Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) is the work of the British female writer J.K. Rowe The sixth novel in the Harry Potter series written by Lin. It was later adapted into a movie and game of the same name.

Plot summary

This book tells the story of the protagonist Harry Potter when he was studying in the sixth year of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (1996-1997). .

Rufus Scrimgeour succeeds Cornelius Fudge as Minister of Magic. The reason was that people in the wizarding world believed that Cornelius Fudge had mishandled Voldemort's earlier attack on the wizarding world.

Severus Snape cast the Unbreakable Vow, promising Draco Malfoy's mother that he would be there on Draco Malfoy's first Death Eater mission to protect and help.

Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore successfully persuaded Horace Slughorn to return to school as a Potions teacher, while Severus Snee Professor Pu got his wish and became a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. During the first Potions class, before Harry Potter's books were issued, Horace Slughorn lent Harry an old Potions textbook. Harry found that this old textbook was signed with the name "Half-Blood Prince" and there were many notes on it. And Harry relied on these notes to achieve even better grades in Potions than Hermione Granger.

On the other hand, Harry's emotions are also maturing, and his infatuation with Ginny is getting stronger in his heart; Hermione and Ron's relationship also has friction: Ron holds Lavender's hand. Walking around, Hermione was jealous alone...

Dumbledore used his Pensieve to show Harry some of Voldemort's past, and concluded that Voldemort had divided his soul into seven parts in the past , and hid six of them in Horcruxes (magic items that can last forever). In fact, two of Voldemort's Horcruxes have been destroyed. One of them is Tom Riddle's diary that was destroyed by Harry Potter (mentioned in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"), and the other is Marvolo Gaunt's ring destroyed by Dumbledore. Dumbledore believed that in order to kill Voldemort, the other four Horcruxes needed to be destroyed. So, he and Harry went to retrieve Salazar Slytherin's locket. Dumbledore became very weak because he drank the potion that protected the locket (Dumbledore was very painful after drinking the potion. According to the seventh part, at this time Dumbledore thought of the death of his sister, because He suspected that he most likely killed her accidentally during the melee).

The two returned to find the Dark Mark at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, indicating that Death Eaters had arrived and fought with the staff and students. Dumbledore used a petrification spell to pin Harry to the wall, unable to move under the invisibility cloak. As the spell consumed time, Dumbledore lost the chance to protect himself and was disarmed by Draco Malfoy. (Elder Wand). Draco Malfoy arrives and reveals that he spent a whole year repairing the Vanishing Cabinet and bringing Death Eaters into the school. Later, more Death Eaters arrived on the scene, urging Draco Malfoy to complete the task. However, Draco Malfoy seemed very hesitant when facing Dumbledore. At this time, Severus Snape arrived. Seeing Snape's arrival, Dumbledore issued a request: "Severus...please..." Then Severus Snape used "Avada Thor" The curse killed Dumbledore, fulfilling his oath to Draco Malfoy's mother. Later, Harry chased Severus Snape (at the same time, Snape claimed that he was the "Half-Blood Prince" and had already discovered that Harry had obtained his previous potion book) and Draco Malfoy. But they still escaped from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Professor McGonagall has become the temporary headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but the school is likely to be closed due to unsafe conditions.

Harry discovered that the Slytherin locket he and Dumbledore had worked so hard to obtain was fake. The real locket had been taken away by a mysterious figure named R.A.B. After Dumbledore's funeral, Harry decided that he would not go back to school to continue studying no matter what. Instead, he would devote himself to destroying all of Voldemort's Horcruxes and determined to eventually defeat him. Ron and Hermione also said that they would Perform this mission with Harry (see the prophecy in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" for details).

The half-blood prince in the book is actually Professor Severus Snape, because his mother's (pure-blood) surname is "Prince" (Prince, meaning "Prince" in English). His father was a Muggle, and he was honored to be half Prince, so he called himself the "Half-Blood Prince."