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The Prisoner Of Azkaban Chapter 1
Speaking of J.K Rowling’s The Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter recalls and finds his identity by interacting with other characters throughout each chapter. For example, in Chapter 1, there are many backbones that claim Harry’s persona. “The Dursleys had completely ignored his last two birthdays, and he had no reason to suppose they would remember this one.” (pg.6; ch.1) This shows that the Dursleys don’t even care if Harry is a Muggle or a Wizard. To decipher by the means of chapter 1, “Harry remembered only too well the occasion when Ron’s old wand had snapped. It had happened when the car the two of them had been flying to Hogwarts had crashed into a tree on the school grounds.” (pg.9; ch.1) Even though Ron’s wand has been snapped, this quotation clarifies about how Ron and Harry had this deep relationship with each other in The Philosopher’s Stone. In other words, the first chapter functions as a remedy on the past events …show more content…
Is it episodic from one chapter to another? Or one book to another?

Responding to the prompt in the task above, magic plays a crucial role in Harry’s identity. To clarify this hypothesis, “ “What are you doing Muggle Studies for?” said Ron, rolling his eyes at Harry. “You’re Muggle-born! Your mum and dad are Muggles! You already know all about Muggles!”
“But it’ll be fascinating to study them from the wizarding point of view,” said Hermione earnestly.” (pg.57; ch.4). This quote shows that learning can be fun even if you actually mastered it; in Hermione’s point of view. By the same token, this is relatable to the first chapter’s quote on page 6. “Of all the unusual things about Harry, this scar was the most extraordinary of all. It was not, as the Dursleys had pretended for ten years, a souvenir of the car crash that had killed Harry’s parents because Lily and James Potter had not died in a car crash. They had been murdered, murdered by the most feared Dark wizard for

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