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Group - Stefan Schmidt, Mark Vetterlein, Brian Sisti Title - Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

Our group chose Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets. We chose this for several reasons, one was because we wanted to continue the Harry Potter series after reading The Sorcerer's Stone during the first book club. And almost all of the reviews i read were 5 star ratings, and said things like, this book is excellent! Or this is one of the greatest books I have ever read! So it seems like most people enjoy this book and all the other Harry Potter books, so we would like to continue this series.

Week 1. a Sisti b/c Stefan d Mark

Discussion Questions: 1. What do you think the house elf Dobby's purpose is? 2. What is the deal with the floating car? 3. What do you think of the Burrow? 4. Will Voldemort appear in this book again? 5. Are the Weasleys going to stay on Harry's side or not?

Summary: Today we discussed the beginning of The Chamber of Secrets. Already there are many problems and wild things happening. Dobby has told Harry that he can not go to Howarts this year, because something very terrible is going to happen. He can't say what's going to happen and Harry just doesn't listen. Also Harry as locked in his room, and Ron and his brothers come to get him in their floating car! It was very strange when they first showed up in the floating car, but they are wizards so i guess everything is possible. After that they went back to the burrow, which is Ron's house, and they meet Hermoine there. We believe that the Weasleys are going to take great care of Harry until he goes off to Hogwarts.

Week 2 a Stefan b/c Mark d Brian

Discussion Questions: 1. Is the story easy to follow? 2. Who blocked the entrance on platform 9 and 3/4 for Harry and Ron? 3. Is Gilderoy Lockhart an enemy? 4. Will Dobby show himself again? 5. What do you think the Chamber of Secrets is?

Summary: While going over all these questions we think that this is a very great book and it's pretty easy to follow. Dobby was blocking platform 9 and 3/4 because he was trying to keep Harry out so he couldn't get to Hogwarts. He believes that something horrible is going to happen this year. We do believe Gilderoy Lockhart will become an enemy of Harry's. And we cant exactly figure out what the Chamber of Secrets is going to be, so we are going to have to keep reading to uncover the secrets of this great book.

Week 3 a Mark b/c Brian d Stefan

Discussion Questions: 1.What are the voices Harry is hearing? 2. Why is everyone gainst Harry for being a Parseltongue? 3. Whos diary is the diary Harry found? 4. Who is the heir of Slytherin? 5. Why was Harry picked for Gryffindor instead of rightfully going to Slytherin?

Summary: We found out many mysteries of this book in the past few chapters. We learned that Harry is hearing the voices of some sort of snake. Everyone is against him for being Parseltongue because he is the heir of Slytherin. He would have been better off in Slytherin but he made the hat choose something else, so he is now in Griffindor.

Week 4 a Brian b/c Mark d Stefan

Discussion Questions: 1. How was Mrs. Norris petrified? 2. What do the petrified people represent in the story? 3. What do the voices Harry hears in the walls mean or represent? 4. What is the main theme of what's going on in the castle? 5. Does Arogog and the spiders have anything to do with the Chamber of Secrets?

Some interesting things have been going on in Hogwarts lately. Many people are being petrified and strange things just happen everywhere you go. Harry is hearing voices in the walls, and its creepy at first, and than he realizes what it really is.He believes that it is snakes, and he can talk to them. Mainly we believe that the Heir of Slytherin is Harry, and they are trying to get him. Week 5 a Stefan b/c Brian d Mark Discussion Questions: 1. What do you think of the basilisk at the end of the book? 2. How do you think Tom Riddle went inside the book? 3. When Hermione was cured, what she say she saw out of the mirror? 4. Will Harry continue to go to the burrow? 5. Do you think that Voldemort will attack Harry this summer?

They finally get into the Chamber of Secrets and realize what was happening. There was underground chambers in the school where a basilisk (giant snake) was kept. They find Tom Riddle inside the Chamber. He turns out that Voldemort was in Tom, and trying to find a new fresh body to take over. He has Ron's sister, and she is slowly dying. Harry is being chased by the snake through the chambers, and needs to get free. He gets the Griffindor sword and kills the basilisk. He stabs the book, and it slowly kills Tom Riddle and brings Ron's sister back, and they all get out of the chamber safely, by the pheonix carrying them out.