Harry Potter: Reading Response 4

In the last reading response, Harry had had dentation with Professor Umbridge. She had made him write lines. Hermione and Ron were very concerned with the way in which Professor Umbridge had disciplined Harry. Harry thought it wasn’t a big deal.

                Professor Umbridge is now been placed in a higher place of authority. She is under Professor Dumbledore but is in charge of all the teachers.  The ministry of magic put her in this position. She is called The Hogwarts High Inquisitor. Her job is to make sure that the teachers are only teaching their students what they need to know for their tests called O.W.L.s. All of the professors pass except for one.

                Professor Trelawney is the fortune teller teacher. She is not very good at telling fortunes. Ron and Harry are in her class because it is an easy class and they are very lazy. Professor Trelawney predicts Harry’s death every year he has been in her class. Of course they haven’t come true.

                On the day of Professor Trelawney’s inspection, she is very nervous. Professor Umbridge comes into the class room and asks Trelawney quite a few questions. Her answers are not too bright. Umbridge then lets Trelawney teaching her class. After a few minutes, Umbridge stands up and interrupts the class. She asks Professor Trelawney to make a prediction. Trelawney looks very confused. Professor Umbride says again make a prediction. Professor Trelawney says she can’t. Professor Umbridge writes something done on her clipboard and starts to walk out of the class room. Trelawney tells her to wait and tries to make a prediction. Professor Umbridge is not impressed and leaves the classroom.

                The next day Trelawney is kicked out of Hogwarts. She stands crying in the courtyard. Professor Dumbledore swoops and says, “’You have the right to dismiss my teachers but you do not have the authority to banish them from the grounds. That power remains with the headmaster.’ Umbridge replies with a little smile on her face, ‘For now (Harry potter and the order of the phoenix).’”   

                This part of the book is one of those parts that are a very important for the rest of the book. Dumbledore standing up for his teachers is showing that Dumbledore truly cares. He knows where his authority starts and ends. He lets the ministry cut in as long as he has power. The comment from Umbridge is the most important part. It leads the reader to believe that change is coming and it cannot be good. 

This picture is the scene where Umbridge is banning Trelawney.
I chose this picture because it is a very important scene in the book.

Face to Face/ A Class Divided Response

     The first one I listened to was one by Muhammed El Nasla. He said he cam in to work a couple days after 9-11. Some of his coworkers asked him, "Why his cousins had blown up the world trade centers (face to face)." Another coworker asked him he had any bombs. He was very surprised and hurt by these questions. He didn't understand how people could joke about something that had happened a couple days ago. How can people be so insensitive? This event changed the Untied States forever and they are joking it. Tons of people died and they think it is okay to joke about it.

    Another man named Maher Hathout said that he had friends that were riding on a plane that where Arab or Muslim were asked to not ride the plane by other passengers because of their background or belief. He said, "It is embarrassing and humiliating (face to face)." This was aloud because of the events of 9-11. Even though the events were bad, not all Arabs and Muslims are bad people. They are people just like us. 

   A lady named Anjum Mir says, "Even though the feelings towards the events are rare we  have to go on living. We have to move (face to face)."Life goes on with or without you. You can 't change the past. You can only face the future. 

 
   The children in Ms. Elliot's class were all friends and all liked each other until one day Ms. Elliot told them that blue eyed people are better than brown eyed people. The brown eyed people had to where collars. The blue eyed people were told that they were smarter and could have seconds at lunch. They were allowed more time to play and could use the water fountain. The browned people were not allowed to play with the blue eyed people. Kids who were once nice each other had turned on each other in a matter of minutes. The next day the roles were switched.

   After both days were over the class sat down and talked about how they felt when they were looked down upon because of their eye color. They said they felt stupid and sad. Ms. Elliot had taught them how people who are discriminated against feel. The kids got to experience discrimination and not just talk about it. They had talked about it all year long. Now they really understood what it felt like. They had walked in someone else's shoes for a day.  

Reading Response 3: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

When I last left, Harry had gotten detention with Professor Umbridge the first week of school. He had gotten a whole week.

           

            Harry has not told his friends about the awful detention with Professor Umbridge. Harry is having trouble keeping his opinion to himself. He has again gotten him a week’s detention with the same teacher for the same thing. He has to again crave a line into his skin saying “I most not tell lies (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix).”  Even though Harry hasn’t told any lies about the Dark Lord returning.

            The quote, “I must not tell lies (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix),” is a very big part of this book. Harry started being angry because people told him he was lying.  Then the people are telling lies about Harry which fuels his anger even more. The fact that his friends and Dumbledore are ignoring him is just an added bonus. Harry is also starting to have these very intense, weird dreams. He isn’t sure why they are happening every night.  

            Harry has lots of people against him.  For example, Seamus’s mom was seriously thinking about not sending her son back school because the ministry is saying that Harry is telling lies. That seems to be a big theme in this book. That and Harry being extremely angry at everyone.

            I chose the picture below because like I’ve said before Harry feels angry.  In this picture, Harry is telling his God father Sirius that he is very angry. He feels alone and scared. Harry thinks no one will help him. He wants everything to go back to normal.