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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Harry_Potter_and_theHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Wikipedia

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by the British author J. K. Rowling. It is the third instalment in the Harry Potter series. The novel follows Harry Potter, a young wizard, in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

    • J. K. Rowling, Klaus Fritz
    • 1999

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  3. bookanalysis.com › jk-rowling › harry-potter-and-theHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Themes and Analysis

    • Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban Themes
    • Analysis of Key Moments in Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
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    Fear

    Fear is one of the most important themes in ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.’ The dementors who guard the prison of Azkaban are meant to embody the essence of fear. They feed off one’s happiness, hope, and cheerfulness leaving behind a concentrated ‘concoction’ of fear and doubt. The dementors first appear on the train, and their presence makes Harry faint, before which he hears a woman scream and sees a flash of green light. He later reasons it to be an old memory of his mother’s d...

    Triumph over Fear

    An equally important theme in ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban‘ is also the triumph over fear. Harry starts the year off feeling very scared and alone because he is the only one who fainted in the compartment when the dementors came, and he is the only one who was stopped from fighting a boggart. He also sees a black dog several times, including the grim, which is said to be a bad omen. However, Harry learns to triumph over his initial fears. He learns to cast a Patronus charm and ev...

    Time

    The only Harry Potter book in the original series to feature time travel, ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban‘ is one of the most interesting books to be written in the series. Time is a crucial plot device, especially for the climax of this book. Even before the time traveling occurs in the book, the events coincide very aptly to set up the narrative of the book. In retrospect, it is seen as the effect of Hermione and Harry traveling back in time. For instance, the time at which Harry...

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    Harry receives birthday cards and presents from his friends through owl posts and also long letters from Ron and Hermione explaining what they did in the summer.
    Harry inflates Aunt Marge after she repeatedly taunts him and keeps insulting his parents, and then leaves the Dursleys’ house with his trunk and all his other things.
    Harry encounters the Knight Bus, which takes a stranded witch or wizard to any place in London. He then climbs aboard and is dropped to the Leaky Cauldron, where he meets the Minister of Magic, Cor...
    Harry stays in the Leaky Cauldron and explores Diagon Alley, doing homework and eating Fortescue’s ice cream. He then meets Ron and Hermione, and Hermione takes a ginger cat Crookshanksas her pet f...

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    The writing style and tone of this book are quite similar to its predecessors. ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban‘, however, is known for its dark and gritty narrative, as opposed to the first two books, which were tamer in comparison. The highlight of this book is the complications in narration that arrive from time travel. But J. K. Rowlin...

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  4. bookanalysis.com › jk-rowling › harry-potter-and-theHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Book Analysis

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Themes and Analysis 🪄. Unlock the hidden meanings: Dive deeper into the central themes and symbolism, and analysis of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

  5. bookanalysis.com › jk-rowling › harry-potter-and-theHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Review - Book Analysis

    Jul 8, 1999 · In ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,’ Rowling delves deeper into the trope of friendship by also bringing in the rare case of betrayal. Although friendship is a pure bond based on trust, there are times when this bond is broken by people who do not understand the true meaning of friendship.

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    • Owl Post. "Harry scanned the moving photograph, and a grin spread across his face as he saw all nine of the Weasleys waving furiously at him...
    • Aunt Marge's Big Mistake. "Bad blood will out. Now, I'm saying nothing against your family, Petunia, but your sister was a bad egg. They turn up in the best families.
    • The Knight Bus. "Anyway, they cornered Black in the middle of a street full of Muggles an' Black took out 'is wand and 'e blasted 'alf the street apart, an' a wizard got it, an' so did a dozen Muggles what got in the way"
    • The Leaky Cauldron. "Are you planning to eat or sleep at all this year, Hermione?" — Harry referring to Hermione's number of classes. Harry spends the rest of the holidays in Diagon Alley, purchasing his school things and making sure not to make any unnecessary purchases.

  7. www.bibliofreak.net › 2012 › 11Review: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K ...

    Nov 22, 2012 · Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999) is the third book in J. K. Rowling’s wizarding series. Here things take a turn for the darker, with Harry learning more about his past whilst facing up to great terrors in his present.

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    Dive deep into J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion