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What is it about?
Title: Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince
Author: J.K. Rowling
What is it about?
Like all other Harry Potter books in the series, this one does not disappoint readers.
What’s more, it adds more maturity and a darker nature to the story and more twists
and turns, too.
Harry continued his adventures and discovered a potion book which belonged to the
Half-Blood Prince. He then excelled in Potions with the help of the Prince’s notes. In
this sequel, Harry showed his maturity and responsibility. He demonstrated courage,
endurance and conviction. Besides, the importance of friendship and self-sacrifice
had become obvious and significant. Fiction: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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What is the reflection?
The cultural and literary phenomenon,‘Harry Potter’, has revolutionized
reading. Like millions of fans around the world, I have been eagerly
anticipating the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ever
since I read the previous book in the enthralling 1 series. The book had
lived up to my expectation and did not disappoint me.
Key Features of Stories
角色 (character)
In this novel, Harry’s adventures continue in his sixth school year.
扼要地把故事中的主角及
配角的關係描繪出來， He discovers a Potions book belonging to someone named The Half-
有助讀者更容易掌握故事 Blood Prince. He then excels in Potions with aid from the Prince’s
大綱。
notes. During the term, Dumbledore schedules meetings with Harry to
familiarize him with Voldemort’s history and character, and thereby
finds what may be his only vulnerability 2 — to eliminate his
remaining divided soul.
Key Features of Stories
情節 (plot) Eventually Harry and Dumbledore leave Hogwarts to obtain
「哈利波特」之所以風靡
全球，主要是因為故事情 Voldemort’s mother’s locket, in which a part of his soul is hidden. They
節吸引、劇情緊湊、佈局 overcome a variety of challenges, traps and obstacles to find the basin
層次分明等。在這裏，學
生以challenges，traps 及 where the locket is concealed beneath a noxious potion. Dumbledore
obstacles 來顯示情節的 perseveres in drinking the entire potion even though it drains his energy
緊湊。
and intoxicates him. Harry and Dumbledore then seize the locket and
return to Hogwarts immediately.
Dumbledore immobilizes 3 Harry and hides him under his cloak of
invisibility. The next second, Draco scurries in and disarms Dumbledore.
Meanwhile Snape erupts into the place and kills Dumbledore; hence
the spell on Harry is broken. Harry chases after Snape, determined to
avenge the brutal 4 murder of his headmaster. Snape declares his own
identity as the Half-Blood Prince and escapes. Harry is devastated,
1 enthralling 吸引人的 2 vulnerability 脆弱之處 3 immobilizes 使不能動
4 brutal 殘暴的What is the reflection?
Dumbledore’s death is inconceivable 5.
Later, Harry realizes that the locket is fake. Harry, Ron and Hermione
vow to finish the work Harry and Dumbledore have started — killing
Voldemort by destroying all his remaining souls that are scattered
around the world.
In this sequel 6, we can see Harry maturing into a responsible young
man. Although it is his unfortunate responsibility to destroy the evil
Lord Voldemort, he has never shied away from his destiny and no longer
blames it. He also demonstrates courage, endurance and conviction. He
feels responsible for the protection of his loved ones and subconsciously
blames himself for the death of his parents, godfather and Dumbledore,
who died to protect him.
Harry’s unfortunate situation is sympathetic, yet his braveness is Writing Strategies
greatly admired. Not only does he choose to work through his problems 小心不要混淆 rather 和
rather than seek ways around them, he faces his fate and fears fairly 。雖然兩者的意思都
是「頗」，但 fairly 表示
responsibly and stands calm even in circumstances beyond his control. 既不好也不壞的意思，
Despite the fantastical events and settings of Harry’s adventures, 如：The rain was fairly
heavy. （雨有點大。）
they are reflections of daily life circumstances nonetheless. Teenagers
rather 則語氣比較強，
easily feel for the characters and find inspirations in them as they may 含不好的意思，如：The
encounter similar growing-up dilemmas such as friendship problems. rain was rather heavy.
