segregation; blood
 
symbols · Occlumency; educational decrees; O.W.L. exams
 
foreshadowing · Harry's increasingly revealing dreams consistently foreshadow events to come.
 

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