Resumo de Harry Potter - The Order Of The Phoenix

Within the walls of the Department of Mysteries, deep inside the Ministry of Magic, lies a prophecy made some sixteen years previously, foretelling the birth of a special child, ?The one with the power to vanquish the dark lord?. lord Voldemort is back, and desperate to learn the full truth of the prophecy, in pursuit of his goal of eternal life. But why does he require the assistance of the child in question, Harry Potter?? Harry himself, having narrowly escaped from the newly regenerated Lord Voldemort at the end of ?The Goblet of Fire?, begins this story (the fifth in the series), contemplating the aftermath of recent events. Is the wizarding world aware of Voldemorts return? Why have Harry?s friends been so secretive all summer? And why are there dementors loose in Privet Drive?? The first question at least, is answered on Harry?s return to the wizarding community where, far from receiving a heroes welcome, he instead finds himself the subject of a ruthless smear campaign orchestrated by Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge. Terrified by the implications of acknowledging Voldemorts return, Fudge has instead turned his ire on Harry and Dumbledore whom he accuses of spreading panic and plotting against the Ministry. Harry quickly discovers the dangers of having enemies in such high places. A full blown criminal trial ensues, when the Ministry rules that his fighting off the dementor attack constitutes ?A breach of the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery?. Expulsion from Hogwarts, even potential exile from the wizarding world, prevented only by the timely intervention of Dumbledore as a defence spokesman. The tentacles of the Ministry also extend into the ?Daily Prophet? where Harry?s derisive portrayal as a deluded attention seeker leaves him aghast, though less so than the reluctance of many school mates to believe his version of events. Most damaging of all though, is his relentless persecution by the (Ministry installed) Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Umbridge, who displays an unhealthy, often vicious zeal in adhering to her rumour quashing Ministry brief. Unscaleable mountains of homework (in preparation for the Ordinary Wizarding Level exams), paired with Umbridges increasingly destructive influence within Hogwarts, only serve to agitate Harry?s already irritable behaviour. Sleep deprivation is added to his list of torments, as he endures a series of chillingly realistic nightmares, which seem to provide flashes of insight into Lord Voldemorts consciousness. Indeed, the successful rescue of Arthur Weasley after Harry ?visualizes? a potentially fatal attack on him confirms that these are not mere dreams. It is on the strength of another such vision, (of his godfather, Sirius Black held captive by Voldemort within the Department of Mysteries), that Harry makes for the Ministry of Magic, followed by several friends - and ignoring their warnings that this may be a trap to lure him there. True to his friends warnings, the trap is sprung. Neither Sirius nor Voldemort are to be found. The reception committee instead comprises a team of Voldemorts Death Eaters, tasked to retrieve the prophecy and deliver it to the Dark Lord himself. Harry and his friends give the Death Eaters the slip, and, aided by the arrival of the eponymous ?Order of the Phoenix?, (a group dedicated to the downfall of Voldemort), are able to escape from the Ministry. In the course of the fighting however, Sirius (a member of the order), is killed, leaving Harry overcome with guilt at the rashness of his actions. On his return to Hogwarts, Dumbledore reveals the grim truth of the prophecy to Harry, that neither he nor Voldemort ?can survive while the other lives?? He must kill Voldemort, or be killed by him. It is perhaps, Sirius himself, who best sums up the theme of this book, remarking to Harry, ?The world is not divided into good people and Death Eaters?. Traditional lines between good and evil blur, as Rowling astutely observes that to battle ones enemies effectively, one must first overcome divisions between allies. The wizarding community is actually in danger of self destruction without the ?dark side? having to raise a wand in anger. Political ambition, personal agendas, and divided loyalties (demonstrated by Percy Weasley who disowns his family in support of his Ministry employers), all undermine the greater need for unity and togetherness, stressed by Dumbledore on the first day of term. The exploration of these themes, coupled with unusual depths of background detail (a whole chapter on Sirius?s family tree), pad this volume out to a mammoth 766 pages (more than double that of some previous titles). Maintaining the standard formula of 1 book = 1 school year therefore, ensures that the action is slow moving in parts. While some of the aforementioned detail could stand some trimming however, the slower pace actually enhances the growing air of tension. Harry?s final explosion of grief and anguish in Dumbledore?s office carry greater impact for Rowlings carefully crafted build up of his mental strain, allowing us to sympathise once more with a character whose fits of temper during previous chapters often try our patience.This is truly the book in which Harry begins to grow up and fully understand for the first time, the horrors of ?war?, and their consequences.Always tense, often disturbing, ?The Order of the Phoenix? remains a tremendously absorbing read throughout ? the best in the series to date.

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