（雨實在很大。）這句有
傾盆大雨的意思。
The importance of friendship has been the major theme of the story since
the first book of the series. Different from the classical heroic stories
like superman, the Harry Potter story never portrays Harry as the save-
the-world-alone hero. Although Harry is like most teenagers who often
overestimate their individual capability, over and over again, he is
forced to rely on the help and support of his two best friends, Ron and
Hermione. After all, all humans are not made to live alone. We need
each other’s support; family relationships and friendships make up the
5 inconceivable 難以想像的 6 sequel 續集 Fiction: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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major part of our lives. Although different issues in life may threaten
Although / Even though
relationships, camaraderie7 overcomes them, like the characters in the
/ Though / Despite / In book.
spite of 都是「雖然」的意
思，但用法不一樣。
In spite of 或 Despite 與 Different from the previous books in the series, the theme of self-
noun （名詞）或 noun
phrase （名詞片語）連
sacrificing in this book has become rather obvious and significant. Both
用，所以這句可改為： Harry and Dumbledore are constantly sacrificing their own peace and
In spite of the fact that
different issues in life may
happiness for the greater good. Even though Harry would love to assume
threaten relationships, the life of a normal Hogwarts student, he understands that it is his
camaraderie overcomes
them, like the characters
destiny to fight and destroy Voldemort. Harry is perfectly willing to
in the book. risk his own life to insure the safety of his friends. When Harry leaves
另外，切記 Although 不
要與 but 一起使用。
with Dumbledore to collect the locket, he leaves his vial of Felix Felicis
with his friends to protect them should trouble arise.
Likewise, Dumbledore is constantly willing to lay himself down to
protect Harry and Hogwarts. When Harry and Dumbledore reach the
basin containing the locket, Dumbledore drinks goblet after goblet of
a poisonous potion, insisting that Harry continue to pour it into his
protesting mouth, to retrieve and destroy the locket and a piece of
Voldemort’s soul. At last, Dumbledore sacrificed his life for the safety
of Hogwarts, for protecting Harry and perhaps Malfoy.
Teacher’s Comments
學生能加入個人的感想，
對哈利的為人、處事態度
The selflessness of Harry and Dumbledore has made them respectable
等有高度評價，更告誡年 characters among the others. In fact, these qualities in them make
青人應對社會、朋友及家
庭有承擔。財富與權力人
them good role models for teenagers and children to follow. In this fast
人皆愛，但道德觀念對建 developing materialistic world, people nowadays tend to be more selfish
立一個和諧的社會卻極其
重要。
than they were before. Wealth and power are often worth more praise
than heroic acts. Moral values and ethics seem to be something that
are needed to build a united society.
This book is written with such consummate skill that leaves me
mesmerized 8 in awe. The characters are well developed with such
7 camaraderie 友愛 8 mesmerized 目瞪口呆What is the reflection?
colourful personalities and appear to be realistic and full of feelings. It
is written with such detailed descriptions that every facial expression,
movement and tone of speech of the characters could be visualized
easily, making them real and lively. I seemed to have entered Harry
Potter’s world and been caught in the unpredictable and sporadic 9
obstacles that Harry faces.
Although the murder of Dumbledore makes the ending ruthless and
chilling, it leaves me in suspense and anticipation for the next book.
The Harry Potter series have always been creative and imaginative. This
book Harry Potter and the Half–Blood Prince adds maturity and a
darker nature to the story with more twists and turns. It also gives a
touch on the romantic aspect, which makes it even more entertaining.
Reading this book is a pleasure. It’s highly recommended to all fantasy
lovers and teenagers.
Liu Pui Fung, Keefe
St. Joseph’s College
Champion, Junior Section
23rd Book Report Competition, 2008
9 sporadic 零星的
Vocabulary Bank
brutal 殘暴的 immobilizes 使不能動 sequel 續集
camaraderie 友愛 inconceivable 難以想像的 sporadic 零星的
enthralling 吸引人的 mesmerized 目瞪口呆 vulnerability 脆弱之處You can also read
