Report #1 (book club)

Title of Book: HARRY POTTER 2 - Chamber of Secret
Author: J.K.Rowling
Pages in the book: 341. Iam now on page 23

I read Harry Potter last quarter but I felt so difficult with many things. I decided to read Harry Potter this quarter to understand more.
I bought it at Seattle Central Community College book store and I really like Harry Potter. I think that everyone'll feel interesting when they read Harry Potter.
We are studying English, Harry Potter'll help us improve reading skills as soon as possible with many new words. Many sentences were used complicated here, we can also learn writing skills. This is a famous book, New York Times chose as #1 Bestseller.

SUMMARY

Chapter 1: The worst birthday

On Harry’s birthday, nobody remembered, he didn’t get any cards, even friends. His house had a feast (not for him). He cleaned the window, washed the car, mowed the lawn, trimmed the flowerbeds, pruned and watered the roses, and repainted the garden bench... There are many foods in the house, a huge mound of whipped cream and sugar violets, a loin of roast pork was sizzling in the oven but Harry only ate two slices of bread and a lump of cheese. Then, he was to be in his room, making no noise, and pretending he was not there while Dudley was preparing to welcome his father’s guest. He entered his room, suddently, he saw someone was already sitting on the bed.

Chapter 2: Dobby’s warning

A new character appeared here – Dobby

Dobby is a house-elf. He was not afraid of boss’s punishment to come Harry’s house. Dobby meaned that Harry shouldn’t come back to Hogwarts – “Hogwarts school make the most terrible things happen, Harry will be in mortal danger if Harry goes back to Hogwarts”. Harry really wanted to know that’s why but Dobby didn’t say more about that. Then, Dobby vanished. Harry couldn’t sleep, he opend his eyes and saw Ron Weasley was outside the window.

MY THINKING

After I read 2 chapters, I felt so interesting and I couldn’t predict what happen will. It made me curious to know.

It was so hard to remember all character on 2 chapters.

CHARACTERS

Harry Potter

Vernon Dursley – Harry’s uncle

Petunia – Harry’s aunt

Dudley – Dursley’s child

Lord Vodemort – a wizard – he who must not be named

Masons (Mr and Mrs) – Dudley’s guest

Ron and Hermione – Harry’s friends

Hargid – gamekeeper at Hogwarts

Dobby

Dumbledore – Hogwarts’s principal

MY READING SKILLS ARE NOT ONLY IMPROVED, BUT MY WRITING SKILLS ARE ALSO IMPROVED MORE THAN BEFORE.

Some comparison sentences that I think it's so helpful.

1/ “Uncle Vernon sat back down, breathing like a winded rhinoceros and watching Harry closely out of the corner of his small, sharp eyes.”

2/ “Uncle Vernon had been treating him like a bomb that might go off at any moment…”.

3/ “He missed Hogwarts so much it was like having a constant stomachache.”

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That’s all. I understood 95 percent ( I read it already and I could understand more than before).