Reading Log

J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Pages:
Saturday 1-56
Sunday 56-128
Monday 128-194
Tuesday 194-260

Response:

1. Harry believes that Dumbledores letter is a fake.

Harry believes that Dumbledore himself coming to pick him up from the awful place in which the Dursleys live is to good to be true. So, therefore he will not allow himself to get his hopes up. "But Harry had not packed. It seemed too good to be true that he was going to be rescued  from the Dursleys after a mere fortnight of their company." (Rowling 44) "Harry had not been able to face packing and then being let down and having to unpack again. The only gesture he had made to the possibility of a journey was to shut his snowy owl, Hedwig, safely inside her cage." (Rowing 44) Harry does not want to get his hopes up and then proceed to get letdown.

2. Harry does not like Horace Slughorns dinner parties.

Harry is considered the "Chosen One" and Professor wants to be associated with him and other students who have potential Harry does not like attending these parties because he is always put on the spot. "'Well, I've had Quidditch practice, Professor,' said Harry, who had indeed been scheduling practices every time Slughorn had sent him a little violet ribbon-adorned invitation." Harry does not want to be shut up in a room with a load of hopefuls. He also, does not want to leave his best friend Ron out, for he was not invited to these parties.