harry potter and the half blood prince book 6

As Dumbledore and Harry fly to the tower over which the Dark Mark lingers, they discover that the Dark Mark is a trap intended to lure Dumbledore to that very tower. The Dark Mark (the sign of Voldemort) floats like a cloud over the castle tower. That task proves to be tough since Slughorn tries very hard to avoid that.Īfter traveling to retrieve the first Horcrux, a task that proves to be incredibly difficult, dangerous, and scary, Harry and Dumbledore arrive back at Hogwarts only to find that the castle has been invaded by Death Eaters. The most valuable memory, unfortunately, is disguised inside Slughorn’s mind, and it is now Harry’s task to convince the Potions professor to expose his memory. They gather information on how Tom Riddle became Voldemort. Harry wants to figure out what is going on.ĭumbledore takes a greater role in Harry’s education with private lessons that involve traveling into the memories of those who once knew Voldemort in the past. It seems that an outsider is conducting dark magic for the Dark Lord. Many tragedies and obscure circumstances strike members of the Hogwarts community. The sixth year is also the year in which Harry and his friends begin to learn how to Apparate.

Professor Horace Slughorn is the new Potions teacher, and he finds Harry to be a Potions superstar due to a mysterious notebook that Harry has found. Homework load is intense and tensions arise with Snape on Harry’s take whenever possible. Teenagers are raging their hormones at Hogwarts, testing Harry, Ron, Hermione and their friends into facing adult feelings and conflicts. The headmaster wants Harry to get close to Slughorn to extract vital information about Voldemort’ past.Īfter seeing Draco Malfoy in suspicious action in Diagon Alley, Harry believes that his foe now is a Death Eater. Nevertheless, few believe his theory. It seems that a war is going on, and not even Hogwarts is completely safe.ĭumbledore uses Harry’s fame and Professor Slughorn’s vanity to convince the former professor to return to Hogwarts. The Muggle Prime Minister meets with the Ministry of Magic. The Muggle world is also a mess, and fear overflows. Voldemort’s army is increasing its power, and tragedies are becoming standard.

In the beginning of this story, the world is in an uproar. I believe this phenomenon is intentional since we are now getting to the end of the saga and the novels’ plots are being heavily merged with the saga’s plot. This story depicts very important plot points in the structure of the general saga, and, maybe, for this reason, some of its structure points may seem weak to the novel when you analyze it isolated from the series, even though, some of its plot points are not so difficult to find.

Harry potter and the half blood prince book 6