Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Week 7, Post A

Well, I finished the Kite Runner, so now I get to blog on whatever, and this is what I'm reading right now.

VOCAB

Beauxbatons: Though it's a school in the book, the term roughly translates to "beautiful stick/wand" in french, which fits considering their coat of arms contains 2 wands, and they're all portrayed as beautiful.

Durmstrang: Strang, meaning storm, and Durm meaning urge, in German, fit considering the school is supposed to be tough and violent.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

"The faces in the portraits turned to look at him as he entered" (273). I suppose this is a personification, since pictures can't look at you. But then again, in Hogwarts they can.

"Giving him the most skull-like appearance" (277). This is a simile because it uses like to compare Mr. Crouch to a skeleton when standing in the shadows.

"A living room on wheels" (245). This is a metaphor since it compares the Beauxbaton carriage to a living room, which scares me a little, but all right.

QUOTE

"And then Dumbledore cleared his throat and read out--Harry Potter!" (271). This was big, because it was when Harry was picked as the 4th champion. You kinda knew he was going to be in the plot somehow, but still this came as a surprise. The first time. Not this time. This is like my 10th time reading it.

THEME

No matter what, the main character is always going to be in the big event--Not just in this book, but still, never bet against the main character finding away into the mix, especially when the book is named after him. An age restriction, limit on the number of competitors, and the fact that he didn't enter didn't even stop him from joining the tournament.