Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)

This is the 6th book of the accounts of Harry Potter’s adventure in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry…Havoc and chaos overcame the Wizarding World but then, Harry still went back to Hogwarts for his 6th year with Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and the other kids as well…

In this book, maturity and adolescence are clearly stated since the students’ stay at Hogwarts have developed love and jealousy…however, the rising of Lord Voldemort in power and the loyalty of his followers hindered Harry and the Order of the Phoenix from having a peaceful year at the school…

Harry’s still a bit haunted by Sirius’s death and some members of the Order and other innocent witches and wizards have been reported lost and dying…Professor Severus Snape’s loyalty has been tested since Narcissa Malfoy asked him to do the Unbreakable Vow with her saying that he should protect her son, Draco Malfoy and whatever it is that the Dark Lord asked Draco to do and he can’t do it, Snape should…

Nobody knows what was Draco Malfoy’s task…all Harry knows is that he has been planning this since before the start of term and he doubted that Draco had been the member of the Death Eaters…

This book will really leave you hanging and anticipating for the upcoming 7th sequel…this book is shorter than the Order and it was more precise…in every chapter, you’ll realize how every witch and wizard in the magical world lie in danger…you’ll keep on asking what would happen next even though it’s already quite obvious….

I can say that the title Half-Blood Prince is quite far-fetched if you really think about the theme of the story but somehow, you’ll realize that the Half-Blood Prince is on either way related to how the story ended…

Let me pick up some lines from the book…this was from chapter 27: The Lightning-Struck Tower:

“We’ve got a problem, Snape,” said the lumpy Amycus, whose eyes and wand were fixed alike upon Dumbledore, “the boy (Malfoy) doesn’t seem able—“
But somebody else had spoken Snape’s name, quite softly.
“Severus…”
The sound frightened Harry beyond anything he had experienced all evening. For the first time, Dumbledore was pleading.
Snape said nothing, but walked forward and pushed Malfoy roughly out of the way. The three Death Eaters fell back without a word. Even the werewolf seemed cowed.
Snape gazed for a moment at Dumbledore, and there was revulsion and hatred etched in the harsh lines of his face.
“Severus…please…”
Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumbledore.
“Avada Kedavra!”
A jet of green light shot from the end of Snape’s wand and hit Dumbledore squarely in the chest.

Okay, okay…for those who haven’t read the book yet, forgive me for being such a spoiler but honestly, Dumbledore’s death is all over the internet and it is not true that he will come back to life on the 7th book…as Dumbledore mentioned, no spell can bring the dead back to life…so definitely, Dumbledore can never be alive again…

The question is, does Snape really wanted to kill Dumbledore?...is he really back on the dark side?...

Well here is my theory …on the early chapter of the book , Hagrid has mentioned that he overheard Dumbledore and Snape arguing in the forest…I can’t really remember the exact argumemt but as I can remember, Hagrid said that Snape was asking about something and sort of doesn’t want to do what Dumbledore told him to do…Dumbledore got mad and those stuff…so, could it be that Snape has told Dumbledore about Malfoy’s plan of killing him?...and when he said, “Severus…please” did that actually mean that Dumbledore is begging Snape to kill him?...could it be that Dumbledore got angry with Snape because Snape does not want to do what Dumbledore wanted him to do and that is to kill him?...

Oh, this book left us many unanswered questions…mind you, there is no Dumbledore anymore who will do the explaining by the end of the last chapter…in addition, the half-blood prince also showed the life of Lord Voldemort and his parents even before he was born…what he was like before finding out that he was a wizard and what happened during and after his stay at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry…Dumbledore has been away from the castle most of the time and the Order of the Phoenix had been very busy guarding and protecting the whole Magical community…

I guess J.K. Rowling planned to kill Dumbledore because of the prophecy about Harry…this is what the prophecy said:

“The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches…Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies…And the Dark Lord will mark him as equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not…An either must die in the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives.”

Harry has always been dependent to Dumbledore ever since he has been accepted at Hogwarts…every year, Dumbledore has to make sure that Harry would end the term alive…but after Harry found out about the prophecy, “…the Dark Lord will mark him as equal…” maybe Dumbledore thought that the time has come for Harry to face the Dark Lord alone…Not that because Dumbledore doesn’t want to face Voldemort anymore but maybe because he knows that Harry Potter will have the power to vanquish Lord Voldemort on his own…Sirius Black and Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, two of Harry’s most trusted people have died because they just did…they are relly meant to die so that Harry will learn to stand on his own and that Sirius and Dumbledore have confidence in him that he can indeed defeat the Dark Lord without their help…

And by the way, did I mention who the Half-blood Prince is?...hmmm…never mind…I don’t wanna be much of a spoiler anymore…just read the book, you’ll love it…

Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince is truly a frustrating book to read yet, it’ll really make you rack your brains for conclusions and theories…plus, after reading this, you will really doubt whether you wanna read the next sequel or not…but honestly, you will really can’t wait for the coming of the 7th book because of the fact that you’re anxious with what’s coming next for Harry now that the only one Voldemort has feared was already gone and that the Hogwarts staff are planning to close the school…

Well, just go on and read the Half-Blood Prince and don’t forget to read the Order of the Phoenix yet before that book…lol!...

Hope you enjoyed reading!...