The Burrow
In which Harry is rescued from the Dursleys' house and taken to the Burrow.
A hierarchy of Harry's homes would look like this: Hogwarts, the Burrow, 4 Privet Drive. Even though, Harry would most definitely put 4 Privet Drive at the bottom of the list, it is important that he still considers it home. Every spring, he goes back to Privet Drive at first, not the Burrow or eventually 12 Grimmauld Place.
When we start the chapter, Harry is permanently locked in his room. Bars on his window, deadbolt locks in his door, the whole nine yards. Petunia even feeds him soup three times a day through a cat flap Uncle Vernon installed. It may seem like the Dursleys are doing this because they're angry at him for ruining their dinner party, and I have no doubt that they're furious, but even more than that, they're freaking terrified of Harry.
If I had a list of my favorite moments in the entire series, this would be one of them: the moment when Fred, George, and Ron all break Harry out of his room and take him via flying car to their home. It's the most exciting, huzzah moment.
There's something that Harry says: "'Watch out for the bottom stair—it creaks'" (26) that I found funny. Fred and George just broke bars off of your window, Harry. If the Dursleys slept through that, they probably won't notice the creaky stair. But it's neither the creaky stair nor the bar-breaking that wake Uncle Petunia and Aunt Vernon—hang on . . . scratch that; reverse it. It's Hedwig.
But they escape fine. And they ride off into the midnight sky, home free.
The description and Harry's first reaction of the Burrow is one of my favorite things. He notices everything, from the Burrow's whimsical architecture, to the greenish pond and weedy garden. The knitting needles that knit by themselves, and the Weasleys' clock. That clock is so cool. I think that Burrow is a brilliant contrast to the the spick- and span-ness of 4 Privet Drive.
Home free, not quite, actually. Mrs. Weasley catches them and is throughly peeved at Fred, Ron, and George. She makes many an exception for Harry, and continues to do so right up until the last book.
Harry catches a glimpse of Ginny, the youngest of all the Weasleys, whom we've only briefly seen on Platform 9¾ last year. She was starstruck then and she's very very shy now, which Ron tells us is unusual for her. A lot of people really hate Ginny, because she's fangirly at first. But think about yourself in sixth grade, then imagine yourself in pajamas, meeting your big fat seventh-grade crush who happens to be famous and also your older brother's best friend and also is staying at your house until school starts, which you will be attending together. How would you react?
Okay, how do you think Mr. Weasley developed his passion for muggles? I mean, he's one of two people who share this passion. I always imagined that he got busted for doing something at Hogwarts, and instead of getting a detention, he was forced to do community service with muggles. Dress up like the easter bunny, perhaps? (Holiday spirit.)
Über favorite moment:
A hierarchy of Harry's homes would look like this: Hogwarts, the Burrow, 4 Privet Drive. Even though, Harry would most definitely put 4 Privet Drive at the bottom of the list, it is important that he still considers it home. Every spring, he goes back to Privet Drive at first, not the Burrow or eventually 12 Grimmauld Place.
When we start the chapter, Harry is permanently locked in his room. Bars on his window, deadbolt locks in his door, the whole nine yards. Petunia even feeds him soup three times a day through a cat flap Uncle Vernon installed. It may seem like the Dursleys are doing this because they're angry at him for ruining their dinner party, and I have no doubt that they're furious, but even more than that, they're freaking terrified of Harry.
If I had a list of my favorite moments in the entire series, this would be one of them: the moment when Fred, George, and Ron all break Harry out of his room and take him via flying car to their home. It's the most exciting, huzzah moment.
There's something that Harry says: "'Watch out for the bottom stair—it creaks'" (26) that I found funny. Fred and George just broke bars off of your window, Harry. If the Dursleys slept through that, they probably won't notice the creaky stair. But it's neither the creaky stair nor the bar-breaking that wake Uncle Petunia and Aunt Vernon—hang on . . . scratch that; reverse it. It's Hedwig.
But they escape fine. And they ride off into the midnight sky, home free.
The description and Harry's first reaction of the Burrow is one of my favorite things. He notices everything, from the Burrow's whimsical architecture, to the greenish pond and weedy garden. The knitting needles that knit by themselves, and the Weasleys' clock. That clock is so cool. I think that Burrow is a brilliant contrast to the the spick- and span-ness of 4 Privet Drive.
Home free, not quite, actually. Mrs. Weasley catches them and is throughly peeved at Fred, Ron, and George. She makes many an exception for Harry, and continues to do so right up until the last book.
Harry catches a glimpse of Ginny, the youngest of all the Weasleys, whom we've only briefly seen on Platform 9¾ last year. She was starstruck then and she's very very shy now, which Ron tells us is unusual for her. A lot of people really hate Ginny, because she's fangirly at first. But think about yourself in sixth grade, then imagine yourself in pajamas, meeting your big fat seventh-grade crush who happens to be famous and also your older brother's best friend and also is staying at your house until school starts, which you will be attending together. How would you react?
Okay, how do you think Mr. Weasley developed his passion for muggles? I mean, he's one of two people who share this passion. I always imagined that he got busted for doing something at Hogwarts, and instead of getting a detention, he was forced to do community service with muggles. Dress up like the easter bunny, perhaps? (Holiday spirit.)
Über favorite moment:
"It's a bit small," said Ron quickly. "Not like that room you had with the Muggles. And I'm right underneath the ghoul in the attic; he's always banging on pipes and groaning. . . ."
But Harry, grinning widely, said, "This is the best house I've ever been in" (41).On that note, I leave you. Goodbye.
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